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A U.S. Army soldier examines the contents of a bag.
A U.S. Army soldier examines the contents of a bag from a discovered weapons cache outside Abu Thayla, Iraq, on April 13, 2008. Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division discovered and seized 29 120-mm mortar rounds, over 500 mines, seven Chinese 107-mm rockets and five rocket-propelled grenades. The cache will be transported to Forward Operating Base Hammer for disposal by explosive ordnance disposal technicians.