Friday, February 17, 2012

Spain calls on Iraqi deaths related to camping

on 14 July 2011, last updated at 14: 11 Relatives of residents of Camp Ashraf during a hearing of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill (7 July 2011) relatives-of-ET from camp 3 500 for the press by A Spanish judge has summoned three Iraqi investigation officers of the security forces in Iraq raid through the housing on the Iranian exile group in the camp.

The UN says the 34 people died at Camp Ashraf, Diyala province, RAID April 2011.

Judge Fernando Andreu is summoned Gen Ali Ghaidan Majid, the head of the army, and two other officers appear.

He is investigating allegations that the crimes against the deck of the camp.

Research on the probe, there is a separate raid, which took place at the camp in July 2009, in which 11 people, the enlargement of the prosessoitiin.

General legal

The Spanish General legal doctrine, the blame for a fatal under the offence is committed in other countries.

The judge said that the Geneva Convention, Andreu, apply to the case, since it deals with the protection of civilians in wartime and of all those killed and injured, the attack was considered to be "protected persons" in accordance with the terms of the Convention.

According to the Madrid Court investigations, documents released to a total of 377 "protected persons" were injured on 8 April 2011, the RAID with the wounds of the bullet to 154.

Banned opposition group, the people of Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), more than 3 000 members of the military in the United States, been confined to camp has since 2003 invasion.

The Group considered a terrorist group by us and Iran, had given shelter to Iraqi former President Saddam Hussein between the two countries, 1980- -88 during the war and have remained in the camp has since.

In January, the judge had said he will close the dossier, a part of the July 2009 attack on the Iraqi authorities have opened an investigation of its own.

Iraq responded by saying it had completed its own investigation into the legal, but this is not considered sufficient by the Spanish authorities.

Three Iraqi officers have been invited to appear at the hearing before the Court in Madrid on 3 October 2011.


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