Bulgarian sources had earlier reported that the mission of Bulgarian forces for protecting Camp Ashraf has been extended for another year. However, the Gestapo of Ashraf each time denies that Bulgarian forces are guarding MKO’s camp and try to convince others that they’re under the protection of US forces!
Sadraldin Al-Qabanji, Najaf’s Friday prayer leader, pointed to the issue MKO’s presence in Iraq and said: “Iraqi government has decided to expel the MKO from Iraq. Giving political refugee status to this terrorist organization, which is a danger for our neighbor, is not acceptable.
In a report from Baghdad on security measures in to combat insurgent activity, the Iraqi government again clarified its position regarding the Mojahedin Khalq organization (aka Rajavi cult).
Similar letters will be sent to those people or organizations which have been enlisted as terrorist groups, sources in the EU, speaking on condition of anonymity, told an IRNA correspondent in Brussels. The letter follows the decision by the European Court of Justice last December to
The contingent will be under the operational and tactical command of the U.S. forces. During implementation of the mission, Bulgaria will retain its criminal, civil and disciplinary jurisdiction in respect of all Bulgarian service persons. The Ashraf refugee camp, northeast of Baghdad, houses some 3,500 members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), an exiled Iranian opposition group interned in Iraq, who enjoy protected status under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Iraq’s Vice President said there are a series of issues which are connected with security in Iraq and Iran, one of which being the presence of the outlawed terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization in Iraq.
The MKO has been labeled as a terrorist group by the US State Department, the British government and the European Union states. Iran-Interlink is a non-governmental consultancy organization that renders support to members who have abandoned MKO and their family.
According to Wilkerson, the State Department was also offered a deal by the Iranians after it led the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 which involved Iran giving up senior Al-Qaeda terror network figures in return for help pursuing the MKO.Powell and Wilkerson were unsure how high in the Iranian government the approach came from, however, and did not pursue the offer, the BBC said.
The Supreme Court refused Monday to block the trial of seven Los Angeles residents charged with raising money for an Iranian opposition group that was designated a”foreign terrorist organization”by the U.S. government. Lawyers for the seven had argued the charges were unconstitutional because they had a free-speech right to raise money for a political group. …
A leading MP confirmed the arrest.”The man has been working in parliament’s research centre since 2001,”Ahmad Tavakoli told the semi-official Fars news agency.He said the case has been completed for trial, which he said will start soon. The MEK is considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.