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U.S. forces destroy truck bomb in Iraq

U.S. forces used fighter jets to destroy a truck bomb discovered in Anbar province, and conducted a raid south of Baghdad that netted weapons that insurgents apparently had imported from neighboring Iran, the military said Saturday. The truck loaded with explosives was found early Friday near Fallujah, a city in Anbar province, when Marines were tipped off about it by a suspected insurgent they detained during a routine combat operation in the area, the military said. Loaded with eight large barrels of an unidentified liquid, the truck contained hidden detonation wire and explosives, the statement said. Full Story