Speech by Senator Robert Torricelli in the European Parliament

We are talking about Camp Liberty and Ashraf, but I think everybody in the room knows it is really about Iran.

What is happening in Liberty is pretty much a part of the final showdown for a free Iran. It is what is happening in Syria or wherever else the Iranian regime employs its terrorism. This is a proxy fight on that regime and it is one more reason why we, the international community, dare not lose.

Martin Kobler has been 'fabricating information' and must be sacked for failing to keep his promises to the people of Camps Ashraf and Liberty, a meeting at the European Parliament on last Wednesday, March 27 was told.

Tahar Boumedra - a former advisor to Kobler at the UN's mission to Iraq - also warned that Camp Liberty residents' lives were in danger unless they were relocated as soon as possible.

The United States must honour its promise to protect the residents of Camp Liberty and relocate them to either the US or Ashraf, a British MP has demanded.

David Amess also urged the United Nations to sack Martin Kobler and replace him with an impartial envoy as the only way of solving the crisis at Liberty and Ashraf.

By Sid Ahmed Ghozali - I have met many Iranian resistance fighters. I have regularly attended many of their gatherings and meetings in many different European countries, and learnt many things from them.

I believe there is a common denominator between the destiny of the peoples of all Arabic and Islamic countries, and in this path to destiny, one can not ignore the Iranian factor. Without going into too much detail, no scholar could deny that the Arabic and Islamic countries of the region have been influenced by the evolving of the mullahs in Iran in a very negative way. I am certain that the removal of this regime in Iran will reverse this process and will pave the way for democratic changes in many countries of the region.

The international community should act to prevent a catastrophe and ensure that the story of the residents of Camp Liberty in Iraq does not go down as tragedy.

Alex Carlile, UPI - The tragedy of the modern world isn't the lack of support for human rights but the reluctance of the international community to act before a catastrophe has occurred.

Western powers need to support the Iranian resistance

David Amess, The Independent - On Sunday, the Iranian regime marked the 34th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, yet the regime has little reason to celebrate. Facing growing international isolation, economic depression and social unrest, this year may be the bleakest in the regime's history.

The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres expresses his shock about this morning's mortar attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq that reportedly killed six and wounded dozens.

"I strongly condemn this attack," Mr. Guterres said, noting that the residents of Camp Liberty are asylum seekers undergoing the refugee status determination process and thus entitled to international protection. "This is a despicable act of violence."

Nima Sharif - This morning, Saturday February 9, about 40 rockets hit a small Iranian refugee camp near Baghdad known as Camp Liberty, killing at least 6 refugees and wounding near a hundred.  The deaths and injuries are direct responsibility of UNAMI’s Martin Kobler as he is the instigator and the force behind the eviction of former Camp Ashraf residents, cramping them into this camp with hardly half square kilometers space.

Former US presidential candidate Howard Dean has accused America and the United Nations of being 'all talk and no action' in their failure to address the plight of Iranian residents of the Camp Liberty refugee camp in Iraq.

He branded Liberty a 'prison camp' where innocent people were dying because of 'bureaucratic incompetence' and said it was time for the US and the UN to keep its promises to those languishing there.

By Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy - During WWII, Winston Churchill famously opined that, “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing---after they’ve tried everything else!” Today, those very words aptly describe U.S. policy towards Iran.