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Iraqi Police Storm Ashraf – Iraq police clash anew with Iran rebel camp residents

KHALES, Iraq (AFP) – Clashes flared for a second day on Wednesday between Iraqi security forces and residents of a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition, a day after violence left two policemen dead.

AFP – Iraqi police vehicles block one of the entrances leading to Camp Ashraf, home to the People’s Mujahedeen, …

Around 420 people were also wounded after Iraqi soldiers stormed the camp on Tuesday, sparking unrest that prompted the deployment of riot police to quell resistance from Camp Ashraf’s residents.

"Fighting resumed when Iraqi police established a police station and hoisted the Iraqi flag," police Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim al-Karawi said, adding that Iraqi security forces were controlling about 75 percent of the camp.

Another police officer said clashes continued into the evening.

The opposition People’s Mujahedeen said seven residents of the camp, in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, were killed but there was no independent confirmation of those deaths.

Doctor Abdullah al-Timimi from the main hospital in the nearby town of Khales said the two policemen died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day.

One suffered internal bleeding following a blow to the head. The other was stabbed in the neck, he said.

The Iraqi defence ministry was unapologetic about the raid against the camp, saying it was justified under a November security agreement with Washington.

"It’s our territory and it’s our right to enter, to impose Iraqi law on everybody," defence ministry spokesman General Mohammed Askari told Al-Arabiya television.

"They (camp residents) have to submit to the law, and to Iraqi sovereignty. The SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) authorises us to do what we did."

Under the pact, Iraqi security forces took over responsibility for the camp three months ago from US forces, which had disarmed the 3,500 or so residents following the 2003 invasion which toppled Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh insisted in a statement that Baghdad "will not force anyone to leave Iraq against his will" after a Mujahedeen spokesman expressed concern that camp residents who were arrested would be handed over to Tehran.

A government committee, established on Wednesday to oversee the camp, said in a statement that authorities were aiming to close it and transfer its residents to another location in Iraq or help them leave the country if they wished, but noted that those were long-term goals.

A police official said 300 camp residents, 25 of them women, had been wounded along with around 120 security force personnel. More than 50 camp residents were detained.

The Mujahedeen said seven camp residents were killed and 385 wounded.

Karawi said negotiations between Diyala provincial police chief General Abdul Hussein al-Shamari and the Mujahedeen, which began on Tuesday evening, had stalled.

A US administration official said that Washington — which still blacklists the Mujahedeen as a terrorist organisation — had received assurances that camp residents would be treated in a "humane" manner.

The storming of the camp coincided with a visit to Iraq by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates but the top US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said the US military had no advance warning.

Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani welcomed the seizure of the camp, describing the action as "praiseworthy" albeit "rather late".

Maryam Rajavi, the head of the exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran which includes the Mujahedeen, condemned the raid and accused Baghdad of doing Tehran’s bidding.

The People’s Mujahedeen was founded in 1965 in opposition to the shah and has subsequently fought to oust the clerical regime which took power in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The group set up Camp Ashraf in the 1980s — when Saddam was at war with the Islamic republic — as a base to operate against the Iranian government.

July 30, 2009 0 comments

Iraq

Iraqi forces storm MKO’s Camp Ashraf

Iraqi security forces have stormed the base of the anti-Iranian terrorist group the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization.

Iraqi police outside Camp Ashraf on Tuesday

An Iraqi military official has said that Iraqi forces have taken complete control of the camp.

MKO spokesman Shahriar Kia said that four people were killed and 300 wounded when Iraqi soldiers and police stormed Camp Ashraf on Tuesday, AFP reported.

The base is located in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, and is home to around 3,500 MKO members and their families.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen (Khalq) to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source said.

An Iraqi police official has announced that about 50 camp residents have been detained.
After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, US troops disarmed the MKO members based at the camp and surrounded it until Iraqi forces took over responsibility earlier this year.

The MKO was founded in Iran in the 1960s, but its top leadership and members fled the country in the 1980s after carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings inside the country.

The group is especially notorious in Iran because they allied with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

The United States, Canada, Iraq, and Iran have all designated the MKO as a terrorist organization.

The European Union had also designated the MKO as a terrorist organization but inexplicably removed it from the EU terror list in January 2009.

It is still not clear if the US gave Baghdad the green light to storm Camp Ashraf or if Iraqi officials took the action on their own initiative.

However, US military officials in Iraq say they were not informed about the plan until after it was carried out.

Many political analysts had said the United States had intended to use the Camp Ashraf MKO members as pawns to pressure Iran, so this development will change the political calculus of the region.

