![](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/rohrabacher.gif\" "\\"rohrabacher\\"")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Rep. Rohrabacher recommended halting all aid to Iraq until the refugee matter has been settled. \u201cThe refugees disarmed themselves with faith in U.S. Government guarantees of their safety,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we fail them, nobody will believe us again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Press Release by Congressman Rohrabacher, Sept 10 – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, today called on the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to take all steps necessary to stop the ongoing violence, including murder, directed against unarmed civilian Iranian refugees.<\/p>\n He also demanded that the Iraqi prime minister assure that the seven Camp Ashraf refugees taken hostage during a Sept. 1 raid by Iraqi forces not be returned to Iran. The hostages, according to reports, are being held near the Baghdad airport facing forced repatriation.<\/p>\n \u201cThese hostages, who tried to flee the Islamist tyranny across the border, face almost certain death if they are forced back to their hostile homeland,\u201d said Rohrabacher. \u201cWe must not stand by, to quote Secretary of State John Kerry\u2019s words with regard to the gassed Syrian rebels, as \u2018silent spectators to the slaughter\u2019 of these freedom seekers.\u201d The Congressman is on record as opposing Kerry\u2019s case for intervening in Syria.<\/p>\n The Congressman\u2019s call followed reports of systematic killing of residents at Camp Ashraf near the Iranian border. According to the reports, 52 unarmed civilians were murdered and at least 14 others were taken from the camp, their fate unknown. At least five such attacks have been reported.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Camp Ashraf refugees have suffered and been at risk since the American liberation of Iraq in 2003,\u201d said Rep. Rohrabacher. \u201cThey were part of a resistance movement opposing the mullah regime in Iran. In 2004 the residents of the camp disarmed and left themselves totally at the mercy of the U.S. Government as part of an agreement to afford them protection. Shortly afterward, the Iranian dictatorship targeted the 3,000 residents of Camp Ashraf. Most have been transferred to Camp Liberty elsewhere in Iraq.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Iraqi military is murdering unarmed refugees, and there is every reason to believe Prime Minister Maliki, at the behest of Iran\u2019s mullahs, ordered these criminal acts.<\/p>\n Come what may, Maliki will be held responsible for this reprehensible slaughter of civilians in his own country. It is unfortunate that America\u2019s foreign policy establishment hasn\u2019t taken steps to prevent this atrocity.\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Rohrabacher recommended halting all aid to Iraq until the refugee matter has been settled. \u201cThe refugees disarmed themselves with faith in U.S. Government guarantees of their safety,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we fail them, nobody will believe us again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Latest news video from NCR-Iran.org:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqryqiD-g_I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rep. Rohrabacher recommended halting all aid to Iraq until the refugee matter has been settled. “The refugees disarmed themselves with faith in U.S. Government guarantees of their safety,” he said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-14582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-camp-ashraf-massacre-sept-2013","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n