ICRC Responds To Baghdad Bombs

(29 July 08 - RV) Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites converged on a revered shrine in Baghdad for the climax of a major pilgrimage today, a day after coordinated female suicide bombers killed 35 people among crowds of pilgrims. The International Committee of the Red Cross responded immediately to yesterday’s bombings by delivering emergency medical supplies to the hospitals receiving the bulk of the injured.
Hicham Hassan is the spokesperson for the ICRC in Iraq. He says that although efforts have been made to improve health care in the country, the quality is still unsatisfactory...