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ISF seize munitions during Sadr City operation
Iraqi Army Soldiers and Iraqi National Policemen, conducting operations in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, discovered weapons caches May 31. National Policemen from 34th Brigade, 1st National Police Division, discovered an explosively formed projectile at approximately 8 a.m. At approximately 9 a.m., Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division, seized one EFP, two PKC light machine guns and one rocket-propelled grenade launcher. In separate events, at approximately 9 a.m., Soldiers with the 34th Brigade, 9th IA Division, seized a number of EFPs, RPGs and rifles. Iraqi Soldiers also with the 34th BDE, 9th IA Div., discovered a weapons cache at approximately 10 a.m. The cache consisted of 17 AK-47 assault rifles, one RPK machine gun, three rifles, one anti-tank mine, two 155 mm rounds and two small machine guns. At approximately … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
Local Police Station Opens in Baghdad
The city of Baghdad welcomed the addition of a new local Iraqi police station to its security force April 29 during a ribbon cutting ceremony held in Furat. The Furat Local police station officially opened for business, despite a dense sandstorm that covered the Baghdad area April 29. The ceremony featured Iraqi security forces and local religious leaders from the Furat and Jihad areas from around outlying areas of Baghdad. Coalition force leaders attended in support of the continued progress of the Iraqi police expansion program. “The police force in Furat represents the Furat people,†said Col. Mark Spindler, commander, 18th Military Police Brigade, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, who is a native of St. Louis. The Furat police force is made up of more than 400 trained Iraqi policemen who graduated from the co-located Al Furat … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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