Reply #25: AFP : Iraqi Red Crescent presses US troops for full access to Fallujah

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"They are still in the hospital and they are tring to have the facility to distribute material in Fallujah but until now they have not been able to," said Ahmed Nasser, the head of the Red Crescent's disaster management unit.


"They insist that they will stay there until (they are granted permission)," Nasser told AFP. "We hope that we can do this job."


The military was unavailable for immediate comment on the situation, but a spokesman said in an email on Saturday that he was unsure whether the convoy would be allowed to enter further, amid the inherent dangers.


Major Francis Piccoli, another military spokesman, said earlier on Sunday that humanitarian assistance was being provided "in the secured areas."

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