Reuters: At least 47 people were reported killed at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Sunday, the United Nations said, urging Baghdad to investigate the “tragic events” at a site north of the capital.
Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, U.N. demands inquiry
Syrians mock Obama the ‘coward’
AFP: “He who talks a lot doesn’t act,” said Souad, a Damascus resident, mocking US President Barack Obama as a “coward” for delaying a decision to attack the Syrian regime.
US interests under threat if Syria attacked: Iran
AFP: A senior Iranian official warned in Damascus on Sunday that US interests in the region would be at risk if Washington launched a military strike against his country’s ally Syria.
Iranian agency drops Rafsanjani remarks critical of Syrian government
Reuters: An Iranian news agency quoted former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying Syria’s government had attacked its own people with chemical weapons, but later replaced the report with a different version that did not attribute blame for the raid.
Camp Ashraf massacre: Death toll 52 still 8 missing
Iran Focus: The death toll in Camp Ashraf massacre that took place this morning has reached 52 while still 8 residents are unaccounted for. Lord Carlile of Berriew called upon the UK Government “to make the strongest protest to Iraq against this human rights outrage and carnage.”
Camp Ashraf massacre: Death toll reaches 44
Iran Focus: Iraqi official TV channel Al-Iraqiya claimed that no attack has been carried out against Camp Ashraf by Iraqi forces. Reports from Ashraf, however, indicate that several of the wounded were killed at Ashraf clinic when Iraqi SWAT units fired coup de grâce shots at them.
Iraq attacking Camp Ashraf, 35 killed, dozens injured
Iran Focus: At least 35 Iranian dissidents have been killed in an Iraqi army raid on Camp Ashraf on Sunday. Iraqi army units under the command of Nuri al Maliki attacked Camp Ashraf where 100 members of Iran’s main opposition group PMOI reside based on an agreement with the US and Iraqi governments and the United Nations.
Obama’s credibility on line in reversal
AP: President Barack Obama’s abrupt decision to instead ask Congress for permission left him with a high-risk gamble that could devastate his credibility if no action is ultimately taken in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack that crossed his own “red line.”
President Hollande says alleged chemical attack cannot go unpunished
Wall Street Journal: President François Hollande’s vow to join a potential U.S.-led strike on Syria propels France to the unusual position of Washington’s top ally after the U.K. withdrew amid strong public and parliamentary opposition to military action.
UN experts leave Syria as US edges toward strike
AP: The U.N. experts investigating last week’s alleged chemical weapons strike outside Damascus left Syria early Saturday and crossed into neighboring Lebanon, departing hours after President Barack Obama said he is weighing “limited and narrow” action against Syrian regime.
