modules%WP_TITLE_SEP%News

MKO shooting defecting members

The terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) is reportedly opening fire on defecting members to prevent them from leaving their camp in Iraq’s Diyala province.Over the last few weeks, some MKO members have managed to escape from the notorious Camp Ashraf,while others have been injured and captured.Three of the detainees ventured a getaway through the camp’s northern gate when they were seized by MKO/MEK/PMOI guards and one of them was shot in the leg.The reports come in contrast with MKO’s US and European sympathizers claim that members of the outlawed group are not armed.

Read more

Iraq: Ashraf Camp will be closed, West should take MKO back home

… The Iraqi government’s position towards the ‘terrorist’ Mojahedin E-Khalq Organization is very clear, and the Ashraf Camp, used by that group as its headquarters must close by the end of the current year, 2011,Baghdad had called on International Organizations to help it in this issue.We have proposed the formation of a special committee, to comprise representatives of the Iranian and Iraqi sides, along with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…

Read more

Iraq, Iran, ICRI joint committee to facilitate the dismantlement of Camp Ashraf

… The committee”will discuss the requests of the members who live in Camp Ashraf, particularly those who seek to return to Iran without any pressure or difficulty,”Zebari said. Iraqi security forces took control of the training base of the MKO at Camp Ashraf in 2009 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.”We have asked international organizations and European parliaments to encourage the (group’s) members to leave Iraq, and to facilitate (the movement of) those members who seek to go to those countries,”…

Read more

MKO must leave Iraq by end of 2011

The Iraqi foreign minister says members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) must leave Iraq, stressing that Baghdad’s stance on the issue is crystal clear.“Camp Ashraf is to be shut down, and members of the [MKO] group have been given until the end of the current year (2011) to leave Iraqi soil,….He went on to say that Baghdad has proposed that a trilateral committee be established to discuss the situation of the terrorist organization.

Read more

Zebari: Iraqi committee will decide for Mojahedin

… Zabari also said a committee is to be formed in Baghdad soon to determine ways for MKO members’ exit. As to Iraq-US Security Pact, Zebari said,”the US troops need to leave Iraqi soil by the end of 2011.”The MKO is listed as a terrorist group by much of the international community. Founded in the 1960s, the group has masterminded many terrorist operations in Iran and Iraq. The group is especially notorious in Iran for having sided with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The MKO has been in Iraq’s Diyala province since the 1980s …

Read more

Iraq – France relations strained over MKO terrorists event in Paris

… The Iraqi government summoned the French ambassador to Baghdad to protest at Paris for hosting a conference of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) where the terrorist group raised unfounded allegations against Baghdad.”To affect the international community and attract international support, the MKO has claimed that the Iraqi government has killed 35 members of the group and injured 350 others,”the Iraqi government said on Monday.”But, this is a sheer lie …

Read more

MKO crimes against the Iraqi people unforgettable

In a conference in Tikrit in northwest of Baghdad, attended by a number of local officials, tribal leaders, the Iraqis called on the government to put pressure on the organization to leave the country as early as possible. The participants called the presence of the MKO aka MEK/PMOI camp on Iraq soil unconstitutional stressing that the crimes against the Iraqi people by the MKO members are unforgettable.Many here in this conference are of the opinion that Iraq will never see stability as long as MKO members are in the country.

Read more

Iran holds an exhibition to honor victims of MKO terrorists

Tehran is hosting a photo and poster exhibition to commemorate those killed in terrorist operations launched by the Iraq-based MKO/MEK/PMOI.The exhibition showcases the photos of a group of 12000 Iranians who have fallen victim to the terrorist nature of this group since the victory of the Islamic Revolution back in 1979.This exhibition has been set up to show the true nature of the MKO and its supporters. In this exhibition we have also unveiled the links between the MKO and several other terrorist groups like Jondullah.

Read more

Government Spokesman: Iraq is not an American colony

… The delegation reportedly told Maliki that a US congressional committee is investigating violence between Iraqi forces and members of the Iranian dissident group Mojahedi-e-Khalq Organization that killed 34 people and injured 200 at Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad. Following the comments, the Iraqi government told the US Embassy that the delegation was no longer welcome in Iraq, government spokesman Ali al-Dabagh said. “This is the stance of a sovereign state towards the unacceptable attitude of those congressmen,” he said. “Iraq is not an American colony where such insulting statements …

Read more

Iraq to end the existence of Camp Ashraf

… Under Secretary Hussein Zuhairi, who headed the Iraqi delegation, responded to the statement of a foreign organization [MEK lobbyists] in the Council Human Rights in which she referred to allegations launched by MKO, which live in Camp Ashraf (Camp New Iraq) in order to discredit the Iraqi government in international forums… Zuhairi stressed that the government had decided to end the Organization’s presence in the territory of the country. He also stressed that, “whoever backs the false allegations of the organization should know that Camp New Iraq is part of the territory of Iraq and is subject to Iraqi sovereignty…”

Read more