World News 29-10-2003 who: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) what: Continues to debate withdrawal as more die in car bombing where: Iraq when: Yesterday snippet: 12 people died at the ICRC HQ in Baghdad on Monday in a series of attacks which left 35 dead and yesterday a suicide bomber blew up himself and at least six other people in the town of Fallujah, says The Independent. Other humanitarian organisations, including Médecins Sans Frontières, are also considering whether to leave. Elsewhere, the paper reports that US president George W Bush has warned Syria and Iran not to allow al-Qaeda sympathisers to cross the border into Iraq. The Guardian reports on new research that claims 15,000 Iraqis, including 4,300 civilian noncombatants, were killed in the first few days of the coalition invasion and in related news, Richard Norton-Taylor says the Ministry of Defence is facing an "unprecedented financial crisis" due to "the monumental costs of the Iraq war". [... more]

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