Statement No. 5
Final count of missiles fired at Mojahedin camps, Iraqi cities stand at 77

On the basis of the latest information gathered until 8:00 pm yesterday, 77 surface-to-surface Scud missiles were fired by the clerical regime at seven Mojahedin camps and Iraqi cities of Jalawla, Khalis, Meqdadieh, Kut, Al-Amarah and Basra.

27 missiles hit Basra, one hit Al-Amarah, seven hit Kut, 13 hit Khalis, five hit Meqdadieh and 24 hit Jalawla.

In addition to one Mojahedin member killed, so far nine innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed and 25 other were wounded and hospitalized.

One day before the missile attack, a group of Revolutionary Guards and army commanders went to Kermanshah, Ilam and Khuzistan to coordinate and oversee the missile attacks.

GC Brig. Gen. Kazemi, the Guards' air force commander and Moqaddam, the Guards Missile Unit commander directed the attack. Five other GC Brigadier Generals Hajizadeh, Bigdeli, Khaleqi, Babaian and Hessam accompanied them. Those in charge of the operations were Yazdani, Haqgoo, Khosravi-Zadeh, Hassan-Zadeh, Zaeri, Mojed-Nia, Rezai-Moqadam, Vessali, Sadr-Abadi, Foroughzadeh and Haj-Agha Mahrokh.

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
April 20, 2001

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