The Canadian Press, May 17, 1991
By: Leila Deeb

 

Mojahedin Base Near Khales, Iraq (CP) - The green, red and white Iranian flag flies at this base not far from Baghdad, side-by-side with that of the National Liberation Army, Iran's main rebel force.

Men and women train in tanks or armored vehicles while their children attend classes at a nearby school....

"I joined because it is the only hope," said Omeed Khadir, a 27-year-old who dropped his microbiology course at McGill University to become an NLA fighter....

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