EU steps in to save MKO from expulsion
As Iraq prepares to expel the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from its territory, the European Union steps in to delay the process. In last-minute efforts to shield MKO members from expulsion, the EU urged Iraq to drop a parliamentary bid which requires the group to leave their bases at Camp Ashraf — a military training headquarters north of Baghdad.The EU parliamentarians also demanded that Iraq respect the”protected persons”status of the Iranian dissidents ..