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  • Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded

    07/28/2009 4:10:50 PM PDT · by Flavius · 13 replies · 684+ views
    AFP ^ | 4/28/09 | afp
    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 a tense stand-off at the base north of Baghdad. "After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source...