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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 No call for U.S. help from Fallujahpolice after station ambush By Seth Robson, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Tuesday, February 17, 2004 VOLTURNO FOB, Iraq — Iraq’s civil defense force asked U.S. soldiers not to aid a besieged Fallujah police station Saturday to keep the defenders from losing face with locals, according to the U.S. commander of coalition forces in the area.At least 25 people were killed in simultaneous attacks on the police station and an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps compound. On Monday, a team of six U.S. congressmen and several members of the Iraqi Governing Council...

  Anti-Coalition Forces Wound 3 Civilians In RPG Attack FALLUJAH, Iraq (January 13, 2004) - Paratroopers from the 1st Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, were conducting a civil-military operation assessment at the Al Fallujah Youth and Sports Center when they were attacked with two rocket-propelled grenades (RPG). The security force returned fire on the attackers and could not confirm any enemy casualties. There were no U.S. casualties in this attack. Iraqi Police confirmed anti-coalition forces wounded three civilians in the RPG attack. Iraqi Police took the three wounded civilians to Al Fallujah hospital. Earlier that morning,...