SRINAGAR, India, September 09, SPA -- Insurgents earlyWednesday sparked a gunbattle with Indian forces that leftan Indian army officer and two suspected rebels dead. An army patrol intercepted the suspected insurgents inMendhar sector, said Col. Biplab Nath, an Indian army spokesman was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. Mendhar lies nearly 110 miles (175 kilometers) southwestof Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/699076