Supp

ortin

g th

e thi

rd o

ptio

n fo

r a

dem

ocra

tic, s

ecul

ar a

nd

non-

nucl

ear r

epub

lic in

Iran

Cam

p As

hraf

Cam

p L

iber

ty

A C

ond

ense

d T

imel

ine

Br

ok

en

P

ro

mi

se

sF

rom

Ash

raf

to L

iber

ty:

Sept

embe

r 200

8

Janu

ary

-Feb

ruar

y 20

094.

Janu

ary

2009

- Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

offi

cial

ly h

ands

ove

r the

pro

tecti

on o

f Cam

p As

hraf

to th

e Ira

qi

gove

rnm

ent,

desp

ite o

bjec

tion

by i

nter

natio

nal

hum

anita

rian

law

exp

erts

tha

t th

e m

ove

is in

vi

olati

on o

f int

erna

tiona

l law

and

that

the

US

is sti

ll re

spon

sible

for t

he p

rote

ction

of C

amp

Ashr

af

resid

ents

bas

ed o

n Ar

ticle

45

of th

e Ge

neva

Con

venti

on.

5. F

ebru

ary

2009

- Ira

qi P

resid

ent

Jala

l Tal

aban

i mee

ts Ir

ania

n Su

prem

e Le

ader

Ali

Kham

enei

, who

de

man

ds th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e bi

late

ral p

lan

to e

xpel

the

resid

ents

of A

shra

f fro

m Ir

aq.

2003

- 20

04

1. In

Apr

il 20

03, U

S fo

rces

sig

ned

a ce

ase-

fire

agre

emen

t of “

mut

ual u

nder

stan

ding

and

coo

rdin

ation

” w

ith th

e PM

OI.

In M

ay 2

003,

as a

resu

lt of

neg

otiati

ons b

etw

een

the

PMO

I and

US

forc

es le

d by

Gen

eral

Ra

y O

dier

no, t

he P

MO

I agr

eed

to a

“vol

unta

ry co

nsol

idati

on” a

nd d

isarm

ing

of it

s for

ces i

n ex

chan

ge fo

r US

pro

tecti

on o

f Cam

p As

hraf

and

its r

esid

ents

.

2. In

July

200

4 th

e US

led

Mul

ti-Na

tiona

l For

ce -

Iraq

form

ally

reco

gnize

d al

l the

3,4

00 re

siden

ts o

f Cam

p As

hraf

as

“Pro

tect

ed P

erso

ns”

unde

r the

Fou

rth

Gene

va C

onve

ntion

[Coa

lition

Sta

tem

ent,

July

200

4],

and

U.S.

forc

es to

ok u

p th

eir p

rote

ction

.

3. P

resid

ent

Geor

ge W

. Bu

sh a

nnou

nces

U.S

. w

ithdr

awal

pla

n fr

om I

raq.

Tw

o da

ys a

fter

the

anno

unce

men

t, Ira

n’s

Fore

ign

Min

istry

ann

ounc

ed t

hat

Iran

and

Iraq

had

appr

oved

a 7

-poi

nt

agre

emen

t for

the

expu

lsion

of t

he M

EK m

embe

rs fr

om A

shra

f and

Cam

p As

hraf

clos

ure.

Mar

ch 2

009

6. Ir

aqi g

over

nmen

t set

s up

hund

reds

of l

ouds

peak

ers a

roun

d th

e pe

rimet

er o

f Cam

p As

hraf

, bla

sting

th

em w

ith a

24/

7 ba

rrag

e of

obs

ceni

ties a

nd th

reat

s as p

art o

f its

cam

paig

n of

psy

chol

ogic

al to

rtur

e.

In a

dditi

on, a

gent

s of t

he Ir

ania

n M

inist

ry o

f Int

ellig

ence

, disg

uise

d as

fam

ilies

of t

he re

siden

ts, a

re

brou

ght t

o th

e ga

tes o

f Ash

raf t

o pu

t pre

ssur

e on

the

resid

ents

.

Psyc

holo

gica

l to

rture

of A

shra

f re

siden

ts w

ith 3

00

loud

spea

kers

July

200

9

7. In

July

2009

, at t

he b

ehes

t of I

ran,

the

Iraqi

forc

es la

unch

ed a

raid

on

the

cam

p’s d

efen

cele

ss re

siden

ts

killin

g 13

and

inju

ring

mor

e th

an 1

,000

. A m

ajor

ity in

the

US

Hous

e of

Rep

rese

ntati

ves

co-s

pons

ored

H.

Res.7

04 –

callin

g fo

r the

pro

tecti

on o

f Ash

raf r

esid

ents

.

Iraqi

forc

es

kill

13 A

shra

f re

siden

ts, i

njur

m

ore

than

1,0

00.

