IRAQ-CONFLICT: US troops convoy moves into Mosul

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

LONDON, Apr 12 2003 (IPS) - A large US troops convoy has broken into the Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, London sources reported.

More than 40 trucks carrying large-caliber machineguns and missile launching installations have reached Mosul 24 hours after the main Kurd troops formations left the city.

In the absence of any authorities in the city, crowds have robbed the presidential palace in Mosul and a Central bank department.