• Call on U.S. government and UN Security Council to take immediate action
NCRI – In a live interview that lasted for several hours and aired by al-Baghdadiya TV, Iraqi Hezbollah leader Watheg al-Battat, who already has undertaken the responsibility for the missile attacks on Camp Liberty on February 9 and June 15, 2013, set the stage for another massacre in Camp Liberty.
He said he works under Khamenei’s supervision and the Government of Iraq (GoI) has not issued any arrest warrant for him. In another video footage broadcast by al-Tagheer TV on July 8, he expressed his satisfaction with the GoI’s cooperation for dispatching his forces to Syria.
In the interview with al-Baghdadiya TV, responding to an the question, “Did you attack on Camp Liberty?”, al-Battat said:“Yes, I did, by Katyusha missiles, they are Monafeqin-e Khalq ( a derogatory term used by the Iranian regime for the PMOI) and all conspiracies are planned by them. …They have planned importing explosives, explosive belts and silencers, and they have formed armed groups to attack the [Iraqi] government…and they are designated by European Union and United Nations as a terrorist organization… the government has said time and again that this is a terrorist organization and it must be expelled from Iraq, but this organization has remained under US protection and it is continuing its activities in Iraq.”
There is no doubt that a several hours long interview in Baghdad could have not been carried out without coordination between al-Battat and the GoI. Hereby, al-Battat is setting the stage for more attacks against Camp Liberty. He had also announced in a number of interviews following June 15 attack that he would target Camp Liberty again and soon.
In his latest interview when he was asked if “Has your arrest warrant not been issued [by the GoI]?” al-Battat said: “I am not under prosecution. I have initiated political activities and I will take part forcefully in the next elections … there is no judicial order (against me)”, otherwise “police would arrest me.”
Al-Battat also said: “All Hezbollah (groups) are tied to Ali Khamenei; Lebanese Hezbollah is tied to Khamenei too and receives its orders from him and gets its legitimacy from him…. I used to be in the IRGC and have studied in military university in Tehran.”
On July 8, al-Tageer TV channel broadcast a video footage from Battat saying, “We should secure the government and governmental entities and should be bound to the orders.” He underscored that his party fully supports the GoI because it has facilitated his movements to Syria.
While reiterating that the Iranian regime, with the cooperation of the Governemnt of Iraq, is pursuing to create another bloodbath in Camp Liberty via groups affiliated to the terrorist Quds Force, the Iranian Resistance calls on the U.S. government and the United Nations, and in particular the UN Security Council, to take immediate and effective measures such as compelling the GoI to return the residents to Camp Ashraf and to provide security necessities in Camp Liberty.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 13, 2013
