Iraqis call for Mujahedin Khalq expulsion
Protesters have been shouting, “leave our country”, and carried anti-MKO slogans to express their intolerance towards the presence of the organization that they say has caused so much pain in their lives.
Protesters have been shouting, “leave our country”, and carried anti-MKO slogans to express their intolerance towards the presence of the organization that they say has caused so much pain in their lives.
… Press TV reports on Western double-standards in the so-called ‘war on terror’ as the UK is known to host the leaders and members of several anti-Iran terrorist groups, such as MEK, Pejak and Jundullah. Massoud Khodabandeh criticised support for the MEK in particular, saying the group had by its own admission, killed 16,000 Iranians and 25,000 Iraqis
Mr. Mehrdad amiri, 35, and Mr. Hojat Rafiee, 42 were captured in Camp Ashraf of MKO for more than ten years. They told the families that they decided to runaway although they were seriously terrified by MKO leaders of being arrested by Iraqi forces or Iranian Intelligence.”.. The women in the group are frightened of being raped so they fear to escape mote than their male comrades,”they said.
… The families said that it is more than 8 months that they are present in front of Ashraf garrison and all they want is to see their loved ones for even a short time, but the leaders of the MKO reject this which is an obvious example of violating basic human rights. They said to the reporters that the Rajavi terrorist cult has banned any sort of contact with the families for its members, they have basically have banned all contacts with the outside world, they have banned marriages and forming families, even thinking and dreaming has been banned …
… On this occasion, an 18th vehicle was refused entry for legal reasons, after it was searched by Iraqi soldiers. An Iraqi official at the camp rejected the Mojahedin’s allegation as lies and said the Government of Iraq is doing all it can to assist the people inside the camp and has offered extra help which has been refused (MEK leaders have refused to allow some members who are seriously ill to be transferred to specialist hospital facilities in Baghdad). He also explained that vehicles are searched to prevent illegal items, such as arms, being taken into the camp …
… This program sheds light on MKO treacherous activities during Iraq-Iran War and their engagement in various acts of espionage against their own country. The program focuses on the use of the MKO by Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program. The program talks with experts including Scott Ritter, Abolhasan Bani Sadr and Massoud Khodabandeh…
According to the report, there have been increased instances of writing anti-MKO slogans on walls and even distribution of flyers critical of senior MKO leaders within the camp… In the past three month, several MKO members have reportedly escaped from the camp to join family members of those trapped inside the camp.
Bolton and Aznar were there to represent a transatlantic coalition of neoconservative pro-Israeli interests who seem to wish to promote the PMOI as the legitimate opposition to Iran’s clerical regime. Bolton’s credentials need no rehearsal here, but let’s not forget that Aznar has recently signed on as a founding member of a European Friends of Israel, ..
… The US Army hands over an American military base near a compound housing an Iranian opposition group known as Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult) to the Iraqi security forces. the step was taken as the US says it is preparing to withdraw its troops from Iraq by 2011 …
… BBC report starts with a sight of a big lock on the gate of Ashraf and the starting point of the text is “No one is to open the doors; all cries are uttered in vain”. Then the father of an Ashraf resident tells the reporter “It is for 22 years that I’ve received no letter of my son”. Some MKO members managing to escape from Ashraf are quoted as saying “Mojahedin high rankings prevent members to leave camp by means of intimidation, threat, and coercive measures”…