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Former MEK Members Back Iraqi Citizens and GOI Demand to Oust MEK

Former Mojahedin-e Khalq Members Back Iraqi Citizens and GOI Demand to Oust MEK (MKO, NCRI) in Camp Ashraf from Iraq

In a letter by Massoud Khodabandeh (Iran-Interlink.org), to the Government of Iraq, former Massoud Khodabandeh 'former member of Mujahedin Khalq Organization members of Iranian terrorist group Mojahedin-e Khalq backed “a large and peaceful gathering of citizens, Council representatives from the Diyala Province and NGOs from all over Iraq, calling for the removal of foreign terrorist group Mojahedin-e Khalq from their country.”

As expected, due to “threats in its western based media in the days running up to the gathering”, MEK members attacked demonstrators, reporters and Iraqi security personnel, and even “exhibited self-inflicted head wounds as they followed orders to pretend that Iraqi security forces had attacked them.” Iraqi citizens from Diyala Province where the MEK military garrison Camp Ashraf has remained since 1986, described the MEK presence as a “cancer or a nightmare for their society.” They were joined by Iranian families of MEK members who have remained at the camp gates for eleven months trying to find relatives who they say are held hostage by Massoud Rajavi inside the camp – “a place where no marriage or childbirth has taken place for two decades and from which there is no means of contact with the outside world.”

The letter points to the “clear congruence between the aims of the Iranian families of the hostages and all those Iraqis who have lost loved ones, possessions and land at the hands of the MKO…” and asks the GOI to “invite independent observers from Western countries to visit the camp in order to see for themselves what is happening there”.

The greatest concern says the Open Letter is for current victims inside Camp Ashraf because “MEK leader Massoud Rajavi is denying seriously ill members from accessing life-saving medical treatment because he benefits from the publicity surrounding their deaths which – using lies and misinformation in his western media outlets – he seeks to blame on your government.”
Former MEK members say there is “urgent need for independent human rights investigators to be given free and unfettered access to check on the situation of every person resident in the camp – that is with no interference by MEK leaders…”.

The letter concludes, “it is only fair to ask Europe and America, where we have witnessed extensive favours toward the group, to take and house the remaining aging people trapped in this camp.”

January 9, 2011 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

Mojahedin Khalq attacked Iraqi demonstrators injuring dignitaries

Sahar Family Foundation reports from demonstration at the gates of Camp Ashraf

As previous reports, yesterday thousands of Iraqi people including prominent Iraqi dignitaries, heads of tribes, reporters and journalists gathered in front of the gates of camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) to protest the presence of the military garrison of Rajavi cult (Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, NCRI) in this land and their direct interference in the internal affairs of Iraq. They demanded that the terrorist organisation be dealt with according to the constitution of Iraq and expelled from the country.

This popular gathering showed the anger of the people of Iraq against the presence of the terrorist cult backed by the US forces still present in the country. The gathering came under attack by the brainwashed members of the Mojahedin Khalq who threw stones using specially made equipment for launching them. The act resulted in the injury of some of the participants including Dr. Nafe the head of the Iraqi committee for the support of the picketing families.

Sahar magazine number 03 which is now published in Arabic was distributed among the leaders of tribes and the personalities and reporters present at this event. Iraqi dignitaries and the picketing families had various interviews with the reporters from a variety of media.

It is now almost a year that the suffering families of the captives inside the camp are continuing their picket in front of the camp demanding the right to visit their loved ones. The families joined the demonstration repeating their demand of free and unfettered access to their captive loved ones inside the camp.

Some TV channels gave coverage to the event and the Alsabah, Al yom alsabe, Al Khalij, Alanba and many other media reported this event in their morning issues – other coverage is also expected.

The Iraqi tribal leaders and personalities signed a petition asking for the deportation of the Mojahedin Khalq from Iraq. NGOs and others have given out statements which will be reported at a later time.

Translated by Iran Interlink

January 9, 2011 0 comments

Iraq

Iraqi protesters demand MKO expulsion

Iraqi protesters in the north of the country have called for the expulsion of anti-Iranian terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq.

A file photo of an anti-MKO protest in Iraq

Scores of protesters gathered outside Camp Ashraf in Diyala on Friday and called for the expulsion of the notorious MKO terrorists from the country, a Press TV correspondent reported.
MKO members responded by throwing rocks at the demonstrators.

