PRNewswire, July 6, 2011 WASHINGTON, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On the Fourth of July in Baghdad, terrorists fired a Katyusha rocket at the U.S. Embassy as Americans were celebrating despite the fact the embassy is inside the heavily-fortified Green Zone. The following day, double blasts from a car bomb and a roadside bombing in…
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USCCAR Strongly Condemns Ambassador Jeffrey’s Demand that Iran’s Main Opposition Disband
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) strongly condemns the callous and irresponsible remarks by the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, who suggested over the weekend that the main opposition to Iran’s ruling theocracy, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), must dissolve itself before its members…
Why we should back the Persian Spring
Will the wave of change in the Muslim world reach Iran and evolve into a Persian Spring, asks Lord Corbett. The Telegraph By Robin Corbett 30 Jun 2011 About 100,000 Iranian exiles in Paris last month drew the attention of the international community to the plight of the Iranian people and demanded support for the…
U.S. must step up to help exiled Iranians in Iraq’s Camp Ashraf
Detroit Free Press June 17, 2011 After the death of Bin Laden, the world is again focusing on the Arab spring with even more vigor, because the message of Arab Spring is opposite to that of Bin Laden — freedom, democracy, and secular Islam. When Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi began to fire on his own…
140-Day Sit-in: Iranian-Americans Call on State Department to Delist the MEK, Protect Camp Ashraf in Iraq
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, June 10, 2011, marks the 140th day of a sit-in by US families and supporters of Camp Ashraf residents, members of Iran’s principal opposition to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), across from the US Department of State. The participants have been urging the State Department…