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Iraq issues arrest warrants for 120 MKO members

Arrest warrants have been issued for 120 members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced in a televised interview late on Tuesday.During his remarks, Maliki described the MKO aka MEK/PMOI as a “terrorist” group and said the it has committed terrorist acts in Iraq and Iran for many years.He also reiterated the Iraqi government’s decision to expel the members of the group ..

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Iraqis rally demanding MKO expulsion

Thousands of Iraqi people held a demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI from their country…According to AP, the demonstrators were urging the government to abide by an end-of-year deadline to expel the group from Iraq and close their camp here… the protesters warned the Iraqi government about the terrorist group’s plans to ..

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MKO members agree to leave Iraq

The special spokesperson for the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) has announced that the members of the terrorist group will leave Iraq and give up their ‘right’ to claim asylum in the country..the spokesperson said, “However, our situation will not be conducive to the departure of the country until the end of the current year.”..The Leaders of the terrorist group had repeatedly claimed their right to stay in Iraq..

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MKO will be forced to leave Iraq

The chairman of an Iraqi committee in charge of supporting the victims of terrorist actions carried out by the members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has said that the group will be forced to exit from Iraq if they refuse to leave the country by 2012

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A remarkable number of the MKO members return to Iran

Asked about Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), he said that the Iraqi government is determined to expel the members of the terrorist group from the country by the end of this year.He also said that most of the members of this group that have escaped from Camp Ashraf are trying to return to Iran.“After escape, they usually seek refuge in Iraq, and most of them demand to be granted permission to enter Iran as they have requested in their interviews with the International Committee of the Red Cross,” he said referring to those members of the group that have not been involved in any criminal action.

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Iraq to form committee to pursue MKO expulsion

the Iraqi parliament plans to establish a committee tasked with pursuing the expulsion of the members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization/MKO/MEK/PMOI based in Camp Ashraf…The Security and Defense Committee has reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki to form the special committee, Al-Sunaid stated… The Iraqi government has also set a deadline for Camp Ashraf residents to leave the country.On April 13, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad announced that Camp Ashraf residents can return to Iran under certain conditions.

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Iran: We cannot confirm killing of MKO ringleader Rajavi

… Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has not confirmed news reports claiming that Masoud Rajavi, the ringleader of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization, has been killed. “We have not yet come to the conclusion that he has been killed,” Moslehi told reporters in Tehran on Saturday. Commenting on the situation of the MKO members based at Camp Ashraf, Moslehi stated that the United States and its allies are making attempts to save the MKO, but the members of this terrorist organization must be aware that they have no place in Iraq. The Iraqi government has decided to expel all MKO members within six months …

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