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Is US backing Maliki’s government?

Washington, which has long been eyeing Iraq’s oil reserves– the second largest in the world–, has been exerting pressures on the Iraqi government and parliament to pass a controversial oil draft law that safeguards the interests of foreign oil companies rather than of the Iraqi nation. The US has been pushing on with the law, claiming that it will guarantee a more equitable distribution of oil revenues among Iraqis. Yet another baseless claim aimed at disguising the real motivation of the Bush Administration.

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US planning coup against Iraqi government

former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari, came under heavy pressure from US officials to stop his criticism of the widespread and unwarranted interference by Washington in Iraqi domestic affairs. Later the United Iraqi Alliance led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim was forced to replace al-Jafari with al-Maliki.

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MKO acts against the interests of Iraqi people

In response to a question about pressures imposed by some Arab states on Iraqi government to revise the de-Baathification law and their wish to return the infamous Baath party members to power, Hakim said”these elements refuse to understand the changes and realities in Iraq”. Hakim stressed the law has been unanimously endorsed by the Iraqi nation and will be enforced.

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MKO, al-Qaeda co-op disclosed

In early 2007, the Iraqi government announced that MKO interferes in Iraq’s internal affairs and ordered them to leave the Arab country. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government spokesman said that MKO can choose between returning to Iran or go to another country. Ali al-Dabbagh stressed that Iraqi Constitution does not allow granting asylum to any terrorist organization

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MKO expulsion a will of Iraqi nation

An Iranian anti-terrorism association has called on the Iraqi government to expel the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from the country. A representative of the Habilian Association, Javad Hashemi, made the request during a meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minster Barham Saleh on Wednesday. The US administration has blocked efforts for expulsion of the terrorist group from the Iraqi soil.

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Iraq says MKO behind violence

A senior Iraqi prosecutor has said there is evidence to suggest the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization is involved in the ongoing violence in Iraq. “The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court has been provided with documents on the Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s (MKO) crimes against the people in southern Iraq and the people of Tuz Khormato in the south of Kirkuk,”

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West’s duplicity in war on terror

The MKO were also supported by several western countries while launching their terrorist attacks inside and outside of Iran. “These double standards are at odds with the UN resolutions. The best way to ensure we are on the right path is to take all the measures to combat terrorism in the UN paradigm,”Soltanieh said.

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MKO trains Al Qaeda in Iraq

MKO’s military facilities, backed by US army, are currently used as safe training camps for hundreds of Al Qaeda terrorists preparing themselves for attacks which have claimed thousands of civilian lives after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, IRNA reported.

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