Among the protesters were the Iranian relatives of some MKO members, who were calling for the release of their loved ones said to be held inside the camp against their will.

Diyala has been the scene of similar protests against the presence of MKO members, whose camp used to be guarded by American forces after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.

Iraqis accuse the terrorist organization of involvement in the killing of their compatriots during the Ba’ath rule of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

The group is especially notorious in Iran for having sided with Saddam during the 1980-1988 Iraqi-imposed was on Iran.

It has also claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks and the assassination of significant figures in Iran over the past three decades.

The Mujahedeen Khalq Organization is listed as a terrorist group by Tehran and much of the international community.

January 8, 2011 0 comments

Iraq

Iraqis Protest outside MKO’s Camp in Iraq

A group of Iraqi people gathered outside the main training center of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq to call for the expulsion of the terrorist group from the country’s soil.

The demonstrators gather outside the Camp of New Iraq (formerly known as Camp Ashraf) in Iraq’s northern province of Diyala and demanded that the terrorist group be removed from their country.

Iranian relatives of some MKO members also joined the protesters, calling for the release of their family members who are said to be held inside the camp against their will.

On Wednesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari expressed hope that Baghdad would expel the anti-Iran terrorist Organization from Iraq soon in future.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting in Baghdad with visiting Iranian Foreign Ministry Caretaker Iraqis Protest outside MKO's Camp in Iraq Ali Akbar Salehi on Wednesday, Zebari said that he and his Iranian counterpart have discussed expulsion of MKO from Iraq at their meeting.

Asked about the fate of the MKO, Zebari said the two sides "hope to find a way to close the MKO’s case in Iraq as soon as possible".

"There are some humanitarian commitments to which our government is loyal, but fulfilling these undertakings should not harm Iraq’s national sovereignty," he said.
The MKO has been in Iraq’s Diyala province since the 1980s.

The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the international A group of Iraqi people gathered outside the main training center of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization community, including the United States.

Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.

The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).

Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so.

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations.

According to the Human Rights Watch report, the outlawed group puts defectors under torture and jail terms.

The group, founded in the 1960s, blended elements of Islamism and Stalinism and participated in the overthrow of the US-backed Shah of Iran in 1979. Ahead of the revolution, the MKO conducted attacks and assassinations against both Iranian and Western targets.

The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the revolution in a bid to take control of the newly established Islamic Republic. It killed several of Iran’s new leaders in the early years after the revolution, including the then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee, Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief, Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members in 1981.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country.
The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.

Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.

Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf – about 60km (37 miles) north of Baghdad – last year and detained dozens of the members of the terrorist group.

The Iraqi authority also changed the name of the military center from Camp Ashraf to the Camp of New Iraq.

January 8, 2011 0 comments

Iraq

Mojahedin Khalq and US join forces to stop Iraqi’s legitimate protest

Mojahedin Khalq and US join forces to stop Iraqi’s legitimate protest
Reporters, security forces and demonstrators injured

Hundreds of people of Diyala are demonstrating against the PMOI – demanding their deportation
Mojahedin Khalq and US join forces to stop Iraqi’s legitimate protest Hundreds of people of Diyala province, Friday, demonstrated peacefully in front of Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf), headquarters of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Iranian opposition [aka MKO, MEK, PMOI, NCRI], north of Baquba, called for the removal of the group from the country.

The Provincial Council, which participated, described the organization’s presence in Diyala as a nightmare that weighs heavily on the people of the province.

One of the demonstrators called Helaal Omran Al-Zubaidi (40 years) said in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The demonstration came to give a message to the international public opinion that Iraqis reject the existence of an organization accused of terrorism within their territory", and criticized "the attitude of Spanish justice to the Organization by defending it" .

The Spanish judiciary has demanded an international inquiry into the clash last year between the Mojahedin Khalq and US join forces to stop Iraqi’s legitimate protest Iraqi security services and members of the organization, which turned the incident into a violation of human rights.

For his part, another of the demonstrators, named as Hassan Fawzi al-Rubaie, 30, interviewed by Alsumaria News, considered that "the existence of the organization is like a cancer in the province and must be uprooted to achieve salvation from it," asserting that "the organization has been supporting terrorism and agents of the former regime over the past years."

For his part, Vice-Chairman of the Diyala Provincial Council, Sadiq al-Husseini, said in an interview for Alsumaria News that "the popular demonstration which was attended by hundreds of people from the province in front of Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf earlier), 55 km north of Baquba, came to express the popular demand which calls for removal of the MKO from the country."

