The crackdown was aimed at neutralizing the group's ability to create a base of operations in Europe, now that the United States has disarmed the group's military in Iraq.
The United States military disarmed the group after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, assuming responsibility for security at Camp Ashraf.
General Dostum captured and disarmed this group on Monday, and sent them toward his base at Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif
Also in Iraq, the U.S. military has now disarmed a group that it recently helped to arm, after several days in which its members clashed with other Iraqis we've armed if you can follow that; it doesn't lead anywhere good.
Since Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades and other groups are sworn to the destruction of Israel, and since the Palestinian Authority has not lifted a finger to disarm these groups, they will use the gaping hole created by the new situation on the ground to bring in more arms and terrorists.
These are encouraging developments that can, ultimately, lead to disarming such groups.
The Lusaka accord calls for disarming these groups, but it still is not clear how this will be accomplished.
It has supported efforts to bring democracy to Haiti, run programmes to disarm militant groups and assisted the Haitian police.
See articleLaw and disorderFederal troops were deployed to Michoacán, a troubled state in western Mexico, in order to disarm vigilante groups.
In the meantime, says Mr Abbas, his shattered Palestinian Authority (PA) cannot disarm these groups forcibly, as the international "road map" requires.
