Iraq to close Camp Ashraf by 2011
(HQ of Mojahedin Khalq, Rajavi cult)
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... Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Baghdad is determined to close down camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), by the end of the year. "We have already made it clear about closing ... Camp Ashraf before. The decision will be implemented by the end of this year," Zebari said. "The government insists on completing this mission ... There is no government that would agree to an organization staying against its (authorities') will, laws and sovereignty," he added. The Iraqi Foreign Minister's remarks came one day after country's Minister of Human Rights ...
Press TV, Baghdad, October 31 2011
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207650.html
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Baghdad is determined to close down camp Ashraf, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), by the end of the year.
Speaking at a news conference in the Iraqi capital alongside his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi, Zebari said on Monday that Baghdad has informed the United Nations refugee agency and the European Union about its plan to expel MKO members.
"We have already made it clear about closing ... Camp Ashraf before. The decision will be implemented by the end of this year," Zebari said.
"The government insists on completing this mission ... There is no government that would agree to an organization staying against its (authorities') will, laws and sovereignty," he added.
The Iraqi Foreign Minister's remarks came one day after country's Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed before US troops pull-out and by the end of the year.
Al-Sudani said that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to the issue.
The MKO has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province, near the Iranian border.
The organization is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprising in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds.
Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government.
The Life of Camp Ashraf,
Mojahedin-e Khalq Victims of Many Masters
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http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=10929
Trapped in the camp
UN must tread carefully in dealing with Camp Ashraf
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... The Government of Iraq is very clear that it is dealing with the phenomenon of a dangerous, destructive mind control cult. Unfortunately, Western agencies do not appear to have got to grips with this fundamental aspect of the group and as such continue to fall under the spell of the MEK leaders and their unearthly and insatiable demands. It would be unfortunate in the extreme if the UNHCR did not understand during all its negotiations with the group’s front personnel that Massoud Rajavi does not represent anyone but himself and his own interests. Cult experts warn that the MEK are not seriously offering to allow the UNHCR ...
massoud khodabandeh, Iranian.com, October 17 2011
http://www.iranian.com/main/2011/oct/trapped-camp
As the Mojahedin-e Khalq (aka; MEK, MKO) is painfully slowly being nudged toward compliance with both international and Iraqi law over its activities inside Camp Ashraf in Iraq, cult experts warn that external agencies must be wary of falling foul of cultic manipulation techniques as the group struggles to maintain its hold over the 3400 Iranians trapped inside.
Efforts over the summer by US Ambassador Lawrence Butler to convince the MEK leader Massoud Rajavi that he would have to act on the Government of Iraq’s deadline to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, yielded little progress. MEK front personnel still refused to allow any residents to be interviewed by UNHCR staff without MEK minders being present. Then by the end of September Vincent Cochetel, a Washington representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said that an agreement had been reached through the MKO’s legal counsel in London for individual screening for refugee status with the UNHCR offering an alternative location near Ashraf for those who have been processed.
Maryam Rajavi immediately qualified this news from her HQ in France with the Farsi language diktat: “… we will not allow the line of the mercenaries Maliki and Barezani and the strategy of their masters, the Iranian regime, to prevail under the pretext of interviewing people one by one and …” and she continued “… all the Mojahedin members should only be taken for interviews using helicopters …” – which meant that in order to interview the people trapped in the camp she expected the US to fly over seven thousand helicopter sorties.
Such statements are plainly silly and we should not imagine that either Massoud or Maryam Rajavi expect anyone to take them seriously. They are meant first and foremost for internal consumption and as a time wasting exercise. Such a stance is reminiscent of the time when the MEK’s London lawyers announced in English that the group had given up armed struggle in order to be removed from the UK and EU terrorism lists. At the same time Rajavi told her followers in Farsi that as soon as the MEK was de-listed the Americans would re-arm them and they could continue with their violent activities.
The latest salvo from the MEK’s armoury of lies and deception was introduced in the form of an MEK claim that over seventy Iraqi MPs have called for the UNHCR to open an office inside Camp Ashraf and take over control of the camp from the Iraqi government. This comes at the same time that Alsumeria News has reported that a British parliamentary group headed by Baroness Nicholson is discussing with a visiting Iraqi parliamentary delegation headed by Mr. Alnajifi to find way to actually get access to the inside of the camp.
