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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Humanitarian situation in Iraq worsening: Red Cross

By Richard Waddington
Reuters

The suffering of Iraqi civilians is worsening and there is no sign yet that a security crackdown in Baghdad is bringing relief, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.

Hospitals were stretched to the limit by daily mass casualties, malnutrition was on the rise and power shortages were becoming more frequent around the country, the relief agency said.

"The humanitarian situation is steadily worsening and it is affecting, directly or indirectly, all Iraqis," the ICRC said.

Thousands of Iraqis continued to be forced out of their homes owing to military operations, generally poor security and the destruction of houses, it said.

All parties to the conflict, including coalition forces, needed to do more to protect ordinary people it said in a report called 'Civilians without Protection, the ever-worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq'.

"The suffering that Iraqi men, women and children are enduring today is unbearable and unacceptable," Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told a news conference.

(The rest is here.)

1 Comments:

Blogger Minnesota Central said...

From today’s New York Times :
In all, the military has paid more than $32 million to Iraqi and Afghan civilians for noncombat-related killings, injuries and property damage, an Army spokeswoman said. That figure does not include condolence payments made at a unit commander’s discretion.

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