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MKO fears that withdrawal of US troops from Iraq will leave them orphaned

President Obama announced that “after nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.”..This is good news for troops who want to come home, but bad news for the members of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI housed in Camp Ashraf who have tenuously benefited from the troops’ presence; Ultimately America’s departure from Iraq will conclude the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) presence in Iraq. One sticky problem on the final departure is..

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SFF interview Mahmoud Rostami, MKO defector

Before Ramadan I heard my mother’s voice via loudspeakers of families picketing in front of Ashraf gates. I got so happy, I felt like being awakened. I went to my commander and asked him to let me access a telephone to call my family in order that I would tell them not to come to Ashraf any more (this was my pretext to speak with my family). They said that they didn’t have any telephone for such a use. I said “Ok, I will go near the fence to speak to them ..

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Rights Group Voices Concern about Human Rights Conditions in MKO Camp

“The members of Camp Ashraf have been deprived of their most basic human rights which have been recognized by all the world countries and the international bodies,”the rights group said in a letter to the representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq, Martin Kobler.The letter underlined that the members of the MKO/MEK/PMOI who are imprisoned in Camp Ashraf are being brainwashed by the ringleaders of the group on a daily basis

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MKO camp evacuated by 2011 end

In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO/MEK/PMOI members to remain in Iraq after 2011

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Iraqis united: Get Out of Here, Curse You

Director of the greater Khalis region, Abdul-Jabbar Ahmed al-Obeidi, said many victims of MEK aka MKO/PMOI terrorism have filed complaints with Iraq’s Judiciary. Secretary General of the Association of Justice to defend the victims of Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq, Dr. Nafie Isa, described how the MEK used occupied land to attack Iraq’s citizens. He said the media should expose the MEK’s crimes and interference in the internal affairs of Iraq ..

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Iraq to close Camp Ashraf before pullout

In a recent meeting with the Swiss Ambassador to Baghdad Martin Aishnbachr, Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed by the end of the year.He added that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to this matter..

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Zebari Reiterates”Definite”Expulsion of MKO

“Based on agreements, MKO members will be expelled from Iraq’s soil at the end of 2011 and should be transferred to a third country,”the Iraqi premier reiterated.Yet, he pointed out that it is not yet clear which country will host the terrorist group once they are expelled from Iraq..a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO aka MEK/PMOI from the British terror list.

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MEK try to cover up involvement in failed coup attempt

With the arrest of 615 Saddamist Baathists in the middle and south of Iraq charged with activities that threatened the safety and security of the state, it may be that the dots are finally being joined up. Up until yesterday the MEK’s/MKO/PMOI websites and media were forcefully promoting the views of several Iraqi politicians who are among those arrested. Today their names have been carefully expunged from the site…

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The file of Camp Ashraf will be closed by year end

With regard to the issue of Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf), the Minister said”that the Iraqi government is seriously engaged in closing this file during the rest of the year, through the Committee, headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of the Ministries of Justice, Human Rights and Defense for the purpose of reaching a solution and a legal way out for these people. ..

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Iran Claims U.S.-Sponsored MKO Terrorists Conceived Saudi Ambassador

In the 1970s, however, MEK was responsible for the death of three American officers and three civilian contractors in Iran. The group also voiced significant support for Iran’s taking of hostages during the Iranian hostage crisis, and some reports indicate that members of the group celebrated the 9/11 attacks, though the organization publicly condemned the attacks.MEK has conducted a number of other terrorist attacks as well, but most have been excused because they were directed against the Iranian government…

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