Category: July 2009 Attack

DPA Baghdad/Tehran – Clashes continued for the second day on Wednesday between Iraqi security forces and an armed exiled Iranian opposition group, leaving at least eight people killed and 455 injured. Although some Iraqi government officials denied any deaths in the clashes, Abdel-Nasser al-Mahdawi, governor of Iraq’s northeastern Diyala province, told reporters earlier on Wednesday…

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BAQUBA, Iraq — Eleven residents of a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition movement have died since Iraqi forces stormed the site, a local Iraqi security official said on Thursday. The toll was revealed as Amnesty International called for a probe into “apparent excessive use of force” by Iraqi forces when they…

ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD (AP) – An Iraqi raid on an Iranian opposition group’s camp north of Baghdad killed seven people, a police officer and members of the exile group said Wednesday as the standoff continued for a second day. However, some Iraqi government officials denied any deaths in the operation in Camp Ashraf and the…

DPA Baghdad/Tehran, July 29 (DPA) – Eight people have been killed and more than 455 injured in clashes between Iraqi security forces and an armed Iranian rebel group in northwesten Iraq, authorities said Wednesday. Abdel-Nasser al-Mahdawi, Governor of Iraq’s northeastern Diyala province, told reporters that eight members of the People’s Mujahidin of Iran (PMOI) organisation…

ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U.S. wishes and prompted clashes. Residents of Camp Ashraf claimed the Iraqi troops opened fire and beat people with batons, killing four people. The Iraqi government confirmed…