REUTERS UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called for an independent investigation into the deaths of 34 people at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq after Iraqi security forces moved against it last week. “It now seems certain that at least 34 people were killed in Camp Ashraf, including seven…
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UN rights chief seeks Iran exile camp probe
Agence France Press GENEVA — United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday called for an independent inquiry into the Iraqi military’s raid at an Iranian exiles’ camp which left at least 34 people dead. “The Iraqi military were well aware of the risks attached to launching an operation like this in Ashraf,” Pillay…
Video Captures Iraqi Forces Killing Iranian Dissidents
FoxNews.com On April 8th, the same day Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting leaders in Baghdad, a 2,500-man Iraqi Army unit raided a compound occupied by Iranian dissidents in Iraq, killing 34 people and injuring 325 others. Eight of those killed were women, according to the United Nations. The attack occurred just hours after members…
Iraq raided rebels under growing Iranian influence
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BAGHDAD — Last week’s deadly Iraqi raid on an Iranian opposition base inside its territory signals the growing influence of neighbouring Iran, as US forces prepare to withdraw at the end of this year. “Baghdad has no interest in taking a hostile attitude toward Iran, which is its most important neighbour, the…
UN says 34 killed at Iranian exiles camp in Iraq
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE UNITED NATIONS — At least 34 people, including several women, were killed and dozens wounded at an Iranian exiles’ camp raided by the Iraqi military last week, the United Nations said Thursday. A top US official called the Iraqi assault on Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, a “massacre” and demanded a thorough…