Camp Ashraf Affairs

Camp Ashraf will be completely emptied by end of September

Earlier this week the United States welcomed renewed efforts to relocate the residents of Camp Ashraf which has housed members of an exiled Iranian opposition group[MKO/MEK/PMOI] for years. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland noted the”safe arrival”last week of a sixth convoy of about 400 residents of Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya, ..

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Resumed Progress toward Camp Ashraf’s Peaceful Closure

The United States welcomes today’s safe arrival of the sixth convoy of approximately 400 Ashraf residents to Camp Hurriya, the first such convoy in over three months. We welcome and are encouraged by this resumption of cooperation by the Ashraf residents in the relocation process as set forth in the December 25, 2011 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Iraq and the United Nations.

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MEK members clash with police in Ashraf

Reports say there have been clashes in Camp Ashraf as Iraqi police attempted to inspect the belongings of the sixth batch of terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI group.members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq group attacked Iraqi security forces with knives and truncheons yesterday in a bid to prevent them from examining their belongings.

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Security arrangements in place for transfer of 400 MEK

Shammari said,”more than 400 MEK aka MKO/PMOI will be transferred in this sixth batch, which is expected to take place in the next 24 hours”. In a process begun in February this year to empty Camp Ashraf before removing the MEK members from Iraq, the MEK leader Massoud Rajavi has several times stalled the movement of his followers…

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Mr. Kobler, Avoid repeating the error!

while with the two mentioned mistakes they made the situation more intricate, and now suppose that by advising the Iraqi government for restraint and asking the camp residents for collaborating they can take the situation out of the deadlock. However, the UN authorities should not just think to completion of the relocation from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty, but, with the experience of this level, they have to..

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Concern about Camp Ashraf

The United States is concerned by the Government of Iraq’s reference on July 31 to the possible closure of Camp Ashraf by involuntary relocation of its residents…We also call on the Ashraf leadership to immediately resume cooperation with the relocation .. it is clear that the quality of life at Hurriya exceeds accepted humanitarian standards.

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U.S. concerned over Iraqi threats to force MEK from Ashraf

Iraq on Tuesday told them they have to move or it would be free to transfer them “to where we find appropriate,” as Iraq’s National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayadh put it… Ventrell said U.S. government officials who have recently visited Camp Liberty did not find the “dire humanitarian conditions” that MEK/MKO/PMOI members had alleged…

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International Conference in Baghdad on Camp Ashraf

An International Conference will be held in Baghdad tomorrow [July31,2012] devoted to highlight the position of Iraqi government regarding eliminating the existence of the PMOI elements on Iraqi territory.”The countries that will attend the conference are (U.S. / UK / EU / Australia / Canada / Russia / China / Japan / in addition to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees…

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