Around 400 members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group have been moved from Camp Ashraf to a former US military base near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The transfer of the anti-Iran terrorist group to the former US base, Camp Liberty (Temporary Transit Location), near the Baghdad airport, is reportedly part of an agreement reached between the UN and Iraq back in December.
Under the deal, the UN and the Iraqi government agreed to relocate the 3,400 MKO members living in Camp Ashraf until their refugee status is determined.
Last month, another 400 members of the MKO terrorists were relocated to TTL.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the terrorist group expressed displeasure over the living conditions at TTL and sought a temporary relocation to another site near the Jordanian border.
The statement by the terrorist organization claimed that so far, "none of the minimum assurances that (Camp) Ashraf residents had sought has been met."
Most MKO terrorists fled to Iraq in 1986 after Iranian security forces discovered most of their hideouts broke up their terrorist network and arrested hundreds of them in various operations.
Having waged a war against Iran in 1980, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein allowed the terrorist group to set up the paramilitary Camp Ashraf base near Iran’s border in order to aid his regime with military and intelligence operations against the Iranian forces as well as civilians.
The group is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds. It has also carried out numerous acts of violence against Iranian civilians, scientists and government officials.
Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has vigorously attempted to block the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government.
In late February, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a House committee that the MKO’s cooperation in a relocation plan from Camp Ashraf "will be a key factor in any decision" on whether to take it off the US list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Clinton’s remarks were viewed as a clear indication that the US is close to removing the terrorist group from its blacklist.
A member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq says that according to the MOU signed with the UN, MKO’s relocation to Camp Liberty[Temporary Transit Location] will be done in several stages.
“Mujahedin-e Khalq’s expulsion from Camp Liberty [TTL] is divided into five stages”, the Vice President of the Diyala provincial council Sadeq Al-Husseini told Habilian. “And even the name of the elements that must leave the camp in each stage is determined.”
“MKO put all its efforts into obstructing their relocation and the residents of Ashraf are telling lies,” Husseini added.
He pointed out that Diyala’s provincial police chief has positioned himself at al-Azim district in Khalis for five consecutive days in order for the group to be relocated to the new camp, but they are looking for extending the deadline by presenting false claims such as lack of preparation or poor health.
He further noted that MKO’s stalling as well as their request to extend the deadline may last a few days but have no results.
In response to Habilian reporter’s question about Iraqi government’s plans to prosecute the leaders against whom arrest warrants have been issued, Sadegh al-Husseini said, “it is solely related to the Iraqi judicial system and we respect it.”
Following the MOU signed between Iraq and the United Nations, in mid-February some 397 MKO members while being barred to carry their stuff were relocated to Temporary Transit Location.
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the group to complete the move, but they are complaining about the conditions at TTL which the UN confirmed that it meets the international standards. MKO leaders accuse the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq of lying and misrepresenting the conditions at TTL.
In order to prevent the expulsion of MKO members from Iraq and being transferred to Temporary Transit Location which culminates in the collapse of her cult, Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group’s ringleader Maryam Rajavi begged the US on Sunday to let them live a temporarily nomadic life on the Jordanian side of the border instead of their temporary relocation to TTL.
Governor of the town of Khalis – north of Baghdad, in which Camp Ashraf is located – announced that the second group of Mujahedin-e Khalq elements are due to be expelled from Camp Ashraf today.
According to Habilian, on Wednesday Oday Khadran was quoted by an Iraqi news agency as declaring: “tomorrow 400 other members will be expelled from Ashraf and transferred to Camp Liberty [TTL].”
“The second stage of expulsion was due to be done last week, but because of some technical obstacles it was postponed,” Khadran said.
“According to an agreement reached between United Nations and Iraq, all the members of the group will be expelled from Iraq over the next four months,” added the governor of Khalis.
The first step towards the relocation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist organization’s elements was taken in mid-February and some 400 were relocated to Temporary Transit Location, former U.S. military base near Baghdad International Airport.
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the group to complete the move, but they are complaining about the conditions at TTL which the UN confirmed that it meets the international standards. MKO leaders accuse the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq of lying and misrepresenting the conditions at TTL..