On the surface the MEK offer to allow the UNHCR into the camp might look like cooperation and progress. But in the light of the MEK’s past behaviour the agencies involved in the issue of Camp Ashraf would be wise to view this latest stance with deep suspicion. In the book ‘The Life of Camp Ashraf – Mojahedin-e Khalq Victims of Many Masters’ published by Iran-Interlink in September, we warn that “the MEK loyalists will continue to resist and try to provoke violence to prevent any interference in the internal affairs of the camp… The MEK has an armoury of defensive tactics with which to prevent such interference. The obvious one is to meet all attempts to enter the camp with violent, suicidal resistance. But the MEK system is also supremely manipulative as the American army discovered in 2003. Certainly both MEK cult experts and recently escaped residents will be needed to identify loyal cult leaders and activists. These experts will also be able to identify and challenge the MEK’s manipulative techniques which would otherwise be effective in deceiving less experienced agencies – no matter how well meaning.”
The Government of Iraq is very clear that it is dealing with the phenomenon of a dangerous, destructive mind control cult. Unfortunately, Western agencies do not appear to have got to grips with this fundamental aspect of the group and as such continue to fall under the spell of the MEK leaders and their unearthly and insatiable demands. It would be unfortunate in the extreme if the UNHCR did not understand during all its negotiations with the group’s front personnel that Massoud Rajavi does not represent anyone but himself and his own interests.
Cult experts warn that the MEK are not seriously offering to allow the UNHCR to open an office inside Camp Ashraf in order to conduct individual screening and processing with a view to removing the residents. The most the MEK could hope for is that the UN will, for any reason, raise its flag over the camp beside or in place of the Iraqi flag which is currently there.
Raising the UNHCR flag over the camp over which the Iraqis themselves have no jurisdiction would of course be extremely provocative, a challenge to the rule of law and cause conflict between external agencies and the Iraqi security forces. Exactly the kind of scenario which the MEK would love to create so the MEK leader continues with impunity to occupy the camp and hold hostages there.
The MEK effort is to create conflict and prevent change to the status quo. If anyone is in any doubt of this they must be made aware that at the same time this so-called offer is on the table, Rajavi’s special forces have manufactured a specialised missile launcher with which they fire stones at the families on the periphery of the camp >>> Persian Translation
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Trapped in Camp Ashraf
Warning and an appeal to the international community
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... Massoud and Maryam Rajavi have ordered all the leaders of the MEK to arrange meetings for everybody and give the order to them that “We will go along with the American army to the point that there is no physical interaction but when it comes to the Iraqi government we will become physical and we will make them pay the highest price.”Considering what the Rajavis have said, although we believe that the imposition of Iraqi sovereignty over this illegally occupied territory at this time is an indisputable right of the government of Iraq, we urge the government ...
Iranian.com, September18 2011
http://www.iranian.com/main/2011/sep/trapped-camp-ashraf
We are approaching the end of year 2011; the deadline announced by the Iraqi government to evacuate Camp Ashraf. Over the past few months the USG’s diplomatic representative in Iraq Mr. Lawrence Butler has met seven times with the leaders of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organisation in the garrison to talk about the future of the group. His efforts have failed due to the stubborn resistance and rejection on the part of the Mojahedin-e Khalq. Some European countries have also have attempted to start a dialogue with the leaders of the group to convince them to allow the people inside to be sent individually to other countries under the supervision of the United Nations. But their efforts have also faced absolute intransigence on the part of the leaders of the group.
In addition, we have witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealing to the international community to help the Iraqi government in this case. But no meaningful action has been offered.
The Government of the United States of America also in a clear and transparent way has warned the leaders in the camp that if they do not respond positively to the suggestions put forward, then the USG will no longer be able to act as a negotiator and that the consequences of such action would be entirely attributable to the leaders of the Mojahedin-e Khalq
The people inside the camp are described as “non status” and they are not accepted as refugees or even asylum seekers. The Iraqi government is adamant it will carry out the decision to close the camp - which is one of the last remains of the Saddam regime - and on the other hand the leaders of the Mojahedin inside the camp insist on keeping the status quo without any logical, legitimate, legal or other reasons.
And in this situation, as advocates of human rights and as ex-members of this organisation, we are deeply concerned about how this camp will be dismantled and especially about the misuse of the people inside the camp by the leaders of the group.
According to witnesses inside camp Ashraf it is said that Massoud and Maryam Rajavi have ordered all the leaders of the MEK to arrange meetings for everybody and give the order to them that “We will go along with the American army to the point that there is no physical interaction but when it comes to the Iraqi government we will become physical and we will make them pay the highest price.”
Considering what the Rajavis have said, although we believe that the imposition of Iraqi sovereignty over this illegally occupied territory at this time is an indisputable right of the government of Iraq, we urge the government and the committee in charge of dismantlement of the camp to try, as they have done over the last past 8 years, to only use non-violent solutions to solve this problem.
