Archbishops call for humanitarian assistance for Iraq

Ireland's two most senior Anglican clergymen have urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq.

In a statement to the media, Robin Eames, the Archbishop of Armagh, and John Neill, the Archbishop of Dublin, said: "A pressing responsibility rests on those who have waged war against Iraq, involving huge financial resources, to provide comparable resources immediately in humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq.