Camp Ashraf Affairs

Iranian dissidents in Iraq want refuge in 3rd country

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Ambassador James Jeffrey said Saturday that the U.S. was working with the United Nations to move the 3,000-plus Iranians”to a place that is a bit safer, a bit further from Iran,”but they would have to disband and allow themselves to be registered as refugees by the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.But the Paris-based leadership of the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran rejected the idea as a”non-starter”and said the Iranians would prefer to die where they now live, a location known as Camp Ashraf, than to relocate within Iraq.

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Iraq to Evacuate MKO Members from Camp Ashraf

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raq’s Defense Ministry Spokesman General Mohammed al-Askari reiterated that the Iraqi government is determined to evacuate the members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from their stronghold in the Northern Diyala province in the near future… He also said in a press conference on Thursday that four more members of the MKO have fled Camp Ashraf and defected to the Iraqi forces..The defected MKO members said that since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the leaders of the terrorist organization have turned the camp into a prison.

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Coordination Underway between Iran, Iraq over MKO Camp

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Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi stressed Tehran’s repeated and strong call for the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq during the recent meetings between the two countries’ officials, and said Tehran and Baghdad have worked out good coordination over this issue.

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Camp Ashraf and the Mojahedin Khalq

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… Iran-Interlink representative Anne Singleton traveled to Iraq mid April at the invitation of the Baghdad based human rights NGO Baladiyeh Foundation, officials of the Government of Iraq and other NGOs involved in the Camp Ashraf problem. The Baladiyeh Foundation, headed by Mrs Ahlam al-Maliki, provides humanitarian assistance to a wide range of deprived sectors of Iraqi society arising directly from the invasion and occupation of Iraq by allied forces in 2003. Baladiyeh Foundation is concerned by the humanitarian crisis at Camp Ashraf caused by the group’s leaders who are refusing to allow access to human rights organisations to verify the wellbeing of all of the camp’s residents …

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Talibani: Committee formed to shut MKO Ashraf camp

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… Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani says a committee has been formed to shut down a camp belonging to the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO). “The government of Iraq will do all it can to prevent terrorism. We should attempt to close down MKO terrorists’ Ashraf Camp and we shall remove all those people. Those who are willing will go back to Iran. Others will go wherever they want to,” Talabani said in a speech during an anti-terrorism conference in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Saturday. Talabani pointed out that the committee was formed by Iran, Iraq and the International Red Cross, reiterating that the camp would be closed by the end of 2011 …

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Iraq, Iran, ICRI joint committee to facilitate the dismantlement of Camp Ashraf

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… The committee”will discuss the requests of the members who live in Camp Ashraf, particularly those who seek to return to Iran without any pressure or difficulty,”Zebari said. Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf in 2009 and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group. The Iraqi authority also changed the name of the military center from Camp Ashraf to the Camp of New Iraq.”We have asked international organizations and European parliaments to encourage the (group’s) members to leave Iraq, and to facilitate (the movement of) those members who seek to go to those countries,”…

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Government Spokesman: Iraq is not an American colony

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… The delegation reportedly told Maliki that a US congressional committee is investigating violence between Iraqi forces and members of the Iranian dissident group Mojahedi-e-Khalq Organization that killed 34 people and injured 200 at Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad. Following the comments, the Iraqi government told the US Embassy that the delegation was no longer welcome in Iraq, government spokesman Ali al-Dabagh said. “This is the stance of a sovereign state towards the unacceptable attitude of those congressmen,” he said. “Iraq is not an American colony where such insulting statements …

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Iraq to end the existence of Camp Ashraf

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… Under Secretary Hussein Zuhairi, who headed the Iraqi delegation, responded to the statement of a foreign organization [MEK lobbyists] in the Council Human Rights in which she referred to allegations launched by MKO, which live in Camp Ashraf (Camp New Iraq) in order to discredit the Iraqi government in international forums… Zuhairi stressed that the government had decided to end the Organization’s presence in the territory of the country. He also stressed that, “whoever backs the false allegations of the organization should know that Camp New Iraq is part of the territory of Iraq and is subject to Iraqi sovereignty…”

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Iraqi MPs Praise Gov’t for Preventing US Lawmakers from Visiting MKO Camp

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“The Iraqi prime minister’s actions to prevent the interference of the American congressional delegation is admirable and we welcome it,”..The Iraqi people have announced their opposition to the presence of the MKO/MKO/PMOI members in their country and have long staged protest rallies in front of the MKO’s main training camp in the Northern Diyala province to condemn the US-backed presence of the terrorist group in their country.

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U.S. congressional delegation sets off political bomb in Iraq

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After Rohrabacher later announced his investigation to the media, al-Maliki, who’s currently acting minister of defense as well as commander in chief, apparently hit the roof. ..The U.S. Embassy issued a statement explaining that Congress is a separate branch of government whose members often disagree with the executive branch. It said it was important for members of Congress to meet and exchange views with Iraqi leaders, “even when there are disagreements.”..

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