8. T

he S

ubco

mm

ittee

on

Ove

rsig

ht a

nd In

vesti

gatio

ns o

f the

Hou

se F

orei

gn A

ffairs

Com

mitt

ee, h

eld

a he

arin

g en

title

d “M

assa

cre

at C

amp

Ashr

af: I

mpl

icati

ons

for U

.S. P

olic

y.” T

he w

itnes

ses

incl

uded

Fo

rmer

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

Mic

hael

Muk

asey

, For

mer

Com

man

der o

f For

war

d O

pera

tion

Base

Ash

raf,

Dr. G

ary

Mor

sch,

and

Col

onel

Wes

Mar

tin, F

orm

er B

ase

Com

man

der o

f Cam

p As

hraf

.

Oct

ober

200

9

9. T

hirt

y Si

x re

siden

ts o

f Ash

raf i

llega

lly d

etai

ned

by th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t dur

ing

the

July

200

9 ra

id

on C

amp

Ashr

af re

turn

to A

shra

f afte

r the

y an

d th

eir f

amily

mem

bers

out

side

Iraq

stag

e a

72-d

ay

hung

er st

rike.

Apr

il 20

11

11. O

n Ap

ril 8

, Ira

qi F

orce

s att

cked

the

defe

ncel

ess

and

unar

med

resid

ents

of C

amp

Ashr

af. U

sing

2,50

0 so

ldie

rs e

quip

ped

with

arm

oure

d ve

hicle

s and

Hum

vees

, Iraq

i For

ces a

ttack

ed th

e re

siden

ts an

d kil

led

36 (8

w

omen

) and

inju

red

345.

Vid

eo cl

early

show

ing I

raqi

Forc

es d

irect

ly ai

min

g and

firin

g at t

he C

amp

resid

ents

.

Reac

tions

in th

e Un

ited

Stat

es

13. A

pril 1

5, 2

011-

Sena

tor C

arl L

evin

, the

Cha

ir of

th

e Se

nate

Arm

ed Se

rvic

es C

omm

ittee

, in a

lette

r to

Sec

reta

ry C

linto

n ur

ged

the

Secr

etar

y en

sure

a

safe

fut

ure

for

the

Cam

p As

hraf

res

iden

ts.

Both

the

chai

r and

the

rank

ing

mem

bers

of t

he

Hous

e Fo

reig

n Aff

airs

Com

mitt

ee c

onde

mne

d th

e att

ack.

14.

Durin

g a

Cong

ress

iona

l he

arin

g to

pro

be

the

killi

ngs

in C

amp

Ashr

af, b

oth

the

witn

esse

s an

d bi

-par

tisan

m

embe

rs

of

cong

ress

w

ere

unan

imou

s for

the

need

to p

rote

ct th

e re

siden

ts,

avoi

d re

loca

tion

with

in

Iraq,

an

d fa

cilit

ate

thei

r tr

ansf

er t

o th

ird c

ount

ries

in E

urop

e an

d Am

eric

a.

12. O

n Ap

ril 1

4, 2

011,

Sen

ator

John

Ker

ry, c

hair

of th

e Se

nate

For

eign

Rel

ation

s Co

mm

ittee

, iss

ues

a st

atem

ent,

cond

emni

ng th

e att

ack

by th

e Ira

qi F

orce

s on

Cam

p As

hraf

and

des

crib

es it

a “

mas

sacr

e.”

He ca

lls fo

r an

inde

pend

ent i

nves

tigati

on in

to th

e ki

lling

s and

em

phas

izes t

hat M

EK sh

ould

be

part

y to

de

term

ine

the

futu

re o

f the

resid

ents

.

Sen.

Lev

in

urge

s en

surin

g A

shra

f res

iden

ts’

safe

ty.

10. J

une

2010

- U

S fo

rces

leav

e FO

B Gr

izzly

at

Cam

p As

hraf

leav

ing

the

resid

ents

of C

amp

Ashr

af

vuln

erab

le to

furt

her a

ttack

s by

the

Iraqi

Gov

ernm

ent.

2010

Seni

or fo

rmer

go

vern

men

t offi

cial

s sp

eak

out i

n su

ppor

t of

MEK

16.

On S

epte

mbe

r 13

, UN

High

Com

miss

ion

for

Refu

gees

(U

NHCR

) de

clare

s As

hraf

re

siden

ts as

“a

sylu

m-se

eker

s”

unde

r in

tern

ation

al pr

otec

tion.

UN

HCR

requ

ests

and

is de

nied

per

miss

ion

by Ir

aq’s

gove

rnm

ent t

o int

ervie

w A

shra

f res

iden

ts in

the C

amp.

17. U

NHCR

also

requ

este

d th

e Go

vern

men

t of I

raq

to c

onsid

er e

xten

ding

the

dead

line

for t

he c

losu

re

of th

e Ca

mp

and

to p

rovid

e th

e ne

cess

ary

facil

ities

so

tha

t th

ese

requ

ests

for

ref

ugee

sta

tus

can

be

hear

d in

a ti

mel

y and

pro

per m

anne

r.

21. O

n De

cem

ber 5

th, 2

011,

the

Uni

ted

Nati

ons

Secr

etar

y-G

ener

al B

an K

i-moo

n ur

ges

natio

ns to

ac

cept

the

resi

dent

s.

UN

HC

R d

ec

lare

s A

shra

f re

sid

ent

s a

sylu

m-s

ee

kers

und

er

inte

rna

tiona

l p

rote

ctio

n.

MO

U w

as

signe

d w

ithou

t co

nsul

ting

with

re

siden

ts n

or w

ith

thei

r con

sent

22. O

n De

cem

ber 2

5, 2

011,

then

Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te H

illary

Rod

ham

Clin

ton

anno

unce

s th

e sig

ning

of a

M

emor

andu

m o

f Und

erst

andi

ng b

etw

een

the

Gove

rnm

ent o

f Ira

q an

d th

e Un

ited

Natio

ns w

hich

out

lined

, ‘‘s

teps

nec

essa

ry to

ach

ieve

a p

eace

ful a

nd v

iabl

e so

lutio

n fo

r Ash

raf,

inclu

ding

thei

r tem

pora

ry re

loca

tion

[from

Cam

p As

hraf

] to

Cam

p Hu

rriya

.”

June

201

1

Sept

embe

r - N

ovem

ber

2011

Nov

embe

r 15,

201

1

Dece

mbe

r 201

1

15. A

seni

or b

i-par

tisan

Con

gres

siona

l del

egati

on o

f the

Hou

se O

vers

ight

Subc

omm

ittee

on

Ove

rsig

ht

and

Inve

stiga

tions

visi

t Ira

q an

d re

ques

t to

visit

Cam

p As

hraf

, but

are

den

ied

acce

ss to

Cam

p As

hraf

by

Iraq

i Prim

e M

inist

er N

uri a

l-Mal

iki.

The

dele

gatio

n ho

lds

a pr

ess

conf

eren

ce in

US

Emba

ssy

in

Bagh

dad,

den

ounc

ing

Mal

iki’s

acti

ons.

HFA

C

unan

imou

sly

adop

ts

amm

endm

ent

to “

Iran

Thre

at

redu

ctio

n A

ct.”

20. D

urin

g a

hear

ing

in t

he S

enat

e Ar

med

Ser

vice

s Co

mm

ittee

, Cha

irman

Car

l Lev

in, S

en. J

ohn

McC

ain,

Sen

. Lin

dsey

Gra

ham

, and

Sen

. Jos

eph

Lieb

erm

an sp

oke

on th

e co

nditi

ons a

t Cam

p As

hraf

. Ch

airm

an L

evin

sta

ted:

“I

f the

y [t

he Ir

aqis]

vio

late

tha

t co

mm

itmen

t to

us

[to p

rote

ct t

he M

EK],

that

is g

oing

to

have

a s

ever

ely

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n… a

nd I

thin

k I c

an

spea

k he

re fo

r the

Con

gres

s, a

lthou

gh I’

m re

luct

ant t

o ev

er sa

y th

at. I

thin

k th

ere

is a

lot o

f con

cern

in

the

Cong

ress

abo

ut it

, and

this

will

I be

lieve

, in

my

opin

ion

will

sev

erel

y ne

gativ

ely

impa

ct th

eir

rela

tions

hip

with

the

US

Cong

ress

. Let

me

leav

e it

at th

at.”

19.

Cam

p As

hraf

re

siden

ts

cont

end

that

UNH

CR in

terv

iews

be he

ld at

or cl

ose t

o Cam

p Ash

raf

beca

use

they

fe

ar

that

th

eir

secu

rity

and

safe

ty o

ther

wise

m

ight n

ot b

e gua

rant

eed.

18. O

n No

v. 2,

the H

ouse

Fore

ign A

ffairs

Com

mitt

ee u

nanim

ously

adop

ted

an

amen

dmen

t to

H.R.

190

5, th

e Ira

n Th

reat

Red

uctio

n Ac

t of 2

011,

callin

g on

U.

S. Go

vern

men

t “to

urg

e th

e Go

vern

men

t of I

raq

not t

o clo

se C

amp

Ashr

af

until

the

Unite

d Na

tions

High

Com

miss

ioner

for R

efug

ees h

as co

mple

ted

his

proc

ess,

of re

cogn

izing

as po

litica

l ref

ugee

s the

resid

ents

of C

amp A

shra

f who

do

not w

ish to

go ba

ck to

Iran

, and

rese

ttling

them

in th

ird co

untri

es.”

Febr

uary

- M

arch

201

2Se

cret

ary

Clin

ton:

“I w

ould

hav

e pr

efer

red

havi

ng

them

pro

cess

ed

at A

shra

f.”

May

- Ju

ly 2

012

27. O

n M

ay 1

6, 2

012,

Am

bass

ador

Dan

iel F

ried

(Sec

reta

ry C

linto

n’s S

peci

al E

nvoy

on

Ashr

af) T

estifi

es

befo

re th

e Ho

use

Subc

omm

ittee

on

Ove

rsig

ht &

Inve

stiga

tion.

He

said

, in

part

, “Le

t me

be c

lear

: it

will

be

criti

cal f

or th

e U

nite

d St

ates

to d

emon

stra

te le

ader

ship

in th

is ar

ea. O

ur d

oing

so

will

be

esse

ntial

to fi

ndin

g a

solu

tion.

