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Falluja
women,
children
in
mass
grave
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| Many corpses remain unburied, Falluja residents say |
Residents of a village neighbouring Falluja have told Aljazeera that they helped bury the bodies of 73 women and children who were burnt to death by a US bombing attack.
"We
buried
them
here,
but
we
could
not
identify
them
because
they
were
charred
by
the
use
of
napalm
bombs
used
by
the
Americans,"
said
one
resident
of
Saqlawiya
in
footage
aired
on
Aljazeera
on Sunday. There
have
been
no
reports
of
the
US
military
using
napalm
in
Falluja
and
no
independent
verification
of
the
claims. The
resident
told
Aljazeera
all the bodies
were
buried
in
a
single
grave. Late
last
week,
US
troops
in
Falluja
called
on
some
residents
who
had
fled
the
fighting
to
return
and
help
bury the
dead. However,
according
to
other
residents
who
managed
to
flee
the
fighting
after
US
forces
entered
the
city,
hundreds
more
bodies
still
lay
in
the
streets
and
were
being
fed
on
by
packs
of
wild
dogs. Danger
zone Meanwhile,
the
International
Committee
of
the
Red
Cross
(ICRC)
said
Falluja
remained
too
dangerous
to
secure
proper
retrieval
and
burial
of
corpses. The
ICRC
and
other
relief
groups
are
unable
to
enter
the
city
"We
could
not
enter
Falluja
city
so
far
due
to
the
security
measures
and
the
continuing
battles,"
Muain
Qasis,
ICRC
spokesman
in
Jordan,
told
Aljazeera.
When asked about the security measures, Qasis said: "In order to carry out an independent and acceptable humanitarian action, we must have guarantees ensuring the safety of the humanitarian staff.
"The humanitarian situation in Falluja city is very difficult.
"The city is still suffering shortage of public services. There is no water or electricity. There is no way to offer medical treatment for the injured families still surrounded inside the city," he added.
Detained civilians released
In related news, the US military in Falluja announced that it had released 400 of the 1450 men it had detained in the war-ravaged city.
"More than 400 detainees have since been released after being deemed non-combatants," the military said, adding that 100 more were due to be released on Sunday.
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