Although we know that the existence of this camp in this country of Iraq has no logical or legal basis but we are concerned that the heads of the MEK cult will use the 3400+ people stranded there as human shields to pursue their illogical and illegal demands.
We are deeply concerned that, according to much evidence and many documents, not least the report by the RAND Institute, about 70% of the people inside the camp are kept there against their will, and if we add to this their loss of hope due to the grim and uncertain future they face, the lack of access to media and information and the resulting ignorance this brings, and the existence of never ending barriers and security provisions across the camp, if we add all these then the reasons behind the existence of such an isolated island can become clear.
We are deeply concerned that in a situation where the dismantlement of the camp has begun, the leader of the group would force the low level members and the ordinary people trapped inside to fight the security and law enforcement agencies of Iraq.
On top of our concern over the human rights as an indisputable right for every individual inside the camp we remind you that many of the signatories of this letter have a family member, father, mother, spouse, sibling or friend inside the camp as a hostage. Therefore the primary aim of the MEK in keeping the members trapped inside is nothing except using them as a tool and human shield to save the neck of the leader Massoud Rajavi who remains in Iraq.
We warn that considering that the leaders of the group have already rejected the intervention of the Americans and insist on the relocation of the whole organisation as a group to another country, while it is clear that according to international law, asylum can only be given to individuals, the leaders are placing this kind of suggestion on the table only to further reject any non-violent solution and therefore exploit the members and endanger their lives.
We must warn the international community and humanitarian organisations across the globe, time is running out. And we are witnessing that the US proposal is the only feasible and realistic solution during the remaining time. Therefore while we condemn the leaders of the group for their lack of cooperation with the American and Iraqi officials, we warn that the responsibility for any resistance to the decision of the Iraqi government and endangering the lives of the people is primarily on the shoulders of Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi and the other high ranking leaders of the group.
We also believe that dialogue can be the solution to dismantle camp Ashraf and there should be no need for violence. We ask the leaders of the group to stop their ridiculous behaviour and obduracy and return to the dialogue and negotiation table
The government of Iraq has repeatedly announced that, respecting international humanitarian laws, these people will not be deported to countries where they may face problems and it has shown its commitment to this day. Accommodating and facilitating the voluntary exit from the camp of nearly 100 individuals who have given themselves up to the Iraqi forces from 2009 to the present is clear evidence of this commitment.
Therefore we ask the international community and humanitarian organisations and all the people who are worried about the future of these people to use whatever communication and/or other tools at their disposal to convince the leaders of the group that after the fall of Saddam Hussein Iraq is no longer a place for them to stay and it is their responsibility to seek assistance from international bodies such as the ICRC and UNHCR to get themselves out of there.
We the signatories of this letter would like to bring this issue to the attention of the following:
- The office of the Prime Minister of Iraq (Committee in charge of dismantlement of Camp Ashraf, Baghdad)
- Lady Catherine Ashton and relevant MEPs in European Parliament
- US State Department
- Human Rights Watch, New York
- Amnesty International, London
- United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Ms Navi Pilay, Geneva
The signatories:
http://www.iranian.com/main/2011/sep/trapped-camp-ashraf
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http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=10907
Iraqi Parliament announced full support for government to expel Washington-backed Mojahedin-e Khalq by end of 2011
British parliamentary group chaired by Baroness Nicholson asks to visit Camp Ashraf
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... The statement said "he met with the British parliamentary group chaired by Baroness Nicholson, who in turn welcomed the President and members of the Iraqi delegation, expressing her delight with this meeting" and noting that "the British parliamentary delegation raised several questions including the issue of the Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) and Camp Ashraf." The statement added that Najifi, "said the House of Representatives supports the Iraqi government's decision to evacuate the MKO to a third country," adding that "the British parliamentary group demanded that the Iraqi parliament intervene with the Iraqi government to agree to a British parliamentary delegation visit to Camp Ashraf.” ...
The Life of Camp Ashraf,
Mojahedin-e Khalq Victims of Many Masters
(Washington backed Maryam Rajavi in terrorist cult's HQ in Paris)
Alsumaria News, Baghdad, October 14 2011
translated by Iran Interlink
link to the original report (Arabic)
http://alsumarianews.com/ar/1/29631/news-details
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Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama Najifi
Najifi announces his support for Maliki's decision to end the activity of the Mojahedin-e Khalq in Iraq
The head of the Iraqi Parliament Osama Najifi said on Thursday that parliament supports the decision of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to end the presence of the MKO at the end of this year, noting that Iraq needs international support and expertise in the field of democracy, while a British parliamentary group wanted Najifi to intervene with the Iraqi government for approval of the British parliamentary delegation's visit to Camp Ashraf.
