Iraq

Iraqi government do not allow MKO to remain in Iraq

The Iraqi government has announced that the end of 2011 will witness the evacuation of the MKO camp and expel of its members from Iraq.

In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO members to remain in Iraq after 2011.

During the press conference, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Advisor stressed that the Iraqi constitution is not permitting such terrorist organization to remain in Iraq.

The United Nations stated that the Iraqi government is acting according to the International standards and the Iraqi constitution.

The representative of the UN’s Secretary General said that the United Nation is directly involved in the issue and called for finding a peaceful solution for the MKO issue in Iraq.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis.

The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Wisam al-Bayati
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November 17, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

MKO camp evacuated by 2011 end

The Iraqi government has announced that the end of 2011 will witness the evacuation of the MKO camp and expel of its members from Iraq.

In a press conference held at the Iraq Cabinet building with the presence of the representative of the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Martin Coupler and a number of International Human Rights organizations and ambassadors, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s advisor stated that the Iraqi government will not allow the MKO members to remain in Iraq after 2011.

During the press conference, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Advisor stressed that the Iraqi constitution is not permitting such terrorist organization to remain in Iraq.

The United Nations stated that the Iraqi government is acting according to the International standards and the Iraqi constitution.

The representative of the UN’s Secretary General said that the United Nation is directly involved in the issue and called for finding a peaceful solution for the MKO issue in Iraq.

The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, and is responsible for numerous terrorist acts against both Iranians and Iraqis.

The group is especially notorious in Iran for siding with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Wisam al-Bayati

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November 5, 2011 0 comment

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Iraqis stage rally to Protest MKO Presence in Diyala

750 people participated in a seminar titled ‘Get Out of Here, Curse You’ on Tuesday October1,2011. Academics, intellectuals, activists, elders and elders of the province of Diyala gave their support to the government’s decision to expel the Mojahedin-e Khalq from Iraq and that the MEK must obey Iraqi law. The participants agreed that the land occupied by the MEK should be restored in order to revive the economic and agricultural prosperity of the region.

Director of the greater Khalis region, Abdul-Jabbar Ahmed al-Obeidi, said many victims of MEK 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 and support the efforts of the government to expel the MEK by the end of 2011.

The seminar exposed the names of fake groups created by the MEK and foreign intelligence services in order to condemn the government of Iraq. Participants reiterated their support to remove the MEK, as a terrorist organization which participated in killing Iraqi civilians, from Iraq in its entirety by the end of 2011.

750 Iraqis stage rally to Protest at MKO Presence in Diyala

November 3, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Iraq to close Camp Ashraf before pullout

A senior Iraqi official says Baghdad aims to close down camp sheltering, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), before US troops pull-out.

In a recent meeting with the Swiss Ambassador to Baghdad Martin Aishnbachr, Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed by the end of the year.
He added that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to this matter, IRNA reported.

The MKO has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province, near the Iranian border.

The organization is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government.

November 1, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Iraq to close HQ of Mojahedin Khalq by 2011

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Baghdad is determined to close down camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), by the end of the year.

Speaking at a news conference in the Iraqi capital alongside his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi, Zebari said on Monday that Baghdad has informed the United Nations refugee agency and the European Union about its plan to expel MKO members.

"We have already made it clear about closing … Camp Ashraf before. The decision will be implemented by the end of this year," Zebari said.

"The government insists on completing this mission … There is no government that would agree to an organization staying against its (authorities’) will, laws and sovereignty," he added.

The Iraqi Foreign Minister’s remarks came one day after country’s Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed before US troops pull-out and by the end of the year.

Al-Sudani said that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to the issue.

The MKO has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province, near the Iranian border.

The organization is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprising in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.

Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government.

November 1, 2011 0 comment

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Maliki, Kobler discuss evacuation Ashraf Camp

Premier Nouri al-Maliki discussed with the new UN representative to Iraq the necessity of evacuating Iranian Ashraf camp by the end of this year, according to a Premiership statement.
The statement, copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, added that Maliki met Martin Kobler during which he expressed full support to the UN mission in Iraq.

Both sides discussed joint matters, especially the evacuation of Ashraf camp and the necessity to implement Iraqi Cabinet resolution on this matter.

Iraqi government issued a final resolution to end the presence of Iranian opposition Mujahidin Khalq by the end of this year, because it is a terrorist organization that participated in killing the Iraqi people.

Mujahidin Khalq are stationed in Ashraf camp in Diala province since it moved its headquarters in 1985.

On his side, Kobler said he will continue UN work in full coordination with the Iraqi government according to UN Security Council resolution.

He stressed that the UN prepared a paper containing its vision of the situation in Iraq till 2015, where "the situation proved to be with the ambitions of the paper", as the statement said.

October 17, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Ashraf residents’ families letter to Mr. Al-Maliki

Dear Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki
We are a number of families of Ashraf residents. We really appreciate you for allowing us to enter your country and come to Camp Ashraf in order to find the track of our children who have been kept at the Camp for years.

Mr. Prime Minister,
Unfortunately, every time we come here, not only didn’t the leaders of the Camp allow us to visit our children, but also they insulted us and replied by throwing stones at us. But we are proud of our resistance against them and our emotional revealing words that caused a number of imprisoned members of the Camp find the courage to escape the cult and step in the free world.
The clarifications made by these defectors have made us more seriously concerned about the fate of our children. They revealed that the leaders of the Camp threaten and terrify members, suppress them regularly in order to force them to stay there.

Mr. Maliki,
We have been awaiting the day that the Camp (prison) is shut down and our loved ones are released to join us. Now that your government has decided to shut down the Camp by the end of 2011, this opportunity is provided for families of Ashraf residents but the leaders of the MKO are trying to bar your decision by using tactics like threat, chantage, and crisis in the European countries. And the outcome of such chaos is nothing except prolonging the imprisonment of our children.

