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As US Eases Out, Iraq Takes Control of Terrorist Camp

Nejat SocietySeptember 5, 2009089 views

The deadly melee at Camp Ashraf, the base of the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, provides a glaring example of what can go wrong as the U.S. military scales back ..Camp Ashraf and the presence of the Iranian exile group have long been a source of friction between Washington and Baghdad..The group _ also known by its Farsi name the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq _ is the militant wing of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran. It carried out a series of bloody bombings and assassinations in Iran ..

A clash at Camp Ashraf left 11 MEK members Camp Ashraf dead

Nejat SocietyAugust 23, 20090220 views

Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government now has good relations with Iran and little enthusiasm for the MEK. The Americans are at best ambivalent. The group, which some consider a cult, is on the American terrorism list for attacks against the United States (in the distant past) and more recently against Iran…Residents are barred from resettling in many third countries because of the group’s terrorist designation. Finding a solution will not be easy..

The Continuing Story of Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyAugust 23, 20090188 views

Unfortunately for the PMOI, it was categorized as a terrorist organization by the Bill Clinton administration. It continues to carry this designation in the US, although the designation was removed by the European Union earlier in 2009. On top of this label, which has certainly isolated the NCRI and PMOI from potential support among certain elements of the US power structure.. the PMOI is asking one of the greatest human rights violators in Iraq and elsewhere around the world–the US government–to protect them

MEK: The Peril of Paradox in American Middle East Policy

Nejat SocietyAugust 22, 20090249 views

The shifting paradoxes would continue, as the MEK established a headquarters at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, largely under American and Israeli protection. The one-time adversaries of both Persian monarchy and its American military and intelligence allies, had now become a tool of the United States and the Europeans against the Islamic theocratic regime they helped to usher in 3 decades ago..the U. S. State Department continues to maintain a place for the MEK on its terrorism blacklist, as does the European Union…

Demonstrations in Diala to deport Rajavi cult

Nejat SocietyAugust 18, 2009073 views

A big demonstration has taken place in the al-Khalis suburb demanding to deport the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from Iraq, the suburb’s Mayor, Uday al-Khadran, said on Monday. PMOI media spokesperson, Mahdi Aqbaee, accused the Diala province’s police commander of arranging the demonstration, but the commander denied these accusations.

Washington wants to write off the Mujahedin-e Khalq

Nejat SocietyAugust 12, 2009067 views

The truth of the matter is that the decision to sever ties with the MEK was taken by Washington following a study undertaken by the Rand Corporation, which established, on the one hand, the criminal character of the organization (cracking down on Kurdish and Shia dissidents on behalf of Saddam Hussein) and, on the other hand, its sectarian set-up (the religious cult of the Rajavi couple and the sequestration of their members).

The raid to Ashraf could leave Iran cheering

Nejat SocietyAugust 11, 20090111 views

Reports out of Iraq say government troops have raided the Mujahedeen-e Khalq Camp. Though the MEK /MKO/PMOI has long been recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, its members housed in Camp Ashraf just north of Baghdad had been placed under U.S. protection ..Scholars and human-rights activists have long accused the organization of functioning like a religious cult, employing brainwashing techniques, ideological cleansings, forced celibacy (except when it comes to the Rajavis themselves), and even torture to condition its members to absolute obedience..

Police general, analyst discuss Iraqi takeover of camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyAugust 8, 2009088 views

… He says not all of these people support the MKO, adding that”half of them are under the influence of the other half.”He says:”For Iraq, this is neither a military nor a political problem. This is a terrorist organization and it is over politically. Militarily, the Iraqi army is capable of overcoming them.”… Dr al-Sarraj says that MKO members are trained on most modern weapons, combat operations, guerrilla warfareand the use of explosives, and they can act as human bombs, noting that there are 3,500 of them in this camp..

Iraq governor says detained 36 Iranian exiles

Nejat SocietyAugust 5, 2009099 views

Iraqi police have arrested 36 Iranian exiles on rioting charges after clashes with Iraqi forces..Mehdawi said some of the 36 would be released but others would have to face trial.”We have two seriously injured Iraqi police. If they die, some of the detainees will go to court to face criminal charges,”he said..Iraqi forces on Tuesday took control of Camp Ashraf on the Iranian border, home to the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MKO/MEK) dissident group for two decades, sparking confrontations between police and residents who fear eviction.

U.S. seeks to protect Iran terror group

Nejat SocietyAugust 5, 2009076 views

The United States is quietly pressing Iraq not to close a camp that holds more than 3,000 members of an Iranian opposition group that served as Saddam Hussein’s shock troops in 1991 when he crushed rebellions after the Gulf War and now is vulnerable to Iraqi and Iranian reprisals..Iraqi media have reported that the government plans to close Camp Ashraf and disperse its residents to other locations in Iraq. Such a move could make the dissidents more vulnerable to Iranian intelligence and angry Iraqi Shi’ites who lost family members in 1991.