Iraq defends violence in exile camp

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Camp Ashraf, Iraq (CNN) --wütenden protests members of the Iraqi military and reporters Saturday in camp Ashraf, refugee tents met sheltering Iranian dissidents and the site of deadly violence earlier this week.

Camp Ashraf is a in the province of Diyala, the basis of the people's Mujahideen Iran. The PMOI, also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, has against the Iranian Government for decades.

The Iranian exiles in Iraq have said that security forces killed an and at least 31 people in their refugee camp. Hundreds more were injured in the Friday attack, said the PMOI.

Iraqi officials have in the meantime, said that security forces were attacked by members of the PMOI and were forced to respond.

"they have performed illegal actions against Iraqi security forces and wounded eight of them," Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari told reporters in the camp.

Organized a trip for journalists in camp Ashraf, but officials prevented inhabitants speak the Ministry reporter. Camp dwellers staged angry protests, raising banners and inviting journalists to speak with them.

Read "journalists - please come visit us and our people," a character.

"Repression of civilians is a crime and the perpetrators should be punished" read.

Some residents Ashruf wore pictures of people, which they say were killed in the violence.

At one point, local journalist tried, inhabitants of Ashraf interview but security forces pushed him back. Shouting at a solid began the reporter. Other journalists and soldiers interventions and the situation was defused.

Iraqi defense officials took journalists later in a military hospital in camp Ashraf to movies and a number of security forces, what you say the violence were injured in the Friday interview.

"We were at a checkpoint protection for you (Ashraf inhabitants), but all the sudden they attacked us with rocks and iron bars," Haider said a wounded policeman Adel.

Mark toner, who-in-Office of the Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Friday the United States "deeply concerned" is by the reports of violence and victims.

"Although we don't know what transpired in Ashraf, just this morning, this crisis and the loss of life of Iraq Government and the Iraqi military, initiated by the" he said in a statement. It not work.

Mujahedeen representatives have online show videos what seem, Iraqi troops to small crowds of people and at least one case of a military vehicle ramming into a man shoot are posted. You show at least seven people dead and an unclear number of wounded.

CNN could not confirm that the videos are handled, overnight at the camp were filmed.

In July 2009, similar clashes between the citizens of camp Ashraf and Iraqi police led to the death of 12 people. The camp has been subject of debate in the Iraq American troops picture control over you in 2009.

The Iraqi Government has previously proposed dismantling the camp, a movement which its inhabitants strongly oppose, as they fear deported to an enemy Iran.

The relations between Iran and Iraq have risen since the US led invasion in 2003. A majority of the new Iraqi Government consists of Shiite Muslims, the religion of the majority in the Iraq.

Some top Iraqi officials lived in the Iran in the era of Saddam Hussein.

Iran has long urged, it get rid of Iraq camp Ashraf and the opposition group, and Iraq's failure to do so is a point of tension between the two countries.

Tehran holds the PMO to a terrorist outfit, as well as the United States. The European Union do not.CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq on this report helped

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