Clashes in Iranian dissidents' camp in Iraq kill 15

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Clashes in Iranian dissidents' camp in Iraq kill 15

By Kareem Raheem
BAGHDAD | Sun Sep 1, 2013 8:06am EDT

(Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in clashes following a mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, two security sources said.

It was not immediately clear who had fired the mortars, and those who died were killed in later confrontations between security forces and camp residents, the sources said.

One of the sources said Iraqi security forces had opened fire on a crowd which had stormed a post at the entrance to Camp Ashraf, a site that Iraq's government wants closed down. About 50 people were wounded, the source said.

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MEK, which the U.S. State Department removed from its list of terrorist organizations last year, wants Iran's clerical leaders overthrown, and fought with former Iraqi Sunni Muslim leader Saddam Hussein's forces in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/01/us-iraq-violence-camp-idUSBRE98004H20130901

[David__77]

1. I didn't realize that MEK was taken off the list.

The neocons got their wish. It seems very odd that MEK still operates "camps" within Iraq today as if Saddam Hussein were still around. Who is protecting them?