THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Iraq’s armed forces moved against a camp holding thousands of members of an Iranian resistance movement that’s based in Iraq Friday, killing dozens and wounding hundreds, according to a spokesman for the movement. It wasn’t immediately possible to verify the claims of the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, or MEK, of…
Author: MARC CHAMPION AND MUNAF AMMAR IN BAGHDAD
Iraqi army raids Iranian exile camp; 10 dead
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMP ASHRAF, Iraq (AP) – Iraq security forces raided the settlement of an Iranian exile group that the Shiite-led government has long tried to oust and at least 10 people were killed in the pre-dawn clashes Friday, officials said. The People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran exiles jeer Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a…
At least 10 Iranian exiles killed in clashes in Iraq
REUTERS At least 10 Iranian exiles were killed at Camp Ashraf in Iraq on Friday, a hospital source said, after security forces clashed with residents of the Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight. An Iraqi government spokesman said five members of the Iraqi security forces were wounded in the incident at the camp where…
US Must Act immediately to Avert Looming Humanitarian Catastrophe in Camp Ashraf as Iraqi Forces Deploy for an Attack
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Iraqi forces under orders of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are preparing for an extensive assault on Camp Ashraf that is scheduled for Friday, 4:00 AM local time (Thursday, 9:00 PM EDT), according to Iraqi sources. The plan is to occupy all of Ashraf, similar to the…
USCCAR Condemns Iraq’s Military Deployment into Camp Ashraf, Urges US and UN Intervention to Secure Urgent Withdrawal
WASHINGTON — The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) deplores the intrusion by columns of Iraqi Humvees and armored vehicles into Camp Ashraf midnight Saturday and the subsequent deployment of BMP armored personnel carriers and Humvees inside the camp. USCCAR calls on the United States, the United Nations Secretary General and his Special Representative…