U.S. jets bomb terrorist training camp in northern Iraq: military
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. jets bombed what the military called ''a terrorist training camp'' in central Iraq on Thursday, while ground forces pressed forward with a massive sweep north of Baghdad aimed at finding militants organizing attacks on occupation forces.
U.S. planes attacked the site 95 miles north of Baghdad at about 1:45 a.m., U.S. Central Command said. A firefight then broke out, and one coalition soldier was slightly injured. It did specify the location of the camp, or say if there were Iraqi casualties.
Meanwhile, a combined sweep, dubbed ''Operation Peninsula Strike,'' continued for a third day, sending thousands of American troops through an area near the Tigris River town of Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, U.S. Central Command spokesman Lt. Ryan Fitzgerald said.
Ground troops were backed up by fighter jets, attack helicopters and unmanned aerial drones. About 400 people were detained.