NCRI – Two former US military commanders speaking at a ceremony to pay homage to the victims of the Saturday’s attack on Camp Liberty strongly criticized Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, and called him an accomplice in this hideous crime.
General David Phillips, former Commander of the US Military Police and protection for Ashraf who was stationed at Liberty for several years, and former commander of protection for Ashraf Colonel Wesley Martin also called for the return of Iranian refugees in Camp Liberty to Camp Ashraf to protect them.
Speakers at the event stressed that Martin Kobler has truly facilitated and paved the ground for the forcible relocation of the residents from Ashraf and the February 9 attack against the residents by deceiving the international community in 2012 about the situation at Liberty and approving the measures of Nouri Al-Maliki’s government in imposing unlawful pressures and violating the most basic rights of Liberty residents. They underscored the necessity of returning the residents to Ashraf, and reiterated that it would be harmful to hold further talks with Martin Kobler and urged the UN Secretary General to replace him with an impartial representative on Ashraf.
The US military commanders who have themselves been stationed in Camp Liberty for years pointed out that due to the high sensitivities which exist in that area of Baghdad, it would have been impossible for terrorists to get close to the region for their act of terrorism against the residents without the cooperation of the Iraqi officials.
