Camp Ashraf Affairs

Police general, analyst discuss Iraqi takeover of camp Ashraf

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… He says not all of these people support the MKO, adding that”half of them are under the influence of the other half.”He says:”For Iraq, this is neither a military nor a political problem. This is a terrorist organization and it is over politically. Militarily, the Iraqi army is capable of overcoming them.”… Dr al-Sarraj says that MKO members are trained on most modern weapons, combat operations, guerrilla warfareand the use of explosives, and they can act as human bombs, noting that there are 3,500 of them in this camp..

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Iraq denies blocking food to MKO camp

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…”That is incorrect … We do not block food or medical supplies, but we do block building supplies such as cement and metal,”Dabbagh said. Swiss-based human rights activists, including senior U.N. expert Jean Ziegler, said on Wednesday Iraqi authorities were blocking food and water…Iraqi forces last week took control of the camp on the Iranian border, home to the PMOI for about two decades, sparking clashes with residents

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Rand: The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq – A policy conundrum

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… A RAND study examined the evolution of this controversial decision, which has left the United States open to charges of hypocrisy in the war on terrorism. An examination of MeK activities establishes its cultic practices and its deceptive recruitment and public relations strategies. A series of coalition decisions served to facilitate the MeK leadership’s control over its members. The government of Iraq wants to expel the group, but no country other than Iran will accept it.

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Iraq rejects MKO leaders call for talks

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The Iraqi government has rejected a request by the heads of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), for negotiations, an Iraqi official says..He did not name the Arab country but said that such a request shows how interwoven the terrorist group is with the intelligence agency of the unnamed Arab country..Press TV has learned that Masoud Rajavi, known as the leader of the MKO, is now based in Jordan, and that Iraqi officials have actually refused a request transferred by the Jordanian intelligence agency to negotiate with MKO/MEK/PMOI leaders.

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Maliki Underlines Expulsion of MKO Members from Iraq

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday stressed his government’s resolve to expel members of the anti-Iran terrorist group, Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), from his country..Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – last Tuesday 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.

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U.S. seeks to protect Iran terror group

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The United States is quietly pressing Iraq not to close a camp that holds more than 3,000 members of an Iranian opposition group that served as Saddam Hussein’s shock troops in 1991 when he crushed rebellions after the Gulf War and now is vulnerable to Iraqi and Iranian reprisals..Iraqi media have reported that the government plans to close Camp Ashraf and disperse its residents to other locations in Iraq. Such a move could make the dissidents more vulnerable to Iranian intelligence and angry Iraqi Shi’ites who lost family members in 1991.

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MKO not to be welcomed in Pakistan

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With Iraq determined to rid its soil of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), members of the terrorist group set out to seek political asylum in Pakistan.After the Pakistan-based Jundullah terror group admitted to receiving MKO support and assistance, Iraqi National Security Adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, said the soon-to-be expelled group may decide to move to Pakistan. ..Pakistani officials asserted that they would never allow MKO terrorists station themselves in their country and threaten the interests of their neighboring states.

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Reuters:Iraq says Iranian exiles not allowed to stay

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Iraq’s state security minister said on Tuesday that no Iranian exiles[MKO/MEK/PMOI] living in Camp Ashraf on the border with Iran would be granted asylum in Iraq, including 56 he said were wanted in Iranian courts…Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government has said it wants to close the camp and send residents to Iran or a third country, a proposal they are bitterly resisting. The dissidents fear they will be imprisoned or executed if they are sent home.Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waeli said his country had no qualms about sending them back.

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Iraq will not grant asylum to MKO members

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Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waeli says Baghdad will not grant asylum to any Iranian living at Camp Ashraf..The Iraqi government has declared that it wants to close the camp and send its residents to Iran or a third country.. .Last week, Iraqi security forces stormed the camp that housed members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) and seized control of it.

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