“The Iraqi government has responded to the people’s call and decided to evacuate the MKO camp [Camp Ashraf] in Iraq and expel its members from Iraq by the end of the year,” the center’s Director Adnan al-Sarraj said during the gathering…Baghdad has repeatedly said it is determined to shut the camp down by the end of 2011.The MKO aka MEK/PMOI is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community
Iraqis have staged a protest rally in the eastern province of Diyala to urge the authorities to close down Camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).Protesters demand the expulsion of MKO/MEK/PMOI members from Iraq and that the camp be dismantled. The relatives of some MKO members also joined the gathering near Camp Ashraf, calling on their loved ones to abandon the notorious group.
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
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 ..
Expulsion of the MKO from Iraq is a demand of all people that should be respected and obeyed,”Mayor of al-Adhim town in Diyala province, Abdul Jabbar Ahmed al-Obeidi, said during the rally…Al-Obeidi said that the Iraqi population of the province want the fertile lands under the MKO/MEK/PMOI occupation to be freed and given back to the people and farmers for the agricultural and economic development of the province.
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..
… Iraqi Foreign Minister says Baghdad is determined to close down camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), by the end of the year.”We have already made it clear about closing … Camp Ashraf before. The decision will be implemented by the end of this year,”Zebari said.”The government insists on completing this mission … There is no government that would agree to ..
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. ..
Referring to the MKO aka MEK/PMOI European supporters’ lack of knowledge over the cult’s long history of violence and terror, Adnan Siraj said in a meeting with Secretary General of Habilian Association: “when I talked to a group of Swedish politicians about the crimes MKO committed, they expressed great surprise and admitted that they knew nothing of the MKO bloody history of crimes.
Premier Nouri al-Maliki discussed with the new UN representative to Iraq the necessity of evacuating Iranian Ashraf camp by the end of this year, according to a Premiership statement. Both sides discussed joint matters, especially the evacuation of Ashraf camp and the necessity to implement Iraqi Cabinet resolution on this matter. Iraqi government issued a final resolution to end the presence of Iranian opposition Mujahidin Khalq be the end of this year ..