Thus we humbly ask you to insist on your right decision so that our children will be liberated and these crisis- mongers will be wiped off your territory.

October 16, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Iraqi Parliament full support for government to expel MEK

Najifi announces his support for Maliki’s decision to end the activity of the Mojahedin-e Khalq in Iraq

The head of the Iraqi Parliament Osama Najifi said on Thursday that parliament supports the

Najifi announces his support for Maliki’s decision to end the activity of the Mojahedin-e Khalq in Iraq
&
British parliamentary group chaired by Baroness Nicholson asks to visit Camp Ashraf

decision of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to end the presence of the MKO at the end of this year, noting that Iraq needs international support and expertise in the field of democracy, while a British parliamentary group wanted Najifi to intervene with the Iraqi government for approval of the British parliamentary delegation’s visit to Camp Ashraf.

Alsumaria News was given a statement issued by the Office of the Speaker of the House Osama Najifi who is currently on a visit to London with an Iraqi parliamentary delegation which is under his chairmanship. The statement said "he met with the British parliamentary group chaired by Baroness Nicholson, who in turn welcomed the President and members of the Iraqi delegation, expressing her delight with this meeting" and noting that "the British parliamentary delegation raised several questions including the issue of the Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) and Camp Ashraf."
The statement added that Najifi, "said the House of Representatives supports the Iraqi government’s decision to evacuate the MKO to a third country," adding that "the British parliamentary group demanded that the Iraqi parliament intervene with the Iraqi government to agree to a British parliamentary delegation visit to Camp Ashraf.”

The Iraqi government issued a decision to end the Organization’s presence in the country before the end of the year 2011, as a terrorist organization which took part in killing Iraqis, and reinforced the latest decision announced by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense which provided for the formation of a committee to investigate the riots witnessed at the camp during April…

… It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a press statement on the 12 of October that Iraq gives the MKO the opportunity until the end of this year, after which Iraq is free to take a decision that ends their presence on Iraqi territory, pointing out that this organization has no legal cover as it has implemented terrorist acts in Iran and interferes in the internal affairs of Iraq …

Alsumaria News, translated by Iran Interlink

October 15, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Iraq negotiates with Western countries to accommodate MKO

The Committee for Justice revealed that on Monday the government was in negotiations with some Western countries to accommodate the Mojahedin organization, and accused some parties of trying to keep the organization as leverage against neighbouring countries.

The Iraqi government has promised in August last, to end the presence of the terrorist Mojahedin Organization of Iran which took part in killing Iraqis.

In an interview with Shafaaq News the MP Sadegh Al Leban of the Committee for Justice said, "The government rejects the existence of any organization on its territory which works against the neighbouring countries, including the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, which stained its hands with the blood of the people," stressing that "the Government was exerting pressure such as to remove the organization from the country."

The Government of Iraq changed the name of Ashraf camp to Camp New Iraq after taking over responsibility from U.S. troops for the garrison which was established by the Mojahedin-e Khalq during the era of the former regime in the eighties and during the first Gulf War.

Al Leban said that "the government is negotiating with some Western countries to receive the organization in their own lands because it has become undesirable on Iraqi soil", pointing out that "some actors have a hidden agenda, trying to keep the Mojahedin organization and use it as leverage against the government and countries neighbouring Iraq.

Shafaaq News, Translated by Iran Interlink

October 6, 2011 0 comment

Iraq

Illegal presence of MKO terror camp will end by December 2011

No excuse to extend military presence of Americans

Former Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said that the security agreement signed by Iraq and the United States will never be extended.

Jaafari, who is the leader of the Iraqi Shiite coalition, made the remarks during an interview with the Mehr News Agency. His remarks were later translated into English.

The U.S. has been left with no excuse to extend its military presence in the country beyond December 2011, and the security agreement will never be extended, he stated.

“The Iraqi people want foreign forces to leave Iraq, and the members of the parliament who represent the nation will never approve the extension of the security agreement or a new security agreement with Washington,” Jaafari noted. “This is a national demand, and we no longer want foreign forces to stay in Iraq.”

Judicial rulings issued for a number of MKO members
Elsewhere in the interview, Jaafari announced that judicial rulings have been issued for a number of members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), who are based in Iraq.

“Lawsuits have been filed against a number of the members of the terrorist MKO group, and rulings have been issued for them. And it has been emphasized that their presence in Iraq is illegal,” he stated.

“In our view, a political refugee in Iraq, no matter what country he has come from, should not be armed. As a matter of fact, if this person lays down arms, he can live peacefully in Iraq, otherwise he should leave Iraqi soil,” Jaafari added.

The Iraqi government “will never allow MKO members to take up arms against any country, particularly the neighboring countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey,” he said.

On the number of the Camp Ashraf residents, the Iraqi officials stated, “No accurate estimate of the number of these people is available since the number of them, their names, and their ranks keep changing. A number of MKO members have no option left but to continue cooperation with the organization. Some of them have even been killed after they broke away from the organization and stopped cooperating with it.”

On September 20, Iraqi Finance Minister Baqir Jabr Alzubaidi said that Baghdad will put the criminal leaders of the terrorist group on trial before expelling them.
The Iraqi people will never overlook the atrocities that the members of this group have committed, Alzubaidi stated.

Iraq has expressed concern over Bahrain crackdown

Asked about the crackdown on the people of Bahraini, Jaafari said, Iraq has expressed concern over the situation in Bahrain and have called for a compromise to be made between the government and protesters.

September 27, 2011 0 comment

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