Spanish judge to probe Iraq refugee camp killings: lawyer

MADRID – A Spanish judge will probe a raid by Iraqi police and soldiers on a camp for Iranian refugees in July 2009 that killed 11 people, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday.
A Spanish National Court ruling in favour of an investigation into the events at Camp Ashraf, near the Iraqi border with Iran, became effective Tuesday after a five-day waiting period for possible appeals, said a lawyer for victims’ relatives.
In December 2009 National Court judge Fernando Andreu agreed to consider the complaint under a legal doctrine known as “universal jurisdiction” which allows human rights crimes to be tried outside the country they allegedly took place.