CNN International Baghdad (CNN) — Iraq defends its actions at a refugee camp sheltering Iranian dissidents, saying Friday it imposed “law and order” after members of an exile group there attacked Iraqi security forces. The incident occurred at Camp Ashraf in Diyala province, where the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran is based. The PMO, also known…
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Deadly clashes at Iran opposition camp in Iraq
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BAQUBA, Iraq — At least three people were killed Friday when Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group, a security official said, but the rebels claimed 31 of its members died in a full military assault. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, visiting American troops in northern Iraq, expressed concern at reports…
Iraqi forces raid camp of Iranian dissidents
THE WASHINGTON POST BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces in trucks and Humvees barreled into a camp of Iranian dissidents early Friday, and U.S. officials squarely blamed the Iraqi government for the deaths that resulted, saying “the crisis and loss of life was initiated by the Government of Iraq and the Iraqi military.” Two widely divergent…
Dean calls on U.S. to protect Iranian group
POLITICO Former Governor and DNC Chairman Howard Dean, as I noted earlier, has emerged abruptly as America’s most vocal supporter of the embattled Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK), a controversial Iranian opposition group based in part in Iraq. Dean held a press conference today at the National Press Club to denounce the Iraq Government’s violent effort to push…
Iraq: Investigate deadly violence at Camp Ashraf
Amnesty International The Iraqi authorities must immediately launch an independent investigation into reports that Iraqi troops killed and injured residents of a camp for Iranian exiles north of Baghdad in an unprovoked attack, Amnesty International said today. “Iraqi troops moved into the camp this morning and used excessive force against residents who tried to resist…