A senior Iraqi official says Baghdad aims to close down camp sheltering, which hosts members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), before US troops pull-out. <\/p>\n
In a recent meeting with the Swiss Ambassador to Baghdad Martin Aishnbachr, Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Shayaa al-Sudani stressed that the notorious camp, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of the border with Iran, would be closed by the end of the year.
He added that a high-profile team consisting of officials from the justice, human rights and defense ministries were looking for a legal solution to this matter, IRNA reported. <\/p>\n
The MKO has carried out numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials. <\/p>\n
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it enjoyed the support of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, and set up Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province, near the Iranian border. <\/p>\n
The organization is also known to have cooperated with Saddam in suppressing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and the massacre of Iraqi Kurds. <\/p>\n
Iran has repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to expel the group, but the US has been blocking the expulsion by mounting pressure on the Iraqi government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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