IRAN FOCUS UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief is urging some 1,200 Iranian exiles to follow orders to leave a northern Iraq camp, the site of two deadly raids by Iraqi forces, and resettle in a new refugee camp near Baghdad. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday also urged other countries to give asylum…
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Camp Liberty in Iraq likened to concentration camp
MIDDLE EAST ONLINE US lawmaker compares Iranian exile camp near Baghdad to Auschwitz, accuses Obama of betraying Iranian exiles. WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in Washington accused US and Iraqi leaders Wednesday of perpetuating appalling conditions for Iranian exiles housed near Baghdad, with one Republican comparing the facilities to Auschwitz. The outrage over the conditions came as…
Conference of Faleh Fayaz with foreign ambassadors without Ashraf residents being represented is devoid of any credibility as it is to justify the previous crimes and set the stage for the third massacre
The sixth group of residents will move to Camp Liberty only after their eight minimum humanitarian needs are fulfilled. Residents have informed the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq (SRSG) that they would provide the needs at their own costs and resources within a month but Iraq obstructs it. Iraqi media, reported…
Whose agenda is the U.N. ambassador pushing in Iraq?
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL LONDON, July 31 (UPI) — It is a sad day when a U.N. ambassador becomes the stooge of a repressive regime but it’s happening. Martin Kobler, the United Nations’ Iraq envoy, has brought shame on the institution by allowing himself to be duped into doing Baghdad’s dirty work. His recent report to…
Iraq: A Prison For Iranian Dissidents Called ‘Liberty’
EURASIAREVIEW About seven months ago, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Iraq, Martin Kobler, and the Iraqi government for the relocation of 3400 residents of a camp, situated north of Baghdad, known as camp Ashraf. Until this day, some 2000 members of an Iranian opposition group,…