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US forces enter center of Mosul, greeted by spiper fire
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) Apr 11, 2003
 A first contingent of US special forces made their way into the center of the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday and were greeted with sniper fire, an AFP correspondent reported.

Eleven jeeps carrying dozens of US troops reached Mosul from the Dohuk road, followed by approximately 300 members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party special forces.

They drove through a city, whose streets were empty and that was devastated by a day of looting after if fell to coalition-backed Kurdish fighters earlier Friday.

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