Camp Liberty residents, Iranian dissidents given refuge by Saddam Hussein years ago, ... more >The Associated Press and Iraq’s state-run TV also were on the tour, the first time the Iraqi government has allowed journalists inside Liberty since the MeK began moving there earlier this year.
The exiles’ local leader, Abbas Davari, called the camp “dilapidated” and complained that Iraq has delayed the MeK from moving generators to Liberty from Ashraf and has stymied construction of a water-treatment system.
Gorges Bakoos, who is overseeing the issue for the government, said officials are trying to resolve both problems.
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