MEK-Ashraf: State Departments’ Crying Shame

Relocation of more convoys from Ashraf has been halted due to failure of the Iraqi government to provide minimum humanitarian needs.

‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me’
The State department’s new low of sling mudding the main opposition to clerical tyrants in Iran (MEK), was not a surprise for wise men. The garbling of facts only put a spotlight on the departments’ malfeasant while helping us understand the numerous questions raised by the opposition (MEK) and Camp Ashraf residents:
How dangerous is one “CEMENT BAG” to US national security?

One of the items discussed during talks for MEK members in Camp Liberty has been concrete mix, which the residents wish to buy at their own expense in order to provide walking paths for the handicapped personnel who have been disabled by US provided Humvees and arms during the violent attack of Iraqi forces in 2011 and 2009. Surprising as it is, the US State Departments conduct; blackmailing the residents and offering basic rights in exchange for closure of Camp Ashraf, is a role model for “petty crime” and incredibly distant even for Political lows.
How irrelevant is a vehicle for disabled persons in a desert compound?
A guilty conscience needs no accuser: More than 1000 defenseless residents were seriously wounded and handicapped during the 2011 violent Iraqi attack on camp Ashraf. 24 majorities of houses of parliament’s world wide condemned the tragedy and questioned US role and pre-hand knowledge of the attack. The victims have been extremely contingent on International help to regain the minimum living conditions stipulated for a “human being” regardless of political factors. The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs impeached US negligence during the killings in 2011.
Daniel Benjamin, the State Department’s coordinator for counter-terrorism has garbled all tangible ground facts only to highlight US reluctance towards basic humanitarian laws, which seriously place it on the heavy side of “Lady Justice.” For hundreds seriously wounded and handicapped in 2011 by, deprivation of mobility is deprivation of freedom .
Displaying “minimum” humanitarian gesture by State Department officials would have only been to the advantage of the Obama Administration at times of a heated election campaign race.
In this particular case it seems that “Hawks” do “pick out hawks’ eyes”.
Is Water, food and shades to protect burning sun of 60 degrees centigrade in anyway undermining “Iraqi Sovereignty” and jeopardizing US interests?
2000 people crammed in temporary bungalows which set temperatures as high as 60 degrees Celsius under the sun, with no shades, no generators t or electricity to pump water, no cooling systems allowed, are ground facts concerning Camp Liberty.
All needs have been prevented artfully by Iraqi elements loyal to Tehran after “negotiations” observed by US-UN representatives. This, of course is to spare the “observers” embarrassment of the failure to obligate the Iraqis to commitments.
Chapter 3 of the MoU stipulates that the Iraqi government will respect and guarantee the humanitarian rights of the camp residents and that the Iraqi government will allow the residents to obtain, with their own funds, the basic necessities of the residents such as food, water, communication devices, hygiene commodities, and cleaning and maintenance tools. The residents have been deprived of needs since day one of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between UN and Iraq without their consent. The irony is the commitment displayed by residents to oblige the MoU and prevent the Maliki government from slick attempts to dupe US-UN observers on the ground of their constant breach of agreement.
Weeks of constant talks involving resident representatives and the UN-US-Iraqi counterparts over basic needs of Liberty residents have been grueling and acrimonious. The meetings have evidently been characterized by sly diplomatic intrigue, brutal arm twisting, pompous political grandstanding on Iraqi part and foul grandstand of the US State department. Needs of the residents, are expertly scrapped off the list when Iraqi elements forwards a new version of inconsistent ‘solutions’ and pretend to play in tune with expectations.
According to relatives of residents, items such as expensive power generators, bought by the residents are black listed whilst residents are asked to buy older versions from third countries.
The only radical assumption to this would be a grand preparation for a grand looting scheme in Camp Ashraf , after complete relocation of the residents and the delay of convoys to the new camp.
The residents’ list of “needs” is realistic in face of plots and ploys to “starve, dehydrate” and force residents to buckle under pressure.
Tehran, which has enormous political sway over Baghdad in the post-U.S. vacuum, is terrified at the thought of having MEK supporters on its doorstep. The two regimes therefore hatched a plan to massacre the 3,400 men, women and children who had made Ashraf their home or force them to surrender by the end of last year.
The role of the US however, is under International scrutiny.
The MEK and Ashraf residents are the litmus test for the US administration in the eye of all nations in the region. This was a clear message outspoken by delegations from the Middle East and the Horn of Africa who looked at the movement as the “key to peace and against Islamic fundamentalism.
The MEK seems to have delivered its good will gesture. The ball seems to be in US court.
How far is the Administration ready to go with tyrants?
Is Lady Liberty dying?

Pictures of the Great Ashraf 18 June gathering villepint with Maryam Rajavi in support of Ashraf

Villepinte Gathering to support Ashraf,18June 2011, Maryam Rajavi supported by 5000 French Mayors

French mayors pay respect to Iranian Resistance Martyres along with Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the NCRI , Mahin Sarmei, wife of veteran poltical prisoner and famed in Iran for his resolve to stand firm for Freedom, who was hanged by Iranian henchment in Tehran , paying tribute at the Martyres Monument at Villepinte, Paris 8 April, 2011.

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Appeal by SabasMessage: Massacre of Camp Ashraf underway June 2011

According to Fars News Agency (State controlled news agency) , Diyala province governor , RAAD Javad Altamimi in an interview with Almotamer newspaper has revealed that new organisational structure has been formed incorporated with Iraqi intelligence and military and police , which are preparing for a new attack on Camp Ashraf under direct control of the Prime minister Al Maliki himself

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Majority of parliamentarians in Italy call for supporting the Iranian resistance, people’s uprisings, and protection of Ashraf .

A majority of the members of Parliament in Italy have called for the protection of Camp Ashraf and support for the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people’s uprisings. Below is the translated text of the declaration:
• In view of the Iranian people’s extensive nationwide uprisings against the religious fascism and their brave resistance against violence and state repression;

• In view of the widespread arrests, rising political executions, including the execution of family members of the residents of Camp Ashraf, who are the source of the Iranian people’s hopes;

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

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 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.

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.

47th day sit-in , Geneva, for Camp Ashraf

U.S.-Iran Policy: P.J. Crowley, Stuart Eizenstat and Nancy Soderberg, Join Former Republican Officials in Urging President Obama To Support a "Persian Spring": HRDI Symposium .

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several former U.S. Government officials spoke to the need for the Obama Administration to focus more on the Persian Spring as the administration is calibrating its new Middle East initiative to adapt to the realities in the region, during a symposium in Washington, DC, entitled "New U.S. Middle East Initiative and the Policy on Iran," organized by Human Rights and Democracy International.

Iraqi VP’s spokesperson supports European Parliament solution on Ashraf .

The media spokesman for the Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has said that the European Parliament’s proposed solution for the residents of Camp Ashraf is an appropriate, just and humanitarian option that respects international and human rights laws. According to the Iraqi news agency, Abdol elah Kazem said Iraqi nationalist forces are in agreement with this solution and have supported humanitarian result. “We oppose any displacement of the residents of Ashraf to another location in Iraq,” he added.

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.

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.

Symposium in Kuwait in solidarity with Mojahedin at Camp Ashraf .

In an article entitled “Where are Kuwaiti Shiites when Camp Ashraf Shiites are massacred”, the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah Daily wrote in its front page: “Dr. Walid al-Tabatabaee, a member of Kuwait’s Parliament described the killings committed by the Iranian government and the Iraqi Prime Minister’s military at Camp Ashraf ‘crimes against humanity’ and asked the international community to take ‘serious actions for stopping them.”