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Mojahedin Khalq contact arrested in Kualalampur for bombing Iraqi parliament

Former MP from Iraq arrested at KLIA

[ Mohammed al-Daini has been an outspoken advocate for the use of Mojahedin Khalq terrorists in Iraq (Iran-Interlink) ]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department has confirmed that a wanted Iraqi former MP was detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here last Saturday evening.

(Mohammed al-Daini)

Director-general Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman said Mohammed al-Daini was arrested for using a fake passport.
“The immigration officer at the departure checkpoint stopped him after checks revealed that the passport he had belonged to someone else,” Abdul Rahman said when contacted yesterday.

However, it is learnt he entered Malaysia on Oct 8 with a British passport.

(Mohammed al-Daini)

Mohammed is now under detention at the Immigration depot in Subang, awaiting deportation.

AN AFP report said Mohammed had gone into hiding for eight months after being accused of ordering a 2007 bomb attack in the Iraqi parliament’s canteen.
Mohammed had fled to Syria, before he left for Egypt and then Malaysia, according to Modhi Awad, brother of Mohammed Awad, an MP killed in the April 2007 bombing.
The bomb attack killed eight people, including Awad.

On February 25, Iraqi authorities prevented Mohammed from flying to Jordan but he was not arrested as he still had parliamentary immunity. Later that same day, parliament voted to lift his immunity, by which time the MP had fled.

Just days earlier, reporters were shown confessions, which was aired on television, by a nephew and a security guard of the accused MP who said they had carried out several attacks for Mohammed including the parliament bombing.

New Straits times, Kualalampur, October 16, 2009
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October 19, 2009 0 comment

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British Ambassador meets with Iraq’s Human Rights Minister

Under Iraq’s Constitution the government will not forcibly repatriate Mojahedin members to Iran

Iraq’s Human Rights Minister, Mikhail Salim, said her government does not intend to return members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization Iranian opposition, to their country by force.

An official source at the Ministry of Human Rights said: The Ministry, in cooperation with international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, is fully informed of the situations of residents in the Camp of New Iraq (formerly known as Camp Ashraf), and of the humanitarian and legal aspects, stressing the necessity for them to be subject to Iraqi laws and not to encroach upon the sovereignty of the country.

On the riots which recently took place in the camp, the Minister confirmed to the British Ambassador that the Government of Iraq had investigated the matter and will provide them with detailed facts on the subject. The Minister indicated that the suspects arrested during the recent events were held based on the decision of the Director of Residence, after violating residency law. For his part, the British Ambassador showed interest and praised the Ministry of Human Rights Affairs over the 36 detainees who were released last Tuesday. The MKO has been present in Iraq since the 1980s.

Addustour, Baghdad – translated by Iran-interlink

October 11, 2009 0 comment

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A golden opportunity for Iraqi government

It is now more than two months since the Iraqi police have deployed in camp Ashraf to take its control in hand. According to the ultimatum of Iraqi government to Mojahedin, they must make a clear decision on either leaving Iraq or moving voluntarily to Iran. Meanwhile, the evidences indicate that Iraqi government is to transfer MKO members to another region in Iraq temporarily up to the time when they choose one of the above alternatives. What is of utmost importance is that the process of decision making on the destiny of Mojahedin in Iraq will end in next months.

In the interim, Iraqi government can focus its attention on remedial and restorative measures taken for MKO members the mechanisms of which have been elaborated on before. One of these mechanisms is removing the barriers on the way of arranging meetings between MKO members and their family members. One of the barriers was putting the organizational authority and management of camp Ashraf in the hands of MKO leaders that prevented Ashraf residents to have face to face meetings with their family free from the control of Ashraf leaders who banned any such meeting. Now, despite the existence of some barriers, the conditions are improving ever increasingly.

