U.S. Kills Three Suspected of Al Qaeda Links
U.S. forces said they had killed three suspected members of a group linked to al Qaeda in a gunbattle in Iraq, and U.S. allies Thailand and Bulgaria vowed their soldiers would stay on despite coming under deadly attack. , also a strong supporter of Washington’s policy in Iraq, added its name on Monday to a list of countries joining a U.S. initiative to cut Iraq’s huge debts, saying it was prepared to write off most of what it was owed if others did the same. U.S. military officers said that during a U.S. raid on a house in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday night, “suspected members of the Ansar al-Islam terrorist group” attacked soldiers with gunfire and grenades, wounding two. Full Story