BAGHDAD -- The International Committee of the Red Cross has issued a statement condemning the "utter contempt for humanity" shown by all sides of the Iraq War.
The ICRC issued a strongly worded statement from its Iraq headquarters that said the conflict had a devastating impact on the people of Iraq, Sky News reported Saturday.
The statement urged all sides of the war to comply with international humanitarian law and let aid workers carry out their duties.
The statement came after hostage-takers apparently killed aid worker Margaret Hassan and U.S. troops allegedly shot dead an injured Iraqi.
"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," said Pierre Kraehenbuhl, the ICRC's director of operations.
Kraehenbuhl said international humanitarian law was "an obligation, not an option", for all parties.
