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Iraq says not to allow PJAK, MKO to act

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“Iraq is resolute not to allow Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) members to stay inside its territory. Situation would be very hard for them (the group members) to stay inside Iraqi soil after upcoming withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq,”he told ISNA.”Iraq will never allow any terrorist cell to act against its neighboring states,”the Iraqi top diplomat added…the ambassador noted,”no terrorist group including PJAK and MKO is permitted to act against neighboring states based on Iraqi Constitution.”..

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Talibani: Iraqi government’s patience with the MeK worn thin

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, while in Tehran, voiced his support for Iran’s call to shut a military camp in central Iraq that has served as a base for an Iranian insurgent group, the Mujahedin e-Khalq, or MeK/MKO/PMOI.Washington, while designating the MeK as an international terrorist organization, has pressured Iraq to continue to provide sanctuary to some 3,400 MeK fighters..The MeK was aligned with the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and carried out a string of terrorist attacks ..

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Iraq Readying to Take More Actions against MKO

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The governor-general of Iraq’s Northern Diyala province announced on Monday that the country plans to intensify security measures over the main stronghold of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq.”The security operations which were due to be carried out are in the preliminary stages and the security groups formed by the Army and Police are now readying for new operations under the supervision of the Iraqi prime minister,”Ra’d Javad al-Tamimi said.

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Iraq: Ashraf Camp will be closed, West should take MKO back home

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… The Iraqi government’s position towards the ‘terrorist’ Mojahedin E-Khalq Organization is very clear, and the Ashraf Camp, used by that group as its headquarters must close by the end of the current year, 2011,Baghdad had called on International Organizations to help it in this issue.We have proposed the formation of a special committee, to comprise representatives of the Iranian and Iraqi sides, along with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…

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MKO must leave Iraq by end of 2011

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The Iraqi foreign minister says members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) must leave Iraq, stressing that Baghdad’s stance on the issue is crystal clear.“Camp Ashraf is to be shut down, and members of the [MKO] group have been given until the end of the current year (2011) to leave Iraqi soil,….He went on to say that Baghdad has proposed that a trilateral committee be established to discuss the situation of the terrorist organization.

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Iraq – France relations strained over MKO terrorists event in Paris

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… The Iraqi government summoned the French ambassador to Baghdad to protest at Paris for hosting a conference of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) where the terrorist group raised unfounded allegations against Baghdad.”To affect the international community and attract international support, the MKO has claimed that the Iraqi government has killed 35 members of the group and injured 350 others,”the Iraqi government said on Monday.”But, this is a sheer lie …

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Iraq to end the existence of Camp Ashraf

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… Under Secretary Hussein Zuhairi, who headed the Iraqi delegation, responded to the statement of a foreign organization [MEK lobbyists] in the Council Human Rights in which she referred to allegations launched by MKO, which live in Camp Ashraf (Camp New Iraq) in order to discredit the Iraqi government in international forums… Zuhairi stressed that the government had decided to end the Organization’s presence in the territory of the country. He also stressed that, “whoever backs the false allegations of the organization should know that Camp New Iraq is part of the territory of Iraq and is subject to Iraqi sovereignty…”

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Iraq calls for departure of US delegation

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Once again the Iraqi officials called for the departure of a US delegation in the country saying the delegation is on a mission which is in stark contradiction with Iraq sovereignty…The Iraqi politicians said the issue of Camp Ashraf is an internal issue and the US delegation is not allowed to make any investigation into it.The politicians also said that there are many other urgent issues which need to be investigated like the human rights violations by the US forces in Iraq.

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MEK’s lobbyists do not express the views of the U.S. administration

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…Iraq then told the U.S. Embassy Rohrabacher and his five colleagues were no longer welcome in the country. Maliki also refused to let the congressmen visit Camp Ashraf. Iraq wants to expel the 3,000 MEK/MKO/PMOI members.Embassy spokesman David Ranz said Saturday:”Congressional visitors do not necessarily express the views of the U.S. administration or even a majority of Congress. The visitors this weekend made that clear in their remarks.”

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Protest against the MEK intensifies security treats in Iraq

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The protesters who gathered at the front of the Ashraf camp called on the government to deport the members..This is the right time for the Iraqi government to now step up its actions against the MKO/MEK/PMOI group as well as other armed groups which are directly or indirectly linked with any other armed group in or outside of the Iraq territories, the tightening of securities in and outside of Iraq will create an enabling environment for more investment companies to thrive and even expand their operations in the country,

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