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UNHCR: Camp Ashraf residents have to renounce violence before applying for refugee status

Nejat SocietyApril 14, 2011068 views

A spokesman for the UN High Commission on Refugees, Andrej Mahecic, said residents of Camp Ashraf could apply individually for refugee status, which would help them find a permanent home.But before that could happen, they would have to renounce violence as a means of achieving their goals, which some have refused to do, he added.Shahin Gobadi, a PMOI/MKO/MEK spokesman based in Paris, said the camp residents would be willing to move to the US or EU member states willing to grant them asylum.”We have no intention of staying in Iraq, but there has been no response,”he told the Reuters news agency.

US urges Iraq to facilitate MKO move

Nejat SocietyApril 14, 2011065 views

The United States has called for a”negotiated plan”to facilitate the move of the Iraq-based terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) to another country.US State Department spokesman Mark Toner urged Iraqi authorities on Tuesday to allow UN officials to visit the terrorist group’s base Camp Ashraf…

Talabani informs European ambassadors with the Iraqi stance toward Mujahideen Khalq

Nejat SocietyApril 13, 2011065 views

President jalal Talabani informed the European Union, Russian, and Turkish ambassadors in Iraq with the Iraqi stance toward the Mujahideen Khalq Organization and its presence in Iraq now.A presidential statement mentioned that political developments, regionally and internationally, were discussed during the meeting.

Iraq to probe Camp Ashraf deaths

Nejat SocietyApril 13, 2011074 views

..Iraq’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it would probe claims that 34 residents of an Iranian dissident[MKO/MEK/PMOI] camp[Ashraf] died during an Iraqi military operation last week and suggested some may have been killed before troops moved in… Iraqi authorities have said three people were killed at Camp Ashraf on Friday when security forces responded to rock-throwing and threats by residents during an operation to reclaim land from the camp and return it to farmers. ..

Diyala calls on Government to expel Washington backed MKO terrorists

Nejat SocietyApril 12, 2011068 views

… the role of the Mojahedin-e Khalq”was and remains negative in the security landscape through its support for acts of violence and abuse of Iraqis over three consecutive decades”, adding that a clause in the Iraqi constitution, which was voted for by the millions,”indicates that to clearly ensure the state does not allow the presence of any terrorist organization inside Iraqi territory, it is necessary for federal government to expel the Iranian MKO known as terrorists ..

Iraqi Commander: MKO Attack on Iraqi Forces Aimed at Killing Dissidents

Nejat SocietyApril 12, 2011081 views

..The terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization sparked the armed conflict with the Iraqi security forces responsible for guarding the camp said an Iraqi commander who was present on the scene of clashes last week ..the Iraqi commander, who was speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the move by the MKO aka MEK/PMOI was not unprecedented since the group had previously forced its dissident members to start armed clashes with the Iraqi forces.

Iraq: MKO should leave by end of 2011

Nejat SocietyApril 12, 2011065 views

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Monday that the cabinet is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf located north of the capital, Baghdad, and disband the terrorist group, AFP reported….Dabbagh further underlined that the ministers had decided that the MKO members would be forced to leave Iraq”through all means, including political, diplomatic, and cooperation with the United Nations and international organizations.”

Iraqi government says it is fed up with the MKO terror group

Nejat SocietyApril 11, 2011063 views

“The clashes started at around 4:40 a.m. (0140 GMT) as the army was taking positions inside a cemetery in Ashraf,”said Major Hassan al-Tamimi of the Iraqi army in Diyala’s provincial capital, Baqouba.”The latest toll is three people killed and 27 wounded, among them 13 members of the security forces,”Tamimi said.A source at Baqouba’s main hospital confirmed they had received three bodies…the Iraqi government said it is fed up with the terrorist group which has been launching attacks against people and officials in neighboring Iran over the past three decades.

MKO attacks Iraqi security forces

Nejat SocietyApril 10, 2011067 views

Members of the Mujahedin Khalgh Organization[MKO/MEK/PMOI] and Iraqi security forces clashed in the central province of Diyala on Friday.Clashes erupted when Iraqi security forces began to return some of the land that was confiscated by Saddam Hussein to setup the MKO camp. Officials say, members of the camp began hurling stones and attacking the security forces with knives and other weapons as they were carrying out their duty…the Iraqi government has issued a judicial decree to reduce the 50 Km camp to 30 Km and have the rest of the lands returned to its original owners.

Right Group Calls on Iraqi PM to Close the MEK file forever

Nejat SocietyApril 10, 2011079 views

The recent assaults and armed clashes sparked by the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) at the group’s main camp in the Diyala province necessitate the Baghdad government to accelerate expulsion of the terrorist group from Iraq, a human rights group stressed.The Habilian association, a human rights group formed of the family members and relatives of the Iranian victims of terrorism, in a statement issued on Saturday …