MEK Camp Ashraf

U.S. wants safe resettlement from Ashraf

..This resettlement must also have the full support of the camp’s residents, and we urge them to work with the U.N. to implement this relocation,”she said.”All those who want to see the people at Camp Ashraf safe and secure should work together to see that the agreed upon plan is carried out…

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326 MKO members transfer to Baghdad

236 members of the Mujahedin khalq organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI are transferred to Baghdad international airport in order to be expelled from Iraq, declared Al-Khalis Governor.Al-Alam reported from Buratha News that Mr. Ali Al-Khadran , Al Khalis Governor said: ”326 members of terrorist Mujahedin are transferred to Camp Liberty near Baghdad airport, today .”“The decision was made under terms of the MoU signed between Iraq/UN..

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Ashraf residents transfer, Families gathering

Families of Ashraf prisoners chanted slogans to once more announce their call to visit their loved ones.. Local and foreign reporters are present in there in order to broadcast the news of the region. As it was also reported 100 residents of Camp Ashraf are relocated in Camp liberty. Families are hopeful to see or at least get news of their children –after years of no news about them– while they are transferred from Ashraf to Baghdad.

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Mortars hit MKO’s Ashraf Camp in Iraq

Two mortars have struck the Ashraf Camp, the base of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI in Iraq’s Diyala province near the Iranian border, according to the Iraqi military…The mortar strike comes just days after the Iraqi government agreed to a UN plea to extend by six months a year-end deadline to shut down the headquarters of the anti-Iran terrorist group on its soil.

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Camp Ashraf Impasse Requires All Parties’ Cooperation

On December 21, 2011,Maliki announced that the closing of Camp Ashraf would be delayed for six months if the MEK agrees to a Memorandum of Understanding for the relocation of the Camp Ashraf residents. However, a December 20 statement from Rajavi, which also agreed to the transfer in principle, set out conditions that have not been agreed upon. Because of the impasse, the prospect still looms that Iraq will stick to its December 31 deadline and use force to close the camp, ..

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The Life of Camp Ashraf

The fascinating story of the controversial life of Camp Ashraf in Iraq from its foundation in 1986 to the present day is told in this book..In conclusion, the book examines the ways to deal with the problem of how to dismantle a dangerous destructive mind control cult and free its members as various parties vie for control over the group for their own agendas.

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State Department scrambling to move the MEK

Nobody knows how many people are in Camp Ashraf, because nobody can go inside. The residents are also suspected to be well armed. There could be as many as 3,200 people there, according to the State Department. If they are evicted from the camp, some will voluntarily go back to Iran and some will go to other countries. Others still may not actually be MEK aka MKO/PMOI members but could be living there for their own reason,..

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Fate of Ashraf Residents Hang in Balance

The official added that while MEK leaders have backed off from”maximalist positions”in the last 48 hours,”We’re still hearing talk about martyrdom and dying.”If the residents are given the chance to choose their place of life, there are definitely a large number who are willing to leave the group a… “Particular attention should be given to the approximately 70 percent of the Camp Ashraf population that joined the MeK after the group relocated to Iraq”

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With deadline looming to close MEK’s Camp Ashraf in Iraq, what next?

Recent MEK defectors from the camp interviewed by the Monitor say further dramatic acts may take place, as the deadline nears.”It’s clear to me, [Mr. Rajavi] wants people to get killed, and send it to the media,”argues Shahram Heydari, who left the camp two months ago. When the April clashes took place with Iraqi troops, he claims,”I clearly saw they [MEK aka MKO/PMOI] were pushing people forward”into the line of fire..

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MEK exiles in Iraq may accept U.N. plan

The fate of Camp Ashraf is one of the main unresolved issues left over after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq this month. Residents of the camp have long said they fear for their safety at the hands of Iraqi authorities without U.S. protection…The leader of the group said on Tuesday it would agree to a United Nations plan to move residents of a dissident camp in Iraq to a new location, depending on certain conditions and guarantees…

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