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Iraqi MPs Praise Gov’t for Preventing US Lawmakers from Visiting MKO Camp

“The Iraqi prime minister’s actions to prevent the interference of the American congressional delegation is admirable and we welcome it,”..The Iraqi people have announced their opposition to the presence of the MKO/MKO/PMOI members in their country and have long staged protest rallies in front of the MKO’s main training camp in the Northern Diyala province to condemn the US-backed presence of the terrorist group in their country.

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MEK’s lobbyists do not express the views of the U.S. administration

…Iraq then told the U.S. Embassy Rohrabacher and his five colleagues were no longer welcome in the country. Maliki also refused to let the congressmen visit Camp Ashraf. Iraq wants to expel the 3,000 MEK/MKO/PMOI members.Embassy spokesman David Ranz said Saturday:”Congressional visitors do not necessarily express the views of the U.S. administration or even a majority of Congress. The visitors this weekend made that clear in their remarks.”

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U.S. congressional delegation sets off political bomb in Iraq

After Rohrabacher later announced his investigation to the media, al-Maliki, who’s currently acting minister of defense as well as commander in chief, apparently hit the roof. ..The U.S. Embassy issued a statement explaining that Congress is a separate branch of government whose members often disagree with the executive branch. It said it was important for members of Congress to meet and exchange views with Iraqi leaders, “even when there are disagreements.”..

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Protest against the MEK intensifies security treats in Iraq

The protesters who gathered at the front of the Ashraf camp called on the government to deport the members..This is the right time for the Iraqi government to now step up its actions against the MKO/MEK/PMOI group as well as other armed groups which are directly or indirectly linked with any other armed group in or outside of the Iraq territories, the tightening of securities in and outside of Iraq will create an enabling environment for more investment companies to thrive and even expand their operations in the country,

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New committee to follow”Mojahedin Khalq”file

… The Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Security and Defense, revealed Thursday, that his committee had agreed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a committee to follow up the file of the MKO. He also agreed to raise the financial budget of the military institutions. Said Hassan Sanead, told the Kurdish news agency that the Parliamentary Commission on Security and Defense met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as a leader of the armed forces and discussed with him the three major security files of the country. ..

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MEK’s U.S. Congress lobbyists expelled from Iraq as”undesirable”

… Members of Congress who had been in Baghdad on an official visit were expelled from Iraq on Friday. According to reliable sources the government decided to expel a delegation, chaired by [Rep. R-Calif.] Dana Rohrabacher, as undesirable elements. The U.S. Congress called on the Iraqi government to pay compensation for losses to the U.S. army in Iraq, pointing out that the U.S. government cannot afford to incur huge amounts of financial expenditure in light of the current economic hardship…

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Iraq to form committee to pursue MKO expulsion

the Iraqi parliament plans to establish a committee tasked with pursuing the expulsion of the members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization/MKO/MEK/PMOI based in Camp Ashraf…The Security and Defense Committee has reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki to form the special committee, Al-Sunaid stated… The Iraqi government has also set a deadline for Camp Ashraf residents to leave the country.On April 13, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad announced that Camp Ashraf residents can return to Iran under certain conditions.

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CIA use MKO terror group to counter Anti-war campaign

.. Supporters of the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, a controversial Iranian resistance movement that was once allied with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, took up a couple of rows in the Dirksen Senate office building hearing room. They were wearing matching day-glow yellow T-shirts and vests that read, “Protect Camp Ashraf” and “Delist MEK.” Also in the audience was a smaller contingent from Code Pink, the antiwar group. Code Pink members, wearing their signature pink shirts, silently held up signs in the aisle opposite the MEK. Their signs read, “End war – rebuild America”; “Bring our war $ home”’; and “Diplomacy not war!!” …

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Iran: US human rights stance contrary to their support for MKO

The Iranian Judiciary chief also criticized the West’s support for certain terrorist groups such as Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) “that clearly violated human rights and killed many people.”The MKO/MEK/PMOI is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community and has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials.

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Yves Bonnet’s French lawyers condemned MKO’s fake announcement

French lawyers of Yves Bonnet seriously condemned the group’s misinformation on his court ruling and reproached MKO/MEK/PMOI for distortion of the ruling.Following the biting failure of Yves Bonnet, former Head of French Secret Service, in French appeal court in Paris, Rajavi’s band set off for a disinformation campaign quoting fake words of Bonnet’s French lawyers…He was sentenced to pay penalty and publish an apology letter in three French newspapers.He was required by the court to mention in the letter of apology that his book was written under the orders of MKO. He also had to pay a 3000 – euro penalty.

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