July 29, 2009 0 comments

Iraq

Iraqi forces enforced security in Camp Ashraf

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A government spokesperson on Tuesday dismissed news that Iraqi forces had broken into Camp Ashraf earlier today, saying they entered the camp to enforce Iraqi forces enforced security in Camp Ashraf- Dabbagh security within handover measures.

“The entrance of the Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf is not a break-in, but rather a well-coordinated operation to stabilize the security situation inside the camp, which is an Iraqi land that cannot be outside Iraqi sovereignty,” Spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh said in an exclusive statement to Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Earlier today, a spokesperson for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) said that Iraqi police forces broke into Camp Ashraf in Diala province, the headquarters of the organization, and used tear bombs against its residents.

The entrance of the Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf is not a break-in, but rather a well-coordinated operation to stabilize the security situation inside the camp The spokesperson called on the Iraqi government to intervene to stop “these acts which violate international laws.”

Meanwhile, the break-in claims were dismissed by the Diala police chief, who said that security forces had headed to the camp to provide protection for the organization in accordance with orders from the prime minister.

On Monday (July 27), Dabbagh said that the Iraqi government will take over security responsibilities at Camp Ashraf in coordination with the U.S. forces within security handover measures.

Dabbagh indicated that the Iraqi government is committed to pursuing a humanitarian aspect in dealing with the camp’s residents.

The PMOI, also known by the abbreviations MKO and MEK, is a militant organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran’s current government. Founded in 1965, the PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, capitalism and Western imperialism.

The group officially renounced violence in 2001 and today it is the main organization in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an “umbrella coalition” parliament-in-exile that claims to be dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran.

The PMOI has had thousands of its members for many years in bases in Iraq, but they were disarmed in the wake of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and are said to have adhered to a ceasefire. Its armed wing is called the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA).

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein dedicated Camp Ashraf in Diala province, northeast of Baghdad, to host the PMOI members since the 1980s.

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Iraq

Iraqi army storms MKO Terrorist Camp Ashraf

Iraqi army storms Iran opposition camp, scores wounded
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi soldiers and riot police stormed a camp housing Iran’s main exiled opposition on Tuesday, triggering violent clashes that left at least 260 people wounded.

The seizure of Camp Ashraf, which was disarmed by the United States in 2003 and surrounded by American forces until recently, comes after months of a tense stand-off at the base north of Baghdad.

"After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf with force and it now controls all of the interior and all entrances to the camp," an Iraqi military source said.

The offensive followed a declaration by the People’s Mujahedeen, which is regarded as a terrorist outfit by Washington, that it was ready to return to Iran if the authorities there would guarantee its members would not be abused.

It also coincided with a visit to Iraq by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates but the top US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said the US military had no advance warning.
Police captain Firaz al-Atbi from the restive province of Diyala where Ashraf is located said around 200 residents were injured when riot police called in by the army to quell unrest began beating them.

About 60 members of Iraq’s security forces were also wounded, 20 seriously, he said, adding "After the failure of negotiations with the Mujahedeen to enter peacefully, the Iraqi army entered Camp Ashraf that 50 camp residents were detained.

Shahriar Kia, a spokesman for the People’s Mujahedeen, said four people had been shot dead and around 300 others were injured. Atbi however denied the four deaths.
"We are so worried that they might take the people arrested to the Iranian regime and hand them over," Kia said by telephone from Camp Ashraf.
A provincial police official said residents were throwing bricks at Iraqi security forces.

The official said Diyala provincial police chief General Abdul Hussein al-Shamari had entered the camp to try to negotiate with the Mujahedeen to end the violence.

A company of US soldiers had overseen the camp until handing over control three months ago to Iraqi security forces as part of the drawdown of American troops, Odierno said.
"We didn’t know they were going do this," he told reporters in Baghdad.

The Iraqi authorities had pledged to the Americans previously that they "would deal with the MEK (People’s Mujahedeen) in a humane fashion," he said, adding that there were US observers on the scene.

"That’s what we’ve been watching and so far they’ve been abiding by that."

US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington was "closely monitoring" the seizure, and added that the Iraqi government had "stated to us that no Camp Ashraf resident will be forcibly transferred to a country where they have reason to fear persecution."

Ashraf is home to around 3,500 Mujahedeen supporters and their families. It was set up in the 1980s, when now executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was at war with Iran, as a base to operate against the Iranian government.

The People’s Mujahedeen said in a statement that Iraqi police had launched an attack on Ashraf by firing "pepper gas," with vehicles demolishing walls while police on foot forced their way into the camp.

"The Iranian Resistance holds the US forces responsible for protection of Ashraf residents and calls on the UN secretary general and all human rights organisations to intervene immediately to stop attack by Iraqi forces."

