US AIR STRIKE ON A FALLUJA CLINIC

Falluja residents said a U.S. air strike had hit a clinic in a central district, killing some medical staff and patients. There was no independent confirmation.

Sami al-Jumaili, a doctor at the main Falluja hospital who escaped arrest when it was taken, said the city was running out of medical supplies and only a few clinics remained open.

"There is not a single surgeon in Falluja. We had one ambulance hit by U.S. fire and a doctor wounded. There are scores of injured civilians in their homes whom we can't move.

"A 13-year-old child just died in my hands," he said by telephone from a house where he had gone to help the wounded.

Doctors said at least 15 civilians had been killed in Monday's fighting. There was no word on U.S. casualties.

The offensive launched after dark on Monday was the second assault in seven months to try to control the resistance stronghold.

After a day of air strikes, shelling and tank fire, U.S. troops launched the ground assault two hours after sundown, when Muslims break their daily fast in the month of Ramadan...



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