NCRI – The United Nations representative in Iraq Martin Kobler lied about the safety and humanitarian conditions at Camp Liberty and must now be sacked, former US Congressman Patrick Kennedy has told an international conference in Geneva.
And the UN and US must act now to move the Liberty residents back to Ashraf or more lives will be lost following the February 9 bomb attack which left seven dead and 100 injured, Mr Kennedy said.
He also hailed the Iranian Resistance as the only legitimate future for Iran because they can provide a political option to bring the mullahs’ regime to an end.
He told delegates in a speech on February 27: “Martin Kobler lied about the humanitarian conditions in Liberty. And Martin Kobler lied again about the safety of Camp Liberty.
“If today we are to be sure that these seven martyrs did not die in vain, then we must be honest about what has been going on and the lies that has been perpetrated by the UN representative in charge of Camp Liberty.
“We have to call on all of those of good conscience at the UN to ask if Martin Kobler is worthy of the name as UN commissioner when it comes to the safety and protection of people in camp Liberty?
“Is Martin Kobler worthy of being trusted again? Is Martin Kobler worthy of promising the protection, safety and resettlement of the people of camp Liberty? No, he is not and the UN must say so and say so aggressively. Martin Kobler must go.”
Mr Kennedy mocked Mr Kobler’s suggestion that Iraq and its President Nouri Al-Maliki should investigate the recent Liberty attack, adding: “You know what that sound like to me? It sounds like us asking Osama Bin Laden to investigate 9/11.”
He said: “Today we must commit ourselves to making sure that no more lives are lost in Camp Liberty or Camp Ashraf.
“We need answers. We need action. We don’t need more words, we need resolve. The UN in Geneva must rapidly change the situation if they want their integrity to remain intact.
“They must move those who are trapped in Camp Liberty back to Ashraf where they can be secured in a place with the kind of protective buildings that are suitable to save and protect lives. Number one, the UN must move people today to camp Ashraf.
“The UN and the US must be clear that any inaction from here on now can unmistakeably been seen as complicity with any future lives lost because we warned the US State Department, we warned the UN that these attacks were inevitable and these defenseless, unarmed people protected under to fourth Geneva convention have been attacked not once, not twice, but three times.
“Let’s make sure that the UN and the US are not complicit any more in the denial of human rights, in the murder of innocent refugees and in the continued subjugation of all Iranians who live under tyrannical, fascist, fundamentalist regime that is calling an end to the civilized world with its construction of nuclear weapons. Isn’t it time that we put stop to all of this?”
