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Iran-U.S. Ambassadors in Exclusive Meeting

By the invitation of Iraqi National Security advisor, Mowafaq al-Rubai, The ambassadors of Iran and the U.S. held a meeting in his house.

The content of this three-hour meeting, that coincided with the meeting of joint trilateral committee (comprising of Iranian, American and Iraqi experts on security), has not been published.

Joint trilateral committee, that held its meeting on Monday, is aimed at stopping terrorism and violence in Iraq. The meeting, hosted by Iraq, was held in Nuri Al-Maliki’s office in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Al-Ittihad/Iraq  –  2007/08/09

 

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American Forces OK’d Maliki’s Order

According to informed sources, Iraqi PM had warned that Iraqi forces would arrest Adnan al-Dulaimi and Saleh al-Mutlaq in the case they took part in terrorist MKO’s conference in Camp Ashraf, aimed at getting support for the group.

The conference was supposed to be held after Iraqi Unified Coalition in the parliament mobilized with the purpose of expelling the MKO from Iraq.

The threat by Iraqi PM includes all politicians who would take part in MKO’s meeting. The sources said that the threat was accompanied by deploying forces around the camp. The Iraqi forces were tasked with arresting Dulaimi and Mutlaq if they entered Mojahedin’s camp because this is an explicit crime when dealing a terrorist group.

According to the information received, Americans accepted the order and stopped traffic to and from Camp Ashraf, where they protect.

Holy Najaf News Site

 2007/07/10

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The Iraqi Dissident Dismisses Government’s Warning

In a statement that was broadcasted last week by Al-Sharqiya TV, the Iraqi government TV channel, Nuri Al-Maliki government warned the Iraqis who came in contact with Mojahadin Khalq Organization (MKO). The statement admonishes those in contact with MKO that they are in violation of "National Safety Law" and therefore will be subject to punishment. The announcement was made as a result of the group’s suspicious collusion with dissident Iraqi groups and factions that has fostered the threat of terrorist moves in Iraq.

Reported by Al Mashriq Newspaper, in a harsh reaction against the government’s statement, the chief of the National Dialogue Front, Salih Al Mutlak, has rejected the government’s banning contacts with the terrorist group. He said that he will respond to the first invitation that he receives from MKO to participate in their activities inside our outside Iraq.

Such reactions by an Iraqi dissident before anything emboldens the terrorist MKO sheltered in Camp Ashraf to boost its anti-national moves against the Iraqi government and people who have to pay the price of the group’s political and cult-like ambitions. Furthermore, such an objection indicates that the group has not failed to take advantage of the existing rift in Iraqi parties to indirectly contradict its expulsion from Iraq.

Mojahedin.ws – 13/07/2007

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MKO acts against the interests of Iraqi people

Top Iraqi Shia leader has said that Iran-US talks serve the interests of Iraqi nation and would help ease tension in the war-torn country.

Abdul-Aziz Hakim, the head of Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, assessed the outcomes of the first round of Iran-US talks as positive and said that Iraqi political factions advocate a second round of talks in the near future.

In an interview with IRNA, the cleric said the Iranian exiled terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has committed acts against the interests of Iraqi people and its activities in Iraq are banned according to the Iraqi Constitution.

Besides their terrorist attacks against Iran, they played a leading role in helping former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein suppress the Iraqi people uprising in 1991.

MKO is known in Iraq as an enemy of the nation and is still carrying on with its ugly feature and devastating role in the country, said Hakim adding that the Iraqis want their immediate expulsion.

"However, the occupation forces have branded the MKO members as refugees in order to hinder Iraqi government’s efforts to expel them," said Hakim who is Tehran since May for chemotherapy.

In response to a question about pressures imposed by some Arab states on Iraqi government to revise the de-Baathification law and their wish to return the infamous Baath party members to power, Hakim said "these elements refuse to understand the changes and realities in Iraq".

Hakim stressed the law has been unanimously endorsed by the Iraqi nation and will be enforced.

The head of the most powerful Iraqi political party opined that federalism is the only solution to resolve violent conflicts in the country.

