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| Camp Ashraf residents 'not a threat to Iraq' |
| 2010-09-02 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Camp Ashraf of anti-Iran group People’s Mojahedin of Iran does not pose a threat to security in the province of Diala, according to a legal advisor on the camp affairs in a statement. No, not unless the Iranians come over the border to smite them ... Mohammed al-Sheikhly, the Director of the National Justice Centre and the legal advisor on Camp Ashraf, has denied claims by security officials and political figures that the camp represents a threat to the security situation in Diala. Sheikhly’s statements came in response to charges by security and politicians in Diala, including the mayor of the province’s al-Saadiya township, Ahmed Al-Zarkoushy, that the PMOI has created anarchy and had been granting financial support to al-Qaeda network in the province. I do think that if the PMOI had done that we would have dismantled them rather completely. The PMOI has issued a statement recently, calling on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Chairman Ed Melkert, Iraq’s Human Rights Minister Wijdan Michael, U.S. ambassador in Baghdad James Jeffrey and International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to do their best to prevent “a crime against humanity inside Camp Ashraf”. “Some officials have included incorrect information regarding the miserable condition and the oppressive siege imposed by the Iraqi authorities, denying access of food and medicine to Camp Ashraf residents,” according to Sheikhly’s statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The PMOI, also known by the abbreviations MKO and MEK, is a militant socialist organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran’s current government. Founded in 1965, the PMOI was originally devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, capitalism and Western imperialism. The group officially renounced violence in 2001 and today it is the main organization in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an “umbrella coalition” parliament-in-exile that claims to be dedicated to a democratic, secular and coalition government in Iran. The PMOI has had thousands of its members for many years in bases in Iraq, but they were disarmed in the wake of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and are said to have adhered to a ceasefire. Its armed wing is, or was, called the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA). Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein dedicated Camp Ashraf in Diala province, northeast of Baghdad, to host the PMOI members since the 1980s. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 The PMOI, also known by the abbreviations MKO and MEK, is a militant socialist organization that advocates the overthrow of Iran's current government. No, they are a Terrorist Marxist cult with blood up to their elbows. And the western diplomats and politicians advocating for these savages to be a proxy against the Persians are playing with fire. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-09-02 12:36 |