The Obama administration is staying quiet as the Iranian regime has increased pressure on thousands of Iranian political dissidents taking refuge in Camp Liberty in Iraq, write U.S. Colonels. Wesley Martin (ret.), Leo McCloskey (ret.) and Thomas Cantwell (ret.). The several thousand members of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI (Mujahedin-e…
Refugee camp in Iraq under siege by Iraqi government
DIGITAL JOURNAL By Brian Booker Baghdad – Camp Liberty, a camp for de facto refugee members of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, has come under siege as the Iraqi government has denied the entry of food, septic tanks, and other vital supplies. The Mojahedin-e-Khalq, or MEK, is an Iranian opposition group that has been engaged in a long…
USCCAR Condemns Iraqi Government’s siege on Camp Liberty, Urges Secretary Kerry To Avert Humanitarian Crisis
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, July 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a letter today to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, the US families of the residents of Camp Liberty, called for his urgent intervention to avert a humanitarian crisis at the Camp in light of the Iraqi Government’s imposition of further restrictions on the residents over…
Iraqi forces continue denying Camp Liberty Iranians food, fuel and services in Ramadan
In 50 degrees Celsius heat of Ramadhan, on the orders of Faleh Fayyad, Iraqi forces prevented entry of food, fuel and septic trucks to Camp Liberty NCRI – For the third consecutive day, the Iraqi national security advisor Faleh Fayyad, in charge of the committee to suppress the Iranian opposition in Ashraf and Liberty, has…
Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty protest inhuman siege
Iranian refugees at Camp Liberty, Iraq, protested today the deteriorating state of the camp’s living conditions due to a siege imposed by Iraqi forces. Despite the scorching heat which has forced the Iraqi government to shut down all state institutions, in an attempt to torment Camp Liberty residents, Iraqi forces station at the camp are…