Tip Leads To East Baghdad Cache

Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq - Soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division recovered a small cache during operations looking for a terrorist suspect in eastern Baghdad Sept. 10.

Soldiers with Company D, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment discovered a cache in the New Baghdad District, based off of a tip from a resident. The cache consisted of one double-barreled shotgun, one revolver with seven rounds, two cell phones and one AK-47 rifle with magazines.

The terrorist suspect was not found during the operation. Tips from Iraqi residents continue to lead Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to cache finds and terrorists.

U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces continue to drive into insurgent strongholds and combat outposts and joint security stations have set up tip lines to receive information while keeping callers’ identities unknown.