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Fallujah rules spelt out
 IRAQ'S interim prime minister said today "terrorists" are not interested in a peaceful settlement. He announced that emergency measures would be imposed on the insurgent strongholds of Fallujah and Ramadi beginning at 6pm (2am AEDT Tuesday). In a press conference in Baghdad, Iyad Allawi said that Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan will also be closed off and Baghdad's international airport would be shut down for 48 hours. "Once again, we have seen more criminal acts committed by these terrorists who continue to use Fallujah as a base for their operations... We have no other option but to take the necessary measures to protect Iraqi people from these killers and liberate Fallujah," he said.Early today, US and Iraqi troops began an offensive to take the city, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold. Mr Allawi said that during the raid today, "Iraqi forces entered Fallujah Hospital, capturing four foreigners and killing 38 persons. We do not know whether they are Iraqis or not. They were stationed in the hospital in order to carry out terrorist actions." Two of the foreign terrorists seized were from Morocco, he said. Posted by: tipper 2004-11-08 |
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