Det börjar slå snett direkt från den shitiska milisen trots att shiternas högsta andliga Sistani ledares varningar.
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82 civilians killed, wounded by random Shiite mortar shells on Fallujah.
Eighty-two civilians in the embattled town of Fallujah have been killed and wounded due to random bombardments of the Shiite militias in two days of military operations, and that has concerned US military personnel involved in operations in the battle for Fallujah.
Civila kvinnor och barn har dödats och skadats av okontrollerad bombardemang från shitiska milisen trots Sistanis varning.
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"As a result of mortar shells by [Shiite militia] Hashd al-Shaabi, 32 people were killed and 50 wounded including women and children in Fallujah," said Uzal Fahdawi, a member of Anbar Provincial Council.
USA är smått oroliga och har begärt om ett brådskande möte med top officerare av offensiven.
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Concerning the random mortar shells Hashd al-Shaabi has been launching on Fallujah, US military personnel have held urgent meetings with top commanders of the offensive, namely Abdul Wahab Saadi, commander of the Fallujah operations command and many other high-ranking Iraqi military officers.
Det 3 timmar långa mötet USA hade har begärt att shitiska milisen ska omedelbart upphöra med sin slumpmässiga beskjutning och att inga barriärer ska sättas innan civila hunnit fly och att deras män inte ska fängslas.
Man förordar även att shitiska milisen Hashd al-Shaabi bör dra sig ur offensiven men dom har tydligen ignorerat allt.
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"Shiite militia have to immediately stop random mortar shells and also no barriers should be put before civilians fleeing the town and their men should not be imprisoned," said Fahdawi quoting US* military officials during a three hour long meeting with Iraqi army officials.
He added that "in the meeting it was also decreed that Hashd al-Shaabi should be withdrawn and renounce the battle for Fallujah, but they are still bombing the town."
Ca: 400-600 ISIS försvarar Fallujah.
22.000 man är i offensiven.
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An estimated 400 to 600 ISIS militants are believed to have been fighting off Iraqi joint forces from Fallujah, while 22,000 Iraqi joint forces have been moved to the outskirts of Fallujah to liberate the long-held ISIS town.
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