Iraq crisis worsening, says charity

ANTI-WAR campaigners yesterday stepped up calls for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq after a respected international charity gave graphic details of the “ever worsening crisis” there.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spelt out the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, with healthcare facilities stretched to the limit, food shortages in several areas, rising levels of poverty and unemployment and worsening power shortages.

An Iraqi woman quoted in the report said people wanted help to collect bodies lining streets every morning.