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