ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of a new Shiite militant group in Iraq on Tuesday threatened to carry out more attacks on a camp for Iranian exiles that was struck by dozens of rockets and mortar shells earlier this month. Seven people were killed in the Feb. 9 attack on the camp near…
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U.S. lawmakers chide Obama for not protecting Iranian dissidents
REUTERS U.S. lawmakers complained on Sunday that President Barack Obama had failed to protect Iranian dissidents from persecution by Tehran following a deadly attack on their camp near Baghdad, and urged they be allowed back to their long-time base in Iraq. A congressional delegation led by Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the Republican-controlled House subcommittee on…
6 killed in attack on Iranian camp in Iraq
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) — A camp housing Iranian expatriates near Baghdad was hit by mortars and missiles Saturday morning that killed six people, a support group said. The 5:45 a.m. attack on Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military base, also left more than 50 people wounded, the National Council of Resistance…
Rocket Attack on Camp Liberty Kills Six Iranian Opposition Members
Attack on Liberty with at least 35 missiles and mortars has left 6 killed and more than 50 injured At 05:45 this morning, local time, camp Liberty was attacked with missiles and mortars. Until now 6 residents including a woman were martyred and more than 50 people injured. The injured are at critical condition and…
US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) Lauds MEK’s Delisting by Secretary Clinton
The delisting, while long overdue, is a courageous and correct decision by Secretary Clinton WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR), representing thousands of Iranian-Americans whose loved ones are facing a humanitarian crisis as refugees in Camp Liberty in Iraq, lauds the removal of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of…