US forces continue to attack Falluja (Al Jazeera update)

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Saturday 10 April 2004, 11:40 Makka Time, 8:40 GMT

In five days of attacks, up to 450 people have been killed
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Occupation forces continued to attack the Iraqi town of Falluja, with US warplanes striking twice in the early hours of Saturday.

According to Aljazeera's correspondent, the planes struck at 12:50am (20:50 GMT) and 03:30am (23:30 GMT). Several bombs were dropped on different parts of the town, he added.

The western part of the town also came under fierce mortar attack.

Witnesses told Aljazeera that four houses were targeted in the Golan area.

The number of casualties could not yet be confirmed as ambulances were still transporting victims to the hospital.

In response to the attacks, resistance fighters launched two mortar attacks on US sites east of the Euphrates, the correspondent said.

Many families had gathered in the centre of the town, seeking a way out after being sealed off for the sixth consecutive day...
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