We

hope

to h

ave

the

supp

ort o

f the

Con

gres

s and

all

who

in th

e pa

st

have

exp

ress

ed c

once

rn fo

r the

wel

fare

of t

he re

siden

ts o

f Cam

p As

hraf

.”

30. I

n a

Stat

emen

t (Ju

ly 2

5, 2

012)

Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te re

itera

tes

supp

ort f

or “

road

map

” w

hich

it

said

wou

ld “a

dvan

ce o

ur sh

ared

obj

ectiv

e: th

e sa

fe d

epar

ture

of t

he re

siden

ts fr

om Ir

aq.”

29. T

he U

.S. C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls-DC

Circ

uit,

gave

4 m

onth

s of

add

ition

al ti

me

to S

ecre

tary

Clin

ton

to

eith

er p

rovi

de e

vide

nce

to ju

stify

des

igna

tion

of th

e M

EK, o

r the

Cou

rt w

ould

del

ist th

e M

EK.

Am

b. D

an F

ried:

It w

ill b

e cr

itica

l fo

r U.S

. to

dem

onst

rate

le

ader

ship

in th

is ar

ea.

Iraq

thre

aten

s fo

rcef

ul

relo

catio

n of

re

siden

ts.

28. J

une

2012

- Se

n. C

arl L

evin

, cha

irman

of t

he S

enat

e Ar

med

Ser

vice

s Co

mm

ittee

, sen

ds a

lette

r to

Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te H

illar

y Cl

into

n as

king

her

to e

nsur

e th

e sa

fety

of t

he re

siden

ts o

f Cam

p As

hraf

an

d to

acc

eler

ate

the

revi

ew o

f rem

ovin

g th

e FT

O d

esig

natio

n of

the

MEK

.

23. S

ecre

tary

of S

tate

Hilla

ry C

linto

n Te

stifie

s bef

ore

Hous

e Fo

reig

n Aff

airs

Com

mitt

ee (F

ebru

ary 1

2, 2

012)

: “I

shar

e it

beca

use

we

are

tryin

g to

wor

k to

reso

lve a

com

plex

situ

ation

. Avo

id b

lood

shed

and

viole

nce.

And

ha

ve th

e peo

ple f

rom

Cam

p As

hraf

mov

e to

the

cam

p Hu

rriya

[Lib

erty

] and

hav

e the

m p

roce

ssed

as so

on as

th

e Un

ited

Natio

ns ca

n pr

oces

s the

m. I

wou

ld h

ave

pref

erre

d ha

ving

them

pro

cess

ed a

t Ash

raf.”

24. A

mba

ssad

or D

an F

ried,

in a

lette

r to

Mr.

Moh

adde

ssin

; Feb

ruar

y 15

, 201

2: “

The

Unite

d St

ates

will

not

wal

k aw

ay fr

om th

e pe

ople

at C

amp

Hurr

iya, b

ut w

ill co

ntinu

e to

wor

k w

ith th

e UN

and

all

inte

rest

ed

gove

rnm

ents

to h

elp

them

thro

ugho

ut th

e rel

ocati

on an

d su

bseq

uent

UNH

CR p

roce

ss. W

e will,

in p

artic

ular

, en

cour

age

third

-cou

ntrie

s to

acce

pt p

eopl

e fro

m C

amp

Hurr

iya.”

25. I

n a

Stat

emen

t re

leas

ed o

n Fe

brua

ry 1

8, 2

012,

the

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of S

tate

com

men

ds A

shra

f re

siden

ts fo

r the

ir co

oper

ation

and

ass

istan

ce in

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Mem

oran

dum

of U

nder

stan

ding

an

d pl

edge

d th

at, ‘

‘In a

dditi

on to

aro

und-

the-

clock

U.N

. hum

an ri

ghts

mon

itorin

g, th

e U.

S. w

ill vi

sit th

e te

mpo

rary

tran

sit fa

cility

at [

Hurr

iya] r

egul

arly

and

freq

uent

ly.’’

26. M

arch

23

- Sen

ator

Roy

Blu

nt (R

-MO

), M

embe

r of S

elec

t Com

mitt

ee o

n In

tellig

ence

: “I l

ook

forw

ard

to th

e op

port

unity

to d

iscus

s thi

s iss

ue th

orou

ghly

with

thos

e at

the

Stat

e De

part

men

t who

are

chi

efly

resp

onsib

le fo

r U.S

. pol

icy to

war

d M

EK. I

f no

satis

fact

ory p

ublic

or c

lass

ified

info

rmati

on e

xists

to su

stai

n ou

r des

igna

tion

of th

e M

EK a

s a fo

reig

n te

rror

ist o

rgan

izatio

n, it

is m

y be

lief t

hat t

he ti

me

has c

ome

to

rem

ove

it fro

m th

e lis

t.”

