THE WALL STREET JOURNAL The U.S. State Department and Iraq’s government came under pressure from Congress Saturday over an Iraqi military attack on the camp of a controversial Iranian resistance movement that appears to have killed dozens. The movement, the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, known as the MEK, said Saturday the death toll from…
Category: April 2011 Massacre
UNAMI concerned over reports of violent incidents in Ashraf Camp
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Baghdad, 8 April 2011, The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is concerned over reports of recent violent incidents in Ashraf camp resulting in deaths and injuries. UNAMI reiterates that efforts are needed to stop violence and aim at peacefully resolving all issues. UNAMI calls for restraint and…
Massacre at Camp Ashraf, USCCAR Statement No. 2: At least 20 Residents Killed as Iraqi Forces Launch Deadly Assault on Camp Ashraf
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, April 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The assault by 2,500 Iraqi forces against 3,400 unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf that began at 4:45 am local time Friday, April 8, has left at least 20 residents, including four women, killed and dozens wounded. The names of 11 of those killed are as follows: Nasser Sepahpour,…
Scenes of April 2011 Massacre by Iraqi Forces at Camp Ashraf
On April 8, 2011, Iraqi forces backed by tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery launched amassive assault on defenseless and unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf, killing 36 and wounding several hundreds . The April attack, described by the Chairman John Kerry of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as “massacre”, left 36 dead and hundreds wounded. …
Gates Urges ‘Restraint’ as Iraqi Forces Allegedly Attack Iranian Dissident Camp
FoxNews.com BAGHDAD – Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged the Iraqi government on Friday to “show restraint” after security forces stormed an Iranian opposition refugee camp that had long existed under the protection of the U.S. and its coalition partners. “We have been monitoring the situation at Camp Ashraf in Diyala,” said Gates after a visit…