US pounds Falluja amid pullout talks

American warplanes have struck three areas in the beseiged city of Falluja amid talks to hand security over to former Iraqi army officers.

The Golan district, the scene of heavy fighting over the past few days, was one of the three areas hit on Thursday, according to witnesses.

The warplanes roared low over the city after pounding Golan and the al-Nawwab al-Dhubbat and Nazzal districts in Falluja, some 50 km west of Baghdad.

The strikes occurred just hours after US officials and local leaders said a deal had been struck to begin pulling US marines back from parts of the city they now control.

US commanders have been reported as saying a former general with Saddam Hussein’s army would supervise a 1100-strong force of Iraqi soldiers.

But Pentagon officials in Washington have been denying knowledge of any such deal…{{link http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/552EC431-6F94-4B29-81B0-CB6F7070992B.htm MORE}}

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