THE WASHINGTON TIMES Displaced Iranians face Dec. 31 to close their camp A U.N. envoy on Thursday offered to broker the peaceful closing of a camp for Iranian exiles in Iraq where residents and U.S. lawmakers say an Iraqi military crackdown may be imminent. An aide to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who calls the residents…
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After US departure, a bloodbath in Iraq?
REUTERS WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – As the clock ticks towards the end of America’s military presence in Iraq, there are increasingly dire warnings of a humanitarian disaster unless steps are taken to protect more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents living in a camp in Iraq. How closely is Washington listening? Gloomy forecasts for the fate…
What’s Next for Iran?
On Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved harsher penalties against Iran, citing the regime’s plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador on American soil. This latest Iranian provocation signals an alarming escalation by a terrorist regime that has been complicit in killing U.S. soldiers through its proxies, the Taliban in…
UN to broker deal between Iraq, Iranian exiles
ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD (AP) — In a last-ditch attempt to head off a confrontation, the top U.N. envoy to Iraq on Thursday offered to broker the peaceful closing of a camp of Iranian exiles before the government in Baghdad forces its residents out at the end of the year. An aide to Prime Minister Nouri…
Iraq’s looming massacre
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Obama’s abandoning of Camp Ashraf to its fate would breach U.S. honor It was the “mission accomplished” moment that millions of Americans had been waiting for and many of us considered long overdue: the official end to the war in Iraq and the return of all U.S. troops. Whether you believe the…