Witnesses said U.S. aircraft, tanks, and artillery blasted two targets in the Jolan district of the town. Television footage of the town showed several fires raging at suspected weapons dumps.
A U.S. statement said the fighting in Al-Fallujah, a city of 300,000 people, began with an attack on marine positions. At the UN Security Council, UN envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi urged the U.S. to bring the crisis to a peaceful end.
Also yesterday, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said that U.S. forces have killed at least 64 Iraqi militiamen near the Shi'ite holy city of Al-Najaf, after Washington issued an ultimatum to radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, to withdraw his forces from all mosques and schools there.
A U.S. statement said the fighting in Al-Fallujah, a city of 300,000 people, began with an attack on marine positions. At the UN Security Council, UN envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi urged the U.S. to bring the crisis to a peaceful end.
Also yesterday, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said that U.S. forces have killed at least 64 Iraqi militiamen near the Shi'ite holy city of Al-Najaf, after Washington issued an ultimatum to radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, to withdraw his forces from all mosques and schools there.
