Camp Ashraf Affairs - Page 43 of 53

Who is Responsible for the Bloodshed and Death in Camp Ashraf?

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The PMOI in Iraq is finished, especially after the fall of Saddam Hussein and his government. Its military wing, the NLA is completely dysfunctional and impaired because of disarmament.. the PMOI’s leaders do not want to deal with the destiny of 3500 personnel and members who have been stranded in that garrison for decades. The life of those stranded people in that garrison does not have any value for their leaders..as a victim of this organization, hold Mrs. Maryam Ghajar Azdanloo (Rajavi) responsible and accountable for the life and death of those stranded MKO members..

Mass grave links Mojahedin Khalq to Kuwait invasion

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Police officials in the Iraqi province of Diyalah said Sunday that the mass graves contained Kuwaiti nationals who had fallen victim to the Ba’ath regime’s seven month-long invasion of Kuwait…If confirmed, the reports would expose MKO complicity in Saddam Hussein’s war on Kuwait, which killed more than 3,664 Iraqis and 1,000 Kuwaitis

Iraq right to impose control over territory

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The Iraqi government was right to take action against a People’s Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI) camp north of Baghdad, as it did not want to tolerate a group on Iraqi territory operating outside Iraqi control..Mojahedin Khalq have benefited from loose American Protection..Deep fears of deportation and concern at losing control of their political fate led the PMOI/MKO/MEK members to resist the Iraqi forces when they entered the camp to impose Iraqi authority, which led to serious clashes

Iraqi Politician Hails Seizure of MKO Camp by Baghdad Gov’t

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“Seizure of Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi army and security forces was a legal move and in accordance with the international rules and conventions,”Forat al-Shar, A member of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC)..”The MKO has conducted illegal acts inside the camp and this is not acceptable to the Iraqi nation,”Shar underlined..Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – on Tuesday and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group.

35 Iranian dissidents sent to Baghdad for questioning

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Thirty-five Iranian dissidents arrested by Iraqi security forces during a takeover of their base were transferred to Baghdad for questioning on Sunday, a senior Iraqi official told AFP…The group set up Camp Ashraf in the 1980s — when former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was at war with the Islamic republic ..

36 MKO members arrested in Iraq

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Iraqi police have arrested 36 members of the Mojahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) after clashes erupted between MKO operatives and security forces in Camp Ashraf..The arrests were confirmed by Abdul Nassir al-Mehdawi, governor of Diyala province.”Their cases are being investigated now. They are being charged with inciting trouble,”he said.”We will deal with them according to Iraqi law; we won’t send them back to Iran.”

Mass grave found in Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyAugust 3, 2009059 views

a mass grave containing victims of Saddam Hussein’s regime during the war against Kuwait in 1991 was found in Ashraf garrison, the base of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, in the Diyala province in Iraq. Iraqi media reports also reflected the joy of the inhabitants of the Diyala province that the Iraqi government has imposed its rule over what was described as the”camp housing the terrorist MKO”.

Iraq’s obligation of protecting terrorists

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Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she deplored the reported raid and said the United States is urging restraint on both sides in a confrontation between Iraqi security forces and Iranian dissidents in a camp..If full authority in the country from coalition forces is transferred to the Iraqi government, then, it is up to the government to decide for the country’s security by curbing the danger of a terrorist group still recognized a FTO.

Iraqi official : MKO has no choice but leaving Iraq

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Iraqi Diala Province Police chief said that members of Mojahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) in ‘New Iraq Camp’ (formerly Ashraf Camp) has no choice but leaving Iraq… the committee for investigation of ‘New Iraq Camp’ dossier has determined a one-month deadline for them ( members of MKO/MEK/PMOI) to depart Iraq, and they have to decide on either returning to their homeland (Iran) or leaving for a third country.

France Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We consider MKO as terrorists

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“you know our position on the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MKO/MEK), which we consider as a terrorist organization. This position has not changed after the [Mujahedin] organization’s removal from the European terrorist list, the decision, against which we filed an appeal, was based on procedural matters.”the France deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs reitereated in a daily briefing on Thursday, 30 July ..