Humanitarian workers in Iraq have given the first independent accounts of civilian casualties in last week's American and British air strikes.

The International Red Cross says at least two-hundred civilians were wounded in Baghdad and that it has reports of up to a few dozen people injured outside the capital.

The Red Cross said it could not yet give any figure for civilian deaths.

Iraqi officials have spoken of a large number of casualties but have not given any figure.

Red Cross and United Nations officials are now working to resume distribution of vitally-needed food and medicines throughout Iraq.