Marines Raid Suspected Terrorist Camp in Iraq Marines Raid Suspected Terrorist Camp in Iraq
April 6, 2003
SALMAN PAK, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. Marines searching a shattered former headquarters of the Iraqi Republican Guard have found what one military official calls "critical" documents on enemy weapons and communications.
At another site, they found the shell of a jet believed used to practice hijackings.
The finds were in Salman Pak, just southeast of Baghdad. U.S. military officials say there's a suspected weapons of mass destruction site in the town that dates back to 1991.
There's also an airstrip in the town that the Bush administration says Iraq used more recently to offer terrorist training to Islamic militants.
The Marines had expected to find up to 2,000 Iraqi fighters in Salman Pak. Instead, they found abandoned trenches and empty sandbag firing positions on rooftops.
April 6, 2003
SALMAN PAK, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. Marines searching a shattered former headquarters of the Iraqi Republican Guard have found what one military official calls "critical" documents on enemy weapons and communications.
At another site, they found the shell of a jet believed used to practice hijackings.
The finds were in Salman Pak, just southeast of Baghdad. U.S. military officials say there's a suspected weapons of mass destruction site in the town that dates back to 1991.
There's also an airstrip in the town that the Bush administration says Iraq used more recently to offer terrorist training to Islamic militants.
The Marines had expected to find up to 2,000 Iraqi fighters in Salman Pak. Instead, they found abandoned trenches and empty sandbag firing positions on rooftops.
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