US forces detain three in raid

US forces have conducted a raid to capture a "high value target" associated with Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an area north-west of Baghdad and detained three people.

Late Saturday, Marines conducted a "limited-scale" raid to catch a "high value target" and to disrupt insurgent activities in the Haqlaniyah area, about 137 miles north-west of Baghdad, said spokesman 1st Lt Lyle Gilbert.