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MNF-I Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, working with Iraqi Army troops, uncovered a weapons cache in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Jamia Sept. 24. Troops from 3rd Company, 5th Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army led Company B, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment to the cache site, located in an abandoned field in the middle of the neighborhood. The cache consisted of three small Freon tanks filled with homemade explosives and rigged with detonation cord, one small propane tank filled with homemade explosives and rigged with detonation cord, one fire extinguisher filled with homemade explosives, one 5-gallon fuel can filled with explosives and rigged with detonation cord, one anti-tank mine, three 57mm rockets, various washing machine timers, batteries and an unknown propellant for rockets. Explosive ordnance disposal teams conducted a controlled detonation,destroying the materials at a … Read entire article »

MNF-I The bodies of a murdered Sunni Iraqi police lieutenant and his wife were recovered in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood Sep. 25. The couple had been abducted several days before by Sunni insurgents, said relatives. The bodies were discovered dumped in a pile of trash beneath a pedestrian overpass in the Sunni-dominated neighborhood of Adhamiyah in Baghdad. Both victims appeared to have been killed by gunshot wounds to the head. The police lieutenant also had drill holes in his face that indicate he was tortured before being executed, said 1st Lt. Daniel Lake with the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the U.S. unit responsible for security in the Adhamiyah area. Lake said the lieutenant and his wife – both Sunnis – were most likely targeted by Sunni terrorists associated with Al Qaeda in Iraq or Islamic Government … Read entire article »