NEW YORK -- In a letter addressed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, 100 prestigious doctors have denounced the harm to children's health and lives wrought by the war in Iraq. The signatories -- British doctors who have worked in Iraq, Iraqi doctors, leading British consultants and general practitioners -- state that conditions in Iraqi hospitals constitute a breach of the Geneva Convention.
They demand that the United States and Britain -- Iraq's "occupying powers" as recognized by the United Nations -- address this situation, for which they are responsible.
"Sick or injured children," they point out, "who could otherwise be treated by simple means are left to die in the hundreds because they don't have access to basic medicines or other resources.