Am

b. D

an F

ried:

“The

U.S

. will

not

w

alk

away

from

pe

ople

at c

amp

Hurri

ya”

Aug

ust 2

012

32. O

n Au

gust

29,

Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t iss

ues

anot

her

stat

emen

t, re

itera

ting

Secr

etar

y’s

Febr

uary

29

, 201

2 st

atem

ent

- “

give

n th

e on

goin

g eff

orts

to

relo

cate

the

res

iden

ts [

of C

amp

Ashr

af],

the

Muj

ahed

in-e

Kha

lq’s

(MEK

’s) c

oope

ratio

n in

the

suc

cess

ful a

nd p

eace

ful c

losu

re o

f Cam

p As

hraf

, th

e M

EK’s

mai

n pa

ram

ilita

ry b

ase,

will

be

a ke

y fa

ctor

in a

ny d

ecisi

on re

gard

ing

the

MEK

’s [F

orei

gn

Terr

orist

Org

aniza

tion]

stat

us.”

Stat

e De

partm

ent

conc

erne

d ab

out

Iraq’

s re

fere

nce

to in

volu

ntar

y re

loca

tion

of

resid

ents

.

36. N

ov. 2

012

- Con

ditio

ns w

orse

n at

Cam

p Lib

erty

(H

urriy

a).

For

mer

DNC

Cha

ir &

Pen

nsyl

vani

a Go

vern

or E

d Re

ndel

l/oth

ers

call

on t

he U

.N.

to

class

ify C

amp

Liber

ty a

s a re

fuge

e ca

mp.

37.

Nov

. 20

12 -

The

rep

rese

ntati

ves

of C

amp

Libe

rty

met

the

Alba

nia

gove

rnm

ent o

ffici

als

to

disc

uss

the

relo

catio

n of

abo

ut 2

00 o

f res

iden

ts

to A

lban

ia.

Secr

etar

y C

linto

n de

-list

s M

EK

Form

er D

NC

Cha

ir Ed

Ren

dell,

oth

ers

call

on U

N to

cl

asify

Ash

raf a

s re

fuge

e ca

mp.

33. A

ugus

t 201

2 - T

he U

nite

d N

ation

s W

orki

ng G

roup

on

Arbi

trar

y De

tenti

ons

subm

its a

repo

rt to

th

e U

nite

d N

ation

s, e

mph

asizi

ng th

at re

loca

tion

of A

shra

f res

iden

ts to

Cam

p Li

bert

y is

tant

amou

nt

to in

volu

ntar

y de

tenti

on a

s th

ey a

re d

enie

d th

eir

basic

rig

hts

to m

ovem

ent,

visit

s by

law

yers

and

fa

mily

mem

bers

.

31. O

n Au

gust

1, D

epar

tmen

t of S

tate

s iss

ues a

stat

emen

t exp

ress

ing

conc

ern

abou

t, “t

he G

over

nmen

t of

Iraq’

s ref

eren

ce o

n Ju

ly 31

to th

e po

ssib

le cl

osur

e of

Cam

p As

hraf

by i

nvol

unta

ry re

loca

tion

of it

s res

iden

ts.”

UN B

ody:

Re

loca

tion

of re

siden

ts is

ta

ntam

ount

to

invo

lunt

ary

dete

ntio

n.

Sept

embe

r - N

ovem

ber

2012

34.

Sep

tem

ber

- Se

cret

ary

of S

tate

Cl

into

n in

form

s th

e Co

urt

and

the

Cong

ress

tha

t sh

e ha

s re

mov

ed t

he

MEK

fro

m t

he l

ist o

f Fo

reig

n Te

rror

ist

Org

aniza

tions

, end

ing

all t

he re

stric

tions

fo

r the

gro

ups a

nd it

s affi

liate

s.

35. S

epte

mbe

r 201

2 - D

r. Ta

har B

oum

dera

, Chi

ef o

f the

Hum

an

Righ

ts S

ectio

n of

the

Unite

d Na

tions

Ass

istan

ce M

issio

n to

Iraq

(U

NAM

I) an

d in

cha

rge

of A

shra

f file

unti

l May

201

2, te

stifie

s be

fore

Con

gres

s re

gard

ing

the

lies

and

dist

ortio

ns a

bout

co

nditi

ons

at C

amp

Liber

ty b

y M

artin

Kob

ler,

UN S

ecre

tary

Ge

nera

l’s Sp

ecia

l Rep

rese

ntati

ve to

Iraq

.

Febr

uary

201

3

38. O

n Fe

brua

ry 9

, 201

3, C

amp

Libe

rty

cam

e un

der r

ocke

t atta

ck a

t 5:4

5 AM

. For

ty im

pact

po

ints

wer

e id

entifi

ed w

here

miss

iles a

nd m

orta

rs h

it th

e ca

mp

whi

ch is

onl

y ha

lf a

squa

re

kilo

met

er. N

ine

resid

ents

incl

udin

g a

wom

an w

ere

kille

d, a

nd m

ore

than

100

inju

red.

41. G

ener

al J

ames

Jon

es, M

ayor

Rud

y Gi

ulia

ni,

and

form

er S

peak

er o

f the

Hou

se N

ewt G

ingr

ich

are

amon

g m

any d

isting

uish

ed U

.S. p

erso

naliti

es

who

con

dem

n th

e att

ack

on C

amp

Libe

rty.

42.

