Iraqis have staged a protest rally in the eastern province of Diyala to urge the authorities to close down Camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).Protesters demand the expulsion of MKO/MEK/PMOI members from Iraq and that the camp be dismantled. The relatives of some MKO members also joined the gathering near Camp Ashraf, calling on their loved ones to abandon the notorious group.
In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO members to remain in Iraq after 2011.
Members of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI are not only the enemies of Iran but they are also the adversaries of Baghdad, Zebari said in a meeting with Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari in the Iranian capital of Tehran late Monday..Zebari also noted that the Iraqi officials are seeking “stronger” ties with the Islamic Republic…The terror organization is known to have cooperated with Saddam..
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s mission to the United Nations has refuted the recent US allegation about Tehran’s involvement in a plot..Tehran took action through Interpol and commissioned the Islamic Republic’s police to investigate the issue, the letter added.The investigations indicated that the individual claimed by the US [to have been involved in the alleged plot] is a member of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI),..
In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO/MEK/PMOI members to remain in Iraq after 2011
In a recent meeting with the Swiss Ambassador to Baghdad Martin Aishnbachr, Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed by the end of the year.He added that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to this matter..
… Iraqi Foreign Minister says Baghdad is determined to close down camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), by the end of the year.”We have already made it clear about closing … Camp Ashraf before. The decision will be implemented by the end of this year,”Zebari said.”The government insists on completing this mission … There is no government that would agree to ..
The other thing that comes up in all of this of course is that we are seeing attention diverted from what the United States and Israel are clearly doing in conjunction with groups like the Iran Policy Committee; to work with the Mujahedin-e Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI in Iran to facilitate the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and to be involved in other black intelligence operations within Iran that are clearly both illegal and counterproductive. Raymond Tanter..
Interpol has gained information about the second suspect in the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States indicating that he is a key member of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI…Shakouri has travelled to numerous countries with many fake identity documents, including forged Iranian passports, and he was last seen in Washington and at Camp Ashraf, where MKO members are based…
EU and the US supported the MKO/MEK/PMOI to help the group carry out acts of terror in Iran, and argued that the terrorist organization has turned into a “political tool” for the West. The fact that the EU has repeatedly listed and delisted the MKO as a terrorist organization throws doubt on Brussels’ position on the MKO, the legislator pointed out. Members of the MKO fled to Iraq in 1986, where they enjoyed the support of executed Iraqi dictator ..