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BAGHDAD, March 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have besieged a camp housing Iranian exiles in Iraq, residents and a security official said, after the national security adviser reiterated a vow to shut the place down.

A source at Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Iraqi soldiers surrounded Camp Ashraf on Thursday after residents resisted an attempt to clear them out of one building inside it. The soldiers were blocking fuel and medicines getting in, he said. Read More

Iranians Rally in NYC against Ahamdinejad and for Democratic Change in Iran. On Tuesday, September 23, 2008, hundreds of Iranians and supporters of Iran’s main opposition, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) held a rally in front of the UN to
denounce ayatollahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for crimes against Iranian people and
his plans to eliminate 3,500 Iranian dissident refugees in Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
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By Bob Filner and Lord Corbett

Peace movements always struggle with the balancing act of wanting to engage enemies without appeasing them. Peace activists don’t want war, but they also recognize that peace at any price can be costly. In the case of Iran, these choices are becoming painful and difficult. Read More

By Saleh al-Mutlaq

THERE IS so much tragedy in Iraq that some stories go underreported – eclipsed by other negative news.

This one requires attention: Inside Iraq, 20 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province, stands Camp Ashraf where members of the Iranian opposition – known as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq – have lived for more than two decades. Today, some 3,500 residents live in Ashraf. Read More