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Camp Ashraf deal undermines Western pro-MEK advocacy

a path has been cleared to free the civilian hostages that the MEK leadership is keeping in Camp Ashraf to use as bargaining chips in their effort to manipulate American opinion to get the government to change the official status of their group. American advocates for the MEK’s de-listing regularly exploit the misfortune of the inhabitants of Camp Ashraf,wrap themselves in the mantle of humanitarianism, and confuse the very different issues ..

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U.S. wants safe resettlement from Ashraf

..This resettlement must also have the full support of the camp’s residents, and we urge them to work with the U.N. to implement this relocation,”she said.”All those who want to see the people at Camp Ashraf safe and secure should work together to see that the agreed upon plan is carried out…

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Ban welcomes the MoU signed by Iraq and UN on Camp Ashraf

He believes that the agreement lays the foundation for a peaceful and durable solution to the situation, respecting both the sovereignty of Iraq and its international humanitarian and human rights obligations. The MoU is the result of intense negotiations between his Special Representative for Iraq, Mr. Martin Kobler, and representatives of the Iraqi government. The residents of the camp have also been consulted. ..

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Seyyed Mohssen Hakim: MKO no longer tolerated in Iraq

… Top advisor to Speaker of Iraq’s Majlis al-Aala Seyyed Mohssen Hakim says that the presence of the members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in the country can be defined as an international crime, because the organization is not officially permitted to stay in the country… Parviz Sorouri says no European country is willing to accept the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) because the cost of hosting them will be too high. Sorouri said on Saturday that based on creditable documents, the MKO has committed about 14,000 acts of terror in Iran …

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326 MKO members transfer to Baghdad

236 members of the Mujahedin khalq organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI are transferred to Baghdad international airport in order to be expelled from Iraq, declared Al-Khalis Governor.Al-Alam reported from Buratha News that Mr. Ali Al-Khadran , Al Khalis Governor said: ”326 members of terrorist Mujahedin are transferred to Camp Liberty near Baghdad airport, today .”“The decision was made under terms of the MoU signed between Iraq/UN..

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Ashraf residents transfer, Families gathering

Families of Ashraf prisoners chanted slogans to once more announce their call to visit their loved ones.. Local and foreign reporters are present in there in order to broadcast the news of the region. As it was also reported 100 residents of Camp Ashraf are relocated in Camp liberty. Families are hopeful to see or at least get news of their children –after years of no news about them– while they are transferred from Ashraf to Baghdad.

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US Troops Guarded Terrorist MEK Camp in Iraq

MEK. Admittedly a terrorist organization, listed by the US State Department as being such, it is fully funded, armed, and backed by the United States, based in France and US-occupied Iraq, .. clearly this reveals that not only is the “War on Terror” an absolute fraud, but so are the politicians, policy wonks, and military “leaders” who have promoted it, pinned medals on their own chests for “fighting” it, and have made immense fortunes and power grabs ..

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Hillary Clinton on Situation at Ashraf

The UN effort has our full support.The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding represents significant progress on this issue and outlines steps necessary to achieve a peaceful and viable solution for the residents of Ashraf, including their temporary relocation to Camp Liberty,..At this new location, the UNHCR will be able to conduct refugee status determinations for the residents of Ashraf..We are encouraged by the Iraqi government’s willingness to commit to this plan

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Iraq agrees to U.N.-brokered deal on fate of MEK exiles

Iraq’s leaders agreed Sunday to a U.N.-brokered deal that could lead to the peaceful emigration of thousands of Iranian dissidents[MKO/MEK/PMOI] who have lived in the country under U.S. protection since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein eight years ago.But the agreement, confirmed by Obama administration officials, has not yet been accepted by the Iranian exiles, who have repeatedly insisted on a U.S. troop presence..

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Mortars hit MKO’s Ashraf Camp in Iraq

Two mortars have struck the Ashraf Camp, the base of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI in Iraq’s Diyala province near the Iranian border, according to the Iraqi military…The mortar strike comes just days after the Iraqi government agreed to a UN plea to extend by six months a year-end deadline to shut down the headquarters of the anti-Iran terrorist group on its soil.

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