Relief, Medical Supplies Reach Fallujah

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GENEVA - The Iraqi Red Crescent carried relief and medical supplies into Fallujah on Monday, the first time an independent organization has visited the embattled Iraqi city since U.S.-led forces invaded two weeks ago, the Red Cross said.


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"The authorities told them it's not safe for them to remain for more than one day," Rawi told The Associated Press. "There was supposed to be a gathering of wounded people, civilians who need urgent relief supplies."


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Rawi said he thought it was most probable that the Red Crescent had been escorted by the Iraqi national guard, but that he had yet to confirm that.


The convoy entered Fallujah after Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Central Command, told reporters in Washington last week that humanitarian assistance in Fallujah was being provided by the military forces, Iraqi security forces and "other humanitarian organizations."


He didn't elaborate, and relief organizations based in Geneva said they had no idea which humanitarian groups he was referring to at the time.


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