Iraqis Flee Fallujah Ahead of Possible Assault

Families are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah as Iraqi troops mass outside the city, in position for a possible assault on Islamic militants who took control of the city last week.On Monday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned of a possible military offensive on Fallujah within days and urged residents and tribes in the city to "expel" the al-Qaida linked militants to preempt such an action. Mr. Maliki, a Shi'ite whose government has little support in Sunni Fallujah, says...

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