US special forces fired on as they enter Mosul

A FIRST contingent of US special forces made its way into the centre of the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday and was greeted with sniper fire, an AFP correspondent reported.

Eleven jeeps carrying dozens of US troops reached Mosul from the Dahuk road, followed by around 300 members of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Peshmerga fighters.

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