| Murmuring "God is great," two dozen Iraqi men collected corpses Tuesday in a U.S. Marine-directed effort to rid Fallujah of festering bodies in keeping with Muslim burial principles. Officers said the Marines themselves could more quickly pick up the estimated 1,200 insurgents killed during a week of fighting that took back the city from insurgents, but agreed with Iraqis who felt it was crucial they retrieve the remains of their fellow Muslims. "We're Iraqis and they're Iraqis and we want to get them," said Mohammed Ali, a 32-year-old farmer helping remove bodies. "It's in our religion. The rules say that relatives or families or Arabs should help them." |