At 4: 45 am local time, Iraqi forces attacked 3400 Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, who are members of Iran's largers opposition group, People's Mojahedin of Iran.

The attack is going on right now. About 3000 Iraqi troops with the guidance of the Iranian embassy are trying to eradicate the main Iranian opposition. This is happenning while Secretery Robert Gates is  in Baghdad. Coincoincidentally, the first attack to camp ashraf, in August 2009 happened when Mr. Gates was visiting Iraq.

So much for Mr. Obama's motto of standing with the Iranian people. Letters to Khamenei and allowing Mr. Maliki to carry out Khamenei's orders are not friendly gestures to the Iranian people.

Ashraf residents are "protected people" under the 4th Geneva convention. The UN, UNHCR , UNAMi and the US army have to intervene right now to stop this genocide.