▁turn ▁Fall uj ah ▁into ▁Dresden ". ▁The ▁U . S . ▁handed ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁over ▁to ▁a ▁former ▁Ira qi ▁general ▁who ▁had ▁served ▁under ▁S add am ▁Hus sein , ▁and ▁whose ▁f igh ters ▁the ▁U . S . ▁acknowled ges ▁may ▁include ▁former ▁members ▁of ▁ins ur gency . ▁ ▁After wards , ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" free ▁re bel ▁town "; ▁b ann ers ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁streets ▁proc laimed ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁mos ques ▁pra ised ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁ins ur gency . ▁The ▁general , ▁Muham med ▁Lat if , ▁told ▁Re ut ers , ▁" I ▁want ▁the ▁American ▁soldier ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁his ▁camp . ▁What ▁I ▁want ▁more ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ." ▁ ▁U . S . ▁mar ines ▁enc irc led ▁Fall uj ah ▁with ▁an ▁earth ▁wall , ▁trying ▁to ▁control ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁city , ▁allowing ▁only ▁women ▁and ▁children ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁city . ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁twenty ▁two ▁Ira q is , ▁among ▁them ▁women ▁and ▁children , ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁U . S . ▁air ▁strike ▁on ▁a ▁resident ial ▁neighborhood . ▁Al la wi ▁condem ned ▁the ▁re bell ion ▁and ▁called ▁upon ▁the ▁city ▁to ▁surrender ▁Ab u ▁Mus ab ▁al - Z ar q aw i , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Ta wh id - e - J