Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran said 34 members of its Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) affiliate died early Sunday in a raid early that it blamed on Iraqi security forces. Spokesman Shahin Gobadi says as many as 34 were killed. The MEK told Reuters news agency in an emailed statement that Iraqi security forces machine-gunned some members of its camp, who had their hands tied behind their backs. Ali al-Moussawi, a spokesperson for Iraq’s prime minister, told The Associated Press that a preliminary investigation suggests some camp residents died as a result of infighting. He denied that Iraqi forces were involved. Note: All MEK members have been disarmed by the American military in the past. Therefore, the Iraqi government’s statement that the deaths of MEK members were the result of infighting cannot be true.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:26:40 +0000
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