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UN condemns rocket attack on militant Iranian exiles in Iraq UN condemns rocket attack on militant Iranian exiles in Iraq
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The UN has condemned a rocket attack on a camp housing an Iranian exile group near Baghdad.The UN has condemned a rocket attack on a camp housing an Iranian exile group near Baghdad.
On Thursday, rockets were fired at Camp Liberty, home to members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), the militant wing of a Paris-based Iranian opposition group.On Thursday, rockets were fired at Camp Liberty, home to members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), the militant wing of a Paris-based Iranian opposition group.
The group said three residents were killed and more than 50 wounded. Iraqi officials said onlytwo people were wounded. The group said three residents were killed and more than 50 wounded. Iraqi officials said only two people were wounded.
In a statement on Friday, the UN envoy to Iraq, Nikolay Mladenov saidseveral residents were killed and injured, but gave no number. Mladenov called on the Iraqi government to protect the camp and investigate the incident. In a statement on Friday, the UN envoy to Iraq, Nikolay Mladenov said several residents were killed and injured, but gave no number. Mladenov called on the Iraqi government to protect the camp and investigate the incident.
The group, which opposes Iran's clerical regime, fought in the 1980s alongside Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iran-Iraq war, and several thousand of its members were given sanctuary in Iraq.The group, which opposes Iran's clerical regime, fought in the 1980s alongside Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iran-Iraq war, and several thousand of its members were given sanctuary in Iraq.
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