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  • US Troops Raid Iraqi 'Terrorist' Camp, Apache Down

    06/12/2003 10:41:42 AM PDT · by Destro · 55 replies · 312+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thu June 12, 2003 12:15 PM ET | Andrew Marshall
    US Troops Raid Iraqi 'Terrorist' Camp, Apache Down Thu June 12, 2003 12:15 PM ET By Andrew Marshall BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces attacked a guerrilla camp northwest of Baghdad on Thursday with air raids and ground troops, and battled irregular Iraqi fighters who brought down an Apache helicopter in the west of Iraq. Lieutenant General David McKiernan, the senior U.S. commander in Iraq, declined to say whether the Apache was shot down during the assault on what the U.S. army called a "terrorist training camp." He said the camp was attacked with "lethal force" in an operation that was...