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…
Category: April 2011 Massacre
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…
Iraq: Restraint urged at Camp Ashraf as government forces mass
Amnesty International Amnesty International has warned Iraqi authorities against taking any unnecessary military action that would put civilian lives in danger, amid reports of a military build-up inside a camp for Iranian exiles north of Baghdad. Amnesty International has received reports that new troop movements and military construction are taking place inside the camp, only…
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…
UN: 34 Killed in Iraqi Raid on Iranian Exile Camp
ASSOCIATED PRESS An Iraqi army raid last week on Camp Ashraf left 34 Iranian exiles dead, according to a U.N. spokesman who on Thursday offered the first independent death toll for the attack that drew sharp rebukes from Baghdad’s Western allies. The April 8 raid targeted the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, which seeks to…