An Iraqi political analyst has said the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and NCRI) is responsible for the murder of its members in Iraq.Referring to the missile attack to the transient residence of the MKO members near Baghdad International Airport,…
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The UNHCR said 1,400 members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, PMOI and NCRI) are ready for relocation to third countries, throwing the ball in the court of the group’s supporters to take action and accept these individuals in their countries.
The Iraqi authorities have repeatedly reiterated that they have problem in providing security for their own people let alone for the members of an unwanted terrorist organization.This process has been the case after each attack on both Camps Ashraf and Liberty, bearing no fruit.
A senior Iraqi lawmaker disclosed that the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, NCRI or PMOI) have collaborated in a plot to attack the guards of Liberty Camp near Baghdad and project the blame on the Iraqi government.
“UNHCR urgently reiterates the need to find solutions for the camp’s residents, and is appealing to countries to act urgently on 1,400 cases from Camp Hurriya that have already been submitted for relocation,” said the UN’s refugee agency in a press release.
In the past year over 8,000 people have died in violent incidents in Iraq. The problem is not that the MEK are being singled out for attack, the real problem is that nobody is allowed to get inside Camp Liberty to help rescue these people from their enforced captivity. Nobody is allowed to help them or …
The United Nations today called on the Iraqi Government to ensure maximum security for some 3,200 Iranian exiles in a camp near Baghdad airport after a rocket attack on the airport last night reportedly killed a number of residents and seriously wounded others.
The Iraqi authorities have made no public comments on the report. However, one security official was quoted by the Associated Press as saying four rockets hit the camp, injuring two people. In September, the MEK/MKO/PMOI accused Iraqi forces of attacking Camp Ashraf north-east of Baghdad and killing 52 of the group’s members. In recent years, Baghdad has been trying …
Iraqi authorities have repeatedly denied involvement in attacks on the group. In a rare claim of responsibility for attacks on the MEK, Wathiq al-Batat, commander of the al-Mukhtar Army militia, told Reuters his group had fired 20 Katyusha rockets and mortar rounds at the camp. “We’ve asked (the government) to expel them …