Iraqi Army Soldiers uncovered weapons caches in the Sadr City district of Baghdad June 4, as they continued conducting operations to increase the area’s safety.

Iraqi Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division, discovered a weapons cache at approximately 6:30 a.m. The weapons included an RPK light machine gun, 11 AK-47 rifles, six AK-47 magazines, four of which were full, 40 PKC light machine gun rounds, 100 AK-47 rounds, two ski masks and assorted Special Groups propaganda.

Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Bde, 1st IA Div., seized seven AK-47 rifles around the same time.

At approximately 8 a.m., Soldiers with the 1st Bn., 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., seized an explosively formed penetrator and 19 rocket-propelled grenades.

About 30 minutes later, Soldiers from the same unit seized three EFPs, two RPG-7 launchers, a box of mortar fuses and a 12.7 mm machine gun.
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Solders from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discovered 20 grenade fuses, a box of grenade parts, and 300 ammunition rounds at approximately 12:20 p.m. northwest of Baghdad.

Soldiers from 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found a 120mm mortar round, a rocket, an 81mm mortar round, 86 empty 107mm rocket casings, a base plate, timer fuses and detonation cord at approximately an hour later northwest of Baghdad.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. in the Shurta area of Rashid, Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found seven 120mm mortar rounds and 34 boxes of 12.7mm ammunition.
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