BAGHDAD, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- A member of a delegation of the people of Fallujah, 50 km south of Baghdad, told Xinhua on Thursdaythat he accused American forces of attempting to torpedo negotiations between the delegation and the interim Iraqi government.

    "It seems that the Americans do not want the negotiations to succeed between the people of Fallujah and the government," said Sheikh Abdul Hamid Jadoo, a member of the Fallujah delegation.

    He pointed out that continuing air bombing of residential areas and the killing of the innocent showed that they were not serious in making the negotiations a success.

    "If the government represents sovereignty and has its own will, then the negotiations would succeed, but if the government is just a front for the Americans, the negotiations would certainly fail," he said.

    He said that the delegation wanted to stop bloodshed and restoresecurity and stability in the city.

    Sheikh Khalid Al Jumaily, head of the Fallujah delegation announced on Tuesday that the first agreement was completed, and the Iraqi government would submit it to American forces for approval. The US military launches almost daily air raids on suspect hideouts of insurgents in Fallujah, but local residents claim that victims are often ordinary civilians.

    On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told Fallujah to give up the country's most wanted man, Jordanian-born Zarqawi, or face a military operation. Enditem