In order to prevent the expulsion of MKO members from Iraq and being transferred to Temporary Transit Location which culminates in the collapse of her cult, Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group’s ringleader Maryam Rajavi begged the US on Sunday to let them live a temporarily nomadic life on the Jordanian side of the border instead of their temporary relocation to TTL.
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27
February (HL15532), whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the memorandum of understanding signed by the Government of Iraq in respect of Camp Liberty infrastructure and facilities.
Lord Howell of Guildford (Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Conservative)
The memorandum of understanding governing the voluntary transfer of residents of Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty [Temporary Transit Location] is a document between the United Nations (UN) and the Government of Iraq. It has not been made publicly available and I regret that the Government are not in a position to place a copy of this memorandum in the Library of the House.
The UN has said publicly, however, that under the terms of the memorandum of understanding, conditions at Camp Liberty[Temporary Transit Location] would meet basic humanitarian standards including: adequate accommodation; dining and food preparation facilities; hygiene infrastructure (water and sanitation); medical care; community spaces; separate accommodation and spaces for women; and facilities for religious observance. The UN conducted a thorough assessment of the conditions at the camp before the relocation of the first residents from Ashraf to Liberty [TTL]. The residents can also use contractors to further improve conditions at Camp Liberty [TTL].
Regarding access to lawyers and families, we would hope that the Government of Iraq would adhere to the undertakings we understand they have made to allow such access. With regard to personal belongings, we understand that those transferring from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty[TTL] would be able to take personal belongings with them. Iraqi authorities and representatives of the residents have discussed what this includes.
The UN continues to monitor the situation at Camp Liberty[TTL] on a daily basis, and officials at our embassy in Baghdad are in close touch with the UN. We continue to support the UN in its efforts to find a durable and peaceful solution to the issue of the future of the residents of Camp Ashraf.
“Dirty, unusable, water shortage, power outage, highly controlled prison equipped with espionage cameras”; these are the alleged imperfections of Temporary Transit Location that are widely launched in the Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s hues and cries, these days. The first 
group of 397 members of the MKO moved to TTL on February 18.
The MKO’s slanderous statements on the so-called defects of the new location soon came after their resettlement. The group primarily accused the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) which in January said Liberty (Temporary Transit Location) met” international humanitarian standards “ of misrepresenting conditions there, according to AFP.[1]
AFP calls the MKO’s propaganda campaign in the media as “statement issuing ire”. W.G Dunlop of AFP writes,“the PMOI[MKO]’s focus on public relations campaigns marked by frequent statements to the media and cultivating well-known western politicians to speak on its behalf differs dramatically from its past activities,”.[2]
The report states that the MKO’s spokesman Shahriar Kia sends emails accusing the UN of telling ”lies" and filing “unrealistic report” on condition of TTL as well as forcing residents of Ashraf to move to it.
It is far and wide known that TTL (formerly called Camp Liberty) had previously housed 5000 American troops and as Martin Kobler the UN representative ,told AFP” it should be possible to have the infrastructure ready for these 400 persons who are now living there.”[3]
But, it seems that the MKO’s “flurry of statements” speaking of conspiracies, aims to acheive something extra.
On March4, Assasicated Press also reported of a statement issued by the MKO that proposed “to temporarily move to the Jordanian border instead of Camp Liberty near Baghdad.” The group once more criticized the alleged poor conditions of TTL.”None of the minimum assurances that Ashraf residents had sought has been met”, the statement said. And, Maryam Rajavi offered her golden suggestion: “camp residents are ready to relocate temporarily to the Jordanian border this month in an area once set up as a tent city to house asylum seekers after the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003”, AP reported. [4]
According to the group’s statement, it would handle expenses for the move. [5] What motivation makes Rajavi to propose such a suggestion?
The history of the MKO’s foreign relations includes Jordan as one of the allies of the group especially during Saddam Hussein’s era. In 2008, some members of the House of Representatives of Jordan accepted the group’s invitation to attend its conferences in European capitals. [6]
A day after Rajavi proposed her impudent plan, Jordan authorities in their turn rejected the suggestion.”Jordan is committed in its obligation that it should not interfere in the affairs of other countries,” a source in the Jordanian Interior Ministry told AL Arab Alyawm Newpaper. [7]
It seems promising to conclude that the MKO leader is highly confused about how to handle her cult of personality after the closure of camp Ashraf. She hopes to be able to gather her forces together in a tent city but out of Iraqi control. She might hunt for building another “Camp Ashraf”, this time in Jordanian territory!
