ICRC slams 'utter contempt' for humanity amid fierce fighting in Iraq

[maddezmom]

GENEVA (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross sharply criticized the "utter contempt" for humanity shown by all sides in Iraq (news - web sites) amid fierce fighting between US forces and insurgents for control of the city of Fallujah.

"We are deeply concerned by the devastating impact that the fighting in Iraq is having on the people of that country," said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, the ICRC's director of operations.


"As hostilities continue in Fallujah and elsewhere, every day seems to bring news of yet another act of utter contempt for the most basic tenet of humanity: the obligation to protect human life and dignity," he added.


"For the parties to this conflict, complying with international humanitarian law is an obligation, not an option," Kraehenbuehl said in an unusually tough statement by the relief agency.

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[yardwork]

1. but it's a godly war!!!

[rhyfeddu]

2. "Oh, the Red Cross. They're so...quaint"

Just ask our new AG

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. A call for Bush and Rumsfeld to be prosecuted?

" The ICRC, which is the guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the main international laws governing conduct in warfare, said anyone responsible for violating those rules "must be held accountable for their actions"."

They're responsible for Abu Ghraib and Fallujah.

[lil-petunia]

4. Hey - - - what happened to mission accomplished?

At some point when will people remember that Bush promised to leave when the Iraqis wanted us out?

It seems that we are way past that point.