Iraq to Shutdown Camp Ashraf

MP Sees Iraq’s Resistance against MKO as Another US Failure in Region

“The Iraqi people and parliament seek expulsion of MKO from their country’s soil and they want to end its presence in Iraq, which has lasted for several years,”Hossein Ali told FNA yesterday.Reminding the crimes committed by the MKO members against the Iraqi people, specially Iraq’s Kurd population, in collaboration with the former Baath regime in previous years, Ali reiterated that the Iraqi government is determined to expel the terrorist group as well.

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Iraqi government says it is fed up with the MKO terror group

“The clashes started at around 4:40 a.m. (0140 GMT) as the army was taking positions inside a cemetery in Ashraf,”said Major Hassan al-Tamimi of the Iraqi army in Diyala’s provincial capital, Baqouba.”The latest toll is three people killed and 27 wounded, among them 13 members of the security forces,”Tamimi said.A source at Baqouba’s main hospital confirmed they had received three bodies…the Iraqi government said it is fed up with the terrorist group which has been launching attacks against people and officials in neighboring Iran over the past three decades.

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Government forbids MKO terrorists from operating in Iraq

… Al-Dabbagh says that the government is working to forbid terrorist organizations from operating in Iraq. Ali al-Musawi, media adviser to the prime minister, says that the Iraqi forces were executing a judicial decree to return 50 square kilometers around the camp [Ashraf] to their owners. Al-Musawi described the [Iranian] Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI as a terrorist organization that cannot force an independent country such as Iraq to approve its existence on its territories …

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Iraq Army‘s practical act in expelling MKO from the country

After the Iraqi criminal court ruling for the dismissal of Mujahedin –e khalq organization (a.k.a MKO, MEK, PMOI, NCRI, NLA, Rajavis’ cult…) from Iraq and repeated warnings of the Iraqi government asking the terror cell to leave Iraq and the group’s inattention, Eventually the Iraq army practically acted in expelling MKO from the country. Clashes erupted as the Iraqi Army was setting up a security checkpoint in a cemetery inside the camp, when Mujahedin-e Khalq clashed with the Iraqi Army using batons and stones. 13 Iraqi soldiers were injured during the clashes

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Politicians in Diala renew rejection to Mujahideen Khalq presence

Politicians in Diala province on Wednesday renewed their rejection to the presence of the Mujahideen Khalq organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI in the Iraqi territories because of its interference in the internal affairs.Speaking to Aswat al-Iraq news agency, Awad al-Rabie, a member of the municipality council of Abi Saida district, said “the council has proof and evidence that assert the involvement of the Iranian opposition group in supporting the armed groups in addition to their continued attempts to flare up sectarian unrests in the country.”..

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Iraqi CMTE urges seizing Camp Ashraf

… The committee announced in a statement that the numerous crimes committed by the terrorist group should be investigated through legal channels. Addressing the elders of nomadic tribes, the representatives of NGOs and anti-MKO campaigners, the committee reiterated that it will voluntarily and without being forced by the government follow the crimes committed at the hands of MKO terrorists. The committee emphasized that it will stand up for the rights of not only the martyrs but also all the individuals wounded or maimed as a result of MKO’s terrorist acts, adding that it will file a lawsuit to.. .

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Mojahedin Khalq propaganda machine cannot hide the facts at Camp Ashraf

.. Rumsfeld gave ‘Pentagon protection’ to his terrorists in Iraq while the UN and ICRC expressed their concern over the issue and argued (fruitlessly) that the MEK is a paramilitary group, not a civilian population and this designation had no legal basis. But in any case the status would not apply after 2006, a year after the first elections in Iraq – a fact repeatedly corroborated by British, European and American officials…

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Iraqis ask British MPs to take Mojahedin Khalq to London

… There are several documents showing that members of the MKO/MEK/PMOI have been involved in terrorist activities inside Iraq. As a support committee we have handed over these documents to international organizations…The question is, ‘would the countries which back this organization wish to allow them to stay in their own country as refugees’?The answer would be that every country as a sovereign state has its own rules and regulations …

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Iraqi Council discusses MKO camp Ashraf

These people have come together to discuss the legality of the presence of the terrorist group of Mujahedin Khalgh Organization on their soil.In this gathering organized by the Iraqi Tribal Council, many Iraqi officials, tribal leaders and ordinary people voiced their support for the tribes that are calling for expulsion of the organization from their country.They also reminded the Iraqi policy makers of what they called the crimes committed by MKO against the Iraqi citizens ..

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Iraqi FM: Mojahedin Khalq terrorists will be expelled humanely

… What about the issue of the Iranian opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO]? Zebari: the Iraqi Constitution includes a clear and explicit paragraph according to which no foreign armed group is allowed to operate on Iraqi territories, or to launch attacks on neighbouring countries. Therefore the MKO attacks were taking place during the era of the previous regime. We have stressed that this is no longer allowed. ..

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