Evidently, the removal of a great part of barbed wires around Camp Ashraf has decreased the supervisional and organizational control of MKO leaders on Ashraf residents. Now, Ashraf residents are in a better condition compared to past due to the fact that they never thought of a day when they could leave camp Ashraf. Of course, their false perceptions have been the result of the misinformation distributed by MKO leaders who reiterated the impossibility of leaving Ashraf. Another factor has been the lack of support and the failure of Mojahedin in finding a country to let them in. Of the reasons for the transfer of Mojahedin inside Iraq may be the fact that Iraq has not managed yet to find a country consent to offer refuge to MKO.

It is evident that Ashraf residents have not been aware of the inevitability of leaving Camp Ashraf and the lack of a host country. However, nowadays that some of these limitations have been removed and genuine information is given to Ashraf residents by Iraqi officials, MKO members have been aware of the past news censorship inside the organization and the reality based on which they have to leave Ashraf but have nowhere to relocate in.

They have recognized that the conditions are different now and if they had a bastion to reside in and trust in the false promises of Masoud Rajavi before, now they are even deprived of a safe haven to settle. This understanding may result in the separation and split of a great number of Ashraf residents.

Iraqi government has a key role in this regard to put another option before those wishing to leave MKO by making the background for free meetings between Ashraf residents and their family to inculcate them with the perception that they can return home. The present frustrations of MKO members is too serious and even the pressure and brainwashing mechanisms of MKO leaders cannot control it fully. Furthermore, they have found out that the control of events is no more in the hands of MKO leaders. As evidences show and also according to the statements of NCRI, at least 20 have left the organization and moved out with Iraqi forces up to now. It may prove that Iraqi officials can bring about numerous changes inside camp Ashraf even through minimal efforts.

The necessity of disrupting the organizational relations inside camp Ashraf has been elaborated on repeatedly. The current conditions of camp Ashraf have led to this disruption in all the layers that can be stopped without taking supplementary measures. The termination of the organizational authority of MKO leaders in camp Ashraf as well as making the background for members to communicate with the world outside may destroy the organizational unity of MKO and result in the split of many members.

Furthermore, getting rid of the surrounding fences of camp Ashraf and taking its full control by Iraqi forces has transformed its stifling atmosphere. As acknowledged by Mojahedin, putting up notices and announcements inside camp Ashraf aimed at informing MKO members has worried MKO leaders considerably to the point that some reports say that MKO leaders have burned some notices. Iraqi officials’ coup de grace may be inviting the family of Ashraf residents to Iraq for meeting their relatives in camp Ashraf. The fact is that Ashraf residents are now hopeful to their freedom more than any other time despite their unstable conditions. This issue as well as their availability that was never achieved before may pave the background for setting MKO members free from the cultic stranglehold of MKO leaders.

October 5, 2009 0 comment

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Iraqi MP: Baghdad won’t let U.S. return to Camp Ashraf

Muhammad al-Hamidawi from the Fadila Islamic Party approved a pressure from US to resettle US military forces at Mujahedin headquarters in Al-Khalis. He emphasized that most political and parliamentary groups and fractions will prevent such act and the Iraqi government will not surrender to Washington’s illegal demands.

TEHRAN – Iraq will not succumb to the U.S. pressure to redeploy its military personnel in Camp Ashraf, an Iraqi MP has said.

The Iraqi parliamentarian confirmed that the U.S. is pressuring the Iraqi officials to allow it to return its military troops to Camp Ashraf which houses the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization members.

The majority of Iraqi political and parliamentary groups will oppose the U.S. demand, the MP told the Mehr News Agency.

He said the U.S. presence in Camp Ashraf is not in conformity with the security pact signed between Bagdad and Washington and the Iraqi constitution.

According to the Iraqi constitution it is illegal to host terrorist groups who threaten the national security of neighboring countries, he said

And according to the security pact, the Iraqi government itself must take control of the country’s security and military affairs, he added.

