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10-12-2003
Iraq's US-backed
Governing Council is to expel the Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq
(MEK) by the end of the month and confiscate its assets, a Council statement
said yesterday.
"This was a unanimous decision to expel the terrorist organisation from
Iraqi territory by the end of this year and close its premises and stop its
followers from any activity before then," the statement sent to Reuters
said.
It added that confiscated assets and wea-pons would be used for a fund to
compensate victims of the ousted regime of Saddam Hussain, which allowed the
Iranian group to operate from Iraq.
US officials said last month that MEK members in Iraq were being screened
for possible involvement in war crimes, terrorism and other activities. |
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