Doctor reveals Falluja's horror toll

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Friday 09 April 2004, 20:48 Makka Time, 17:48 GMT



At least 450 Iraqis have been killed and more than 1000 others wounded in fighting in the city of Falluja this week, says a doctor who runs the city's main hospital...

Earlier, the Iraqi Governing Council member Mohsin Abd al-Hameed in a statement on behalf of his Iraqi Islamic party to Aljazeera said military action in Falluja would end for a period of 24 hours.



Upon commitment to a ceasefire by the occupation forces and Iraqi resistance fighters the ceasefire would continue, the statement said.



The Islamic party political bureau would send a delegation to hold talks with prominent figures in the town, the statement said.



Aljazeera, meanwhile, has learnt that during negotiations to end the military offensive, US forces imposed many conditions including getting the Aljazeera crew out of the town...http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/35D16627-E268-4ACE-B0E0-553C6624058D.htm