Bi-p

artis

an

mem

bers

in

th

e Ho

use

co-

spon

sor

H.Re

s.89

&

co

ndem

n th

e te

rror

ist

attac

k ag

ains

t Cam

p Hu

rriy

a (L

iber

ty).

Doze

ns o

f roc

kets

ra

ined

dow

n on

C

amp

Liber

ty;

9 re

siden

ts k

illed

, do

zens

wou

nded

.

Gen

. Jam

es Jo

nes,

Rudy

Giu

liani

, N

ewt G

ingr

ich,

ot

hers

, con

dem

n th

e at

tack

.

UNHC

R’s G

uter

res:

The

atta

ck is

a

“des

pica

ble

act

of v

iole

nce.

”

Bi-p

artis

an

Hous

e m

embe

rs

cond

emn

the

atta

ck, c

o-sp

onso

r H.R

es.8

9.

Stat

e De

partm

ent

cond

emns

“t

erro

rist a

ttack

.”

Reac

tions

39. U

nite

d Na

tions

hig

h co

mm

issio

ner f

or re

fuge

es,

Antó

nio

Gute

rres

, cal

ls th

e att

ack “

a de

spica

ble

act

of v

iole

nce.

” U

N Se

cret

ary

Gene

ral B

an K

i-Moo

n al

so st

rong

ly co

ndem

ned

the

attac

k.

40. F

ebru

ary

9, 2

013:

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Sta

te

cond

emns

, “Te

rror

ist A

ttack

on

Cam

p Hu

rriy

a in

Ira

q.”

45.

On

April

17,

201

3: S

ecre

tary

Joh

n Ke

rry

at

the

Hous

e Fo

reig

n Aff

airs

Com

mitt

ee H

earin

g co

nfirm

ed th

at “

It’s

the

Irani

an g

over

nmen

t tha

t I

belie

ve w

as b

ehin

d th

e att

acks

”

46. O

n Ap

ril 1

8, 2

013:

Sec

reta

ry Jo

hn K

erry

at t

he

Sena

te H

earin

g “I’

m in

form

ed t

hat

abou

t 17

0 [o

f th

e re

siden

ts] h

ave

agre

ed to

go

to A

lban

ia.”

Secr

etar

y Ke

rry:

Iran

was

beh

ind

the

atta

ck.

Apr

il 20

13

44.

The

head

of I

rani

an re

gim

e’s

Inte

llige

nce

Min

istry

Hey

dar M

osle

hi v

isits

Iraq

and

ord

ers

Mal

iki

to s

uppr

ess

Irani

ans

in C

amp

Libe

rty

and

Ashr

af. M

any

politi

cal,

regi

onal

and

trib

al le

ader

s ac

ross

Ira

q de

man

d th

at M

osle

hi b

e ex

pelle

d fr

om th

eir c

ount

ry.

43. F

ebru

ary

17, 2

013

- U.S

. Con

gres

siona

l Del

egati

on le

d by

Con

gres

sman

Dan

a Ro

hrab

ache

r, M

eets

M

arya

m R

ajav

i, Pr

esid

ent-e

lect

of t

he N

ation

al C

ounc

il of

Res

istan

ce o

f Ira

n (N

CRI)

in P

aris,

and

cal

ls fo

r U.S

. out

reac

h to

Iran

’s de

moc

ratic

opp

ositi

on. T

he b

i-par

tisan

del

egati

on a

lso in

clud

ed Ju

dge

Ted

Poe

(R-T

X), C

ongr

essm

an B

rian

Higg

ins (

D-NY

), an

d Co

ngre

ssm

an P

aul C

ook

(R-C

A).

Febr

uary

201

3

Ano

ther

miss

le

atta

ck o

n C

amp

Liber

ty47

. Apr

il 29,

201

3 - T

he se

cond

miss

ile a

ttack

on

Cam

p Lib

erty

leav

es n

o ca

sual

ties.

Tehr

an’s

In

telli

genc

e M

inist

er v

isits

Iraq

, or

ders

Mal

iki t

o su

ppre

ss re

siden

ts

June

201

3US

con

dem

ns

late

st ‘b

ruta

l’ ro

cket

atta

ck o

n C

amp

Liber

ty.

Miss

ile a

ttack

on

Lib

erty

kill

s 2,

in

jurs

70

resid

ents

. 34

impa

ct p

oint

s of

107

mm

miss

iles

iden

tified

thus

far.

UNHC

R str

ongl

y co

ndem

ns la

test

dead

ly a

ttack

on

Cam

p Lib

erty

in

Iraq.

48.

Agen

ts

of

Kham

enei

an

d No

uri

al-M

aliki

ca

rrie

d ou

t a

dead

ly m

issile

atta

ck o

n Ca

mp

Liber

ty

on

Satu

rday

, Ju

ne

15,

killin

g tw

o Ira

nian

diss

iden

ts a

nd

imju

ring

70 re

siden

ts.

49. S

ecre

tary

of S

tate

John

Ker

ry:

“The

Un

ited

Stat

es

stron

gly

cond

emns

to

day’s

br

utal,

se

nsel

ess,

and u

tterly

unac

cept

able

ro

cket

attac

k on

Cam

p Hu

rriya

that

kil

led

and

inju

red

cam

p re

siden

ts.”

