Troops in Iraq have found a medical facility next to the torture complex discovered last week near the Diyala province city of Muqdadiya, according to the top U.S. general in Iraq.
Gen. David Petraeus told CNN that the facility was part of a larger complex belonging to al Qaeda in Iraq and that a large weapons cache was also found.
The general cited a similar complex found in Baquba last June and said the complexes typically have torture rooms, courthouses, weapons and food warehouses, and medical facilities.
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CNN's Roya Shadravan, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Harris Whitbeck contributed to this report.
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