He said that the issue of federalism is part of the popularly-supported Iraqi Constitution, adding that federalism does not mean dividing the county into separate parts, but is a sure way to secure Iraqi integration.

PressTV – 12/07/2007

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Iraq-Iran Parliaments Agree on MKO

Parliamentarian delegations of Iran and Iraq discussed MKO’s illegal activities in Iraq and providing the opportunity of returning to Iran for repentant members of this group.

Members of Iraqi Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee met a delegation of Iranian MPs on Wednesday. In a joint press conference the head of Iraqi delegation, Homam Mahmoudi, said that a memorandum of understanding was signed by the two sides.

"We discussed the issue of MKO’s presence in Diyala province and it was stressed that Iraqi security forces should establish regulations on the group’s camp and assist those members who are willing to return to Iran," Homam Mahmoudi said.

Dejleh Radio/Iraq –  2007/06/30

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Iranian group in Iraq ‘threat to security’

Baghdad: An agreement has been reached by Iraq and Iran to raise the issue of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq in the next round of talks between the United States and Iran.

Iraqi parliamentary sources told Gulf News according to an Iraqi-Iranian agreement the presence of Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO) in Iraq will be discussed in US-Iran talks.

Some leaders in the ruling coalition accused US troops of thwarting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s resolution to relocate MKO from Camp Ashraf in Diyala to a country other than Iraq and Iran.

The Iraqi Minister of State, Hassan Al Sarri, accused MKO of funding, training and equipping Al Qaida insurgents and Saddam Hussain’s supporters. He told Gulf News: "The Americans are fully responsible for the MKO file. MKO is a serious threat to Iraq’s security and stability."

Some officials at the centre accused the Americans of arming MKO and some Sunni tribes in Diyala as a pretext to address the Iranian penetration.

Anwar Al Alusi, a political analyst, told Gulf News: "The MKO file is an American redline for Al Maliki and Iranians alike because it is part of the US strategy in Iraq. American forces, in 2003, besieged Camp Ashraf where MKO fighters stayed and took them into a direct protection."

Rumours are rife that the US intelligence is using MKO to track Iranian intelligence network in Iraq and to spy on Shiite clerics in Najaf and Karbala.

Basil Adas/Gulf News/ June 30, 2007

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MKO’s Recent Meeting Widely Condemned in Iraq

An Iraqi MP, from Diyala province, condemned the meeting of MKO in its Ashraf Camp, in the city of al-Khales, on Saturday.

Taha Dar’alsadi, from Unified Iraqi Coalition, the biggest faction in the Iraqi parliament, said: "We condemn this meeting that was held with the assistance of some Sunni tribes and also Saleh Mutlaq, the head of Iraqi Dialog Front.

"Mojahedin-e Khalq organization is involved in religious tensions in Diyala province and the continuation of its activities and the presence of its camps in al-Khales are not acceptable," he said.

"Some of its elements directly involved in the unrest in the province and particularly in Abu-Seid have been identified by the residents."

He also said that the MKO started its movements to divide Shiites and Sunnis and destabilize the province since the fall of Saddam Hussein and his regime.

The recent meeting of MKO has received a big wave of protests inside Iraq; in the meeting, Saleh Mutlaq (anti-Iran figure) was introduced as the honorary head of MKO’s annual congress.

A number of governmental and independent committees and associations have condemned this meeting.

This gathering was held by the MKO and with the security assistance of American forces and some Iraqi groups, which oppose Islamic Republic.

Iraqi Governing Council issued an order for MKO’s expulsion in 2003 and current government also has repeatedly asked for its expulsion but US forces oppose the decision.

Iraqi Center for International Dialog and Research held a conference last February, by the support of Deputy PM in Security Affairs, and asked the government to take necessary steps in order for the expulsion of MKO.

IRNA –  2007/06/21

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Why Iraqi Gov. Hesitates to Act Resolutely

Despite strong support, Iraqi government and its policies have not achieved considerable results on relations with Iran.

The question is that "why the Iraqi government hasn’t been able to take advantage of the support of the UN, Security Council, the US, UK and … in favor of Iraq?"

