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Ex-MKO members recount ordeal in Iraq

he official said that the defected members have provided the Iraqi government with the evidence required to shut down the camp according to the international laws.The former members of the terrorist group say the residents of Camp Ashraf are completely cut off from the outside world, and are tortured and traumatized, but are also afraid to escape.

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Iraq: MKO presence violates constitution

Iraq’s foreign minister says his country will not allow the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) to use Iraq’s soil as a launchpad to conduct its terrorist activities. ..“So they have to abide by Iraqi rules and regulations, and we have called on European countries and others to resettle these peoples in their countries, for them to go on and continue their struggle. In Iraq, their presence is unacceptable,” Iraq’s top diplomat added.

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Iraq unveils MKO’s hidden weaponry

Iraqi security forces say they have managed to discover a hidden munitions depot inside the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization’s (MKO) Camp Ashraf in Diyala province north of Baghdad.Local officials say that US troops had earlier claimed that they disarmed the MKO terrorists in the camp but that has turned out to be no true, it seemed that was not true, a Press TV correspondent reported Monday.

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MKO defected members in a Press Conference in Iraq

The spokesperson of the Iraqi defense ministry said members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, MKO, escaped Camp Ashraf and surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces.He said the defected members have given useful information and the Iraqi government now has the required evidence to shut down the camp…The former MKO members said many residents of Camp Ashraf, who are under immense pressure, want to escape but are afraid and unsure of the future. The said scores of MKO/MEK/PMOI members have been killed by the organization recently.

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Hidden arsenal found in Ashraf Camp

Camp Ashraf was for years the armed training base in Iraq for the members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization known as MKO/MEK/PMOI, where the group was sheltered by former President Saddam Hussein. The local officials stated the US troops already claimed they had disarmed the MKO members but it seems that was not true.The mayor of Al Khalis where the camp is located showed the pictures of the weapons and said that they were buried inside the camp near the shacks of the MKO members.

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Support for MKO, a classic example of US unsustainable policy in ME

… A classic example of this is when you look at the American and Israeli support of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, which was killing Americans in Iran back in the 1970’s during the Pahlavi era. But it has certainly become convenient for the United States and Israel to have an alliance with this so-called Marxist terrorist organization as long as these people are doing their bidding in Iran ..It is also noteworthy that the Saudi Arabian regime has been helping to bankroll this Mujahedin-e-Khalq or MEK …

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MKO treats members like prisoners

Reports coming out of Camp Ashraf point to the inhumane treatment of residents by the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI), which has recently engaged in an exchange of fire with Iraqi security forces…“I worked with the organization for 25 years… during these years I could not contact my family… using the phone, cell-phone, Internet, other mass media and even listening to the radio is forbidden in the organization,” Abdullatif Shadvari, a former MKO members said.

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Iraq determined to expel MKO

raq has expressed determination to expel the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the country by the end of the current year after issuing ultimatums over the past eight years.In an interview with Fars News Agency in Baghdad, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the only option open to MKO/MEK/PMOI members was leaving Iraq.The senior Iraqi official added that helping Saddam Hussein massacre thousands of innocents in Iraq is merely an example of the crimes committed by the MKO.

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US urges Iraq to facilitate MKO move

The United States has called for a”negotiated plan”to facilitate the move of the Iraq-based terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) to another country.US State Department spokesman Mark Toner urged Iraqi authorities on Tuesday to allow UN officials to visit the terrorist group’s base Camp Ashraf…

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Iraq detains six MKO terrorists

Iraqi security forces have detained six members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) in Camp Ashraf located north of the capital Baghdad.According to the Iraqi government, the MKO members were taken into custody for interrogation during Friday’s clashes with security forces.The Iraqi parliament has passed legislation, under which the government is obliged to expel members of the terrorist organization.

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