He d

eman

ded

the

terro

rist c

ulpr

its

to b

e bro

ught

to ju

stice

.

50.

UNHC

R pr

ess

rele

ase:

“Th

e Hi

gh C

omm

issio

ner f

or R

efug

ees,

Antó

nio

Gute

rres

stro

ngly

co

ndem

ns t

oday

’s ro

cket

atta

ck

on C

amp

Liber

ty i

n Ira

q th

at

repo

rtedl

y kil

led

two

peop

le a

nd

wou

nded

doz

ens.”

Sept

embe

r 201

3

51.

On

Sept

embe

r 1, 2

013,

the

crim

inal

forc

es o

f Mal

iki,

the

Iraqi

prim

e m

inist

er a

nd th

e pu

ppet

of t

he

Irani

an re

gim

e, st

orm

ed C

amp

Ashr

af a

imed

at t

he to

tal m

assa

cre

of it

s res

iden

ts. F

ifty-

two

defe

nsel

ess

resid

ents

of t

he ca

mp

wer

e m

ercil

essly

mur

dere

d by

the

Iraqi

s and

wer

e ta

rget

ed w

ith liv

e am

mun

ition

. M

ost v

ictim

s w

ere

shot

dire

ctly

in th

e he

ad a

t clo

se ra

nge.

Sev

en re

siden

ts, s

ix w

omen

and

one

man

, w

ere

take

n ho

stag

e by

Iraq

i for

ces.

Mal

iki’s

fo

rces

ex

ecut

ed

52 Ir

ania

n di

ssid

ents

an

d to

ok 7

, in

clud

ing

6 w

omen

, ho

stag

e

Crim

e ag

ains

t Hu

man

ity

Sept

embe

r 201

3

52. M

alik

i’s Sp

ecia

l For

ces,

know

s as t

he “D

irty F

orce

”, di

d no

t eve

n sp

are

the

patie

nts a

nd ill

resid

ents

at

Ashr

af’s

clini

c and

bru

tally

mas

sacr

ed e

very

one

indi

scrim

inat

ely.

On

Sept

. 1,

201

3,

Mal

iki’s

fo

rces

on

beha

lf of

th

e m

ulla

hs

regi

me,

at

tack

ed

Ash

raf a

nd

mas

sacr

ed

the

resid

ents

.

Vict

ims o

f Mas

sacr

e at

Ash

raf -

Sep

tem

ber 1

, 201

3

Ms.

Zoh

reh

Gha

emi,

a De

puty

Se

cret

arty

G

ener

al

of th

e PM

OI/

MEK

Gen.

Dav

id P

hillip

s an

d Ho

ssei

n M

adan

i afte

r a

mee

ting

in

Cam

p As

hraf

, 200

5.

Glo

bal C

onde

mna

tions

53.

UN

Hum

an R

ight

s offi

ce -

UN

New

s Cen

tre,

12

April

201

1 –

The

Uni

ted

Nati

ons h

uman

rig

hts

office

tod

ay c

alle

d fo

r in

depe

nden

t ob

serv

ers

to b

e al

low

ed im

med

iate

acc

ess

to

a ca

mp

nort

h of

Bag

hdad

afte

r Ira

qi s

ecur

ity fo

rces

repo

rted

ly s

torm

ed it

last

Frid

ay a

nd

kille

d or

wou

nded

doz

ens o

f res

iden

ts.

Rupe

rt C

olvi

lle, a

spo

kesp

erso

n fo

r th

e O

ffice

of t

he U

N H

igh

Com

miss

ione

r fo

r Hu

man

Ri

ghts

(O

HCHR

), to

ld r

epor

ters

tod

ay in

Gen

eva

that

the

UN

Ass

istan

ce M

issio

n in

Iraq

(U

NAM

I) ha

s stil

l not

bee

n al

low

ed to

ent

er th

e ca

mp

to in

depe

nden

tly ve

rify t

he al

lega

tions

of

serio

us ri

ghts

vio

latio

ns la

st F

riday

.

54.

EU H

igh

Repr

esen

tativ

e, C

athe

rine

Asht

on -

The

EU

is d

eepl

y di

stur

bed

at r

epor

ts

of t

he u

se o

f for

ce a

gain

st C

amp

Ashr

af r

esid

ents

in Ir

aq, r

esul

ting

in c

asua

lties

. The

EU

de

plor

es th

e lo

ss o

f life

. The

Uni

ted

Nati

ons A

ssist

ance

Miss

ion

in Ir

aq h

as b

een

mon

itorin

g th

e sit

uatio

n th

ere

clos

ely,

and

alo

ngsid

e th

e U

N, t

he E

U h

as c

ontin

uous

ly a

nd re

peat

edly

ca

lled

on th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t to

refr

ain

from

the

use

of vi

olen

ce a

nd to

resp

ect t

he h

uman

rig

hts o

f the

Cam

p’s r

esid

ents

.

This

mes

sage

was

rei

tera

ted

by E

U r

epre

sent

ative

s on

Mon

day

at a

mee

ting

with

Prim

e M

inist

er N

ouri

al-M

alik

i him

self.

