EIGHT MILLION IRAQIS NEED FOOD, WATER AND PROPER SANITATION

Al Jazeera reports today that, according to a report by Oxfam and related Iraqi groups, almost eight million Iraqis are in dire need of food, clean water and acceptable sanitation.

"Iraqis are suffering from a growing lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, health care, education, and employment," said the report, compiled by Oxfam and the NGO Co-ordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI)."

This disastrous humanitarian crisis is a direct result of the illegal and unjustified invasion and occupation of Iraq by U.S. troops. George Bush should be held to account. His militaristic invasion has caused hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths, especially of children and older people, deprived of the basic necessities of life.