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Dr. Rowan William support for Saddam’s Private army

Nejat SocietySeptember 22, 2009083 views

… The People’s Mujahedeen, an Islamic movement, was founded in 1965 in opposition to the shah of Iran. It has subsequently fought to oust the clerical regime which took power in the 1979 Islamic revolution. The group set up Camp Ashraf in the 1980s — when former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was at war with Iran — as a base to operate against the Tehran government … Williams, who met a group of Ashraf supporters last week, urged protesters in Britain to end their hunger strike in support of the camp residents..

Camp Ashraf – Mojahedin Khalq – UK says Geneva Convention does not apply

Nejat SocietySeptember 21, 2009061 views

… Our view remains that the residents of Camp Ashraf are not entitled to ‘protected persons’ status as the Fourth Geneva Convention ceased to apply in Iraq after 28 June 2004, following the end of active hostilities and occupation … Our ambassador in Iraq has written to the Iraqi authorities to ask for a review into the recent events at the camp. Officials from our embassy in Baghdad are continuing to follow developments, and will shortly undertake a further visit to the camp.

Baghdad determined to expel Mujahedin

Nejat SocietySeptember 17, 2009063 views

The Iraqi national security advisor said Iraq has offered two options to the MKO: “Either a voluntary return to Iran or (they must) choose a third country.” ..Asked whether the Iraqi police’s decision to arrest some MKO members was related to the group’s involvement in the suppression of the Iraqi people during Saddam Hussein’s rule, he only said, “The judicial branch set its regulations and made the decision without the interference of the executive branch. ..

Iraqi Court Receives 5,000 Complaints against MKO, Former Baghdad Regime

Nejat SocietySeptember 14, 2009080 views

Iraq’s supreme criminal court assigned to review crimes done by the former Iraqi Baath regime during the 1991 uprising (Shabaniyah Intifada) announced that it has received 5,000 complaints filed against the regime and anti Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). .The families of the victims as well as those disabled during the suppression of the uprising have asked for chasing and punishing those responsible for the crimes done during the suppression of intifada in northern and southern Iraq..

Iraqi MP: Presence of PMOI in Iraq is causing many problems

Nejat SocietySeptember 2, 2009063 views

The Iraqi Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman, asserted on the Expulsion of Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition to leave Camp Ashraf in Iraqi territory. Othman said in an interview with Al-Iraqiya news agency that”the presence of the PMOI’s Camp Ashraf in Diyala province is causing many problems, adding that it is best for Mujahedin to leave the Iraqi territory to end the tensions and complexities between the Iraqi government and the Mujahedin Khalq Organization,..”Othman stressed that the events that took place in the camp was predictable

MKO agent arrested in Northern Iran

Nejat SocietySeptember 1, 2009070 views

Iranian security forces have arrested an MKO ringleader and disbanded his cell in the northern city of Qazvin, a provincial judiciary official announced on Monday..Identifying the inmate as”A.J”, Maleki announced that the detainee who is a physician had arranged meetings to propagate against the Islamic Republic for the benefit of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).

Iran condemns US double standards on terrorism

Nejat SocietyAugust 26, 2009064 views

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday that the US administration has taken double-standard stance on terrorism, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.Referring to the United States’ approach to the anti-Iran”terror group,”the Mojahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), Larijani said that”it was obvious to us that the US (on one hand) has been using the group as a tool… and (on the other hand) Americans said that they have nothing to do with MKO ..

Pro-Baath Group Opposes Calls for MKO Expulsion

Nejat SocietyAugust 24, 2009063 views

An Iraqi group with records of cooperation with Iraq’s former Baath regime announced that it supports presence of the anti-Iran terror group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) inside Iraq.The Habilian website reported that the group, Islamic al-Sadr Society, which formed in Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre in 2002 announced in a statement that it supports MKO’s stay inside Iraq..

Iraq Conferring with UN on Expulsion of MKO Members

Nejat SocietyAugust 20, 2009070 views

Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid Sheikh announced on Tuesday that the Baghdad government is consulting with the UN over the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) members from the country..Referring to the official announcement of the Iraqi government that the members of the MKO can go to a third country or return to Iran, he underlined,”The Iraqi government will not grant political asylum to these people.”

Iran Calls on Iraq to Extradite Interpol-Wanted MKO Members

Nejat SocietyAugust 20, 2009062 views

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki urged Iraqi officials to extradite to Iran those criminal members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) wanted by the Interpol..Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – last month and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group. The Iraqi authority also changed the name of the military center from Camp Ashraf to the Camp of New Iraq.