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Iraqi forces prevent entry of two fuel tankers to Camp Ashraf

Shahriar Kia - 11/17/2009

Iraqi forces, in their continued cruel and inhumane siege of Camp Ashraf, prevented entry of two fuel tankers into the Camp on Wednesday. They arrested their drivers and transferred them to a detention center in the city of Khalis near Ashraf and seized their tankers. Iraqi forces said that no fuel should be allowed into the Camp any more.

For the past 10 months, since the beginning of this year when the American forces transferred the protection of Camp Ashraf to Iraq, the Iraqi forces have imposed a blockade against Camp Ashraf at the behest of the dictatorship ruling Iran.

The Iraqi forces have been preventing the entry of most basic commodities to the Camp and do not allow the families and lawyers of Ashraf residents, human rights activists, and parliamentarians to go to Ashraf.

In the meantime, Ali Larijani, Speaker of mullahs’ parliament, called for extradition of members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) to Iran. Upon his arrival in Iraq on Wednesday in a visit to the Parliament, he praised the Iraqi Government for suppression and murder of Ashraf residents and said: “The Government of Iraq has taken many steps vis-à-vis the PMOI but this kind of organization should not be allowed on Iraqi soil.” While defying international laws, he added: “Most of those in this grouplet are criminals according to international laws and must be extradited to Iran.”