UN-US –MEK: Good License to Kill

Egyptian parliament majority and 4000 EU lawmakers condemn US-UN debacle in handling Camp Liberty brewing crisis.

Camouflaged siege by Iraqi forces of refugee Camp; dehydration in sky-high temperatures; blocking basic needs of residents condemned in report by committee of 4000 lawmakers to UN Security Council.

After the recent mediatic bravado by the US State department that conditioned its belated legal obligation to the evacuation of a refugee Camp in Diyala province of Iraq, the situation has evolved into a humanitarian time bomb.
A committee of 4000 European lawmakers issued a report to the Security Council on the escalating humanitarian crisis in two Camps that house members of the pro-democracy opposition to Tehran, MEK.
The report which has been prepared in 10 sections, after reviewing the events in the past three months in two camps of Ashraf and Liberty, presents urgent and necessary requirements for the conclusion of relocation of the residents to Liberty in 10 and 5 articles respectively to the Security Council and while appealing for the Councils’ support.

UN-US –MEK: Good License to Kill

Egyptian parliament majority and 4000 EU lawmakers condemn US-UN debacle in handling Camp Liberty brewing crisis.

Camouflaged siege by Iraqi forces of refugee Camp; dehydration in sky-high temperatures; blocking basic needs of residents condemned in report by committee of 4000 lawmakers to UN Security Council.

After the recent mediatic bravado by the US State department that conditioned its belated legal obligation to the evacuation of a refugee Camp in Diyala province of Iraq, the situation has evolved into a humanitarian time bomb.
A committee of 4000 European lawmakers issued a report to the Security Council on the escalating humanitarian crisis in two Camps that house members of the pro-democracy opposition to Tehran, MEK.
The report which has been prepared in 10 sections, after reviewing the events in the past three months in two camps of Ashraf and Liberty, presents urgent and necessary requirements for the conclusion of relocation of the residents to Liberty in 10 and 5 articles respectively to the Security Council and while appealing for the Councils’ support.

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?

MEK-NCRI: Largest Iranian pro-democracy Gathering- Yes To Key Opposition

500 prominent political personalities, parliamentarians and jurists from 40 countries and five continents demand basic rights for Liberty residents (MEK members); and formal recognition of NCRI

• No more excuses. No more lies. We want action on Camp Ashraf/Liberty”-Vice President of the European Parliament Aleco-Vidal Quadras ,Villepinte

USCCAR condemns UNAMI CHIEF conduct over MEK Liberty:demands UN neutrality and obligations to Refugees in camp

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012-

USCCAR

On behalf of thousands of Iranian-Americans whose loved ones are in camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq, the US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) strongly condemns the mounting pressure exerted on the 3,200 Iranian dissidents in Iraq by UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Martin Kobler.

His actions and words have only served the murderous regime in Iran and the Nuri al-Maliki government in Iraq, which has been doing the bidding of Tehran. 

Trans-Atlantic Convention: De-list MEK-Support Iranian Opposition For Democracy

Officalwire By Sadegh Sistani

World gathering in Paris-Villepinte on June 23, to support the Iranian resistance: MEK must be de-listed, Camp Liberty must be announced as Refugee Camp and protected from clerical ploys.

The past three decades have been the most turbulent in the Middle East. The eye of the storm has been Iran. The main element that can capsize the balance for Peace in the region is a pro-democratic group (MEK), feared by Tehran. 

The group has repeated one message all along its epic struggle against the religious fascists in Iran: 
The only pathway for a rational and practical solution for the Iranian crisis is a democratic change brought about by the people and their organized resistance.

This call has been echoed recently in a statement released by the International Committee In Search of Justice, composed of 4000 Parliamentarians; the Bahrain Parliament and the Dutch Senate.

For years, the resistance group has engaged its human, financial and organizational resources in making this reality a fact for hallucinated pundits and policy makers who have taken the credit for prolonging the regime’s rule for two more decades. Despite their complicity in crimes committed by this regime, these policy makers have failed to provide it with legitimacy and stability it should gain from a public and popular vote.

