Referring to Iraq problems, al-Maliki said,”Iraqi government is trying to take full control on security matters by its own armed forces to decrease its reliance on multi national forces.
Regarding the members of Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO), who are still in Iraq, al-Maliki said they have six months time to leave Iraq.
“In a meeting last week with Turkish officials, we discussed the issue in details and we stressed that Iraq is determined not to allow any terrorist activity be conducted against neighboring countries from Iraq. We will not allow the PKK to have operations against Turkey as we prevent MKO elements from acting against Iran. We also ban members of Ekhvan al-Muslimin in Iraq to act against Syria.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Nuri al-Maliki, in an interview with Al-Iraqia TV channel, pointed to the presence of some foreign terrorist groups in Iraq and reported of his government’s decision to crack on these groups
“From Iraqi government’s viewpoint, MKO should not stay in Iraq,”said Iraqi ambassador to Iran, Mohammed Majid Al-Sheikh.
..Supreme representative of Iraqi in Iran also said:”We have had negotiations with the international Red Cross to pave the way for their exit.”
“There will be no place for terrorists in the new Iraq and we have considered rules and regulations on the way of treating those who have been involved in the killing of Iraqis,”Shirvan al-Vaeli, Iraq’s national security minister said in an interview with al-Vatan Al-Kuwaitiah.
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The group, known as the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK or MKO),”is interfering in social and political issues as if it’s an Iraqi organization,”Maliki told reporters at a recent press conference.”It’s a terrorist organization and the presence of this group in Iraq contradicts the constitution,”he said, calling for the group’s eviction.
He also called for the expulsion of terrorist groups from Iraq, with the MKO at top, and stressed that terrorist prisoners should not be freed.”A number of people involved in recent terrorist operations have been released. Releasing prisoners should be done under the supervision of parliament.”
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Wednesday accused a militant Iranian opposition group of meddling in his country’s affairs and suggested that it could face expulsion from Iraq, where it has been based for 20 years. The Iraqi leader said the Mujahedin Khalq, which is dedicated to toppling Iran’s Islamist government, had become too involved in Iraq’s political and social issues.
Under the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, the PMOI was supplied with weapons and tanks and periodically carried out armed incursions against Iran as well as helped Iraqi forces put down rebellious Shiites in 1991.
US forces confiscated the organization’s weapons following the March 2003 US-led invasion, taking away some 300 tanks, many of which were subsequently given to the Iraqi armed forces.
Iraq’s prime minister :”It is interfering as if it is an Iraqi organisation despite the fact that it is considered to be one of the terrorist organisations and its presence in the country contradicts the constitution,”Maliki told a news conference.
“The cabinet has taken decisions on this matter and the group will be informed.”