| Paratroopers uncovered a weapons cache while assisting Iraqi citizens east of Iskandariyah, Iraq, yesterday. Paratroopers with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, discovered the cache while helping local farmers in the Tounis region clean out irrigation canals. A 107mm rocket and 40 mortar casings ranging from 40mm to 81mm were found. The Paratroopers confiscated the rounds and handed them over to the Tounis Iraqi Police Station for destruction. |