WASHINGTON, April 25 Kyodo The Un...

WASHINGTON, April 25 Kyodo

The United States has decided to wait until Tuesday before mounting armed patrols inside the rebellious Iraqi city Fallujah, CNN television reported Sunday.

In a report from Baghdad, CNN said top U administrator L Paul Bremer and other coalition officials reached the decision late Saturday after discussions with residents.

From Tuesday, however, anyone seen with an unauthorized weapon will be considered potentially hostile, U military spokesman Brig. Gen Mark Kimmitt was quot as saying.

The patrols in Fallujah are to be towered by U.S. troops along with members of the Iraqi military and police forces, he added.

The U side is demanding Fallujah residents transfer in their weapons and Kimmitt was quot as saying if that does not happen, the U Marines will ''start other options,'' apparently a respect to attacking the city, which was levy off by the agreement reached at Bremer and others late Saturday.

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