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Iraqi Forces Reportedly Open Fire, Beat Iranian Exiles
Fox News ^ | 7/28/09

Posted on 07/28/2009 9:58:07 PM PDT by Nachum

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U.S. wishes and prompted clashes.

Residents of Camp Ashraf claimed the Iraqi troops opened fire and beat people with batons, killing four people. The Iraqi government confirmed authorities had moved into the camp but denied violence was used against the exiles.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: forces; iraqi; open; reportedly

1 posted on 07/28/2009 9:58:07 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 07/28/2009 9:58:28 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Ahh... so the country of Iraq is already falling back into its old ways under Saddam... how nice of them to at least wait until we were out of there.....

What? We are still there? But I thought 0bama was gonna get us out of their post-haste???

Once a crap-hole, third-world septic tank, always one - until the people are ready for real change. And then THEY have to initiate it. This nation-building fiasco is just that....


3 posted on 07/28/2009 10:21:15 PM PDT by TheBattman (Pray for our country...)
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To: Nachum

I’ll hope...for the moment that this story is part hearsay and part “there’s more to this story than is being told”.

I’ll hope.


4 posted on 07/28/2009 11:12:52 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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