By Mazda Parsi
References:
[1] Dunlop, W.G, Iran exiles in Iraq do battle using press release, AFP, March 5, 2012
[2]ibid
[3]ibid
[4]Associated Press, Iranian opposition group eye Jordan relocation, March 4, 2012
[5]ibid
[6]BBC, Jordanian MPs advised not to attend PMOI conference, December 11, 2008
[7]Kuna, Jordan confirms rejection of building a camp for MEK to its territory, March 5, 2012 (Originally Arabic, Translated by Iran-interlink)
Mayor of Khalis, Uday Alkhaddran, confirmed on Monday that hundreds of MEK members 
languishing at Camp Ashraf in Diyala province refused to move to a military base in Baghdad. Alkhaddran called on the government to work to remove them because they were "involved in spilling Iraqi blood and supported other terrorist groups."
Alkhaddran told Alsumaria News "more than 400 members of the MEK organization (PMOI) in Camp Ashraf in Diyala, which represent the second group which the Iraqi government want to transfer to Camp Liberty in Baghdad refused to obey to the order of transfer."
Alkhaddran said, "The Iraqi government has concluded an agreement with the United Nations Organization for the transfer of MEK from Diyala to Baghdad," adding that "members of the organization created false pretences which are not convincing"…
He warned the MEK of "massive popular protests in the province, if it continues the policy of procrastination and creates crises which aim to have the organization stay within the province," and accused the organization of "shedding the blood of thousands of Iraqis over three consecutive decades as it was an effective tool in creating sectarian strife and supporting terrorist groups during the past years."
He called on the government to "abide by its promises and the directives of the Diyala authorities."
On Monday the MEK accused the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) of not providing adequate services to the MEK members who had been transferred to Camp Liberty west of Baghdad, claiming that the camp lacks the most basic standards.
UNAMI said in its statement at the end of last January that the infrastructure of the facilities at Camp Liberty [Temporary Transit Location] comply with international humanitarian standards set forth in a memorandum of understanding signed between the Iraqi government and the United Nations.
A technical report prepared on January 30, 2012 by an expert on the shelters was based on the UNAMI statement that the camp was set up recently to house 5,500 people…
Alsumaria News, Translated by Iran Interlink
The first reaction to the partial statements of al-Iraqyia bloc in favor of the Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group comes from Iraq’s Human Rights ministry.
Human Rights Ministry’s spokesman Kamil Amin said that the relocation of MKO members to Temporary Transit Location in Baghdad takes place under the supervision of the United Nations, Habilian Foundation database reported.
When asked about the supports of al-Irqiya bloc from Mujahedin—e Khalq terrorist group, Kamil Amin said that their stance is political, adding “they’d better give priority to the people of the country.
Speaking to an Iraqi news agency, Kamil Amin underlined that the new camp called TTL (formerly Liberty) is a good place as UN confirmed and the group was aware of the conditions before their move.
“The new location is according to humanitarian standards and al-Iraqiya’s claims are political,” he added.
Earlier this week, al-Iraqiya bloc spokesperson regardless of MKO’s crimes against hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians voiced his support for the terrorist cult and described them as Iraqis’ guests, IRNA quoted him as saying.
The Iraqi people have so far staged so many rallies against MKO presence on their soil.
Finally the Iraqi government responded to the people’s call and decided to evacuate the terrorist cult’s headquarters, Camp Ashraf, in northern Iraq. In this regard, the government of Iraq signed a MOU with the UN on 25 December to temporarily transfer the Ashraf residents to a former military base and they are due to be expelled from Iraq right from this camp (Liberty).
A former top commander of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) says the organization has close ties with Israeli operatives, helping them in their covert operations against Iran.
