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and it is not pretty.... :(

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Meanwhile, there are increasing concerns for Falluja residents who left the town before the devastating US offensive.

Shaikh Muhammad Shawki al-Abdali, who lives in a cluster of hamlets just outside Falluja, said many of the 250 families who sought refuge in his village do not even have shelter.

The villagers of nearby al-Subaihat say they welcomed the displaced with open arms.

"Friends of mine gave these poor people a room in their house, other gave them mattresses and food," 25-year-old Khalid Jiad said.

"But now there isn't much we can still do for them because we barely have any sugar, flour and rice left. We are almost in the same state as them."