U.S. targets Saddam loyalists in biggest assault since war

Friday, June 13, 2003

DULUIYAH, Iraq -- U.S. fighter jets bombed a suspected terrorist camp and troops stormed door-to-door through Sunni Muslim towns Thursday, seeking Saddam Hussein loyalists in one of the biggest American military assaults since the war.

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