12 killed in fight with U.S.-led forces in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 3 (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed 12 people and wounded two others, including a six year old girl, in a firefight and bombing close to the Syrian border on Monday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Tuesday.

It said six soldiers of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq were wounded in the fight against suspected members of al Qaeda's wing in Iraq, which is headed by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Coalition forces followed a truck which drove to a small camp from a suspected insurgent location at the town of al Qaim, 200 miles (322 km) northwest of Baghdad and 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Syrian border, the U.S. military said.

The truck was loaded with material from a shed and tent at the camp and several adult males also boarded the truck before it headed back towards al Qaim, the statement said.