Secretary-General condemns latest bombings in Baghdad, calls attack on Red Cross `crime against humanity'.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 2003-UN: Secretary-General condemns latest bombings in Baghdad, calls attack on Red Cross `crime against humanity'(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10282003 The following statement was issued on 27 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the terrorist attacks in Iraq: The Secretary-General is deeply dismayed at the latest series of terrorist attacks which took place in Baghdad today, resulting in numerous deaths and casualties.

He unequivocally condemns these attacks in the strongest possible terms. The Secretary-General deplores the targeting of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Baghdad. The ICRC is a universally respected humanitarian organization. Its...