Defenseless civilians sustained casualties, details of which are being investigated.
Earlier, the clerical regime fired dozens of Scud missiles at Mojahedin camps and Iraqi cities from Jalawla to Basra. Missiles fired at Camp Fa'ezeh and the city of Kut created craters 12 meters in diameter and several meters deep. In the city of Kut, a missile landed outside the Technical university.
Reports from the suburbs of Basra, in the vicinity of Deireh, indicate that missiles fired this morning inflicted heavy damages and casualties to defenseless inhabitants and civilians.
The mullahs' regime has fired a total of 48 Scud missiles so far.
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
April 18, 2001