By Xinhua,
Baghdad : Iraqi soldiers seized Friday three large weapon caches in a mosque and a hospital during clearing operations in Shiite militia strongholds in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Two caches containing more than 360 AK-47 assault rifles, 12 sniper rifles, anti-tank mines, 100 rocket-propelled grenade rounds and multiple RPG launchers, were seized from inside and just outside a mosque in the Shu’lah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, a military statement said.
The troops also discovered remains of a woman and two men at the site, the statement said.
A third weapons cache was found in a hospital in Baghdad’s eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City, it said.
The cache contained more than 100 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 60 home-made grenades, explosives and ammunition, it added.
According to the military, U.S. and Iraqi troops seized up 38 caches in Sadr City since Sadr’s Mahdi Army militiamen struck a deal in May 10 with the Iraqi government that let the troops to enter Shiite neighborhoods and have a greater control of the streets.