Iraq to Shutdown Camp Ashraf

The remaining MKO members moved from Camp Ashraf

Diyala provincial officials said the seventh group of the MKO terrorists was transferred from Camp New Iraq, formerly known as Camp Ashraf and situated about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, to Camp Liberty on Saturday.The sixth convoy of about 400 residents of Camp Ashraf was moved to Camp Liberty on August 29…

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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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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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Iraq to expel 6th convoy of MEK terrorists

According to the reports from Iraq, sixth convoy of terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, a.k.a. MEK and PMOI) is going to be relocated from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty today.The report comes as the ringleader of the terrorist group had set August 23 for the relocation of its members from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty.

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UN envoy welcomes latest transfer of MEK to transit centre

“I welcome the announcement that the next group of 400 residents are willing to commence the move from Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya immediately after the Eid holiday,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Martin Kobler, said in a news release issued by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which he also heads.

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