General Phillips : A cry must come out loud and clear that we will not stand for violence against the protected persons of Camp Ashraf, this deadline must be postponed.

On Saturday December 10, on the International Human Rights Day, and on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington DC, in a call to President Obama, American and European dignitaries urged annulment of the December 31 deadline on Ashraf and the forcible relocation of its residents inside Iraq, warning of an impending massacre and human catastrophe in Ashraf.