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MKO refuse move to TTL over property disputes

The director of the Office of HR in Diyala Salah al-Mojmaei said:”The concerned authorities in resolving the file of Camp Ashraf residents, and in coordination with security forces in Diyala, provided all the requirements to transfer the fifth lot of the camp residents to Liberty Camp[TTL] in Baghdad but the transfer was blocked due to the prohibitive demands of the residents…The MEK said the residents of Camp Ashraf demand to be allowed to transfer their cars

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Protesters renew demand to shut down Camp Ashraf

Thousands of Iraqis gathered in front of Camp Ahsraf, where almost 3,500 Iranian dissidents of the Mojahedine Khalqe Iran Organization reside, in order to renew a demand for closing down the Camp…ISCI chief in Jadida Shat in Diyala, told AKnews the gathering is to readdress the demand for expelling the Camp residents out of Iraq before Iraqi officials as well as the international community… this year alone 20 protest rallies were held ..

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Lawmakers back decision to expel MKO from Iraq

Some Iraqi lawmakers supported the decision by the government to end the file of Mojahedin-e-Khalq-e-Iran Organization(MKO)..Speaking to AKnews, Zeinab al-Tayee from Ahrar Party accused the organization of”being funded by terrorist groups.”..Tayee said her party backs expelling MKO from Iraq and hoped the decision comes into effect as soon as possible..Tayee reiterated the presence of the group is contrary to the Iraqi constitution, a point frequently raised to criticize Maliki’s government…

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Iraq parliament recognizes chemical attack on Halabja as genocide

… The Iraqi parliament has officially recognized the chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as genocide.Halabja . The decision came during a parliamentary session on Thursday where the proposal was put to vote and was approved by the majority of the parliament. Halabja, situated 81km south east of Sulaimaniyah and 364 km north east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, was subjected to an airborne chemical weapon attack in March 1988 by the former Iraqi regime. ..

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Camp Ashraf residents prevented by PMOI from meeting their families coming from Iran

… Al-Khaddran attributed Ashraf leaders refusal to let the Iranian families in to”fears”of the leaders of revealing their practices with the deluded people who wish to return home, on the one hand, and to prevent the world from knowing the secrets and mysteries of collaboration with, and the support of the organization, for militant terrorist groups, on the other hand. government of Iraq tried to take measures that would remove the organization from the country, but the organization was protected by the United States …

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KRG officers: MKO slamming Iranian shelling is futile

… this is not the first time the organization releases such declarations. Any attempt by this organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] to thaw relations with Kurds will be overlooked for they do not enjoy the blessing of Kurds”, Asasard argued, explaining “Because in suppressing the Kurdish uprising, this organization supported the fallen Baathists regime. This statement cannot wash away their stained vision in the memory of the Kurdish people” …

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