Alsumaria News was given a statement issued by the Office of the Speaker of the House Osama Najifi who is currently on a visit to London with an Iraqi parliamentary delegation which is under his chairmanship. The statement said "he met with the British parliamentary group chaired by Baroness Nicholson, who in turn welcomed the President and members of the Iraqi delegation, expressing her delight with this meeting" and noting that "the British parliamentary delegation raised several questions including the issue of the Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI) and Camp Ashraf."
The statement added that Najifi, "said the House of Representatives supports the Iraqi government's decision to evacuate the MKO to a third country," adding that "the British parliamentary group demanded that the Iraqi parliament intervene with the Iraqi government to agree to a British parliamentary delegation visit to Camp Ashraf.”
The Iraqi government issued a decision to end the Organization's presence in the country before the end of the year 2011, as a terrorist organization which took part in killing Iraqis, and reinforced the latest decision announced by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense which provided for the formation of a committee to investigate the riots witnessed at the camp during April…
… It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a press statement on the 12 of October that Iraq gives the MKO the opportunity until the end of this year, after which Iraq is free to take a decision that ends their presence on Iraqi territory, pointing out that this organization has no legal cover as it has implemented terrorist acts in Iran and interferes in the internal affairs of Iraq …
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The Committee for Justice reveals
government negotiations with Western countries
to accommodate Mojahedin-e Khalq
Shafaaq News, Baghdad, October 05 2011
Translated by Iran Interlink
link to the original report (Arabic)
http://www.shafaaq.com/sh2/news/iraq-news/34039-2011-10-03-09-04-16.html
Shafaaq News / The Committee for Justice revealed that on Monday the government was in negotiations with some Western countries to accommodate the Mojahedin organization, and accused some parties of trying to keep the organization as leverage against neighbouring countries.
The Iraqi government has promised in August last, to end the presence of the terrorist Mojahedin Organization of Iran which took part in killing Iraqis.
In an interview with Shafaaq News the MP Sadegh Al Leban of the Committee for Justice said, "The government rejects the existence of any organization on its territory which works against the neighbouring countries, including the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, which stained its hands with the blood of the people," stressing that "the Government was exerting pressure such as to remove the organization from the country."
The Government of Iraq changed the name of Ashraf camp to Camp New Iraq after taking over responsibility from U.S. troops for the garrison which was established by the Mojahedin-e Khalq during the era of the former regime in the eighties and during the first Gulf War.
Al Leban said that "the government is negotiating with some Western countries to receive the organization in their own lands because it has become undesirable on Iraqi soil", pointing out that "some actors have a hidden agenda, trying to keep the Mojahedin organization and use it as leverage against the government and countries neighbouring Iraq.:
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Abdulhalim al-Zahiri: Despite western backing for
Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) terrorists,
their presence illegal and they will be expelled
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... A senior advisor to the Iraqi prime minister blasted the US and Europe's staunch support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and said the terrorist group should be expelled from Iraq."Legally speaking, the presence of the MKO in Iraq under any title is against the law and they should be expelled from the country," Abdulhalim al-Zahiri said in a meeting with Seyed Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad. Stressing that the US and Europe consider the MKO as a terrorist group, he said that they support the group ...
Fars News, October 01 2011
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007090082
Advisor to Iraqi PM: MKO Presence in Iraq Illegal
A senior advisor to the Iraqi prime minister blasted the US and Europe's staunch support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and said the terrorist group should be expelled from Iraq.
"Legally speaking, the presence of the MKO in Iraq under any title is against the law and they should be expelled from the country," Abdulhalim al-Zahiri said in a meeting with Seyed Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad, the secretary-general of Iran's Habilian Association - a human rights group formed by the families of 17,000 terror victims in Iran.
Stressing that the US and Europe consider the MKO as a terrorist group, he said that they support the group fervently in a bid to use it as a leverage to pressurize Iran.
He said the MKO have misused the status quo in Iraq to expand their illegal and terrorist activities despite the fact that their main camp in Diyala province is surrounded by the Iraqi troops.
The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.
Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.
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).
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 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.
Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.
Meantime, earlier media report said that the US is trying to convince Iraqi officials to relocate MKO members within Iraq.
Under the US plan, the approximately 3,400 residents of Camp Ashraf would be temporarily relocated within Iraq, farther from the border with Iran, a US State Department official announced.
The relocation would be temporary, the official said, with final settlement of the inhabitants in other countries.
That would not include the United States, the official said, "Since US law bars anyone associated with a terrorist organization from settling there".
