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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Brussels (AFP) – The European Union called on the Iraqi government Saturday to investigate last week’s rocket attack on a camp holding exiled Iranian dissidents which left several people dead and many injured. A statement from EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s said she condemned “in the strongest terms” the December 26…

Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the killing of residents at Camp Hurriya (Camp liberty) The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today (Dec 28, 2013): “The High Representative condemns in…

France on Friday condemned a rocket attack in Iraq Thursday against a refugee facility that houses Iranian opposition group, Mujahedeen Khalq, and their families. France ‘calls on the Iraqi government to take the necessary steps to assure security’ in the Camp Liberty housing Iranians, a statement said. The French Foreign Ministry also said that Paris…

At 21:15 local time (Thursday, December 26, 2013) Camp Liberty was targeted by dozens of missiles of different types. Three residents have so far been martyred and 71 other wounded, some critically. All casualties enjoyed “Protected Persons” under the Fourth Geneva Convention. This is the fourth missile attack on Camp Liberty (Iraq) in 2013, where…

At 21:15 local time (Thursday, December 26, 2013) Camp Liberty was targeted by dozens of missiles of different types. Three residents have so far been martyred and 71 other wounded, some critically. All casualties enjoyed “Protected Persons” under the Fourth Geneva Convention. This is the fourth missile attack on Camp Liberty (Iraq) in 2013, where…