Iraqi Army Soldiers recover large cache (Mansour)

MNF-I reports Iraqi Army uncover a large cache in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad.

The Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, recovered two mortar tubes, 86 mortar rounds, five improvised rocket launchers, ten rockets, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, seven RPG rounds, six hand grenades and various bomb-making materials.

Quite a large cache indeed and most probably the mortar cache used by insurgents to indirectly attack the Green Zone. But more important is this quote.

“This was an independent operation by the Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, Multi-National Division – Baghdad spokesman. “The recovery of these items is another indication the Iraqi Security Forces are increasing in capability."

Important here is Iraqi Army Soldiers are independently executing missions, seizing caches, and making their own country safe. These independent operations are becoming more and more frequent.