Has it been able to get the support of neighboring countries? For instance, could it ask them to respect the borders of Iraq and pave the way for economical, scientific and cultural exchanges?

When we hear that Mr. Maliki, as the chief commander of Iraqi armed forces, has asked for the expulsion of terrorist Mojahedin-e khalq organization from Iraq, we ask ourselves about the levels of the power of an elected prime minister because we wonder who he is addressing. He’s the chief of executive branch, so he should order not ask. He should execute the law in Iraq. Shouldn’t his government arrest these terrorists according to international and domestic laws?

Iraq should seek peace and calm for neighboring countries. How do we expect to have security in our long borders with Iran while we have not taken the first steps ourselves? For instance, nearly 4000 elements of terrorist MKO are based in Iraq. We could have gotten rid of them in 400 days only if the ministry of defense had arrested 10 of them each day; in that case, we could have secure borders and good relations with Iran.

Dr. Latif Vakil  –  Albayyeneh Newspaper

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Iraq says MKO behind violence

A senior Iraqi prosecutor has said there is evidence to suggest the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization is involved in the ongoing violence in Iraq.

“The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court has been provided with documents on the Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s (MKO) crimes against the people in southern Iraq and the people of Tuz Khormato in the south of Kirkuk,” the Iraqi Chief Prosecutor, Ja’far al-Mousavi, told the Iraqi Al-Bayyinah al-Jadidah paper.

“The prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against MKO ringleaders based on the documents and will bring them to trial for committing atrocities against the Iraqi nation,”al-Mousavi said.

“The names of the people taking orders from MKO leaders and the names of the victims will be announced to the media as soon as possible,”he added.

“There are pictures among the documents depicting the intelligence officers of the former Iraqi regime delivering a great deal of money to MKO leaders,”he continued.

Members of the MKO, an anti-Iranian terrorist organization which has long been on the lists of terror groups compiled by the US, the European Union, Canada and Iran, are active in the US, Iraq and several European countries.

 

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Mojahedin Khalq Organisation should be tried in Iraq

Last week, Habilian association had a meeting with some Iraqi NGOs officials and talked about Iraq status and position of Mujahedin in there.

In this meeting, Mr. Sheikh Emadodin Tamimi, director of Ansar-ul-hojjeh association in Baghdad, Sheikh Safa Tamimi, Friday Prayer Leader of Baghdad’s Mosques, and Asadollah Feli, secretary of Shiite Kurds Islamic movement in Iraq, met and talked to Habilian general secretary and executive director about Mujahedin terrorist group’s crimes and determination of nation and government to expulsion of them.

Mr. Sanavi, executive director of Habilian association, after welcoming them reminded on last negotiation with Iraqi friends, in which was not necessary to explain more about Mujahedin status and we became so glad that Iraqi nation know backgrounds of this terrorist group.

Then Sheikh Safa condoled and expressed his sympathy to family of martyrs, who have been martyred by Mujahedin.

Then Sheikh Emadodin Tamimi refused any claims of Mujahedin and occupiers to presence of this terrorist group in Iraq by according to Iraq’s constitution and criminal backgrounds of this group and also stressed that: “Munafeqin as Saddam’s mercenaries and murderer of Iran and Iraq’s children, would be expelled early and in this issue nation and all political group of Iraq have solidarity”.

Sheikh Emadodin Tamimi expressed his regret on their terrorist actions in Iran and also represented some recent events that happen in Iraq, especially the oppression and prosecution of Shiite.

Mr. Emadodin also noticed that now the occupiers support Mujahedin without any attention to Iraq nation and interests.

Then Mr. Feli, secretary of Islamic movement of Iraq Shiite Kurds, condoled martyrs’ families and explained the role and criminal actions of Munafeqin group on suppress of Kurds and described it as a massacre case, which caused that Munafeqin leaders can’t leave Iraq without trial and replay to Iraqi Kurds.

Mr. Hasheminejad also expressed his regret on Iraq recent status and expressed hope that terrorist activities and occupation of Iraq land will be ended and Iraqi people live in safe and comfort.

After that participants started their negotiations by according to agenda.

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