Katrina Kratovac (AP) reports from Baghdad

Why are there bodies rotting in the streets in Fallujeh?

Bullets snapped overhead as Iraqi body-collection workers supervised by the Marines sought cover behind walls and in buildings. After 15 minutes of fighting, three insurgents were dead and one Marine was slightly injured in the hand, officers said.

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