Via FLC
"... A statement from Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said the residents would be moved to Camp Liberty, a former US military base near the Baghdad international airport. At Camp Liberty, the UN's refugee agency will interview the residents to determine their eligibility to get refugee status, before they can eventually be resettled in third countries, Clinton said....
The People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran first moved to Camp Ashraf during the rule of Saddam, who saw the group as a convenient ally against Iran. The group is committed to the overthrow of Iran's rulers. The group carried out a series of bombings and assassinations against the Islamic republic in the 1980s and fought alongside Saddam's forces in the Iran-Iraq war....
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, "believes that the agreement lays the foundation for a peaceful and durable solution to the situation, respecting both the sovereignty of Iraq and its international humanitarian and human rights obligations", according to a statement released by his spokesperson.
"The secretary-general reminds all concerned that any violence or attempt at a forcible solution would be unacceptable," the statement said.
Officials from the US embassy in Baghdad will also visit regularly, the state department said...."
'Friends of Saddam are also my friends!'
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