Iraq’s national security adviser said Friday that the government intends to move an Iranian opposition group[MEK/PMOI/MKO] from its sanctuary near the Iranian border to a location where leaders and”brainwashed cult members”will be separated and the latter”detoxified.”.Members of the group”should understand that their days in Iraq are numbered,”Rubaie told Western journalists
Maliki also warned the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), that they must leave Iraq, reiterating a pledge by National Security Adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie to close down Camp Ashraf on the Iranian border, where the PMOI are currently based.”We have informed this terrorist organization that Iraq can be no place for you..
The first group of MKO terrorists has reportedly been transferred to Europe after their training ground in Iraq came under threat. The group, comprised of 64 senior members of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization, were transferred from Jordan to an unknown European state by two military planes, the Tabnak website reported.
We do not wish to take responsibility for the sin of the presence of a terrorist organisation in Iraq, which causes us domestic problems and problems with countries of the region, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Reuters.We ask the international community … to find another place for them other than Iraq, he added.
“Available intelligence reports, which are very accurate, indicate that several political figures and groups have taken bribes from the MKO in exchange for their support,”Iraqi National Security Advisor.”From a legal perspective, these briberies have reached a stage where they can be considered criminal activity
In a Sunday statement, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffaq al-Rubaie asked MKO/MEK/PMOI leaders to stop using”torture tactics”against members who want to leave the organization.”The MKO violates the freedom of speech in all possible ways. It does not even follow human rights when dealing with its own members,”the statement said.
Confessions by two members of the anti-Iran terror group, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization, about torturing and mistreatment of members by MKO officials and commanders led to a siege of the group’s headquarters, Camp Ashraf, by Iraqi forces.Camp Ashraf has acted as the MKO’s headquarters …
An Iranian opposition group said Monday that Iraqi troops tightened their siege of a camp north of Baghdad ..The People’s Mujahedeen said Iraqi troops have prevented food and fuel from reaching Camp Ashraf for the past six days ..Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie branded the allegations”totally baseless.”He said People’s Mujahedeen members had taken over a building belonging to the Iraqi army and were preventing soldiers from entering it.
The Mojahedin-e Khalq, or People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, said the blockade of Camp Ashraf began Thursday. In late January, Iraq’s National Security Advisor Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said the group must leave Iraq within two months. He added the decision to close the camp, home to about 3,500 people, was irreversible.
The Iranian website Tabnak reports that 64 operatives from the Iranian opposition Mojahedeen-e Khalq organization have been secretly transferred from Iraq to a European country, on Jordanian aircraft, without the Iraqi government’s knowledge.