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70 ISIS rockets found north of Baghdad

Iraqi forces found 70 rockets north of Baghdad in a large-scale security operation launched based on tips provided by the locals, the Ministry of Defence said Friday (May 19th).

"In collaboration with the National Security Agency and the 22nd Brigade, the Military Intelligence Directorate seized a weapons cache in al-Tarmiya, north of Baghdad," in Salaheddine province, the ministry said in a statement.

The cache contained more than 70 medium and short-range rockets, including anti-armour rockets and Katyushas belonging to the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), the statement said.

Various explosives and ammunition were also seized in the operation, it said.

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