An Iraqi army spokesman in Diyala said two battalions of 400 soldiers each plus 200 riot police took part in Tuesday’s operation, which was ordered by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office.
The Mujahedeen, which has been battling the Tehran government since the 1960s, said it was ready to return to Iran, subject to conditions.

The group’s leader Maryam Rajavi said in a statement the Iranian regime would have to pledge "not to arrest, torture, prosecute or restrict the freedom of expression" of residents of Camp Ashraf willing to return.

The Mujahedeen is branded a terrorist organisation by the United States, but the European Union removed it from its blacklist earlier this year.

It was founded in 1965 in opposition to the shah, but was sidelined by the clerical regime which took power in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
by Ali Al-Tuwaijri Ali Al-tuwaijri

July 29, 2009 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Mr. Saiee defected MKO terrorists and joined his family

Nejat Society – Kermanshah – Mr. Manouchehr Saiee succeeded to release himself from the bars of Rajavis’ Cult and returned to his homeland and joined his family.

After 17 years of being captive of Rajavis’ Cult, Mr. Manouchehr Saiee could visit his family and returned to his warm family center at Nejat Society office, Kermanshah branch.

Mr. Saiee declared that during these 17 years, I was imprisoned and tortured several times and at last I could manage to release myself from Mujahedin Terrorist Organization.

Mr. Manouchehr Saiee succeeded to release himself from the bars of Rajavis’ Cult

Nejat Society welcomes Mr. Saiee and wishes him success in all aspects of his new life.

Liberation of all who are banned behind the bars of MKO terrorist group is near. They will be released and begin a new life of great happiness near their families.

July 28, 2009 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Nejat Families meeting in Ahwaz

On Friday, 8th May families of MKO members held a meeting in Ahwaz at Aftab Hall.

The meeting was held with the presence of more than 50 families of MKO captives who are banned behind the bars of Rajavis’ cult and also some of the separated members.

..Mr. Hamid Dehdar Hassani ; head of Nejat Society office – Khuzestan Branch gave a report on Nejat Society’s activities during the last year and also on incoming programs of the Society ..Mr. Ekrami member of Nejat Society then addressed the audiences under the title of “Active relations between families and Society, guaranties the release of hostages of MKO”…Also during the meeting 17 families of captives of MKO, signed a letter of request to meet their beloveds. The letter was to be sent to ICRI. Families of MKO members meeting in Ahwaz

July 27, 2009 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Hamid Hajipur Welcomed by Nejat Families

Hamid Haji pur who spent twenty years of his life in MKO succeeded to defect from the cult a few months ago and return to his hometown in Gilan, Iran.

Following his return, a lot of families who are members of Nejat Society in Gilan office, contact the office in order that they can get news about the health of their beloved ones in Camp Ashraf.

To facilitate Mr. Hajipour’s visit with Nejat families, Gilan office held a meeting where the families welcomed Mr. Hajipour and asked about the condition of their children who are still captured in Camp Ashraf.

Hajipur Ex-member of Rajavi’s Cult Welcomed by Nejat Families

July 27, 2009 0 comments

Auver-sur-Oise

Camp Maryam: The Potential Danger

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>Auvers-sur-Oise, Camp Maryam: The Potential Danger

‘ font-size: 10pt”>Methodology of MKO has always been based on cult-like principals. Managing cult-like practices is not feasible except by isolating the members in a closed location as the most famous cults do throughout the world, like the castle of Alamut, in Iran which is the ancient version used by the Assassins (the followers of Hassan Sabbah, a Shiite extremist)and the FLDS church in Colorado city, US is the modern version.

Managing cult-like practices is not feasible except by isolating the members in a closed location as the most famous cults do throughout the world, like the castle of Alamut, in Iran

‘ font-size: 10pt”>For MKO this isolated corner of the world includes camp Ashraf in Iraq and Camp Maryam in France. As Saddam Hussein and his Baath regime was the only sponsor of MKO, the existence of Camp Ashraf in Iraq seems more tolerable regarding the existence of Camp Maryam in France in the Parisian suburb since the group is using cult-like practices in the heart of a modern democratic society!

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>Question is that: how the group’s leaders can convince the members to stay in the isolated camp Maryam? How, in Europe of the 21st century, in a liberal country ,there are some people who are convinced and even forced to stay in a closed camp of which the walls are topped by the barbed wire?

