- Camp Ashraf MEK Attacks Timeline
Camp Ashraf or Ashraf City was a refugee camp in Iraq's Diyala province and headquarters of the exiled People's Mujahedin of Iran(PMOI/MEK).[1][2] The population used to be around 3,400 in 2012 but 2,000 have been relocated to BIAP (Baghdad International Airport) with 1,500 of the leadership and staunch resisters, remain at Camp Ashraf.Camp Ashraf (aka US Forward Operating Base Grizzly) is situated 27.6 km northeast of the Iraq the town of Khalis, about 80 kilometers west of the Iran border and 40 kilometers north of Baghdad. On January 1, 2009, the US Government formally transferred control over to the Iraqi government.Over the past 10 years, Camp Ashraf has been attacked several times the last being on April 8, 2011 when Iraqi security forces stormed the camp and killed as many as 36 and wounding 320 residents and also on 17 October 2010 on the eve of al-Maliki's visit to Tehran.[1][3] The Iraqi government planned to close the camp at the end of December 2011.[2][dated info]September 1, 2013
52 Iranian exiles killed at Iraq's Camp Ashraf - Washington Times Washington Times By Ashish Kumar Sen Iraqi security forces carried out a “massacre” of 52, about half of community of unarmed Iranian dissidents early Sunday at their camp north of Baghdad, the Iranian exiles said.The assault on Camp Ashraf began at 5 a.m. and lasted until late afternoon. Iraqi troops tied the dissidents’ hands behind their backs and shot them in the head according to a camp witness. Iraqi officials acknowledged the deaths but blamed them on infighting among the camp’s 100 residents. The U.S. Embassy in Iraq strongly condemned the “terrible events” at Camp Ashraf.The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) has claimed a major attack on their exile camp in Iraq’s Diyala Province, Camp Ashraf, saying the troops attacked the camp and killed 52. - The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) has claimed a major attack on their exile camp in Iraq’s Diyala Province, Camp Ashraf, saying the troops attacked the camp and killed 51.
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The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) has claimed a major attack on their exile camp in Iraq's Diyala Province, Camp Ashraf, saying the troops attacked the camp and ...- ... in response to yesterday's attack on Camp ... to the MEK and was made by the UN. Now over half of the people who staked ... have been killed or ...
- (September 2, 2013) The United Nations should immediately investigate the recent attackon Camp Ashraf, resulting in the killing of dozens of residents, and take all ...
- US 'may have broken international law' over Iraqi attack on Iranian camp. Iraqi forces storm Camp Ashraf, home to 3,500 Iranian exiles, as supporters call on US and ...
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On the orders of Tehran regime, early Sunday morning 1 Sep 2013, Iraqi forces under the command of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki stormed Camp Ashraf, home ...- The United States strongly condemns the terrible events that took place at Camp AshrafSeptember 1 and sends condolences to the families of the victims and those ...
- Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/1/least-47-iranian-exiles-killed-iraqs-camp-ashraf/#ixzz2eUxCXQVDAugust 2013he MEK had previously reported that Iraqi authorities cut off electricity and water supplies to Camp Ashraf about two weeks ago.
Year 2012
Around 3,000 MEK members were moved from Ashraf to Camp Liberty, located on a former US military base on the outskirts of Baghdad, last year, but about 100 stayed on at the old camp in order to deal with leftover property and goods. The United Nations said it was looking into the incidents, but did not confirm any of the various accounts.
April 8, 2011
Iraqi security forces stormed the camp and killed as many as 36 and wounding 320 residents
17 October 2010Attack on the eve of al-Maliki's visit to Tehran.[1][3] The Iraqi government planned to close the camp at the end of December 2011.[2][dated info]
Year 1986Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein allowed the rebel MEK to set up the camp during the war with Iran in the 1980s.
The MeK has had a site at Ashraf since 1986, when it was welcomed by Saddam Hussein’s government and used as an auxiliary during the Iran-Iraq War. The group has had its residents steadily resettled from the camp for years, with the Iraqi government hoping to see them removed from the nation outright.
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