Iranians protest at US embassy in London over Camp Liberty killings

Sunday, 10 February 2013 11:55
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The Guardian - Demonstrators protested outside the US embassy in London on Saturday after attackers fired rockets at a refugee camp for an Iranian exile group in Iraq, killing six people and wounding more than 40.

The attack was at a former American military base near Baghdad, known as Camp Liberty, which houses opponents of the regime in Iran.

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Pictures of Protests in London to the Deadly Attack on Camp Liberty

Saturday, 09 February 2013 18:51
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Pictures of Protests in London to the Deadly Attack on Camp Liberty

Saturday, 09 February 2013 18:27
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A pedestrian passes by a makeshift memorial erected by supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization Of Iran (PMOI) during a demonstrattion outside the U.S. Embassy in London February 9, 2013. At least five people were killed and more than 25 wounded in a rocket attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq's capital Baghdad early on Saturday, police sources said.

A supporter of the People's Mojahedin Organization Of Iran cries as she demonstrates outside the U.S. Embassy in London

Supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization Of Iran (PMOI) wave the old Royal Iranian flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London

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Iraq must urgently investigate attack against Iranian exile camp

Saturday, 09 February 2013 18:21
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Amnesty International Press Release - Authorities in Iraq must urgently investigate the attack against a camp of Iranian exiles that left several people dead and injured and ensure all those wounded receive appropriate medical care, said Amnesty International today.

The investigation should also look into the conduct of Iraqi security forces in the lead up and during the attack and whether they have failed to prevent any such attack.

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Iranian dissident camp comes under fire in Iraq

Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:42
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At least five people have been killed in a dissident camp in Baghdad after a rocket attack. The United Nations mission in Iraq said it was aware of a number of deaths.

It’s understood one of the dead was a woman while over 20 have been wounded in the attack. It struck at a former US military compound, “Camp Liberty”.

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UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq

Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:21
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The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres expresses his shock about this morning's mortar attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq that reportedly killed six and wounded dozens.

"I strongly condemn this attack," Mr. Guterres said, noting that the residents of Camp Liberty are asylum seekers undergoing the refugee status determination process and thus entitled to international protection. "This is a despicable act of violence."

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Martin Kobler’s Remarks on Camp Liberty Attack a Disgrace

Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:14
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Nima Sharif - This morning, Saturday February 9, about 40 rockets hit a small Iranian refugee camp near Baghdad known as Camp Liberty, killing at least 6 refugees and wounding near a hundred.  The deaths and injuries are direct responsibility of UNAMI’s Martin Kobler as he is the instigator and the force behind the eviction of former Camp Ashraf residents, cramping them into this camp with hardly half square kilometers space.

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Attack kills 5 at Iranian exile camp in Iraq

Saturday, 09 February 2013 14:25
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Baghdad (CNN) -- A camp housing Iranian dissidents in Iraq was attacked Saturday morning, leaving at least five dead and 40 wounded, Iraqi police said.

The rocket and mortar attack occurred at Camp Hurriya, a onetime U.S. base formerly known as Camp Liberty, which is now the home of the Iranian exile group Mujahedin-e-Khalq.

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Deadly rocket attack on Iranian exile camp in Iraq

Saturday, 09 February 2013 13:25
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BBC - Five people have been killed in a rocket attack on a camp housing Iranian exiles in central Iraq, officials say.

A UN spokeswoman confirmed there had been a number of deaths at Camp Hurriya, a former US military base near Baghdad used by members of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI).

The PMOI said six men and one woman had been killed and more than 50 other people wounded, some of them seriously.

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Attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills five

Saturday, 09 February 2013 13:19
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Reuters - At least five people were killed and more than 25 wounded in a rocket attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq's capital Baghdad early on Saturday, police sources said.

The dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) said six people including a woman died after its camp was hit by mortars and missiles, while the U.N. mission in Iraq said it was aware of a number of deaths.

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6 killed in attack on Iranian camp in Iraq

Saturday, 09 February 2013 12:51
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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 of Iran's Foreign Relations Committee in Paris said in a release.

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Attack on Camp Liberty : At least 35 missiles and Mortars has left 6 Killed and more than 100 wounded

Saturday, 09 February 2013 08:52
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---UPDATED---

At 05:45 local time on Saturday 9 February 2013, camp Liberty was attacked with missiles and mortars. Until now 7 residents including a woman were killed and more than100 people injured.

The injured are at critical condition and the death toll may rise. One of the 6 residents died two hours after the attack due to delay in transfer to hospital. Another died 4 days later in the hospital.

 

 

Aid and ambulances for transfer of injured were not available in the early hours of the attack. The generator of Iraqi Clinic was also hit and the electricity was cut off. Iraq’s prime ministry initially ordered the Iraqi forces to prevent transfer of injured to hospitals with few vehicles which the residents had brought to Camp Liberty from Ashraf.

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Howard Dean calls for swift action to help Iranians in Camp Liberty

Tuesday, 05 February 2013 20:44
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Former US presidential candidate Howard Dean has accused America and the United Nations of being 'all talk and no action' in their failure to address the plight of Iranian residents of the Camp Liberty refugee camp in Iraq.

He branded Liberty a 'prison camp' where innocent people were dying because of 'bureaucratic incompetence' and said it was time for the US and the UN to keep its promises to those languishing there.

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Tehran residents protest housing crisis

Tuesday, 05 February 2013 20:40
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A group of Tehran residents staged a protest in central Tehran on Monday against the housing crisis in the country’s capital, according to the information received from Iran.  The received photo shows a group of residents is Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr street protesting the high prices of housing in Tehran.

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International conference in Paris looks at change in Iran in 2013

Monday, 04 February 2013 11:23
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Conference emphasizes need to adopt resolute policy toward clerical regime, recognize Iranian Resistance, support 10-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, return Liberty residents to Ashraf

Maryam Rajavi: 
•    The Iranian regime is a spent force that has entered its final phase
•    Combating fundamentalism & terrorism is not possible without confronting its epicenter in Tehran and promoting democratic Islam as represented by PMOI 

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