(CNN) -- Coalition forces battled loyalists of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein early Thursday in a raid on what U.S. Central Command called a terrorist training camp northwest of Baghdad.
An assault on the camp began with a coordinated airstrike, according to Central Command, and a firefight followed involving ground forces, including members of the 101st Airborne Division.
An Apache attack helicopter was shot down, apparently by hostile fire, during the mission, and an F-16 fighter plane crashed after suffering a mechanical failure, Central Command said.
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