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...Just two days after making his declaration to the MEK, al-Maliki left for a scheduled diplomatic visit to Iran - his fourth since taking office. The Iraqi Prime Minister was expected to try to ease fears that Iraq might be used as a base to attack Iran. He has pledged that won't happen. But it remains uncertain as to what is in store...
...Even some Iraqis see value in keeping the camp intact. "We have many differences with Iran, and Iran is very deeply involved in Iraq, so I don't think it's wise to end the Iranian resistance," said Salah al-Mutlaq, a Sunni member of parliament from the Iraqi National Dialogue Front. "For the Americans, surrendering the Mujahedin-e Khalq file to the Iraqi government is a big mistake...
...pictures of U.S. troops in Iraq...
...than it is with the central government. In his speech from the Green Zone on New Year's Day, al-Maliki made it clear that the MEK would lose its protected status. "This group has been labeled a terrorist organization," al-Maliki said. "It can no longer operate in Iraq after today because it has caused a political crisis that contradicts the constitution ... We will never force any of these people to go back to their country ... but Iraq cannot be a base for these people...
...government has remained relatively quiet on the Ashraf issue lately, Washington's approach isn't entirely passive. In a Jan. 1 press release, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said an unspecified number of U.S. troops have remained at the camp since the formal handover of control to Iraq. "U.S. forces will maintain a presence at Camp Ashraf and will continue to assist the government of Iraq in carrying out its assurances of humane treatment of the residents of Camp Ashraf," the release stated. The Iraqi government provided written assurances that the group would be treated in accordance with Iraqi...