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Edited on Sun Sep-12-04 02:03 PM by Cocoa
http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2004%20News%20archives/September/12n/Hundreds%20Flee%20Besieged%20Iraqi%20Town.htm
TAL AFAR, Iraq, 12 September 2004 — Hundreds of Iraqis fled the besieged town of Tal Afar, as regional heavyweights initiated contacts with the government yesterday in a bid to end a US-led operation that has killed at least 50 people.
Clutching bare essentials, families were driven out of the northern town, which was sealed off by US troops for the third consecutive day, in national guard pick-up trucks. Entry was barred to all.
At a makeshift refugee camp, just east of town, the Red Crescent erected 70 to 80 tents to shelter the displaced from the burning sun, but food and water were running low.
A group of tribal leaders, political parties and independents from across Tal Afar’s Nineveh province has appointed a five-man committee to mediate between the government and town officials, said member Talaat Al-Wazan. “Residents and fighters of Tal Afar have asked us to negotiate and we got in touch with (Minister of State) Kassem Daoud,” he said.
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