Iraq

Iran can demand extradition of MKO members

On Sunday, Shammari stated that under an agreement signed between Iran and Iraq on the swap of prisoners and criminals, Tehran can ask Baghdad to extradite MKO/MEK/PMOI members.He further noted that Iraq will hand the terrorists over to Iran should the Islamic Republic …..

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Iraq urges UN to speed up relocation of MKO terrorists

During a meeting with Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General for relocation of camp Hurriya (Liberty) occupants in Baghdad on Wednesday, Zebari stated that the UN needs to expedite the resettlement of the MKO terrorists outside Iraq, noting that the Iraqi government has fulfilled all its obligations in this respect.

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Iraqi crackdown on insurgents – al-Batat arrested

As a result of Iraqi Government efforts throughout Iraq to push back insurgents, Wathiq al-Batat commander of the al-Mukhtar Army militia was among those arrested. Batat has claimed responsibility for three mortar attacks on the MEK residents of Camp Liberty. It is still not know who the assailants of Camp Ashraf were on 1st September.

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Iraq: Our obedience to UN delaying the expulsion of MKO

He said Iraq’ obedience to the UN decisions is the main reason in the inability of Iraq to expel members of the MKO group, adding that MKO’s activities may influence the Tehran-Baghdad relations. The terrorist MKO group-let based itself in Iraq during the 1980s and abetted the Iraqi dictator in his war on Iran. With the fall of Saddam, MKO seemingly made …

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Iraq says no success tracing killers of Iranian dissidents

He raised the possibility that there had been a dispute within the camp and some of the attackers had come from inside it. Another scenario was that the seven missing people were behind the assault, he said. MEK numbered 4,174 members in Iraq up to 2003. The U.N. has resettled some 1,000 while 1,600 have declined to meet with officials …

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