The United States said no women are in the two jails, Umm Qasr and Abu Ghraib, named by the militants.

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David Wimhurst, spokesman for the United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said that while the food supply in the southern Iraqi town of Umm Qasr appears to be normal, the city's hospital is receiving 200 to 300 patients per week.

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