It appears Iraqi leadership is quite willing to allow Iraqis to suffer and die to save face at the UN.
Iraqi Ambassador Rejects Humanitarian Aid
MOSCOW - Iraq's ambassador to Russia rejected donations of humanitarian aid Wednesday, saying it's simply not needed.
"There is no emergency situation in Iraq. We are waging a holy war," the Interfax news agency quoted Ambassador Abbas Khalaf as saying. "I am authorized to state that we will not receive any humanitarian aid. We have money and all the necessary reserves at our disposal."
U.N.: Iraq May Need Biggest Ever Food Operation
ROME (Reuters) - Iraq will probably need the biggest humanitarian operation in history to feed its entire population after the U.S.-led invasion, the U.N.'s food aid agency said on Wednesday.
"What we're looking at is having to feed, eventually, 27 million people," said Trevor Rowe, chief spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the world's biggest food aid agency.
"This is the whole population of Iraq. So, what we are envisioning is an enormous program, probably the biggest humanitarian operation history," he told Reuters in an interview.