The presence of the Mojahidin Khalq Organization aka MKO/MEK in Iraq and its consequences still remain among the main topics discussed in the country’s political circles.In a conference organized by the Iraqi Center for Media Development, a number of Iraqi officials and ordinary people came together in capital Baghdad to talk about the issue.The expulsion of the MKO members as scheduled was the main point the attendees agreed on.
“The Iraqi government has responded to the people’s call and decided to evacuate the MKO camp [Camp Ashraf] in Iraq and expel its members from Iraq by the end of the year,” the center’s Director Adnan al-Sarraj said during the gathering…Baghdad has repeatedly said it is determined to shut the camp down by the end of 2011.The MKO aka MEK/PMOI is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community
The chairman of an Iraqi committee in charge of supporting the victims of terrorist actions carried out by the members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has said that the group will be forced to exit from Iraq if they refuse to leave the country by 2012
“The primary and overall responsibility to deal with the situation in Camp Ashraf lies with the government of Iraq within its sovereignty,”Martin Kobler, the UN secretary general’s special representative for Iraq..”In agreement with the government, we are in continuous contact with all parties, including the residents of the camp and the members of the international community to facilitate a peaceful and durable solution,”Kobler said.
Members of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI are not only the enemies of Iran but they are also the adversaries of Baghdad, Zebari said in a meeting with Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari in the Iranian capital of Tehran late Monday..Zebari also noted that the Iraqi officials are seeking “stronger” ties with the Islamic Republic…The terror organization is known to have cooperated with Saddam..
President Obama announced that “after nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.”..This is good news for troops who want to come home, but bad news for the members of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI housed in Camp Ashraf who have tenuously benefited from the troops’ presence; Ultimately America’s departure from Iraq will conclude the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) presence in Iraq. One sticky problem on the final departure is..
Director of the greater Khalis region, Abdul-Jabbar Ahmed al-Obeidi, said many victims of MEK aka MKO/PMOI terrorism have filed complaints with Iraq’s Judiciary. Secretary General of the Association of Justice to defend the victims of Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq, Dr. Nafie Isa, described how the MEK used occupied land to attack Iraq’s citizens. He said the media should expose the MEK’s crimes and interference in the internal affairs of Iraq ..
Expulsion of the MKO from Iraq is a demand of all people that should be respected and obeyed,”Mayor of al-Adhim town in Diyala province, Abdul Jabbar Ahmed al-Obeidi, said during the rally…Al-Obeidi said that the Iraqi population of the province want the fertile lands under the MKO/MEK/PMOI occupation to be freed and given back to the people and farmers for the agricultural and economic development of the province.
750 people participated in a seminar titled ‘Get Out of Here, Curse You’ on Tuesday
“Based on agreements, MKO members will be expelled from Iraq’s soil at the end of 2011 and should be transferred to a third country,”the Iraqi premier reiterated.Yet, he pointed out that it is not yet clear which country will host the terrorist group once they are expelled from Iraq..a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO aka MEK/PMOI from the British terror list.