He also said that MKO cannot stay in Iraq and the only thing that delays their expulsion is ‘time’

September 29, 2009 0 comment

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Baghdad determined to expel Mujahedin

Iraqi National Security Advisor Mouwafak Al-Rubaie has said that Baghdad is determined to expel the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization from Iraq.

“Baghdad has made the final decision not to allow the group to stay on its soil,” Al-Rubaie told the Mehr News Agency in an interview published on Monday.

The Iraqi national security advisor said Iraq has offered two options to the MKO: “Either a voluntary return to Iran or (they must) choose a third country.”

He added, “There is no other way.”

The Iraqi Constitution prohibits the presence of terrorist groups in the country, he noted.

Al-Rubaie said Iraq is conducting negotiations with certain countries that may be willing to accept MKO members.

Asked whether the Iraqi police’s decision to arrest some MKO members was related to the group’s involvement in the suppression of the Iraqi people during Saddam Hussein’s rule, he only said, “The judicial branch set its regulations and made the decision without the interference of the executive branch. In Iraq, all people are under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary and there is no distinction between them.”

Asked if Iraq is ready to extradite some of the MKO ringleaders, for whom Iran has issued arrest warrants, he replied, “Judicial agreements on the extradition of criminals specify such types of cooperation between countries.”

Camp Ashraf, which houses 3,418 MKO members, is on Iraqi soil and under Iraqi control and all the people residing in the camp are subject to Iraqi law, he explained.

The MKO began a campaign of assassinations and bombings in Iran shortly after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

The group moved to Iraq in the early 1980s and fought Iran from there until the United States invaded in 2003.

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September 17, 2009 0 comment

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Iraqi Court Receives 5,000 Complaints against MKO, Former Baghdad Regime

Iraq’s supreme criminal court assigned to review crimes done by the former Iraqi Baath regime during the 1991 uprising (Shabaniyah Intifada) announced that it has received 5,000 complaints filed against the regime and anti Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).

The court confirmed in its first session that it has received 5,000 authentic and verifiable complaints from the people of the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan.

The families of the victims as well as those disabled during the suppression of the uprising have asked for chasing and punishing those responsible for the crimes done during the suppression of intifada in northern and southern Iraq, the Iranian website Habilian reported.

The court also issued law suits for 112 members of the former Baath regime, the most prominent of them Ali Hassan Al-Majid, known as the Chemical Ali.

The Shabaniyah Intifada aimed to free Iraq from rule of the Baathist regime and to stand against the US raids and possible occupation of the country in 1991. The Intifada succeeded in setting free nine southern Iraqi provinces, but after Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, the Shiite population came under a savage attack by the Iraqi army which claimed the lives of tens of thousands of them.

At the time, the MKO played such an outstanding role in suppressing the uprising that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein described the MKO leader, Masoud Rajavi, as his savior and allocated a $30-million monthly budget to the terrorist organization until he was deposed in 2003.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country.
The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.

The MKO has been in Iraq’s Diyala province since the 1980s.

September 14, 2009 0 comment

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Nejat Society Letter to Iraqi Ambassador

Nejat Society Markazi Branch Letter to Iraqi Ambassador,
Nejat Society Letter to Iraqi Ambassador
The honorable Iraqi Ambassador in Tehran

Mr. Muhammad Majid Alshaikh,
We appreciate the act of your respectful government to open the bars of Camp Ashraf; the gift of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to Mujahedin Khalq .

The camp had long been a base for suppressing Iraqi people and an isolated prison for capturing our children. The move of Iraqi government raises hope in hearts of families of Ashraf residents.

Dear Mr. Ambassador,
We are a number of grieved families of Markazi Province. Our beloved children have long been brainwashed under Rajavi direct order and have been imprisoned in Camp Ashraf.

During the years of their imprisonment in Ashraf, the cruel Mujahedin Organization has never permitted us to visit or even telephone our children. We ask for your prompt cooperation to provide us with the possibility to visit our beloved ones as soon as possible, paving the way for their release from Rajavi’s cult.

