Geneva (ICRC) – Two Iraqi employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed in a bomb explosion outside the organization's office in Baghdad this morning. Ten other people in the area were also reported killed.
The ICRC condemns this attack in the strongest terms and expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. All deliberate attacks causing death or injury among civilians are strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law and negate the most basic principles of humanity.
The ICRC is not in a position to give further details of the attack for the moment. The organization will be reassessing its working conditions in Baghdad over the next few days. The ICRC has been working continuously in Iraq since 1980 to address the most urgent needs of the population.
The ICRC in Iraq: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq!Open
For more information please contact: Florian Westphal, ICRC Geneva, ++41 22 730 29 30, ++41 79 217 32 26 at the International Committee of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org
Copyright © 2003 International Committee of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org
Please also see:
Baghdad suicide bombers kill 34
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http://www.iht.com/articles/115294.html
43 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings:
ICRC, police offices attacked
BAGHDAD, Oct 27: Guerillas orchestrated a series of bold attacks around the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing 43 people and wounding 216 in suicide car bombings of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices and four police stations.
The choreographed bombings, which plunged the capital into terror, also brought the bluntest charges yet by US officials that foreigners are fighting in Iraq. The ICRC announced in Berlin it had decided to begin pulling foreign staff out of Baghdad. The organization has some 35 foreign staff in Iraq country and 800
local workers.....(AFP)
http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top18.htm&date=20031028
The ICRC condemns this attack in the strongest terms and expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. All deliberate attacks causing death or injury among civilians are strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law and negate the most basic principles of humanity.
The ICRC is not in a position to give further details of the attack for the moment. The organization will be reassessing its working conditions in Baghdad over the next few days. The ICRC has been working continuously in Iraq since 1980 to address the most urgent needs of the population.
The ICRC in Iraq: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq!Open
For more information please contact: Florian Westphal, ICRC Geneva, ++41 22 730 29 30, ++41 79 217 32 26 at the International Committee of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org
Copyright © 2003 International Committee of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org
Please also see:
Baghdad suicide bombers kill 34
Dexter Filkins and Alex Berenson/NYT;
http://www.iht.com/articles/115294.html
43 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings:
ICRC, police offices attacked
BAGHDAD, Oct 27: Guerillas orchestrated a series of bold attacks around the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing 43 people and wounding 216 in suicide car bombings of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices and four police stations.
The choreographed bombings, which plunged the capital into terror, also brought the bluntest charges yet by US officials that foreigners are fighting in Iraq. The ICRC announced in Berlin it had decided to begin pulling foreign staff out of Baghdad. The organization has some 35 foreign staff in Iraq country and 800
local workers.....(AFP)
http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top18.htm&date=20031028