AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – PRESS RELEASE Authorities in Iraq must urgently investigate the attack against a camp of Iranian exiles that left several people dead and injured and ensure all those wounded receive appropriate medical care, said Amnesty International today. The investigation should also look into the conduct of Iraqi security forces in the lead up and…
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Six Killed in Shelling of Iranian Refugee Camp in Iraq
THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD — Six people were killed and more than 50 were wounded on Saturday when several dozen mortar shells fell on a refugee camp for members of an Iranian opposition group, according to an Iraqi police official. The camp, on the site of a former American military base near the Baghdad…
Martin Kobler’s Remarks on Camp Liberty Attack a Disgrace
StopFundamentalism.COM This morning, Saturday February 9, about 40 rockets hit a small Iranian refugee camp near Baghdad known as Camp Liberty, killing at least 6 refugees and wounding near a hundred. The deaths and injuries are direct responsibility of UNAMI’s Martin Kobler as he is the instigator and the force behind the eviction of former…
Attack kills 5 at Iranian exile camp in Iraq
CNN Baghdad (CNN) — A camp housing Iranian dissidents in Iraq was attacked Saturday morning, leaving at least five dead and 40 wounded, Iraqi police said. The rocket and mortar attack occurred at Camp Hurriya, a onetime U.S. base formerly known as Camp Liberty, which is now the home of the Iranian exile group Mujahedin-e-Khalq….
UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq
UNHCR Press Releases 9 February 2013 – The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres expresses his shock about this morning’s mortar attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq that reportedly killed six and wounded dozens. “I strongly condemn this attack,” Mr. Guterres said, noting that the residents of Camp Liberty are asylum seekers undergoing the refugee…