INPs find cache in Al Samari Mosque

Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD - Iraqi National Police seized a munitions cache in the Al Samari mosque in the Karadah district in eastern Baghdad Aug. 18.

Police assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, and Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, conducted the combined operation. The NPs entered and searched the mosque as the Coalition forces provided an outer cordon of security.

The cache consisted of four Iranian 107 mm rockets, five 107 mm rockets of unknown origin, three 107 mm warheads, two empty rocket motors and two fuses.

"The militants responsible for hiding this cache violated the sanctity of the mosque and disgraced their religion," said Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesperson for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division - Baghdad. "We commend the National Police for intercepting these tools of terror that extremists use to attack innocent Iraqi civilians, and we are proud to offer our support in helping them protect the people."

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