[OXENinFLA]

Fri Nov 12, 9:10 AM ET
A US Marine escorts captured Iraqi men in the center of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Hundreds of men trying to flee the assault on Fallujah have been turned back by U.S. troops following orders to allow only women, children and the elderly to leave. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

[WifeMotherDaughterSister]

I'm sorry, I am probably being incredibly dense here, but when it is reported that the 'insurgents'(terrorists) were turned back, does that mean that our troops coming up behind them would still have to fight them? Would they have ditched their weapons before hitting the cordoned area, Turning them back does that mean they could just go pick up their weapons and fight still more?