U.S., Iraqi Troops Raid Alleged Rebel Base (Mosul)

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By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi commandos backed by U.S. forces raided a hospital in northern Mosul allegedly used by insurgents, and detained three people overnight, the U.S. military said Friday.


U.S. troops sweeping through Fallujah found what appeared to be a key command center of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, along with a workshop where an SUV registered in Texas was being converted into a bomb and a classroom containing flight plans and instructions on shooting down planes.


Gunbattles flared as troops hunted holdout insurgents in the city west of Baghdad. One U.S. Marine and one Iraqi soldier were killed, U.S. officials said.


In Mosul, commandos with the Ministry of Interior's Special Police Force cordoned off the al-Zaharawi Hospital in the western Shefa neighborhood on Thursday, after getting information that insurgents were treating their wounded there, said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings with Task Force Olympia.

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What the heck is up: SUV from Texas??