Countdown for MKO Departure from Iraq - Page 23 of 30

Iraq: Geneva Conventions ‘not applicable’ to Mojahedin Khalq

Nejat SocietyDecember 23, 2009053 views

… The MKO aka MEK/PMOI, which has been residing in a camp to the northeast of Baghdad for two decades, was exiled from Iran and resettled in Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and US-led forces after the invasion of the country in March 2003 … Salim said that the Iraqi government has taken the very first step to relocate the members of the group from their headquarters, Camp Ashraf, to a camp inside Baghdad under the supervision of the United Nations..

Iraq Minister : MKO will be removed shortly

Nejat SocietyDecember 23, 2009063 views

Iraq’s Minister of Human Rights Ms. Widjan M. Salim, said on Sunday that the entry into the camp under the supervision of the Iraqi forces was a move”first”to inform them of the determination of the Iraqi government to move them to a camp in Baghdad. .. Salim indicated that”the members of the MKO do not qualify as refugees, and are not covered by the Geneva Conventions, but the Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects them,”noting that the Universal Declaration”stresses the need for humane treatment covered by it..

Europe urged to take the cult members as Muthana rejects Mojahedin khalq

Nejat SocietyDecember 22, 2009081 views

… The failure of the Muthana relocation attempt means the issue of the MEK remains stuck in a stalemate. No new proposals for solving the problem have yet been made. In January the MEK was taken off of Europe’s list of terrorist organisation, raising hopes the Ashraf matter might be dealt with by granting residents asylum in the European Union…

Nuri al-Maliki: Iraq no conduit for Mojahedin Khalq Terrorists

Nejat SocietyDecember 19, 2009082 views

… Maliki stressed that Iraq is not a conduit for any terrorist organization and that the presence of the MKO in Iraq is temporary. According to the history of this organization and its acts of terrorism, of course, they have no place in Iraq. Maliki stressed that the elections will certainly go ahead whatever the terrorists do …

Iraq resolute to oust anti-Iran terrorists

Nejat SocietyDecember 13, 2009066 views

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says Baghdad is serious about forcing members of a terrorist anti-Iranian group out of his country.Maliki said the Mujahedin-e Khlaq Organization (MKO), which have the blood of thousands of Iranian citizens on their hand, will be quarantined in a far-fetched region south of Iraq before leaving the country.

Al Rubaie: MKO members will be expelled

Nejat SocietyDecember 8, 2009073 views

regarding the issue of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) terrorist group,Former Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al Rubaie said Iraq still insists that members of the group should not stay in Iraqi territory and they need to be expelled based on determined standards. Iraq wants the members of the group to be either returned to a third country without use of force or to Iran, he added.

The process of MKO Decline

Nejat SocietyDecember 5, 2009067 views

As Camp Ashraf is the symbol of MKO’s existence and so –called ideology, losing Ashraf equals the loss of MKO leaving Iraq means accepting a huge strategic mistake that the ideological leader made 30 years ago. And that’s what Massoud Rajavi has done in his latest message .. The members have always been told to defend Ashraf in any circumstances. They were ordered to lay down in front of vehicles driven by Iraqi Police when they raided Camp Ashraf on July 28th. They were told to sacrifice themselves to keep the Camp.

Secrets that may slink out of Ashraf

Nejat SocietyDecember 5, 2009056 views

… Being disarmed, Mojahedin’s alternative for military operation has been an energetic involvement in intelligence activities. Of course, any probe may fail to discover very sophisticated equipment and apparatuses needed for such activities, but the organization’s potentiality easily solves the question of equipment as it has in the past … Testimonies by the ex-members are the best evidences to fathom the organization’s intelligence menace..

Iraq stands firm on swift MKO expulsion

Nejat SocietyNovember 25, 2009055 views

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has urged Mujahedin-e Khalq organization to immediately leave the country, saying Baghdad had no place for the MKO.The Iraqi government and parliament have a resolve to expel members of the notorious group after they committed crimes against the Iraqi people, exercised terrorism, cooperated with the Bathists and interfered in domestic affairs, said a statement by al-Maliki’s office.

Maliki: No place for the Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq

Nejat SocietyNovember 24, 2009083 views

… Our demand is fair, we do not force them to return to Iran and do not allow them to stay permanently in Camp Ashraf. There is no place for them in Iraq after the crimes they have committed against the Iraqi people by exercising their terrorism and because of their cooperation with the Baathists and their interference in Iraq’s domestic affairs …