Iraq on Wednesday took over from US forces control of the central Shiite province of Wasit. Wasit became the 13th of Iraq’s 18 provinces to be handed over by US-led forces to Baghdad….The Diyala province has been home to the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) since the 1980s. The MKO is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.
In an interview with Fars news agency correspondent in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the governor of Arbil Nozad Hadi rejected severely current rumors about the presence of elements of MKO terrorist group in this province.
Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Abu Heidar al-Sheikh On presence of MKO members in Iraq, said”We believe that they are against the Iraqi and Iranian nations and should leave the country. Their presence in Iraq is totally illegal.”
Iraq’s ambassador to Iran says so far no country in the world has agreed to shelter the dissident members of the US-backed Mujahedin Khalq (MKO) terrorist group.According to International Law, the outlawed Mujahedin Khalq Organization or the so called PMOI should be handed over to any country which is prepared to harbor its members…no government has so far expressed willingness to admit the group into their country, al-Sheikh added
Iraq’s army has finally gained control of a camp holding anti-Iran terrorists after five years, says an Iraqi military official. ..The action came after the Iraqi government pressured the US forces in Iraq to end its support for the Mujahedin Khalq grroup and give the army control of the camp two months ago.
After a five-year US military presence and the protection provided by them to the monafeqin in Camp Ashraf [a pejorative that means hypocrites and refers to the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO)], efforts by the Iraqi government have succeed. Yesterday evening, the Iraqi military was able to take over control of the camp.
the board of ministers of the Iraqi Government has passed a resolution base on the Iraqi constitutional law which indicates that the Mojahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) and their base called the Ashraf camp in Iraq must be put under the control of the Iraqi government. …We believe that more the Iraqi government’s control is imposed over the Ashraf camp, sooner would these people be freed, sooner would they be released from captivity and wasting their lives, and sooner would they be able to see their families whom in some cases have not seen for over 20 years…
Commenting on the de-proscribtion of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation by Britain, an Iraqi member of parliament emphasised that Iraq has never been more adamant to get rid of the remains of Saddam’s terrorists. Now that the British govenment has acceped that they are not terrorists, they should take them back home immediately
“The Cabinet decided to ban any dealings with this organization by any Iraqi or foreign individual, organization or party,” a statement said on Tuesday. In the statement, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization is meddling in the country’s internal affairs and supporting anti-government activities.
… At the end the Iraqi ambassador notified: The families of those imprisoned in Ashaf can file petitions and deliver it to Iraq’s embassy via Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs. Then we will send the petitions to Iraq’s foreign ministry so that the families could follow the case in Iraq in accordance with Iran’s embassy in Iraq …