THECOLUMBIADAILY TRIBUNE Iranian dissidents not terrorists but face abuse in Iraq. No presidential administration wants a crisis in an election year, yet 2012 finds the Obama administration careening headlong into a major showdown with Iran. Tehran just announced it has started enriching uranium at an underground site in Ferdow, near Qom, an ominous sign of…
Iranian opposition group eyes Jordan relocation
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — An exiled Iranian opposition group being forced to relocate from its paramilitary base in eastern Iraq proposed on Saturday to temporarily move to the Jordanian border instead of Camp Liberty near Baghdad. Last month, the Obama administration offered to move the group temporarily to Camp Liberty, which once was…
U.S. should protest conditions at Camp Liberty
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL If the United Nations won’t act regarding conditions faced by Iranian dissidents in Iraq, the United States must. LONDON, March 2 (UPI) — The mullahs ruling Iran have had little reason to be happy with the United Nations in recent weeks, being forced to cope with crippling sanctions because of their pursuit…
Secretary Clinton Must Delist MEK; Ensure Safety, Security, and Dignity of Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) calls on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promptly remove Iran’s principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq [PMOI/MEK], from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and refrain from making the long-overdue delisting contingent on non-statuary demands. USCCAR is troubled…
UN Should Not Tolerate Camp ‘Liberty’
THE HUFFINGTON POST (UK) Who would ‘voluntarily’ exchange his house for a prison, where he would be monitored around the clock by armed forces, with no privacy and no access to lawyers? No-one in their right mind would accept this willingly. But this is exactly what is happening under the watch of the international community….