At least 10 people were killed in the pre-dawn clashes in Iraq today as security forces raided the settlement of an Iranian exile group that the Government has long tried to oust. Officials said tensions boiled over this week when the Iraqi Army moved fresh troops near Camp Ashraf, prompting its residents to pelt soldiers with stones and throw themselves in front of military trucks. The group claimed that 31 residents were killed but the Iraqi General who ordered the raid denied that anybody had died. US and UN observers were unable to independently verify any casualties but two officials at the hospital in Baqouba said 10 exiles were killed and 39 wounded in the clashes. Five Iraqi soldiers and one policeman were also injured.