Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - At a conference in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 18th March, Iraq experts and cross party panellists from both Houses of Parliament discussed the current crisis in Iraq and the essential components for a successful policy to defeat terrorist groups like ISIS and Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias.  The conference's keynote speaker Struan Stevenson, who chaired the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq (2009-2014) and President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA),…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - Peace Ambassadors For Iraq (PAFI) held its first World Table Conference in Riga “Toward Peace and Reconciliation in Iraq” from 2nd to 3rd March. The conference was attended by prominent politicians, academics and journalists from across the world to discuss the options of achieving peace and rebuilding Iraq without the use of force. In attendance was also EIFA’s President Struan Stevenson who emphasised during his speech that dismantling militias associated with the…

WORLD TABLE CONFERENCE ‘GOING FOR PEACE & RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ’ RIGA CONGRESS CENTRE, RIGA, LATVIA ‘EXTERNAL FACTORS’ Mon 2nd- Tuesday 3rd March 2015   Mr President, Ladies & Gentlemen,   I am very privileged to have been invited here to RIGA today by the Peace Ambassadors for Iraq. I congratulate you on your great initiative in setting up this foundation and in pursuing such a principled objective. Surely peace and reconciliation in Iraq is what the beleaguered citizens of that…

Iraq Report – February 2015 Iran’s strategy for regional supremacy has facilitated the rise of ISIS   This report covers the current conflict in Iraq and asserts that the formation and rapid expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been facilitated by the Iranian regime through its interference in the affairs of Iraq and the region. It will emphasise that the US-led coalition against ISIS should at all cost prevent Iran’s meddling in Iraq, evict all…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - The European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) strongly condemns the brutal murder of prominent Sunni tribal leader, Sheikh Qassem Sweidan al-Janabi, whose body, along with those of his son and nine bodyguards, was found dumped near a bridge in Baghdad. They were killed by gunmen after their convoy was ambushed in Baghdad. Janabi, a moderate Sunni, was found shot in the head with his hands tied behind his back. His son was killed…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - Numerous reports on the humanitarian crisis in Iraq issued by international organizations, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch etc., clearly show that the destructive role of Iran has to be dealt with immediately. The foremost and key step in resolving this is to evict the Iranian regime, the Qods Force and its so-called Shiite militias from Iraq.  Human Rights Watch in its latest report, “Tyranny’s False Comfort”, states: “In Iraq, ISIS…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - We are shocked at the reports of ethnic cleansing and genocide, forced migration, burning of mosques and homes of Sunnis in various regions of Iraq, especially in Diyala province, by the brutal Shiite militias affiliated with the terrorist Iranian Qods Force, sometimes assisted by Iraqi military personnel. According to survivors, people were taken from their homes by men in uniform; heads down and linked together, then led in small groups to a…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - On 6 January 2015 the Iranian government-controlled Central News announced that Iraq's Interior Ministry has accused and labelled the activities of 12 TV networks  as promoting terrorism. At first it was assumed that Iran was fabricating and circulating these fictitious reports. However al-Iraqiya TV, the official television station of the Iraqi government, repeated the same accusations on 7  January  and quoted Mr  Sa’ad Moen, the official spokesman of the Interior Ministry as…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) - The following note was written by Struan Stevenson, President of EIFA, about an excellent report by Mr Ad Melkert: "Ad Melkert has produced the definitive report on the plight of the Camp Liberty refugees. As a former UN Chief in Iraq, his report forensically dissects the lassitude of the US, the outright betrayal of the Iraqi government under al-Maliki and the incredible duplicity of UNAMI as it tried to square the emerging circles. He…

Brussels, European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) press release - On Friday 2 January 2015, the criminal militias affiliated with Iran assassinated four Sunni clerics in Basra Province as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing aimed at annihilating Sunnis in eastern, central and southern Iraq. In recent days, the terrorist Quds Force and the militias associated with it have staged an unprecedented genocidal campaign against Sunnis in Diyala, Baghdad, Babil and Salahuddin provinces in an attempt to obliterate the Sunnis and…