Recalling the disgraceful actions and stances of the MKO/MEK/PMOI against the Iraqi Kurds, Sheikh Yayha al-Dalvi said Kurds are furious at the politicians who have forgotten the brutal positions and action of the MKO against Iraqis.He went on to say that these tribes demand the politicians stand alongside their own people rather than advocating a terrorist cell which has been occupying a part of Iraq’s soil for more than thirty years.
Arrest warrants have been issued for 120 members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced in a televised interview late on Tuesday.During his remarks, Maliki described the MKO aka MEK/PMOI as a “terrorist” group and said the it has committed terrorist acts in Iraq and Iran for many years.He also reiterated the Iraqi government’s decision to expel the members of the group ..
the first group of MKO members were about to be transferred to a new place specified by the Iraqi government. Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali Al-Dabbaq stressed on Wednesday that Baghdad has not extended the presence of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq, dismissing western media reports in this regard.
The deadline has not been extended but the way to expel the MKO aka MEK/PMOI members from Iraq has changed, Dabbaq stated.Up to now, no country has agreed to give refuge to the members of the group, he said, adding that ,however, it takes a long time to move four thousand people and their belongings.
Iraq’s leaders agreed Sunday to a U.N.-brokered deal that could lead to the peaceful emigration of thousands of Iranian dissidents[MKO/MEK/PMOI] who have lived in the country under U.S. protection since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein eight years ago.But the agreement, confirmed by Obama administration officials, has not yet been accepted by the Iranian exiles, who have repeatedly insisted on a U.S. troop presence..
Al-Maliki goes on to say:”We ask some European states why they support them, and, if this falls under the context of a regional conflict, Iraq rejects being a part of any regional conflict.”He adds:”That is why we have decided to order the departure of this organization, and we have given them the end of the year as a deadline.”With regard to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s request for a six-month extension of the deadline …
On Wednesday, Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the government had worked out a plan to move up to 800 of the residents to a new facility in Baghdad by the end of December. That facility is a former American military base called Camp Liberty. Al-Dabbagh said the rest of the residents would be relocated as soon as possible in January. Once they have all moved, Camp Ashraf would be closed.He said all the camp’s residents would then be relocated outside of Iraq by no later than April..
The 25-year-old Camp Ashraf, home to the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, or PMOI, an Iranian opposition group that the United States and Iran officially consider a terrorist group, is some 65 km (40 miles) from Baghdad.Iraq’s Premier Nuri al-Maliki said he had agreed to extend the deadline on condition the U.N. transfer about 400-800 residents to other countries before the end of this year…
Labid Majid Abbawi said the residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq will be transferred to another camp until the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) completes the necessary paperwork so that the Iranian refugees”can be sent to any country of their desire.”He said they would also have the opportunity to return to Iran.”For those who would like to go back to their own country, to Iran,..
Thousands of Iraqi people held a demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI from their country…According to AP, the demonstrators were urging the government to abide by an end-of-year deadline to expel the group from Iraq and close their camp here… the protesters warned the Iraqi government about the terrorist group’s plans to ..