US forces backed by helicopters moved into a farming area around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after scouring a neighbourhood in an apparent hunt for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. US troops were seen in force in a mostly-inhabited area which contains farms that belonged to officials of Saddam's deposed regime as well as home belonging to one of his half-brothers. Earlier, troops backed by helicopters entered the al-Arabi neighbourhood, residents told AFP, adding that Saddam could be hiding there. "There is a heavy presence of US troops, acting on information that Saddam may be hiding in the al-Arabi neighbourhood," one resident said. "The word in town is that Saddam is there," said another.
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