Aswat Al Iraq / Politics , Baghdad Al-Iraqiya Leader attacks Prime Minister Maliki, charging him with hypocrisy and deception

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chairman of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad Allawi, has launched a strong attack against Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, charging him with lying, hypocrisy, deception and depending on the foreigner and Iran to become prime minister.

“He (Maliki) has forgotten that he was and still is holding the position of defense, interior, national security ministers and the intelligence chairman, and had depended on the foreigner and was supported by Iran to become prime minister,” Allawi said in a televised interview on Friday.

Congressman Ted Poes Staetment: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DENIED ACCESS TO CAMP ASHRAF

Press Release 

Washington, Jun 10 -

 Today, Congressman Poe visited Iraq to visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi officials. Congressman Poe and other Members of Congress attempted to visit Camp Ashraf where they were turned away by the Iraqi government. Congressman Poe issued the following statement in response:
“I am deeply disappointed that Members of Congress were denied access to Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi government.  Earlier in the day, we had the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Al-Maliki for nearly two hours and heard his candid position on this complex issue. These discussions were important and productive. However, it was also important to be able to hear the position of the residents of Camp Ashraf in order to get a fair assessment from both sides of what really occurred that day. We were not allowed to hear their side of the story. It is unacceptable for the Government of Iraq to continue to silence the Iranian freedom fighters at Camp Ashraf.”
On April 8, 2500 Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf. 35 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in these attacks. The international community has not been allowed access to the Camp. Members of the European Parliament were also denied access to Camp Ashraf when they visited Iraq at the end of April.

Ashraf:US lawmakers: US lawmakers visiting Baghdad say Maliki refuses to allow visit to Ashraf .

The Iraqi government has refused to allow a visiting delegation of US members of Congress to visit Camp Ashraf in order to discover facts about the killing of dozens of the camp’s residents, according to al-Hurra TV.
Al-Sumariya also reported that the US delegation criticized the Iraqi government’s decision to prevent the delegation from visiting Camp Ashraf.

 According to Iraqi news reports, a high-ranking bipartisan delegation from the foreign affairs committee of the US Congress visiting Iraq led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, revealed at a press conference that the Nouri al-Maliki government refuses to allow an investigation visit to Ashraf.

IRAQ- ASHRAF ;Statement of the Council of Sheikhs of al-Radhvania, al-Ameria, and al-Naimia in Iraqi al-Anbar Province in support of European Parliament’s plan .

Guaranteed protection of Camp Ashraf by UN and U.S.

More than 2 months has passed since the attack on Ashraf which bought pain and anguish to the hearts of millions of Iraqis and people worldwide. We had repeatedly warned prior to the attack that the rights of Camp Ashraf residents were being violated. We say that they have been Iraqi people’s guests for decades and are protected persons under international agreements and laws, especially under the Fourth Geneva Convention. We consider the United States and the United Nations directly responsible for this situation.

International Federation of Workers Unions supports the European plan for resolving Ashraf’s crisis .

Guaranteed protection of Camp Ashraf residents is necessary for independent international investigations
International Federation of Workers Unions  , a non-governmental organization at the United Nations Economic and Social Council, with more than 70 million members from 95 countries, supports the European plan for achieving a reasonable, peaceful, and permanent solution for Camp Ashraf, and calls for immediate actions to implement this peaceful plan.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The proposal presented by the European Parliament is a peaceful and viable solution for Camp Ashraf .

Camp Ashraf

I join the UNHCHR,  EU,  other  countries  around  the world and  human  rights organizations and personalities to deplore strongly the Iraqi forces’ violent attacks against the defenseless and unarmed residents of Camp Ashraf on April 8th, 2011 which left 35 residents killed and hundreds of others wounded. Concerns exist that if the UN does not immediately assume the protection of the residents, Iraqi authorities will carry out yet another armed attack against Ashraf residents.

Over 300 Belgian Mayors express their support for Ashraf residents, call for their protection .

We would like to declare the support of over 300 Mayors, a majority of city mayors in Belgium, for Ashraf residents. This support from all major cities throughout the country is symbolically important and we hope it will add to the international pressures to save the defenceless people in Ashraf.