23 Iranian dissidents, members of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), who are striving for freedom and democracy in their homeland, were killed tonight in the most lethal attack so far on Camp Liberty near Baghdad airport where some 2400 defenseless PMOI members have been kept in unsafe and inhuman conditions by the Iraqi Government over the past few years.
The attack was conducted with some 80 missiles of different sorts, some of which were Iranian made.
Camp Liberty residents have all been interviewed and recognized as asylum seekers by the UNHCR and are protected under international law.
The United States has the main responsibility in protecting the residents of Camp Liberty as it had signed individual agreements with each of the residents and given them written commitment of protection.