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Iran-U.S. Ambassadors in Exclusive Meeting

By the invitation of Iraqi National Security advisor, Mowafaq al-Rubai, The ambassadors of Iran and the U.S. held a meeting in his house.

The content of this three-hour meeting, that coincided with the meeting of joint trilateral committee (comprising of Iranian, American and Iraqi experts on security), has not been published.

Joint trilateral committee, that held its meeting on Monday, is aimed at stopping terrorism and violence in Iraq. The meeting, hosted by Iraq, was held in Nuri Al-Maliki’s office in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Al-Ittihad/Iraq  –  2007/08/09

 

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The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Voices from Everywhere, Calling for MKO’s Expulsion

The differences between Iraqi officials and the armed Iranian opposition group, Mojahedin-e Khalq, based mainly in Iraq, have heightened and many Iraqi officials are asking for its expulsion.

Some 4000 Iranians, mostly women, are now living in Camp Ashraf in Al-Azim region in Dyalah Province.

Fazel Al-Shovaili, adviser of Iraq’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Shirvan Vaeli, said: “MKO is a terrorist group with long history of killing Iraqis and enjoying privileges from Saddam government.”

During a conference called “Iraq Without Terrorist Organization, sponsored by Iraq’s National Security Ministry in Baghdad, he added: “the presence of this organization is a tragic consequence left from former regime. It has had much impact on neighboring countries.”

Dr. Aziz Jabr Shial, professor of Political Sciences in Baghdad University, also said: “The MKO should leave our country because its presence here has a negative message for Iranian officials and it may be interpreted that Iraqi is not firm in establishing goodwill ties with neighbors. It also gives the green light to Iran’s interferences in Iraq. Allowing this organization to act in Iraq was a wrong policy by the former regime.”

He also suggested that Iraq and Iran cooperate to guarantee the safety of MKO members and return them to their country.

Dr. Abdulamir Al-Asadi, researcher at the center of Dialog, said in the conference: “The most threatening issue in criminal acts is that they are acting covertly and it’s not easy to get to their ideas. I ask the security ministry of Iraq to form an independent committee to fight terrorism and make serious decision on stopping terrorism in Iraq.”

Hussein Al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric, said: “It’s right to try to expel the MKO from Iraq and we should do so because these people had criminal roles in the former regime. They took part in suppressing the uprising of Iraqis in the south in 1991. the people who make alliance with terrorist groups show how bankrupt they’re politically and internationally.”

 Ittihad newspaper/UAE

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The MEK; Baath Party Accomplice

Chemical Ali Ordered MKO to Kill Kurds

In an article in PUK-backed newspaper "Al-Ettehad", Shahab Al-Ghare Losi published documents on Chemical Ali and pointed to the role of MKO in massacring Iraqi Kurds.

Shahab Al-Ghare Losi writes:

"Ten audio tapes have been obtained from the house of Ali Hassan Al-Majid- known as Chemical Ali- on the operation of Anfal against Kurds and also on the suppression of 1991’s uprising. These tapes are about the meetings of Chemical Ali on the issue of Kurdistan."

In one of the tapes, dated April 15, 1988, Chemical Ali says:

"None of the villages should remain in this region until the next summer. We should transfer the people to townships and camps and control them. Their transfer from the villages to the North of Iraq is inevitable. From now on, I cut their water, electricity, oil, sugar, flour. Why should we let them live like donkeys and understand nothing? For their wheat? Well, I don’t want their wheat. We have been importing the wheat since 20 years ago and we can do it for more 5 years."

In the meeting, Chemical Ali stresses the need for evacuation of villages and says: "their homes should be destroyed completely. The people should be taken to labor camps and no one of them should be allowed to return."

In another meeting with the officials of sovereign provinces (as written on the tapes) on March 26, 1988, Chemical Ali emphasizes that Kurds should be forced to immigrate. He questions the ability of the army and Baath officials for doing this and brings their attention to the possible forces the army can take advantage of. "After all these years, why are the saboteurs still at large? They are looking at the way we function. Our orders and functions are not powerful enough".

He also says: "Jalal Talabani asked me to open a dialog channel with him. That night, I went to Suleimanieh and targeted them with special weapons." By special weapons, he meant "chemical weapons". He adds: "I won’t talk with Talabani and won’t stop the forced immigration plan unless the war has ended with Iran and Iranian troops have left the regions they captured. When the plan ends, we will start a large scale war against them and will try to recapture one-third of the lands. We will surround them in the valleys and then target them with chemical weapons. This chemical attack will last for 15 days. I don’t name these chemical weapons because it’s banned but I declare that we will defeat them with these new destructive weapons. We will follow them up to Iranian borders and then we will order the MKO to attack them there."

AlIttihad – IranDidban translation –  2006/09/02

http://www.alitthad.com/paper.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18831

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Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

MKO Never Allowed to Act in Iraq

In an interview with PUK-funded newspaper, Al-Ittihad, Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zebari said about ties with Iraq neighbors: "In a meeting last week with Turkish officials, we discussed the issue in details and we stressed that Iraq is determined not to allow any terrorist activity be conducted against neighboring countries from Iraq. We will not allow the PKK to have operations against Turkey as we prevent MKO elements from acting against Iran. We also ban members of Ekhvan al-Muslimin in Iraq to act against Syria."

"Everyone knows that establishing security and stability in Baghdad and other cities in Iraq is the priority of Iraqi government and it is not in our interest to enter talks with group, parties and terrorist organizations that work to destabilize neighboring counties. This issue requires more time, but everyone should know that we will never use these groups against our neighbors in our foreign policy."

alitthad.com – 2006/08/16 http://www.alitthad.com/paper.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1738

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