In a telephone interview with Israel’s Maariv radio on March 5, Massoud Khodabandeh noted that it was no surprise to hear about the role of the MKO terrorists in assassinating Iran’s nuclear scientists.
Some US officials told the NBC network last week that the MKO terrorists have been involved in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists in the past two years.
Since January 2010, a total of six Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated by operatives of Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, which is using the MKO terrorists for the attacks.
“I was not surprised by the recent revelations as I am fully aware of Israel’s relations with the MKO.” Khodabandeh added.
He said the MKO has extensive relations with Israel and its operatives in Europe work with Israeli agents.
According to the ex-MKO official, most members of the organization are women. Their leader Maryam Rajavi, also a woman, is the wife of top MKO member Massoud Rajavi who ‘disappeared’ 10 years ago and there is no information available on his current whereabouts.
The organization has strong financial resources and two major bases; one in the suburbs of Paris and the other Camp Ashraf in Iraq. The MKO elements were recently evacuated from Ashraf to Liberty Camp in Iraq.
Khodabandeh said the organization has 5,000 members, barred from any contact with the outside world, who totally obey the Rajavis.
Ann Singleton, the wife of Khodabandeh and a former MKO member, also noted that the MKO has never been independent and has always relied on foreign support.
She added that it would be quite logical to imagine that the organization has been involved in the assassination of Iranian scientist.
Dr. Trita Parsi, a prominent MKO critic, also noted that the MKO is not a simple organization, but a cult which suppresses even its own members.
The MKO is termed as a terrorist organization under the US law, and has been described by the US State Department officials as a repressive cult.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator, Saddam Hussein.
The MKO is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds. The group has carried out numerous acts of violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.
MP for the National Alliance announces the final stages of Camp Ashraf, Mujahedin-e Khalq 
(MEK, also MKO and PMOI) terrorists’ headquarters in Iraq, closure in this year.
Ali Shobbar noted that the Iraqi government has taken serious steps to end the issue of Camp Ashraf “for we are trying to maintain good relations with neighboring countries, including Iran,” Habilian reported on Monday.
“Consequently, there is no choice but this group leaves Iraq’s soil,” he added.
Shobbar pointed to Iraqi farmers’ pressures on the government and stated, “they are exerting pressure on the government to recapture their lands confiscated by the former regime then converted to MKO’s (military) base."
He describe the Iraqi government’s treatment towards MKO as “humanitarian”, adding that the issue of MKO expulsion from Iraq is done, because the government has taken the decision to implement that. "The only one thing that remains undone is finding an alternative location for them."
In mid-February some 397 MKO members while being barred to carry their stuff were relocated to Camp liberty.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the group on Wednesday to complete the move.
In order to prevent the expulsion of MKO members from Iraq and being transferred to Camp Liberty which culminates in the collapse of her cult, Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist group’s ringleader Maryam Rajavi begged the US on Sunday to let them live a temporarily nomadic life on the Jordanian side of the border instead of their temporary relocation to Liberty.
MKO is killing time by a variety of excuse to secure a permanent stay
Just following the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks at a House committee, the terrorist MKO has expressed displeasure over the living conditions at Camp Liberty near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, demanding for a temporary relocation to another site near the Jordanian border.
Mrs. Clinton had earlier sent MKO a strong signal stating; “Given the ongoing efforts to relocate the residents, MEK cooperation in the successful and peaceful closure of Camp Ashraf, the MEK’s main paramilitary base, will be a key factor in any decision regarding the MEK’s FTO status”. In response to her remarks, the group’s she-guru, Maryam Rajavi, in a Saturday statement claimed that so far, “none of the minimum assurances that (Camp) Ashraf residents had sought has been met.”
Further, she demanded that the residents be relocated temporarily to a site near the Jordanian border instead of being located in Temporary Transit Location TTL. The camp she demanded for had been set up as a tent city to accommodate asylum seekers after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
On February 19, some 397 MKO members were transferred from MKO’s paramilitary camp to a temporary location near Baghdad. The move is part of an agreement reached between the United Nations and Iraq in December, which is expected to facilitate the MKO’s complete exit from Iraq. But MKO seems to be killing time by a variety of excuse to secure a permanent stay of the whole organization.