The head of the International Red Cross has said that Anglo-American forces must do more to restore security in Iraq.
Jakob Kellenberger, head of the ICRC, said that under international law, 'occupying powers' had clear duties and responsibilities.
He said the duties were to 'impose public law and order, to secure the well being of the population and protect essential infrastructures such as hospitals.' Mr Kellenberger was speaking ahead of a meeting with the US civilian administrator, Jay Garner, in Baghdad.
While the US and Britain had allowed the ICRC access to more than 7,000 soldiers and civilians captured during the war, Mr Kellenberger said the Red Cross has been barred from visiting any of the senior officials who have been arrested or surrendered.
US forces in Iraq said last night they had detained one of Saddam Hussein's most senior biological weapons scientists, Dr Huda Ammash. She was Number 53 and the only woman on the American list of most wanted former Iraqi officials.
Elsewhere, it is reported that Saddam Hussein's son, Qusay, took nearly $1bn from the Iraqi Central Bank in Baghdad shortly before Anglo-American forces began bombing the capital.
A report in the New York Times said the money was loaded on to three tractor trailers after Qusay handed a letter of authorisation from his father to bank officials.
The money comprised $900m in $100 bills, as well as €100m, according to the unnamed Iraqi official quoted in the story.
A US Treasury Department official has told AFP that Saddam Hussein's regime or relatives took $900m from the Central Bank in Iraq.
