Clashes erupted when Iraqi security forces began to return some of the land that was confiscated by Saddam Hussein to setup the MKO camp. Officials say, members of the camp began hurling stones and attacking the security forces with knives and other weapons as they were carrying out their duty.
Politicians in Diala province on Wednesday renewed their rejection to the presence of the Mujahideen Khalq organization aka MKO/MEK/PMOI in the Iraqi territories because of its interference in the internal affairs.Speaking to Aswat al-Iraq news agency, Awad al-Rabie, a member of the municipality council of Abi Saida district, said “the council has proof and evidence that assert the involvement of the Iranian opposition group in supporting the armed groups in addition to their continued attempts to flare up sectarian unrests in the country.”..
… Sheikh Ibrahim Abdullah Al- jabouri also added: “nobody dares to make any obstacles on the way of American vehicles’ arrival at camp Ashraf and they easily enter the camp without being questioned. Then they would take MKO members out of the camp for terrorist operation and then would carry them back to the camp when they are finished… He said:”We have devoted numerous martyrs in the way of defending our country; but we would do our best to expel terrorist groups, Mujahedin-e Khalq in particular, from our country and …
… The committee announced in a statement that the numerous crimes committed by the terrorist group should be investigated through legal channels. Addressing the elders of nomadic tribes, the representatives of NGOs and anti-MKO campaigners, the committee reiterated that it will voluntarily and without being forced by the government follow the crimes committed at the hands of MKO terrorists. The committee emphasized that it will stand up for the rights of not only the martyrs but also all the individuals wounded or maimed as a result of MKO’s terrorist acts, adding that it will file a lawsuit to.. .
… The Iraqi government decided last year to transfer residents of Camp Ashraf to another province but the government adviser Saad Muttalibi stressed that all local governments refused to receive Iranian refugees in the provinces. Muttalibi said the government will continue its contacts with international organizations concerned with the subject of processing Iranian refugees[Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, NCRI, Rajavi cult), but he stressed that such organizations do not cooperate with the Iraqi ..
… We should bear in mind that Saddam Hussein hired mercenaries from terrorist groups, particularly from the MEK, those who were hired to kill, torture and harass the Iraqi people and who settled in prosperous military townships. Unfortunately, they are still in Iraq even 8 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, for no specific reason, living in the townships of Saddam Hussein who prepared them for their use. No one seems to ask why members of the group that attacked Iraqis and tortured people remain under a protective umbrella..
“There have been recently revealed some documents proving the[MKO/MEK/PMOI] terrorist organization’s involvement in terrorist activities against the Iraqi people and its collaboration with the former regime in repressing the Sha’baniyeh Intifada in 1991,”Abdolhossein Abtan said on Monday.”Therefore, all these people should be tried in the same criminal court which tried elements of the former regime,”he added.
… There are several documents showing that members of the MKO/MEK/PMOI have been involved in terrorist activities inside Iraq. As a support committee we have handed over these documents to international organizations…The question is, ‘would the countries which back this organization wish to allow them to stay in their own country as refugees’?The answer would be that every country as a sovereign state has its own rules and regulations …
These people have come together to discuss the legality of the presence of the terrorist group of Mujahedin Khalgh Organization on their soil.In this gathering organized by the Iraqi Tribal Council, many Iraqi officials, tribal leaders and ordinary people voiced their support for the tribes that are calling for expulsion of the organization from their country.They also reminded the Iraqi policy makers of what they called the crimes committed by MKO against the Iraqi citizens ..
Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan regional government Barham Salih rejected reports on presence of members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group in Kurdistan.”Basically, reports on presence of MKO members in Kurdistan are unfounded and sheer lie. We intend to establish joint security with our neighbors and we do not want that Kurdistan be turned into a region for enemies to reach their ends..