Camp Ashraf Affairs

U.S. saw leftist Iran opposition group Mujahadeen Khalq as a ‘cult’

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… The State Department has concluded that the Mujahadeen Khalq, or MEK, was holding Iranian exiles against their will in Iraq’s Camp Ashraf. The department, in cables sent to Washington over the last 20 years, asserted that Mujahadeen set a policy of killing suspected defectors from the movement supported by the former Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. Wikipedia said the group which played a major role with the leftist Tudeh Party in the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, was more”religious, radical, anti-American”than the earlier generation of Iranian leftists …

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Why Doesn’t MKO Let Members go?

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The bloody clashes at camp Ashraf in June, 2009 and April, 2011 do not promote MKO/MEK/PMOI leaders to think of a solution for members transferring instead they exploit the killing of their forces as fuel for their propaganda machine. Despite the threatened situation of Ashraf residents, the camp leaders do not let them choose for their future in the current critical condition of Camp Ashraf.Although the killing of 32 Ashraf residents is controversial..one thing is clear and that’s the danger that Ashraf residents are exposed to either by …

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MKO Violence against members’ families

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Every day at this part, some of the brainwashed members of the “ destructive mind-control Cult of Rajavi”, covering their faces ; target the suffering families -who are awaiting their beloved ones’ visit eagerly – by strings and catapults.On these photos one can see the families trying to invite the brainwashed elements to talk friendly instead of throwing stones. Families have lodged a complaint along with strong documents against the leadership of the MKO to the judiciary system of Iraq; although it may be blocked by US agents and other related elements, the same as other complaints and documents.

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Maryam Rajavi threatens to massacre the hostages at Camp Ashraf

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… What Rajavi is really threatening is that the MEK leaders will massacre their own people if any external agency should attempt to interfere with the MEK’s totalitarian control over the camp’s residents. Her real message is that the residents of Camp Ashraf are being held as hostages and the MEK leaders will kill them if anyone tries to rescue them. It must be understood that the threat is real. The MEK leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi have a history of shedding the blood of ordinary MEK members for political gain. In 2003 two MEK members died in Paris and London after setting themselves on fire …

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Zebari assures Eu ambassadors of humanitarian services to Camp Ashraf

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Zebari in Baghdad met with EU ambassadors to Iraq and discussed the joint relations and the political situation in Iraq and Arab countries… Minister Zebari reviewed his government’s plans and programs during the next stage. He also addressed the issue of Camp Ashraf, which houses members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization/MKO/MEK/PMOI. Zebari said that the authorities are in full control have taken a series of measures to ensure the provision of humanitarian services, health care and food to residents of the camp …

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US seeks to keep Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq

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The U.S. declared the MEK/MKO/PMOI a terrorist organization in 1997, citing a series of attacks in Tehran.When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 it disarmed the group, seizing thousands of weapons from Camp Ashraf. The residents lived an almost monastic life, separated by sex and observing a strict ban on alcohol and smoking. Iran has demanded that camp residents be repatriated to Iran and has promised to reintegrate them into Iranian society,..

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Iraq determined to close Camp Ashraf

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Iraq’s foreign minister says Baghdad is determined to close Camp Ashraf and expel Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) terrorists from the country. “We have called on the international community and European countries to accept residents of the Camp Ashraf so the camp could be closed,” Hoshyar Zebari .Earlier in May, the US proposed a plan to relocated Camp Ashraf residents to other parts of Iraq before their final resettlement in third countries.

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Zebari:Iraq has decided to close Camp Ashraf

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says the decision to shut down the Camp Ashraf has been made by his country’s government…Zebari said that Iraq has asked the international institutions and European countries to accept the MKO members after they are deported.Ibrahim Jafari, a former Iraqi prime minister and a sitting lawmaker, also says the demand for expulsion of MKO was made by all Iraqi groups and people…The Iraqi people have no positive image of the MKO members and that is the reason behind their demand, he noted.

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MEPs warned not to fall victim to misleading MKO lobby

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MEPs from five political groups have sent a letter to their colleagues to brief them about the PMOI lobby in the European Parliament.The letter says that while the deaths at Camp Ashraf were uncacceptable, MEPs should not ignore the MEKs history ..The support the PMOI receives from members of Parliament allows its leadership to perpetuate their absolute power over the rank and file, of which most are believed to want to desperately leave the group. The hundreds of members who have managed to escape from Ashraf and have been screened by the UNHCR ..

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Zebari: Time is ripe to solve the question of Ashraf

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… In a statement by Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Minister Ashton said”the European Union is keen to develop and activate its relations with Iraq according to the agreement signed between the two sides, which reached its final stages for ratification”.”The EU is keen to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas”, Ashton added in the statement. Zebari expressed the stand and decision of the Iraqi government”to close the camp by the end of this year”and to demand from European countries”to accept the residents of the camp in their countries.” …

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