Press Conference Today BRUSSELS: United States not helping wounded

Iranian exiles in Iraq say U.S. failing to help wounded

Reuters

Iran opposition says United States not helping wounded

* Future of dissident camp in Iraq uncertain
* Solutions sought after deadly clashes in April

By Justyna Pawlak
BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) - An exiled Iranian opposition group criticised the United States on Wednesday for not doing enough to help victims of clashes at a dissident camp in Iraq.
Camp Ashraf, some 65 km (40 miles) from Baghdad, is the base for the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, the PMOI, which mounted attacks on Iran before the U.S.-led removal of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003.
The future of the camp's more than 3,000 residents is uncertain since the United States, which says the group is a terrorist organisation, turned the camp over to the Iraqi government. Baghdad plans to close it before the end of this year.
More than 30 people were killed in violence between residents and Iraqi security forces in April. Rights group Amnesty International says the residents are subject to harassment by the Iraqi government and are refused access to basic medicine.

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