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Us troops kill 70 raid { June 13 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2923623 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2923623 US Troops Kill 70 in Raid on Iraq 'Terror' Camp Fri June 13, 2003 03:30 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops have killed at least 70 people in a "terrorist" training camp in Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday. He said one U.S. soldier was wounded in the operation, which was still in progress. The 101st Airborne Division took part in the raid. The army said earlier the raid on the camp, 90 miles northwest of Baghdad, was part of the "continued effort to eradicate Baath Party loyalists, paramilitary groups and other subversive elements," but gave no details on the camp. The operation began in the early hours of Thursday morning with an air strike on the camp. U.S. commanders say supporters of Saddam Hussein are behind a wave of deadly attacks on U.S. troops in recent weeks. Some 40 soldiers have been killed in attacks and ambushes since Saddam's overthrow two months ago. Operation Peninsula Strike, the largest U.S. operation in Iraq since the end of the war, involves some 4,000 troops scouring an area around the Tigris river northeast of the tense town of Balad, U.S. officials said.

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