Since the beginning of this year, the Baghdad government has repeatedly assured Iranian officials and people that it is determined to expel the MKO from Iraq by the end of 2011.
"Expulsion of the MKO from Iraq's soil and termination of its presence which has lasted for several years is a definite decision," Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali Al-Dabbaq told FNA in April, adding, "The MKO will be expelled from Iraq by the end of the current year."
"The only option for the members of the MKO is leaving Iraq and they have no other choice," he reiterated.
Reminding to the black record of the terrorist group and its crimes against the Iraqi people, Dabbaq said, "Collaboration with the former Iraqi dictator and massacre of thousands of our people is just part of their crimes".
Dabbaq announced in early April that the cabinet is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf located North of the capital, Baghdad, and disband the terrorist group.
"The council of ministers is committed to the implementation of an earlier decision for disbanding the terrorist group by the end of this year at the latest, and is rigid about the necessity for getting it out of Iraq," the official noted.
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Al Jaafari: Illegal presence of Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) terror camp will end by December 2011
(No excuse to extend military presence of Americans)
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... Jaafari announced that judicial rulings have been issued for a number of members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), who are based in Iraq. “Lawsuits have been filed against a number of the members of the terrorist MKO group, and rulings have been issued for them. And it has been emphasized that their presence in Iraq is illegal,” he stated. On September 20, Iraqi Finance Minister Baqir Jabr Alzubaidi said that Baghdad will put the criminal leaders of the terrorist group on trial before expelling them. The Iraqi people will never overlook the atrocities that the members of this group have committed ...
(Washington backed Maryam Rajavi in terrorist cult's HQ in Paris)
Mehr News, September 26 2011
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1416481
Iraq-U.S. security agreement will not be extended: ex-PM
TEHRAN, Sept. 25 (MNA) – Former Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said that the security agreement signed by Iraq and the United States will never be extended.
Jaafari, who is the leader of the Iraqi Shiite coalition, made the remarks during an interview with the Mehr News Agency. His remarks were later translated into English.
The U.S. has been left with no excuse to extend its military presence in the country beyond December 2011, and the security agreement will never be extended, he stated.
“The Iraqi people want foreign forces to leave Iraq, and the members of the parliament who represent the nation will never approve the extension of the security agreement or a new security agreement with Washington,” Jaafari noted. “This is a national demand, and we no longer want foreign forces to stay in Iraq.”
Judicial rulings issued for a number of MKO members
Elsewhere in the interview, Jaafari announced that judicial rulings have been issued for a number of members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), who are based in Iraq.
“Lawsuits have been filed against a number of the members of the terrorist MKO group, and rulings have been issued for them. And it has been emphasized that their presence in Iraq is illegal,” he stated.
“In our view, a political refugee in Iraq, no matter what country he has come from, should not be armed. As a matter of fact, if this person lays down arms, he can live peacefully in Iraq, otherwise he should leave Iraqi soil,” Jaafari added.
The Iraqi government “will never allow MKO members to take up arms against any country, particularly the neighboring countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey,” he said.
On the number of the Camp Ashraf residents, the Iraqi officials stated, “No accurate estimate of the number of these people is available since the number of them, their names, and their ranks keep changing. A number of MKO members have no option left but to continue cooperation with the organization. Some of them have even been killed after they broke away from the organization and stopped cooperating with it.”
On September 20, Iraqi Finance Minister Baqir Jabr Alzubaidi said that Baghdad will put the criminal leaders of the terrorist group on trial before expelling them.
The Iraqi people will never overlook the atrocities that the members of this group have committed, Alzubaidi stated.
Iraq has expressed concern over Bahrain crackdown
Asked about the crackdown on the people of Bahraini, Jaafari said, Iraq has expressed concern over the situation in Bahrain and have called for a compromise to be made between the government and protesters.
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Iraq objects to EU suggestion of interference in the issue of Camp Ashraf
EU countries always welcome to resettle residents
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... The Minister expressed the reservation and objection of the Iraqi government to the request of the European Commission to designate a special representative to Camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) but stressed that the government of Iraq has consistently appealed to and asked European countries and other countries to receive and resettle residents of the camp in their countries. He also stressed that the government is committed to close the camp by the end of the year and it will take necessary measures to complete the plan while observing international humanitarian law in dealing with the inhabitants of the camp ...
Iraq Foreign Ministry, September 25 2011
(translated by Iran Interlink)
Link to the original report (Arabic)
http://www.mofa.gov.iq/arab/articles/display.aspx?gid=1&id=11016
Foreign Minister meets Ashton the coordinator of EU foreign policy
The Minister of Foreign Affairs [Hoshyar Zebari] met with Ms. Catherine Ashton, EU foreign policy coordinator today 22/9/11, in New York.
