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June 9, 2016

U.N. Says Up to 90,000 Civilians Trapped in ISIS-Held Fallujah
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Meanwhile, the United Nations says it underestimated the number of
civilians trapped in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which Iraqi forces are
attempting to reclaim from ISIS. U.N. humanitarian coordinator Lise
Grande revised the numbers.

Lise Grande: "We have underestimated the number of civilians that are in
Fallujah. I think we thought that there would be about 40,000 to 50,000
civilians who were at grave risk. What we now think, based on the
stories that people are telling us, is that there are probably closer to
90,000 civilians that are still inside of Fallujah, that are still
trapped, that still can't reach safety."



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