November 21, 2024

Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded

By Ali Al-Tuwaijri
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.
The seizure of Camp Ashraf, which was disarmed by the United States in 2003 and surrounded by American forces until recently, comes after months of […]

US says Iran opposition in Iraq agrees to disarm

Agence France Presse
May 10, 2003
NORTHEASTERN IRAQ (AFP) – US forces struck a disarmament deal with the Iraq (news – web sites)-based Iranian armed opposition, a group listed as a terrorist organisation in the United States, a US general told AFP.
The People’s Mujahedeen’s thousands of guerrilla fighters and heavy weapons are to assemble in camps […]