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Last Updated: Monday, 8 November, 2004, 12:12 GMT
Iraqi PM orders Falluja offensive
Troops seized control of a hospital in the west of the city
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has given the go-ahead for a US-led attack on the rebel stronghold of Falluja.
Mr Allawi announced a curfew in Falluja and Ramadi from 1800 local time (1500 GMT), and said Baghdad airport and some international borders would be closed.
He was speaking as US troops advanced into the western outskirts of the city, where they came under heavy fire.
The BBC's Paul Wood in Falluja reports earth-shaking explosions and bright flashes in the vicinity.
F18 bombers have been dive-bombing the city, occasionally letting out short bursts of machine-gun fire.
Meanwhile fighters in the city fired mortars and small arms across the River Euphrates at American positions.
US troops, who are massed near the city awaiting orders for an attack, took two bridges and a hospital overnight in the western part of the city.
But they have not entered deep into the city, and have repeatedly had to change position due to the insurgents' fire.
Two US marines died overnight when their bulldozer overturned in the river. Their bodies were discovered in the morning.
State of emergency
Mr Allawi said he was closing Baghdad airport for 48 hours and closing the Iraqi borders with Syria and Jordan. Only essential goods would be allowed through.
"We have no option but to take necessary measures to protect the Iraqi people from these killers and to liberate Fallujans [so they can return home]," he said.
On Sunday, Mr Allawi declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country in response to the escalation of violence by militants.
The BBC's Quil Lawrence, with US forces near Falluja, said troops used night vision to seize the two bridges, which are main routes west out of the city.
One of the bridges was the site of the killing of four US contractors that sparked the first attempt to retake Falluja in April.
There is no sign yet of American ground forces entering the city centre, where street by street fighting is expected, our correspondent adds.
US planes and artillery have been battering what they call insurgent positions for the past few weeks to make entry into the city easier.
More than 60 people have died in two days of co-ordinated attacks by insurgents in an apparent response to US military preparations around Falluja.
Our correspondent says the marines believe Falluja will be their biggest engagement since Hue, the Vietnamese city they captured in 1968, losing 142 men and killing thousands of the enemy.
There are fears that insurgents will unleash suicide attacks on the troops once they have entered Falluja, our correspondent says.
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