The message has been crystal clear:
-It has been proven that a viper will never give birth to a dove, meaning that this regime cannot be reformed and the notion of moderation within the velayat-e faqih regime [absolute clerical rule] is a mere myth.
-It has been proven that no alternatives can be found within the ruling theocracy and during  an endless cycle of eliminating its splinters and increasingly closing its ranks, the regime is devouring its own factions, just as it has weakened; Moussav;Rafsanjan;Khatami and even Ahmadinejad.
-It has been proven that this regime is demagogic and inhumane; that it cannot stay in power without committing torture, execution and hangings; without war and export of crisis and terrorism.
- It has been proven that it will not tolerate any submission to neutralizing its quest for the nuclear arsenal and with the masterly sleight of hand will use every tactic to buy time and complete its objective. 
Last year according to participants, at least 90,000 people gathered in Villepinte-Paris, France. The gathering hosted a spectacular platform of unity in the presence of hundreds of politicians and parliamentarians from Europe, America and the Middle East. The declaration of support of 4000 parliamentarians’ majorities of 30 parliaments, 5000 mayors in Europe and 3000 religious emissaries from Europe and the United States were among the list of achievements announced to the gathering..

This year the occasion is on June 23 with a broader agenda to declare support for the Iranian Resistance under the leadership of their charismatic leader Maryam Rajavi.
It will be the most glamorous and unique congregation of anti-fundamentalist, pro-democratic elements worldwide. 
The grandeur of the 2011gathering was explained by Andrew card, White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006) as a great reflection of support for the Iranian Resistance (PMOI);
 “It is truly time for the people all over the world who care about democracy to stand with the Iranian people and the PMOI in the struggle for democracy.”

Henri Leclerc, prominent European Attorney, Honorary President of the League of Human Rights highlighted one major letdown in his speech ;
“It was a disgrace to treat those who fulfill their right to resist against a tyrannical regime as terrorists. I would like to address President Obama from here and say: Yes, Mr. Obama, for some time, you were an example of the American Dream for us here. We believe that the people of the United States are not complicit in crimes. But, you cannot keep the residents of Ashraf on the terror list and thereby provide an excuse for their deaths. They are the representatives and spokespersons for all resistance activists everywhere. We must end labeling them as terrorists, and we must support the Iranian people with all our might. It is with certainty that they will attain their freedom.”

Fraudcast News On MEK! It Is Time For Responsible Journalism

by Fabian Mahmoudi

Sadly, once again, I came across a piece written by Josh Rogin on foreign policy which is avoiding every principal of journalistic ethics: references to honesty, avoiding journalistic bias, demonstrating responsibility, striking an appropriate balance between privacy and public interest, shunning financial conflict of interest, and choosing ethical means to obtain information. It would be utterly irresponsible of me to say the piece is not a politically orientated leverage accomplice to the subject of a humanitarian crisis.

As has been the case, I researched and was accommodated with the fact that such fraud-casting is disaster for reputable journalism and must be isolated and disclaimed by the profession. Omission of biased information and facts is the worst any journalist could do to destroy his reputation.
It would be a long and tiresome piece if I were to examine one by one in the bundle delivered by Mr. Rogin the fallacies which undermine one's journalistic integrity, but to stick to the humanitarian concern and volatile situation of Camp Liberty and the relocation of the 4300 refugees. I shall only refer to facts which have not been mentioned in the cast entitled:  Are the MEK’s U.S. friends its worst enemies?

The column slams all those who support the Opposition movement MEK and accuses them of being bought. I would suppose then this MEK movement must be a very strong, capable and desirable alternative to the present dithering and tyrannical regime, strong enough to win the hearts and minds of 4000 parliamentarians in Europe, 1800 jurists, arrive to get the maximum vote of 17 parliaments, and a considerable number of US senate votes in its favor.(*6)

Camp Liberty: Who Is Responsible For Fraud On Human Lives

by Joseph Omidvar

The question is simple: Who is really responsible for the situation facing 400 innocent Iranian dissidents? There is no doubt that somebody is responsible for perpetrating that fraud.

A fraud threatening human lives is not often heard about in today’s world. This has however, been the case for 397 Iranian dissidents, who found themselves be tricked when they accepted to be relocated from the place they had lived in for 25 years.

MEK provides hope for Iranian people

Sadegh Sistani - 8/5/2011

Much has been said and discussed about the MEK/PMOI in the press and among policy makers, some behind closed doors and others in high-level diplomatic meetings. The most prominent Iranian opposition group (Mojahedin as known by the Iranian people) is a main battleground which will determine lives of millions in Iran and the whole region.

The charge that the MEK has no support in Iran is, frankly, baseless.
The 2009 uprisings and latest official purge within the clerical hierarchy leave no doubt for appeasers that democracy is void in Iran and therefore it would be only self suicide for any Iranian to display an iota of sympathy for the MEK, which is classified as “Moharebe”* by a fatwa released by Khomeini.

I endured 17 years of prison and torture under the clerical regime in Iran.

