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Detailed Report on 7 Abducted Camp Ashraf Residents

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Iraqi Security Forces

Sept. 1st 2013 Massacre of 52 People and Abduction of Seven Others

Executive Summary On 1 September 2013 Ashraf residents, in the camp were attacked at 5:15 am at dawn by an elite group of Maliki’s Golden Division members (known as the Dirty Division). This was a preplanned act to mass execute the defenseless residents of this camp. As a result of this criminal act, 52 defenseless residents were killed execution-style and most of them were slaughtered in mass executions, seven were taken hostage and millions of dollars of the residents’ property were destroyed due to explosions and fires. The Iraqi Security Forces were organized in different teams to carry out different operations. A few teams were tasked to detonate and sabotage buildings, vehicles and property of the residents. Main teams were tasked to hunt the residents; shooting, arresting and executing them. The remaining teams were tasked to arrest and abduct some of the residents. These teams were operating simultaneously. This report is focused on the abduction of 7 Ashraf residents by the Iraqi forces, and the details of killings and execution of residents by the Iraqi forces are described in reports.

Fatemeh Tahoori Lila Nabahat Mohammad Ratebi Mahnaz Azizi

Vajihe Karbalaey Fatehma Sakhie Zahra Ramezany

Seven Abducted Residents by Maleki Security Forces are under International Protection

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Camp Ashraf Besieged by Iraqi Army and Police Testimony by Mr. Tahar Boumedra, former UN advisor on Camp Ashraf- British

parliamentarians hearing -House of Commons, London - September 13, 2013-The reality about

Camp Ashraf is …. sealed. Nobody could penetrate Camp Ashraf without the active participation of

the Iraqi Security Forces. In the east, south of Lion’s Gate, you have the base for the HQ of the

Army in Ashraf and you have the police. Inside Ashraf,

Reuters- BAGHDAD | Sun Sep 1, 2013 4:47pm EDT-Two Iraqi security sources said that army

and special forces had opened fire on residents…

CNN - September 1, 2013 -- Updated 1812 GMT (0212 HKT) -Two officials with Iraq's Interior

Ministry told CNN that security forces raided Camp Ashraf after their base was hit by mortar

rounds. The officials said there were casualties from the raid, but they said they could provide no

further details.

Mehr -Iranian Intelligence Ministry’s News Agency: “On the sidelines of the cabinet meeting, the

Intelligence Minister said about the attack on Ashraf Garrison that the Iraqi government has been

forced to confront the terrorists residing at Ashraf garrison.”

The New York Times-TIM ARANGO- September 3, 2013 Iraq’s security forces, trained by the

American government at a cost of billions of dollars, were sharply rebuked by the United Nations

on Tuesday for a deadly raid on Sunday at Camp Ashraf, a compound near the Iranian border that

houses a group of Iranian dissidents. United Nations officials, after visiting Camp Ashraf on

Monday, said they had seen 52 bodies, most of them shot in the head and upper body, some with

their hands tied.

Facts

“A camp inside a garrison” is the simplest practical picture of how Camp Ashraf is encircled by rings after rings of Iraqi Military and security forces since 2009 in a planned operation to cut all the relations and interactions of the residents with the outside world.

1. From 2009 when protection of Camp Ashraf was transferred from US forces to the Iraqi forces, the camp was placed under a complete siege by the Iraqi army and police forces. Currently, a Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) unit of the Diyala police is stationed, placing the camp under siege consisting of two rings of military formations. The first ring is stationed outside Ashraf’s current security fence and inside the camp, parallel to the main east-west ‘Street 100’. Control over this road was seized during the 8 April 2011 attack by the Iraqi army and forces against the residents.

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2. On the northern side of Camp Ashraf, an RDF company of Iraqi police is in charge of controlling the area using watch-posts on the berm along Street 100. This berm was the main avenue of the approach employed by the security forces. As seen in the photo, there are RDF police watch post all along the berm, making it impossible to cross without prior coordination with the Police Command.

A RDF company of Iraqi police is in charge of controlling the area using watch-posts on the berm along Street 100. On the morning of the incident the assailants passed these watch posts under the control of RDF Battalion to commence their attack on the residents

Relative Distance of first line of Iraq Army and Police is only at 50 meters distance from residential quarters, with main Command and Control HQ like 19 Brigade of 5

th Division as near as 1000 meters from the crime scene

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3. Above all The 19th Brigade of the Diyala 5th Division is stationed at the former US forces base (FOB Grizzly), only at 1000 m distance from the Residents compound and the scene of Sept. 1st Attack.

4. Police and RDF units control Tulips Square. This square was the residents’ entrance-exit gate for transferring their loads and … These forces also control the Lions Gate, which has been Ashraf’s main gate, and from 2009 to this day has been under full control of Iraqi forces. Opening this passage was crucial at the time of retreat since it was the only vehicle outlet

St. 100 Berm

19th Brigade of the Diyala 5th Division

Camp Ashraf Residential Compound , Attacked at

Sept.1st

1000 m

Police and RDF units control Tulips Square. The constructed berm alongside the St. 100 has blocked every exit point and this square was the residents’ entrance-exit gate for transferring their loads. This gate was also used by the assailants on the morning of the incident. Later, the 7 abducted residents and their captors passed this gate.

Iraqi Army 19th

Brigade of the Diyala 5th

Division as close as 1000 meters distance from the scene of the massacre. The Yellow arrow shows the exact location of the 7 hostages after the retreat of assailants, adjacent to Army HQ

Iraqi Army 19th Brigade HQ – 5th Dialya Division is only 250 meters apart from the last whereabouts of the hostages inside Camp Ashraf

Where the seven abducted residents were last seen prior to their transfer from Camp Ashraf

Seven hostages’ drop-off point

Iraqi Security Forces

Iraqi Security Forces in Official Website publications (Top) and in action during Sept. 1st Massacre in Camp Ashraf recorded by residents eyewitnesses. (Middle and bottom)

After the massacre, the Ashraf survivors watched the stolen truck and minibus being parked besides a building that had been occupied by Iraqi forces in the massacre of April 8, 2011

Defenseless residents were executed in mass execution style – handcuffed – and all shot in the skull even on the hospital bed and clinic by Maleki Security Forces

The mini truck and mini bus stolen by the ISF, carrying the hostages past the entrance (right) and eventually ended up near 19th Brigade HQ (left)