62 U.S. Troops Injured in Iraq

The Los Angeles Times
December 10, 2003
By Carol J. Williams

BAGHDAD — ... The 25-member Governing Council ordered the expulsion of an Iranian-based organization aligned with Hussein during the Baathists' 35-year rule. The Moujahedeen Khalq was ordered to cease all activities and leave Iraq by month's end.

The group once claimed to have several thousand members, but many are thought to have fled Iraq since Hussein was toppled in the spring. Those factions still here are heavily armed and could resist the council's order...