- Title: IRAQ: HUNDREDS OF FALLUJA RESIDENTS STILL BANNED FROM RETURNING TO HOMES.
- Date: 30th April 2004
- Summary: (W5) FALLUJA, IRAQ (APRIL 30, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. GV/GV/PAN: SOLDIERS ON ROAD TO FALLUJA ORDERING CIVILIANS TO TURN BACK (6 SHOTS) 1.07 2. LV: CIVILIANS AND U.S MILITARY CONVOYS MOVING IN BACKGROUND (2 SHOTS) 1.25 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IRAQI OFFICER SAYING: "You can't get into town. We Iraqi police still don't know what our duties are." 1.47 4. GV: IRAQI CIVILIAN CARS TURNING BACK (2 SHOTS) 2.08 5. GV/GV/PAN: U.S ARMY CONVOYS, BULLDOZER CLEARING RUBBLE FROM HIGHWAY (6 SHOTS) 2.55 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: FALLUJA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVAB8QRLB3U2MK254EPOC95REM0O
- Story Text: Hundreds of Falluja residents are still banned from
returning to their homes.
Hundreds of Falluja civilians were still waiting
outside their town on Friday (April 30) despite an apparent
agreement on a ceasefire and a return of calm to the city
after more than two weeks of battles.
People who had fled homes in Falluja lined up at
military checkpoints to return but troops let few pass into
the town.
U.S. Marines pulled back from some of their siege lines
around the city on Friday and local police took up
positions after talks on ending a month of fighting that
has cost hundreds of lives. Local doctors say about 600
people died.
Daybreak saw none of the gunbattles and U.S. air
strikes of the previous evening but it remained unclear
whether a full deal had finally been agreed and what its
terms might be.
U.S. Marines and police spoke on Thursday (April 29) of
cooperating with senior officers of Saddam Hussein's now
disbanded Iraqi army to restore order.
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