MND-B Soldiers engage IED emplacers, find weapons cache
By Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO
May 14, 2008 - 12:51:29 PM
Blackanthem Military News
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers killed three criminals and discovered a weapons cache during nighttime operations against enemy forces in Baghdad May 12.
At approximately 5:30 p.m., aerial surveillance witnessed two men initiate an improvised explosive device in northwestern Baghdad. An aerial weapons team then engaged the criminals, who were fleeing the scene on a motorcycle, with a Hellfire missile and killed them both.
Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a weapons cache consisting of five IEDs and two explosively formed projectiles in West Rashid at approximately 7 p.m.
At approximately 10 p.m., Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, killed one criminal after observing him emplace an IED in New Baghdad.