Military Presence
Within the boundaries of the camp is Forward Operating Base Grizzly (formerly FOB Spartan, FOB Red Lion, FOB Barbarian). The Forward operating base is where up to 2,000 US and Coalition forces, used to reside. Under pressures from Tehran, food and fuel rations of Ashraf were terminated; elements affiliated with the regime blew up the water pipelines to Ashraf; and members of the MEK were abducted in Iraq. It is also known that a bus carrying Iraqi laborers to the city of Ashraf was blown up, killing 11. As of Summer of 2010, US Forces no longer maintain a presence at FOB Grizzly after handing over the facility to the Government of Iraq, effectively ending direct US monitoring of Camp Ashraf. Instead, Iraqi police has been stationed inside the camp and the Iraqi army is outside the camp (in the bunker complex).
Read more about this topic: Camp Ashraf, History, Ashraf During Occupation of Iraq
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