Fox News Monday, President Obama welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House with the declaration that U.S. troops were leaving Iraq with “heads held high.” But while administration spin-miesters are promoting the so-called deepening strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq, an emboldened and increasingly defiant Maliki is quickly moving forward…
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Bay Area Iranian-Americans fear forced closure of Iraq’s Camp Ashraf will lead to a massacre
San Jose Mercury News For years, a Bay Area couple had been trying to publicize the danger that dissidents from their native Iran faced at a camp across the border in Iraq. Then, in April, Parviz and Ensieh Yazdanpanah’s greatest fear came true in a very personal way: Their adopted daughter was one of three…
White House talks on Iraq’s Camp Ashraf draw protesters
CNN Washington (CNN) — Several prominent Americans joined Iranian opposition activists Monday in a noisy demonstration outside the White House, urging President Obama to discuss what may soon happen at a refugee camp as the United States leaves Iraq. The Iraqi government plans to close Camp Ashraf northeast of Baghdad at the end of December,…
Demonstrators Call On Obama To Protect Iranian Dissidents
RTTNews Hundreds of protesters gathered Monday outside the White House gates ahead of a meeting here between President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The crowd called on Obama to help protect those at Camp Ashraf, home to 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq. Demonstrators said they fear that with U.S. combat forces leaving…
Will Obama live up to his Nobel Prize qualifications?
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to visit U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. He also is wanted for questioning by Spanish courts for crimes that have taken place at Camp Ashraf, home to 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq, in July 2009 and April 2011under…