Author: USCCAR
Increasing Pressure on Iranian Opposition in Iraq
PolicyWatch #1394 Throughout summer 2008, Iraqi politicians tied to Tehran have put increasing political pressure on the U.S. government to allow Baghdad to control Camp Ashraf, the base housing Iran’s main opposition — the Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK). Options regarding Iraqi-based MEK members are limited, but include the following: sending them to the United States;…
A Roadmap for the Foreign Terrorist Organizations List
PolicyWatch #1366 Although the Foreign Terrorist Organizationslist has a set of criteria for designating groups, there is little clarity in practice about the process for revocation. Even after organizations have renounced terrorism for many years, their designations persist without a clear explanation, and are based on the assumption that historical violence indicates future potential. A…
UN Special Rapporteur calls for restoration of water supply destroyed by bomb in Iraq
United Nation Human Rights Council The Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the Human Rights Council, Jean Ziegler, issued the following statement today: Geneva, 6 March 2008: — I am deeply concerned about information I continue to receive concerning the deteriorating situation in Ashraf City/Camp Ashraf (Iraq) and its surrounding area, following an…
West should back Iranians
United Press InternationalFebruary 1, 2008By BARONESS GOULD OF POTTERNEWTONLONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Iran under the mullahs is the only country in the world that continues to hang children, and it has an equally sinister track record over its treatment of women.On Jan. 15, Amnesty International said in a report that nine women and two…