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Coalition forces suspended their offensive around noon on Friday to allow Iraqis to bury their dead and aid supplies to be brought into the city.
U.S. Marines were letting only women, children and the elderly out of the city, while allowing humanitarian supplies, such as food and medical supplies, to enter.
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I want everyone who thinks that the U.S. is callous, bloodthirsty, and deserving of this kind of backlash to read that part of the article over and over.
EDIT: This type of violence is, sadly, inevitable, but we can't drop Iraq like a hot potato at this point. We have to follow through with what we intended to do, since fleeing would almost certainly place power in the hands of someone like Sadr.