The

EU

cal

ls up

on t

he Ir

aqi g

over

nmen

t to

gran

t acc

ess

to C

amp

Ashr

af to

inde

pend

ent

inte

rnati

onal

obs

erve

rs in

ord

er t

hat

they

can

pro

vide

a

com

preh

ensiv

e pi

ctur

e of

the

situa

tion.

55.

Briti

sh F

orei

gn O

ffice

- M

inist

er d

eplo

res

the

loss

of l

ife a

nd in

jury

at C

amp

Ashr

af in

Ira

q. “

The

UK

Gove

rnm

ent

is de

eply

dist

urbe

d to

rea

d re

port

s th

at a

num

ber

of c

ivili

an

resid

ents

hav

e be

en k

illed

and

man

y m

ore

wou

nded

at C

amp

Ashr

af to

day.

We

abso

lute

ly d

eplo

re su

ch lo

ss o

f life

and

inju

ry.”

“We

are

awar

e of

a r

eque

st b

y th

e U

nite

d N

ation

s As

sista

nce

Miss

ion

for

Iraq

(UN

AMI)

to s

end

a hu

man

itaria

n m

onito

ring

miss

ion

to C

amp

Ashr

af a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le. W

e fu

lly

supp

ort t

his r

eque

st a

nd th

eref

ore

urge

the

Iraqi

Gov

ernm

ent t

o qu

ickl

y gr

ant p

erm

issio

n.”

57.

Amne

sty

Inte

rnati

onal

Mal

colm

Sm

art,

Dire

ctor

of A

mne

sty

Inte

rnati

onal

’s M

iddl

e Ea

st a

nd N

orth

Afr

ica

Prog

ram

: “T

his i

s the

late

st o

f a se

ries o

f vio

lent

acti

ons t

hat t

he Ir

aqi g

over

nmen

t has

take

n ag

ains

t th

e Ca

mp

Ashr

af re

siden

ts, w

hose

con

tinui

ng p

rese

nce

in Ir

aq th

ey o

ppos

e.”

“Whe

ther

the

y lik

e it

or n

ot, t

he Ir

aqi a

utho

rities

are

res

pons

ible

for

the

sec

urity

and

w

ell-b

eing

of C

amp

Ashr

af’s

resid

ents

and

this

incl

udes

pro

vidi

ng a

cces

s to

ade

quat

e an

d im

med

iate

med

ical

trea

tmen

t whe

n ne

eded

.”

Glo

bal C

onde

mna

tions

56.

US

Depa

rtm

ent o

f Sta

te

The

U.S.

Gov

ernm

ent i

s de

eply

trou

bled

by

repo

rts

of d

eath

s an

d in

jurie

s re

sulti

ng fr

om

this

mor

ning

’s cl

ash

at C

amp.

We

reite

rate

our

call

for t

he Ir

aqi g

over

nmen

t to

live

up to

its

com

mitm

ents

to tr

eat t

he re

siden

ts o

f Ash

raf h

uman

ely

and

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith Ir

aqi l

aw

and

thei

r int

erna

tiona

l obl

igati

ons.

59.

Repo

rter

s With

out B

orde

rs

Repo

rter

s W

ithou

t Bo

rder

s co

ndem

ns t

he i

nfor

mati

on b

lock

ade

impo

sed

by t

he I

raqi

au

thor

ities

abo

ut th

e cl

ashe

s in

Cam

p As

hraf

. Apr

il 8 a

ttack

the

arm

y kill

ed n

early

30

peop

le

dead

st in

jure

d m

any

resid

ents

. Thi

s in

form

ation

blo

ckad

e is

unac

cept

able

sec

urity

forc

es

deny

acc

ess t

o jo

urna

lists

from

the

cam

p to

hid

e th

e at

roci

ties c

omm

itted

aga

inst

civi

lians

. Th

ey a

ttack

a ta

rget

ed a

nd d

elib

erat

e an

yone

tryi

ng to

take

pic

ture

s of t

he c

lash

es.

58.

Nor

way

con

dem

ns v

iole

nce

agai

nst

Ashr

af r

esid

ents

- T

he N

orw

egia

n go

vern

men

t ha

s str

ongl

y co

ndem

ned

Frid

ay’s

perp

etra

tion

of v

iole

nce

by th

e Ira

qi g

over

nmen

t aga

inst

un

arm

ed re

siden

ts in

Cam

p As

hraf

. Nor

weg

ian

Fore

ign

Min

ister

Jona

s Gah

r Stø

re sa

id in

a

stat

emen

t.

60.

On

the

day

of th

e m

assa

cre

at A

shra

f on

Sept

embe

r 1, 2

013,

hun

dred

s of I

rani

an d

issid

ents

in C

amp

Liber

ty in

Iraq

go

on h

unge

r str

ike, d

eman

ding

rele

ase

of th

e se

ven

Cam

p As

hraf

resid

ents

take

n ho

stag

e by

Iraq

i for

ces.

Hung

er S

trike

at C

amp

Liber

ty