Mr. al-Husseini, a leader in the Islamic Supreme Council which is headed by Ammar al-Hakim, called on "the central government to listen to the demands of protesters and meet them," describing the MKO as a "nightmare that has weighed heavily on the people of the province for several decades," and urged they be sent "away to another place."

The Vice Chairman of the Board maintained that "the Organization’s presence in the Province, has become extremely difficult," calling them to gain "political asylum in another country and to move to live in it."

Husseini pointed out that "the organization is accused of violating the human rights of Iraq for the duration of its presence in Camp New Iraq as well as the acquisition of extensive land surrounding the camp."

Thousands of members of civil society organizations [NGOs] from different provinces of Iraq, demonstrated in the Christian month of December last, in front of Camp Ashraf, home to more than 3400 members of the PMOI in Diyala, demanding the Iraqi government to develop mechanisms to remove the members of the organization from Iraq.

The Iraqi forces, composed of nearly a thousand members of the army and police force, have moved into Camp Ashraf at the beginning of this year, but elements of the PMOI used batons and knives to prevent security officers from discharging their functions, which led to the outbreak of fighting and injuring about two hundred and sixty people from both sides and the arrest of twenty five members of the organization.

The Iraqi government changed the name of Camp Ashraf to Camp New Iraq after taking over the task of security responsibility from U.S. forces, and subjected those who enter the camp to strict security measures.

The Mujahedeen-e Khalq (People) was founded in 1965 to overthrow the Shah of Iran, after the Islamic revolution in 1979 it opposed the Islamic regime, and many of its members sought refuge in Iraq in the eighties during the war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988. The organization is considered as the armed wing of the National Council of Resistance in Iran, based in France, but it said it has renounced violence in June 2001.

Alsumaria News / Diyala – translated by Iran Interlink

Other reports:

Security forces, Reporters and Demonstrators injured

According to Al Alaam news, reporting from Camp New Iraq, the Mojahedin-e Khalq attacked the demonstrators with bottles, stones and other implements in a bid to intimidate and stop the demonstrators, during which some Iraq demonstrators and security forces were injured. They were taken by ambulance to hospitals in Baquba and Baghdad. According to this report, the Al Alaam reporter, crew and vehicles also came under attack, leaving one reporter injured.
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Americans intimidate Iraqi people

According to IIRB, Ameircan helicopters were flying over the heads of the demonstrators in a clear attempt to intimidate them, and some Iraqis claim that the American forces blocked the road to the camp and stopped them from joining the demonstration, claiming that the situation could be dangerous for them.

IRIB (Persian)

January 8, 2011 0 comments

Former members of the MEK

Ashraf Resident runs away from the Camp

Mr. Jalil Abdi escaped Camp Ashraf, Iraq.

After years of slavery under the terrorist Cult of Rajavi, Mr. Abdi could manage to leave the Camp and join the families who are on strike at Ashraf gates.

More information on Mr. Abdi’s defection will be published later.

Nejat Society sends congratulations to Mr. Abdi and his family as well as all picketing families in front of Camp Ashraf on his salvation.

January 6, 2011 0 comments

Iraq

Iraq’s constitution does not allow MKO terrorist in the country

The Foreign Minister of Iraq said Wednesday that the Iraqi constitution does not allow the existence of any "terrorist" organization on Iraqi territory, including the People’s Mojahedin Organization, stressing that the Iraqi government is determined to impose its sovereignty in the country and no other policies will be allowed to be imposed. The Foreign Minister of Iraq said that the Iraqi constitution does not allow the existence of any "terrorist" organization on Iraqi territory, including the People's Mojahedin Organization,

At a press conference with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad, attended by "Alsumaria News", Hoshyar Zebari said, "The issue of MEK was discussed by the Prime Minister more than once, and we suffered more than any other party from the evils of armed organizations on our territory," saying that "the Iraqi Constitution does not allow the existence of any armed organization on our land to exercise acts against another country."

Zebari said that "the Mojahedin-e Khalq terrorist organization is like many other armed terrorist organizations," adding that "the government is determined to impose its sovereignty and not allow any party to impose its policy orientations."

The civil society organizations from different provinces of Iraq, had organized a demonstration on 11 December last, in front of Camp Ashraf, home to more than 3400 members of the PMOI in Diyala, demanding the Iraqi government to develop mechanisms to remove members of the organization from Iraq.

