2011 raid on Camp Ashraf

Raid on Camp Ashraf
Part of the Iraq War
Gated entrance to Camp Ashraf
TypeMilitary raid
Location
TargetMujahedin-e Khalq
DateApril 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
04:45 (UTC+3)
Executed by Iraq
Casualties34[1] killed
318[1] injured

On April 8, 2011, the Iraqi Army launched a raid against the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI or MKO), an Iranian opposition group based at Camp Ashraf in Iraq's Diyala Governorate. While Iraqi authorities claimed that three people had been killed resisting a military operation at the camp, the UN said 34 people were killed and 318 injured in the raid.[2][1] The attack was denounced as a "massacre" by PMOI leader Maryam Rajavi[1] and U.S. Senator John Kerry.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d David Jolly (13 April 2011). "Iranian Group Seeks U.S. Shield After Iraqi Raid". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Iraq raid on Iranian exiles' Camp Ashraf 'killed 34'". BBC News. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kerry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).