Thank you for your sense of humanity,

Signatories:
Habibi
Nouri
Abbasi
Vanak
Saleh
Mamluki
Golrizan
Najafi
Qale’iee
Shamallahi
Dowlat Shahi

September 6, 2009 0 comment

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Iraqi MP: Presence of PMOI in Iraq is causing many problems

The Iraqi Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman, asserted on the Expulsion of Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition to leave Camp Ashraf in Iraqi territory.

"the presence of the PMOI’s Camp Ashraf in Diyala province is causing many problems, adding that it is best for Mujahedin to leave the Iraqi territory to end the tensions and complexities between the Iraqi government and the Mujahedin Khalq Organization,..” Othman said
in an interview with an Iraqi News Agency.

Othman stressed that the events that took place in the camp was predictable because the organization is opposed to the Iranian regime and the Iraqi government has established a friendly relationship with Iran, and Tehran demands the government of Baghdad constantly to make MKO leave the Iraqi soil.

September 2, 2009 0 comment

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Iraq Conferring with UN on Expulsion of MKO Members

Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid Sheikh announced on Tuesday that the Baghdad government is consulting with the UN over the expulsion of the terrorist Envoy : Iraq Conferring with UN on Expulsion of MKO Members Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members from the country.

"We have had consultations with the UN to find a place for transferring the members of the group and we have announced that the Iraqi soil will not be a platform for terrorist operations against other countries, specially the neighbors including Iran," Sheikh told FNA.

Referring to the official announcement of the Iraqi government that the members of the MKO can go to a third country or return to Iran, he underlined, "The Iraqi government will not grant political asylum to these people."

As regards a number of MKO members who have committed crimes against the Iraqi people, he said that they will be tried in an Iraqi court.

He stressed that no country is ready to accept the MKO members, and said they will be transferred to a place far from Iranian borders until their fate is decided.

Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – last month and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group.
The Iraqi authority also changed the name of the military center from Camp Ashraf to the Camp of New Iraq.

The MKO has been in Iraq’s Diyala province since the 1980s. The Iraqi government and parliament has announced that it would not tolerate the group anymore and is seeking to expel the group from the country in the near future.

The anti-Iran terror group has been blacklisted as a terrorist organization by many international entities and countries.

The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).

Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so.

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations.

According to the Human Rights Watch report, the outlawed group puts defectors under torture and jail terms.

The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the revolution in a bid to take control of the newly established Islamic Republic. It killed several of Iran’s new leaders in the early years after the revolution, including the then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee, Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief, Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members in 1981.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Sadd
am Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country.

The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.

The MKO was put on the US terror list in 1997 by the then President, Bill Clinton, but since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group has been strongly backed by the Washington Neocons, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.

August 20, 2009 0 comment

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Iraq ready to receive Iran’s complaints about MKO

The Iraqi ambassador to Iran says his country is ready to receive Iran’s complaints against the Iraqi ambassador to Iran Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).

"Should there be evidence implicating the members of the terrorist group in operations against the Iraqi nation, the members in question would be prosecuted according to international regulations," Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh said in an interview with the Mehr news agency.

The comments followed reports that the Baghdad government would try 36 MKO members responsible for the recent unrest in Camp Ashraf, which resulted in an Iraqi crackdown on the base.

"The Iranian government may also present their complaints against the [MKO] criminals to us," the Iraqi envoy added.

Al-Sheikh stated that the Iraqi cabinet has urged the MKO members to leave the Iraqi soil, but they are free to go back to Iran or to a third country of their choosing.

"We have discussed the issue with the UN [officials] and they have also acknowledged that the MKO presence in Iraq is not a possibility anymore," the Iraqi official said.

Talks with the UN about the issue continue but so far, no country has accepted to host the terrorist group, Al-Sheikh said

On 28 July, Iraqi security forces stormed the base of the anti-Iranian terrorist group, Camp Ashraf, and seized its control.

The MKO was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings inside the country.

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