The Iraqi forces composed of nearly a thousand members from the army and police force moved into Camp Ashraf earlier this year, but elements of the PMOI used batons and knives to prevent security officers from discharging their functions, which led to the outbreak of fighting and injuring about two hundred and sixty people from both sides and the arrest of fifty members of the organization…

Alsumaria News, Baghdad – Translated by Iran Interlink

January 6, 2011 0 comments

The cult of Rajavi

Rajavi incites brainwashed Mojahedin to burn themselves

Rajavi plans to incites brainwashed Mojahedin Khalq to burn themselves and self-harm after failure of his strategy to escape the crisis engulfing Camp Ashraf

Alnakhel news – confirmed the news from inside Camp Ashraf that after the failure of Massoud Rajavi’s strategy to save the terrorist camp, he has incited the brainwashed Mojahedin to burn Rajavi plans to incites brainwashed Mojahedin Khalq to burn themselves and self-harm after failure of his strategy to escape the crisis engulfing Camp Ashraf themselves to get out of the impasse that surrounds the camp. Alnakhel news agency reported the possibility of the elimination of members with cancer or other diseases in the MKO terrorist group by forcing them to commit suicide by burning themselves individually or collectively.

The aim of the leaders of this criminal group by forcing members to commit suicide or self-immolation is to point the finger of blame at the Iraqi government so that it shoulder more burdens and face more problems at this time.

In addition to the torture of the MKO members, cult leader Rajavi initiated the anti-humanitarian act …to deny families who have gathered at the camp gates from seeing their children, and on the other hand to prevent the families from checking the health of their loved ones.

Iraqi police intervened last week through inspection of the [MKO] hospital, which is part of the sovereignty of Iraq, to provide medicine and doctors. But the MKO leaders took the initiative to send members to injure themselves to prevent the entry of Iraqi police to the hospital.

In this way, the MKO aims to accuse the Iraqi forces of beating its members so as to create a grievance in order to prevent them from deciding in the affairs of the hospital and the need for medicines and doctors to treat patients. This criminal act comes at the time when Rajavi on one hand sends patients to the best hospitals in the Iraqi capital who are treated by the best doctors and specialists, and on the other hand claims he was facing problems in the treatment of patients due to restrictions imposed by the Iraqi government.

It is worth mentioning that the MKO had initiated the liquidation of a number of its members before and after the occupation of Iraq and claimed then that they were killed in U.S. air raids. A number of witnesses dismissed these false allegations out of hand and said they were killed by members of the MKO group.
Nakhel news, Baghdad – translated by Iran Interlink

January 3, 2011 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Ashraf residents’ families now worried much more than before

Recently a number of families from Nejat Society Mazandaran branch went to Camp Ashraf, Iraq to visit their beloved ones. Although they couldn’t manage to convince MKO cult leaders to allow them meet their relatives, the travel had several enlightening consequences.

The families understood more than ever about the ruthlessness, brutality and fraudulency of the MKO Cult leaders. They shocked as they witnessed the situation and realized the facts they didn’t know before.

The Families oath not to stop their activities and no to leave the gates of Ashraf until they release all the hostages from the MKO's garrison

Now families are worried much more than before about the condition, health and security as well as future of their relatives. They are trying to make their voice heard to the UNAMI, Iraqi Government and Humanitarian Organizations.

The Ashraf residents’ family members urge the international community to take effective measures to stop the violations of human rights by the Rajavi Cult.

In this regard a number of families gathered together and shared their experiences and views on the issue and discussed ways how to liberate their beloved ones being held captive by MKO leaders.

The Families oath not to stop their activities and not to leave the gates of Ashraf until they release all the hostages from the MKO’s garrison.

January 3, 2011 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization members' families

Nejat Families of Fars Province to Camp Ashraf

A forty-people of family members of Ashraf residents who are representatives of Nejat NGO Office in Shiraz, Fars, traveled to Camp Ashraf Iraq to join other families awaiting there. They are hopeful to visit their loved ones who are captives of MKO terrorist Cult.

So far large groups of families from various Iranian provinces including Golestan, Azarbayjan, Markazi, and Khuzestan have gone to Iraq to urge the Cult leaders to allow them visit their beloved children in a free atmosphere. They have been bearing the worst condition for almost a year.

January 2, 2011 0 comments

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