Bremer Visits Fallujah in Effort to End Insurgency

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Bremer Visits Fallujah in Effort to End Insurgency

April 24 (Bloomberg) -- L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq, visited Fallujah today as part of efforts by the U.S.-led coalition to quell a Muslim insurgency, coalition spokesman Dan Senor said.

``His visit to Fallujah was part of our overall effort to reach a peaceful resolution to the situation,'' Senor said in a televised press briefing from Baghdad. Senor declined to identify the people who met with Bremer.

The U.S. has allowed civic leaders to try to negotiate with anti-U.S. insurgents for a cease-fire and voluntary disarmament in the mostly Sunni Muslim city 35 miles (56 kilometers) west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The U.S. sent soldiers into the city after four civilian contractors were killed and their bodies mutilated March 31.

U.S. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, speaking at the same news conference, said Fallujah civilian leaders are not fulfilling provisions of a cease-fire agreement reached earlier this week, while U.S. forces are holding up their end.

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