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"They are cleaning the country of terrorists." That was how CBS' Lara Logan reported Teheran's praise of Baghdad for its two-day blockade of Camp Ashraf, the base inside Iraq for the People's Mujahadeen, the Iranian exile militia that Logan identified by its initials MeK. Logan gave Iran's portrayal of MeK no credibility whatsoever. She called Camp Ashraf's population "unarmed civilians" although she did acknowledge their espionage role: "It was MeK that provided the United States with intelligence on Iran's nuclear program…Since the US invasion the camp's roughly 3,000 residents have been living under US protection. That ended in January." The current crackdown by Iraqi police has killed eleven and arrested 30, Logan reported. "The attack was seen as the latest sign that American influence in Iraq is waning as Iranian influence rises."
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