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U.S. recognizes Iraq sovereignty over entire territory including Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyDecember 15, 2009076 views

We have, all along, recognized Iraqi sovereignty over the entire territory of Iraq, including the area where Camp Ashraf is located. And as I think we’ve said before, the Government of Iraq has assured us that they would not deport any of these[Camp Ashraf] citizens[MKO/MEK/PMOI members] to any country where they would — if you have a well-rounded fear of being treated inhumanely.So we — I mean, we’re engaging the Government of Iraq. Diplomatically, we respect Iraqi sovereignty..

MKO angry backlash against transfer

Nejat SocietyDecember 14, 2009075 views

Simultaneous with Iraqi Prime Minister’s remarks concerning “Transfer of Camp Ashraf residents to Nuqrat al-Salman”, MKO has started a vast propaganda blitz to show its strong opposition to the decision and blatantly tries tolerate the decision to a pressure from the Iranian regime on the Iraqi Government as it is the group’s typical..there are some facts in MKO’s published statement that demonstrate an open threatening tone and the possibility of a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf.

Demonstration to reject the transfer of Camp Ashraf residents

Nejat SocietyDecember 13, 2009065 views

Hundreds of demonstrators from the citizens and staff as well as school students, met in the concert hall (central Samawah) in the presence of the Governor and the President and members of the Al Muthanna … The protesters carried placards that carried dozens of expressions of condemnation and rejection of the idea of transferring the members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (the inhabitants of Ashraf camp) to Al Muthanna

Media invited to witness MKO transfer from Camp Ashraf next Tuesday

Nejat SocietyDecember 13, 2009088 views

… The Government has invited the media to attend Camp Ashraf on the fifteenth day of December to cover the transfer of residents to the place allocated to them… The Government of Iraq has decided to move the residents of Camp Ashraf, all of which residents are members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, to another location which has not yet been disclosed. ..The issue of the MKO has been subject to protracted negotiations between the Government of Iraq and the U.S. over the fate of this organization which is classified as a terrorist group by both sides.

U.S. respects any Iraqi decision on MKO members

Nejat SocietyDecember 13, 2009084 views

Washington respects any Iraqi decision regarding members of the dissident group People’s Mujahedin of Iran but urges caution, the U.S. State Department said.Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said this week that members of the PMOI/MKO/MEK would be relocated from their Camp Ashraf enclave in Diyala province first to Baghdad and then to a desert outpost in the Shiite south of the country.

Washington backed MKO death threat for Iraqi network head

Nejat SocietyDecember 12, 2009055 views

The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), an anti-Iran terrorist group based in Iraq, has threatened to assassinate the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Iraqi Media Network (IMN), Hassan Salman. The Board of Trustees has decided to take legal action against the MKO/MEK/PMOI in an Iraqi court, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported on Thursday.

Board of Directors ask Judiciary to investigate criminal Mujahedin Khalq

Nejat SocietyDecember 12, 2009059 views

Following the death threats by the Mojahedin Khalq terrorist group made against the life of Mr. Hassan Salman, Head of Iraqi Media Network (IMN), the IMN Board of Directors have officially asked the judiciary to launch an investigation into the criminal activities of the Mojahedin Khalq (aka: Rajavi cult).

Nuri al-Maliki: Iraq to move Mojahedin Khalq to remote south

Nejat SocietyDecember 12, 2009081 views

Iraq plans to uproot an Iranian exile group that has become a headache for the Baghdad government and move the activists to a remote southern area until it can expel them, the prime minister said this week. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to oust members of the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), an Iranian opposition movement that the United States considers a terrorist organisation, from a camp northeast of Baghdad where they have been living for two decades.

Iraq to transfer Iranian dissident group to Baghdad

Nejat SocietyDecember 12, 2009074 views

Iraq will move exiled Iranian dissidents based at a camp close to the border between the two countries to Baghdad, a government spokesman said on Thursday.”We will move residents of Camp Ashraf to buildings in Baghdad on Tuesday,”he said, without giving details. The members of the People’s Mujahedeen have lived at Camp Ashraf, a refugee base in Diyala province north of the Iraqi capital, for more than 20 years.

Al Rubaie: MKO members will be expelled

Nejat SocietyDecember 8, 2009075 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.