Please sign the petition & share this petision
to prevent further massacare of unarmed and defenseless residents of Ashraf
Support Ashraf Petition
Before you ask people to sign a petition, it might help if you inform them exactly what Ashraf is, where it is, who is doing the massacre, and why they are doing the massacre.
For those that do not know, he is talking about what is commonly known as Camp Ashraf.
Established in 1979, it was a refugee camp for those that fled the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Also, many of the early residents were political prisoners helf by the Revolution, and released to exile.
Early on, the camp became a center of organization at removing the rulling Theocracy, and establishing either a Republic, or a return of the Monarchy. Saddam allowed it to stay and even supported it, thinking it would help legitimize his rulership over Iran if he won the war.
The camp is named after Ashraf Rajavi, a female leader of the group and one of it's martyrs. In 1982 during the Iran-Iraq war, Ashraf and 19 others were taken prisoner when the compound wound up behind Iranian battle lines. They were taken to Tehran and executed.
Once the 2003 invasion had secured the area, the US Army assumed guardianship of the camp. It is pretty much a walled city, which helped protect it until they took charge. They were one of the communities that objected most to the US pulling out.
On 1 January 2009, the US officially handed jurisdiction of the camp and surrounding area. Since then, the water has been cut off to the residents, power is off more often then it is on, and Iraq has repeatedly tried to move in both the Army and it's own Police.
Since the January turnover, there have been several violent incidents, including attacks on unarmed civilians by both Iraqi military and civilian authorities. Also they have been accused of stopping food and fuel shipments into the city, and of blowing up the pipeline that supplies water to the community.
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Omran, you have to realize that most people here have never heard of Camp Ashraf. And most, thinking that if there was a massacre, that it was done by Americans.
And to me, this is yet another reason why we should not be in such a rush to depart Iraq. And doubtlessly there are more events like this happening, that are even less well known then this is.
And more are sure to occur, as the largest stabilization force pulls out, and leaves the minorities and political minorities to the justices of the New Iraq.
