US
Fails To Take Fallujah -
Declares Ceasefire
4-10-4
- The U.S. called on anti-occupation fighters in
Fallujah on Saturday to join a bilateral cease-fire after failing all
week in attempts to take the city.
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- In Fallujah, a party of 35 Iraqi officials ? including
several Governing Council members ? entered the besieged city Saturday
to hold talks with local leaders. Council members have expressed
increasing anger over the U.S. siege, calling it a "mass punishment" for
200,000 residents.
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- The purpose of the talks was unclear. The US
underlined that the talks were going on with city officials who "want to
see Iraqi police back in the police stations, that want to see Iraqi
Civil Defense Corps members walking the streets of Fallujah, that want
to see the Iraqi army walking the streets of Fallujah. Not terrorists,
not extremists, not foreign fighters."
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- One Marine was killed Friday and another wounded in
exchanges of fire.
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- The death ? along with those of three Marines a day
earlier announced Friday ? brought the toll of U.S. troops killed across
Iraq this week to 46. The fighting has killed more than 460 Iraqis ?
including more than 280 in Fallujah, a hospital official said. At least
647 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the war began in March
2003.
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- During Friday's pause, a stream of cars headed out of
the city, carrying families trying to escape the violence. Marines
allowed women, children and the elder to leave, but turned back
men.
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- Fallujah residents emerged from their homes for the
first time in days Friday, with many burying their dead in the city's
football stadium since cemeteries on the city's edge could not be
reached.
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- Abdul-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, a Shiite on the
Governing Council, announced he was suspending his council seat until
"the bleeding stops in all Iraq." He also met Friday with al-Sadr, whom
U.S. commanders have vowed to capture.
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- A Sunni council member, Ghazi al-Yawer, said he would
quit if the Fallujah talks fell through.
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- http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=1372
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