The status of attacking forces in Camp Ashraf

NCRI – Contrary to the low statistics and numbers regarding the presence of armed Iraqi forces stationed in Ashraf provided by Ali Dabbagh, the Iraqi government’s official spokesman, and Damouk Shemri, the Commander of Diyala Police, as of 8:00 local time on Thursday, July 30, 2009, in total close to 2,200 armed Iraqi individuals have surrounded and occupied Ashraf equipped with all kinds of machine guns and armored vehicles. There are also mobs carrying clubs and axes. However, the residents of Ashraf continue their brave steadfastness.
More than 1,200 of the forces are from the Iraqi police, more than 700 from the military and in excess of 300 from the Prime Minister’s special forces.
The suppressive forces are positioned at the northern, eastern, and western gates, the Pearl highway and cemetery, the water station and towers around Ashraf.
The Iranian Resistance calls on all international organizations and member states of the European Union to immediately send their representatives to Ashraf to witness the facts on the ground and the positioning of the assailing suppressive forces. Representatives of the National Council of Resistance of Iran are standing by in all European countries to facilitate this matter.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 30, 2009