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Wide pan to destroyed buildings (blown up last Thursday attack) 2. Mid pan of destroyed building3. Close up of extensive destruction zoom out to destroyed building 4. Man on bed in the second...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBaghdad's Karradah neighbourhood, Iraq\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide pan to destroyed buildings (blown up last Thursday attack) \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid pan of destroyed building\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of extensive destruction zoom out to destroyed building \u003cbr/\u003e4. Man on bed in the second floor of a destroyed building \u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of destroyed building \u003cbr/\u003eAmman, Jordan\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide exterior of the Hyatt Hotel\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of news conference sign \u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kasaram Mufarah, representative of NGO Coordination Committee (network of NGOs working in Iraq):\u003cbr/\u003e\"The report is describing the increasing humanitarian crisis in Iraq, with various figures coming mainly from UN agencies, showing that Iraqi population have less access to water, to health facilities, to food, and of course to protection and a safe environment. The report is coming up with some recommendation towards the Iraqi government first, but also the international community and the government of the  international community, the United Nations, the donors community, and of course to NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations).\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kasaram Mufarah, representative of NGO Coordination Committee (network of NGOs working in Iraq):\u003cbr/\u003e\"Right now after the release of this report, there is already more funds for the humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable of Iraqis, it will be a great outcome.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Establishing shot of Ali al'Dabbagh, Iraqi government spokesman \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al'Dabbagh, Iraqi government spokesman \u003cbr/\u003e\"We don't deny there is a big crisis for the Iraqis whether they are displaced, internally displaced in Iraq, or they are here in Jordan, or in Syria, the Iraqi government ... there is a commitment from Iraqi government, but we think that the problem is beyond the capacity of the Iraqi government. We need an international effort, we need a regional effort in order to meet this problem and to get partially solution for this problem we think that international effort is needed, this is an international law is whether the education for the children, whether the presence of, temporary presence of the Iraqis, this should be taken in consideration.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBaghdad's Karradah neighbourhood, Iraq\u003cbr/\u003e14. Iraqi Red Crescent vehicle driving to area struck by truck bomb \u003cbr/\u003e15. Red Crescent employees carrying food baskets and blankets to the families whose apartments were destroyed \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of Red Crescent employees giving humanitarian aid to the families \u003cbr/\u003e17. People gathering next to the Red Crescent truck, worker in back \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sumayia Ali, Director of Red Crescent's Rusafa branch:\u003cbr/\u003e''After the last bloody explosion in Karradah which has killed over 200 victims, the Iraqi Red Crescent is working to serve these families, to serve our population in Karradah and we are trying to offer them humanitarian assistance, food, in order to avoid the development of these disasters.'' \u003cbr/\u003e19. Women weeping\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of Red Crescent employees carrying aid\u003cbr/\u003eAbout 8 million Iraqis - nearly a third of the population - need immediate emergency aid because of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Iraq war, relief agencies said on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eThose Iraqis are in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter, said the report by Oxfam and the NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) Coordination Committee network in Iraq.\u003cbr/\u003eThe report said 15 percent of Iraqis cannot regularly afford to eat; 70 percent are without adequate water supplies (up from 50 percent in 2003); 28 percent of children are malnourished (compared with 19 percent before the 2003 invasion); and 92 percent of Iraqi children suffer learning difficulties.\u003cbr/\u003eThe report also said that more than 2 million people - mostly women and children - have been displaced within Iraq, and 2 million Iraqis have fled the country as refugees, mostly to neighbouring Syria and Jordan.\u003cbr/\u003eKasaram Mufarah, representative of NGO Coordination Committee (network of NGOs working in Iraq), talked about the report at a press conference in the Jordanian capital Amman on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The report is describing the increasing humanitarian crisis in Iraq, with various figures coming mainly from UN agencies, showing that Iraqi population have less access to water, to health facilities, to food, and of course to protection and a safe environment. The report is coming up with some recommendation towards the Iraqi government first, but also the international community and the government of the  international community, the United Nations, the donors community, and of course to NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations),\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Jeremy Hobbs, the director of Oxfam International, urged Iraq's government, the United Nations and the international community to do more to help Iraqis, despite the risks associated with widespread violence involving coalition forces and insurgents.\u003cbr/\u003eOxfam has not operated in Iraq since 2003 for security reasons, but a survey it published in April found that more than 80 percent of aid agencies working in the country could do more if they had more money.\u003cbr/\u003eSome humanitarian organisations refuse money from governments with troops in Iraq, on the grounds of security and independence.\u003cbr/\u003eSumayia Ali, Director of Red Crescent's Rusafa branch, said her 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