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>MKO leaders try to convince the members to avoid the bourgeoisie society and along with their struggle avoid any bourgeoisie thought that according to their doctrine, is equal to Capitalism because from the political view bourgeois is against communism and MKO is obviously a communist cult which claims to be Islamic, advocating a secular regime. Now the MKO wants to make the members accept this bizarre mixture of ideology. Therefore MKO takes its victims out of the so-called bourgeois atmosphere but it has no ideals to replace it because the MKO’s methodology is basically opposed to idealism. Thus the only way to keep the members in is to brainwash them inspiring the feeling of being superior to the public. To achieve this goal, the organization’s leaders haven’t failed to use any cult techniques. They have used any manipulation techniques and mind control methods to freeze the individuals’ minds.

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>As we can see now: in the cradle of civilized world, in Paris country-side the walls of Camp Maryam have bared wires on top. The people in the camp are wearing uniforms without any variety in colors and styles. The female members are forced to wear scarves. The members attend daily meetings of self-criticizing and they confess all their thoughts in their weekly meetings of “Current Operation” where consequently they are insulted or sometime beaten by their comrades. Their entire activities are scheduled by the officials of the cult and the individual has no right to plan or to make change in his schedule. They have no access to mass media.

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>All the above-mentioned rules make a freezer out of camp Maryam where the minds are frozen and turned into a machine that MKO uses to advance its objectives. These prepared machines are ready to commit suicide and homicide operations when ever the organization orders; as what they did in June 2003, following the arrest of Maryam Rajavi, the cult members set themselves on fire in European cities.

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>Today the terrorism of MKO is not only an Iranian problem but an international problem. Today Auver Sur d’Oise is a center to train victims who have not their individuality due to the manipulations made on their minds. The complex methods used by MKO turns this potential threat into an actual danger.

‘ font-size: 10pt”> This picture shows one of the tricks the MKO plays to inspire the members to commit self-immolations.

‘ font-size: 10pt”>This picture shows one of the tricks the MKO plays to inspire the members to commit self-immolations.

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>After Maryam Rajavi was arrested by French Police in 2003, they performed a Masud and Maryam Rajavi have several times noted that in case of their arrest the members should commit suicide dramatic piece of play to encourage the forces to commit suicide.

‘ font-size: 10pt”>According to the testimonies made by former members of MKO, Masud and Maryam Rajavi have several times noted that in case of their arrest the members should commit suicide and of course according to the organization’s methodology the leaders’ orders are considered as God’s rulings that members should obey.

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‘ font-size: 10pt”>The threat of the cults is a serious danger all over the world and the MKO is not only a cult but also an organization with a black file of terror and assassinations and also designated as a terrorist organization by US, EU and Canada. Any negligence towards this terrorist destructive cult will end up with irreparable damages for the West.
2008/12/27

July 27, 2009 0 comments

Germany

German pro-MKO legislator facing child porn indictment

Berlin, 21 June-Former German Social Democratic lawmaker Joerg Tauss who is a supporter of the MKO terror group, is facing an indictment on charges of possessing child pornography, press reports quoted a state prosecutor as saying Tuesday. German pro-MKO legislator facing child porn indictment

"We intent to file charges against him," said state prosecutor Ruediger Rehrig in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe.

"We are still working on the assumption that Tauss is guilty of possessing pornographic material and images," he added.

A judicial probe was launched in March after pornographic material was discovered in the 56-year-old MP’s residence.

For Tauss to be prosecuted, he would have to have his parliamentary immunity lifted.

The decision which has to be made by the German Parliament, is expected before the September 27 general election.

Tauss stepped down from all his SPD party posts as a result of the scandal, and has meanwhile joined the obscure Pirate Party.

July 26, 2009 0 comments

USA

Richard Armitage criticized US dual policies toward MKO terrorists

Richard Lee Armitage, deputy secretary of state during George W. Bush’s first term, announced that America was supposed to treat MKO as a part of Saddam’s army and this was among the considered issues in the discussions which led to the occupation; the fact which wasn’t exactly what happened after the war.

Richard Armitage, US former deputy Secretary of State in an interview with PBS TV Channel, criticizing the dual policies of US with regard to the Issue of terrorism said:” During US invasion to Iraq, there were some in the administration, who wanted to use the Mujahideen-e Khalq as a pressure point against Iran, and I can remember the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, being very specific about it, saying no, a terrorist group is a terrorist group.

Mr. Armitage added:” this organization was supposed to be removed from Iraq and be transferred to other countries after the end of Iraq War but up to now the US has been the main obstacle toward the actualization of this plan.

In response to a question on the nature of Mujahedin Khalq Organization, Armitage said:” Mujahedin Khalq is a terrorist organization and the American nation should not forget that the elements of this organization assassinated many Americans during Iran’s preceding regime.

July 26, 2009 0 comments

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