No Aid Needed

Iraq’s Red Crescent group sent seven truckloads of food and medicine to the city, but U.S. forces blocked the aid convoy at Falluja’s main hospital and said it could not enter. The convoy turned back on Monday after three days of frustration.

“It’s our third day here at the hospital and all we have done is receive promises from the Americans,” Hassan Rawi, a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross, said.

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All Safe

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has said he does not believe any civilians were killed in the offensive, which has left 38 U.S. soldiers, 6 Iraqi troops and more than 1,200 insurgents dead. But witness accounts appeared to contradict him.  Washington Post Story

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