Although many of Falluja's residents had left the city ahead of the assault, it is thought that 100,000 civilians could remain in the city.
(BBCニュースより)
アメリカだってそれをどうやって確認したんだ?
Gen Casey also said he believed
some 50-70% of the civilian population of 200,000 had left the city. (同ソース)
A doctor at a clinic in Falluja, Mohammed Amer, reported that 12 people in the city had been killed. Seventeen others - including a five-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy - were wounded, he added. (同ソース)