51.   The ICRC said the explosion also severely damaged their main wharehouse, used to store foodstuffs, blankets, plastic sheeting and cooking utensils.

52.   The metal was sold to factories in Baghdad which used them in house construction or to make cooking utensils.

53.   The protests spread beyond the capital and television footage showed hundreds of demonstrators using cooking utensils to punctuate their protests in major cities across the country.