During the meeting they discussed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq and the importance of signing the agreement at the earliest opportunity, especially since the majority of European parliaments have ratified the Convention.
The Minister expressed the reservation and objection of the Iraqi government to the request of the European Commission to designate a special representative to Camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) but stressed that the government of Iraq has consistently appealed to and asked European countries and other countries to receive and resettle residents of the camp in their countries.
He also stressed that the government is committed to close the camp by the end of the year and it will take necessary measures to complete the plan while observing international humanitarian law in dealing with the inhabitants of the camp.
It was agreed to maintain dialogue and communication and mutual visits between the two sides in the coming period.
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Undersecretary Receives UNHCR Delegation
Iraq Foreign Ministry, September 22 2011
http://www.mofa.gov.iq/eng/articles/display.aspx?gid=1&id=11001
Undersecretary Mr. Abawi received delegation of the UNHCR headed by, Claire Bourgeois, representative of the UNHCR in Iraq and her accompanying delegation .
He reviewed with the delegation the state of residents of Makhmor, Waleed and Ashraf camps, as explained Iraq's position stems from its commitment to the rules of the international and humanitarian law, and that Iraq is ready to cooperate with the Representative to find realistic and humanitarian solutions to the inhabitants of those camps.
Concerning Ashraf camp Mr. Abawi has said that MKO is a terrorist organization as classified by the United States and Europe since it has committed crimes against the Iraqi people through its cooperation with the dictatorial regime, for that reason Iraq determined to shut down Ashraf camp at the end of this year to re-resettlement its population and can cooperate with the Organization in order to facilitate their exit from Iraq.
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http://iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=10775
Iraqi Minister Stresses Trial of Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) Ringleader before Expulsion from Iraq
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... "Expulsion of the MKO from Iraq's soil and termination of its presence which has lasted for several years is a definite decision," Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali Al-Dabbaq told FNA in April, adding, "The MKO will be expelled from Iraq by the end of the current year." "The only option for the members of the MKO is leaving Iraq and they have no other choice," he reiterated. Reminding the black record of the terrorist group and its crimes against the Iraqi people, Dabbaq said, "Collaboration with the former Iraqi dictator and massacre of thousands of our people is just part of their crimes." ...
Thai News Service, September 22 2011
http://www.einnews.com/
Section: General News - Iraqi Minister of Finance Baqir al-Zubaidi strongly condemned the crimes committed by the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) against his nation, and stressed that the group's ringleaders should stand trial before being expelled from Iraq's soil.
"The MKO has committed many crimes in Iraq and for that reason the criminal leaders of this group should be tried before being expelled from Iraq," Zubaidi said at a meeting with Seyed Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad, the Secretary-General of Iran's Habilian Association - a human rights group formed by the families of 17,000 terror victims in Iran.
"Before the process starts for their expulsion, Iraqi officials are required to take action on behalf of the Iraqi nation to swiftly probe and verify the crimes committed by this cult," the minister reiterated.
He pointed to Iraq's move towards prosperity and freedom, and stated that the Iraqi nation is resolved to remove all terrorist groups from the country in a bid to continue its victories.
Since the beginning of this year, the Baghdad government has repeatedly assured Iranian officials and people that it is determined to expel the MKO from Iraq by the end of 2011.
Meantime, earlier media reports said that the US is trying to convince Iraqi officials to relocate MKO members within Iraq.
Under the US plan, the approximately 3,400 residents of Camp Ashraf would be temporarily relocated within Iraq, farther from the border with Iran, a US State Department official announced.
The relocation would be temporary, the official said, with final settlement of the inhabitants in other countries.
That would not include the United States, the official said, "since US law bars anyone associated with a terrorist organization from settling there".
"Expulsion of the MKO from Iraq's soil and termination of its presence which has lasted for several years is a definite decision," Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali Al-Dabbaq told FNA in April, adding, "The MKO will be expelled from Iraq by the end of the current year."
"The only option for the members of the MKO is leaving Iraq and they have no other choice," he reiterated.
Reminding the black record of the terrorist group and its crimes against the Iraqi people, Dabbaq said, "Collaboration with the former Iraqi dictator and massacre of thousands of our people is just part of their crimes."
Dabbaq announced in early April that the cabinet is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf located North of the capital, Baghdad, and disband the terrorist group.
"The council of ministers is committed to implement its earlier decision for disbanding the terrorist group by the end of this year at the latest and get it out of Iraq," the official noted.
The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.
Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.
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).
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 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.
Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list. - FNA
Thai News Service Co. Ltd.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Abawi emphasizes Iraqi government to close Camp Ashraf by end of year
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... A statement issued by the Ministry quotes him as saying, "Iraq's position stems from its commitment to the rules of international law and humanitarian law. Iraq is ready to cooperate with the [UNHCR] Representative to find realistic and humanitarian solutions for the inhabitants of the camp". Concerning Camp Ashraf, Abawi said, "The [Mojahedin] organization is a terrorist organization as classified by the United States and Europe, as it is here also because of its crimes against the Iraqi people through its cooperation with the former dictatorial regime," the statement said ...
Iraq Centre for Studies website, September 19, 2011
Translated by Iran Interlink
link to the original (Arabic)
http://www.markazaliraq.net/?state=news&viewId=7909
Iraq’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Labid Abawi met today with a delegation headed by UNHCR Claire Bourgeois, UNHCR representative in Iraq and her entourage to discuss Camp Ashraf.
A statement issued by the Ministry quotes him as saying, "Iraq's position stems from its commitment to the rules of international law and humanitarian law. Iraq is ready to cooperate with the [UNHCR] Representative to find realistic and humanitarian solutions for the inhabitants of the camp".
Concerning Camp Ashraf, Abawi said, "The [Mojahedin] organization is a terrorist organization as classified by the United States and Europe, as it is here also because of its crimes against the Iraqi people through its cooperation with the former dictatorial regime," the statement said.
He continued: "Therefore, Iraq is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf at the end of this year and the residents will be resettled, and Iraq will collaborate with the WHO in order to facilitate their exit from Iraq.
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عباوي يؤكد تصميم الحكومة العراقية على غلق اشرف نهاية العام
مركز العراق للدراسات
20:05-2011-09-19
http://www.markazaliraq.net/?state=news&viewId=7909
لبيد عباوي يؤكد تصميم الحكومة العراقية على غلق معسكر اشرف نهاية العام الحالي
بحث وكيل وزارة الخارجية لبيد عباوي اليوم مع وفد مفوضية شؤون اللاجئين برئاسة كلير بورجوا ممثلة المفوضية في العراق والوفد المرافق لها وضع سكان مخيم مخمور ومخيم الوليد ومعسكر اشرف.
ونقل بيان لوزارة الخارجية عنه القول :" ان موقف العراق ينطلق من التزامه بقواعد القانون الدولي والانساني وان العراق مستعد للتعاون مع الممثلية لايجاد حلول واقعية وانسانية لسكان تلك المخيمات "ا
وبالنسبة لمعسكر اشرف ، قال عباوي :" ان منظمة خلق هي منظمة ارهابية كما تم تصنيفها من قبل الولايات المتحدة الامريكية واوربا ، كما انها قامت بجرائم ضد ابناء الشعب العراقي من خلال تعاونها مع النظام الدكتاتوري البائد " بحسب البيان.
وتابع :" وعليه فان العراق مصمم على غلق معسكر اشرف في نهاية هذا العام واعادة توطين سكانه ، ويمكنه التعاون مع المنظمة من اجل تسهيل عملية خروجهم من العراق
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Zebari confirms Iraq will resolve the [Camp Ashraf] file by end of the year
(HQ of Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult)
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... that the presence of an Iranian opposition group in Iraqi territory is in contradiction to the terms of the Iraqi constitution and most political communities, but that some in the United Nations and the European Union and U.S. forces are demanding the survival of the organization and provide support and stability to it. "After clashes earlier between Iraqi security forces and members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (aka PMOI) led to the injury of a number of employees of the Iraqi security forces, the Iraqi government decided to close the camp by the end of this year and called on the Iranian government to issue amnesty for the members of this organization." ...
All Iraq News, Baghdad, September 09, 2011
Translated by Iran Interlink
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
During a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dutch parliament, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari iterated Iraq's decision to end the crucial file [Camp Ashraf] by the end of the year.
A copy of the Foreign Ministry statement received by AllIraqNews on Thursday said, "Zebari met yesterday at the headquarters of the Dutch Parliament Foreign Relations Committee in which meeting the developments of the internal situation and the continuous improvement of the security situation in Iraq were reviewed."
"Interactive dialogue also took place to assess the level of bilateral relations and areas of cooperation between the two countries based on political and diplomatic relations developed between them," noting that "the need to promote this cooperation to the level of the historical relations between the two countries on the one hand and to the position of the Netherlands’ outstanding support of the process of Iraq's political and democratic transformation that took place on the other was stressed.