During the 2009 uprisings, I met in prison tens of youth, tortured and beaten and accused of correlating and working with the MEK. We were submerged in a wave of desperate negative propaganda against the organization. Press titles read:” The commander of Ashura day incidents was the PMOI and rioters chanted their slogans” and that” Saying no to Velayat-e Faqih (Iranian Supreme Leader) means that you have accepted the rule of Maryam Rajavi instead.”

The punishment and “Verdict for protestors is death “in Iran (Mohseni-Ejei, former Minister of Intelligence- Mehr stat-run news agency, January 4, 2010) and “Anyone who helps PMOI in any way will be deemed Moharebe* (First Deputy of Judiciary- Channel 2 TV, December 30, 2009).

The number of street protestors arrested for association with the Mojaheden (MeK) also depicts its role in demonstrations as do slogans echoing Mojahedin chants, e.g., calling for a democratic change by chanting “down with the principle of Velayat-e Faqih” (referring to Supremacy of one man -Khamenei).

The aftermath of the 2009 uprising there was a wave of executions, mainly MEK members, such as Jafar Kazemi, Ali Aghaei,… and tens of death orders for its supporters who were charged with either visiting Camp Ashraf or taking part in the protests.

The clerical regime’s fear of the MEK has already reflected in increasing widening of the rift and escalation of qualms in the Hierarchy of the regime which is adamantly leading to an implosion of the entirely of this illegitimate regime.

Only during the last two weeks, the MEK/PMOI has occupied 90 percent of clerical regime propaganda spur referring to the organization at least 100 times.

It is time to resolve the long argued paradox: “The MEK cannot be an isolated little sect and the most powerful and feared element by the clerical regime at the same time."

All this illustrates just how significant the Mujahedeen of Iran are in the Iranian puzzle and how urgently the US needs to stand alongside the people in their choice to bring about a complete change through its capable and well rooted organization , the MEK by delisting the organization from its FTO list.

The Mujahedeen are a well-organized, highly-educated, and devoted group of Iranian activists who have stood alone on the frontline to terror and Islamic fundamentalism for at least 27 years now well before the West finally realized the threat. They have warned of, and urged vigilance against, the clerical regime for years, only to be brushed aside by skeptical intellectuals and pro engagement pundits in Europe and the US. They have tried to educate a duped Western audience about the enormous capacity of the Islamic fundamentalists to inflict pain and suffering on the social fabric of modern society, ripping it asunder and thrusting it into a convulsion of crises that it can benefit from.

At the same the fear the clerical regime has towards its only serious enemy, the MEK as its anti-thesis.

However, the US policy to confront the clerical fascist regime in Iran is incoherent. Appeasers in Capitol Hill steered by lobbies of the Iranian regime somehow manage to combine colossal moral failure with strategic imbecility with the overpowering stench of hypocrisy to pass over the huge loss of National interest of the United States in the game over Iran. Nevertheless, the Iranian people, having 35 years of priceless struggle against the religious fascist ruling Iran distinguish best and stand with their only chance for Democracy: the MEK.

Recognizing the people’s right to resist the tyrannical rule in Iran and lending support to the opposition who aspires to establish the principles of a free secular Republic, is the only beacon for the Iranian populous in Iran. This will send a true message of good will gesture to the Iranian people and also the people of the region; The United States to pave way for peace and security in Iran and the region by siding with the people and not their henchmen.

The only necessary step should be to recognize the Mojahedin –e Khalq (MEK/PMOI) as the true voice of the Iranian people who desire complete change in their homeland.

On July 30, the Iranian resistance announced the results of a 64-hour telethon, during which Iranians contributed $3.28 million dollars to the INTV (the Iranian resistance Satellite Television broadcasting to four continents and covering Iran with anti- government news and broadcast).The extensive support displayed during the programme is only one example of millions of the love and respect the Iranian people have towards the Mojahedin (MEK).
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Ashraf maryam Rajavi, Paris,Ashraf 18 June 2011

Ashraf 18 June Gathering for protection of Camp Ashraf

Majority of parliamentarians in Malta call for protection of Ashraf .

On 8 April 2011, some 2,500 Iraqi armed forces attacked the defenseless and unarmed Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf on orders issued by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and at the behest of the Iranian regime. This brutal attack resulted in the murder of 35 residents, including 8 women, and 350 others being wounded. A number of Ashraf residents were crushed to death by armored vehicles.

US ambassador: Investigations will continue about Camp Ashraf incidents .

Following the release of a statement by a visiting US congressional delegation to Iraq, al-Hurra TV reported that the US ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, has announced, “Investigations about the incidents in Camp Ashraf will continue and the Iraqi government, security forces and the residents of this camp must cooperate to complete the investigations.”

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;

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.