1st Battalion 22nd Infantry News March 2006

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

March 2006

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

March 12, 2006

........ Sunday, at approximately 6:36 p.m., Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,discovered a small cache in northern Baghdad. The cache consisted of two 122mm rounds and four 130mm artillery rounds.

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Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2006

– Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers detained three suspected terrorists
and uncovered a weapons cache south of Baghdad at approximately 12:30 a.m. March 23.

A patrol of Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
detained the suspected terrorists after a search of their home yielded a weapons cache. The cache consisted of one AK-47 rifle,
one 9mm with a magazine and box of ammunition, one air rifle, one Iraqi police uniform,
one British uniform and an unknown amount of hypodermic needles.

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Baghdad, Iraq, March 24, 2006

— Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, discovered two weapons caches
while conducting a routine route reconnaissance patrol in southern Baghdad March 24.
Soldiers of Company B, 1-22 Inf. discovered the caches, consisting of 29 120mm mortar rounds,
an 81mm round and a 60mm mortar round. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the cache.

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BAGHDAD, March 25, 2006

.......south of Baghdad , another Iraqi citizen led Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., to a smaller weapons cache.
The Iraqi’s directions led Soldiers to a weapons cache consisting of nine 60 mm mortar rounds and a scud booster.

...............Soldiers notified a U.S. explosive ordnance disposal unit, and the explosives were disposed of without incident.

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Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2006

- Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad ’s 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a large weapons cache
while conducting a search March 26. The cache contained 129 120mm mortar rounds, 68 122mm mortar rounds, and six boxes of fuses.

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