The statement continued, "There was a focus on the importance of this cooperation to expand the area of investment in energy to other issues of economics, trade and in particular management of water resources, as well as the importance of working for the creation of better relations between the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the Dutch parliament."
Zebari addressed "the developments and changes taking place in the Arab region, and that what Iraq has accomplished in its changes towards democracy has now become one of the most important demands of the peoples of the region who seek reform and change."
It is noteworthy that the presence of an Iranian opposition group in Iraqi territory is in contradiction to the terms of the Iraqi constitution and most political communities, but that some in the United Nations and the European Union and U.S. forces are demanding the survival of the organization and provide support and stability to it.
"After clashes earlier between Iraqi security forces and members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (aka PMOI) led to the injury of a number of employees of the Iraqi security forces, the Iraqi government decided to close the camp by the end of this year and called on the Iranian government to issue amnesty for the members of this organization. "
“Referred to as the ‘Camp Ashraf fighters of the Mojahedin-e Khalq on Iraqi soil’, it is well known that this organization is classified as a terrorist organization and that it is prohibited to have dealings with it.”
Camp Ashraf.March 2011
(Mojahedin Khalq Rajavi cult)
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Zebari: Iraqi committee will decide for Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) / US troops have to leave by end of the year
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... Zabari also said a committee is to be formed in Baghdad soon to determine ways for MKO members' exit. As to Iraq-US Security Pact, Zebari said, "the US troops need to leave Iraqi soil by the end of 2011." The MKO is listed as a terrorist group by much of the international community. Founded in the 1960s, the group has masterminded many terrorist operations in Iran and Iraq. The group is especially notorious in Iran for having sided with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The MKO has been in Iraq's Diyala province since the 1980s ...
The Camp Ashraf , home to more than 3,000 members of the Mujahedeen Khalgh Organization (MKO) has been under spotlight once more
ISNA, June 21, 2011
http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1792104&Lang=E
An Iraqi committee is to specify ways for terrorist MKO exit, said Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zabari on Tuesday.
He made the remarks in a press briefing with Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi and said, "Iraqi regime's stance for future of the group is clear. We have agreed that members of the group, now residing in Camp Ashraf, go to other countries. We have called for European parliaments and organizations to assist us and host some members of the group."
Zabari also said a committee is to be formed in Baghdad soon to determine ways for MKO members' exit.
As to Iraq-US Security Pact, Zebari said, "the US troops need to leave Iraqi soil by the end of 2011."
Also Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi is to visit Iraq on June 6 to join economic commission meeting.
The two sides also stressed expansion of mutual economic and political cooperation as well.
The MKO is listed as a terrorist group by much of the international community.
Founded in the 1960s, the group has masterminded many terrorist operations in Iran and Iraq.
The group is especially notorious in Iran for having sided with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The MKO has been in Iraq's Diyala province since the 1980s.
(Washington backed Maryam Rajavi in terrorist cult's HQ in Paris)
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Zibari: Time is ripe to solve the question of foreign orgaizations that defy Iraqi sovereignty and jurisdiction
(Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult)
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... In a statement by Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Minister Ashton said " the European Union is keen to develop and activate its relations with Iraq according to the agreement signed between the two sides, which reached its final stages for ratification". "The EU is keen to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas", Ashton added in the statement. Zebari expressed the stand and decision of the Iraqi government "to close the camp by the end of this year" and to demand from European countries "to accept the residents of the camp in their countries." "The Iraqi government will abide by its humanistic obligations towards the inhabitants of the camp," Zebari added ...
(Alejo Vidal-Quadras , Mojahedin Khalq logo, Struan stevenson )
(Maryam Rajavi directly ordered the massacre of Kurdish people)
Aswat al Iraq, May 11, 2011
http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=142491&l=1
EU expresses concern over Iranian residents in Ashraf Camp
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: EU Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton had a telephone call with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari (Tuesday night) during which bilateral relations were discussed.
Minister Ashton expressed the concern of the European Union for the future of Ashraf camp residents.
In a statement by Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Minister Ashton said " the European Union is keen to develop and activate its relations with Iraq according to the agreement signed between the two sides, which reached its final stages for ratification".
"The EU is keen to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas", Ashton added in the statement.
Zebari expressed the stand and decision of the Iraqi government "to close the camp by the end of this year" and to demand from European countries "to accept the residents of the camp in their countries."
"The Iraqi government will abide by its humanistic obligations towards the inhabitants of the camp," Zebari added.
The "time is ripe to solve the question of Ashraf camp residents, particularly when considered that the Iraqi constitution does not accept any foreign organizations that defy its sovereignty and jurisdictions," he added.
Zebari extended an invitation to Minister Ashton to visit Iraq, the statement noted.