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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

MEK: leaving Ashraf, not leaving violence

Several times I have noticed that different spokespersons of the US Department of State have indicated that the MEK can show it is distancing itself from its violent past if they leave Camp MEK: leaving Ashraf, not leaving violence Ashraf. Do they really believe so? Does the State Department believe that physically leaving a camp proves a change in the ideology and beliefs of such group?

Facts and information regarding the MEK proves the opposite. I wonder whether the analysts and decision makers in the Department ever take a look at open source information about the MEK and its websites. I mean there is no need to send an agent inside the group as FBI had done in the 1990s, they just need to sit and review the group’s behaviors.

A few weeks ago, a group of ex-members of the MEK who had been imprisoned and tortured by the group on a false basis, held a rally in Paris, France where they were attacked and severely beaten by agents of the MEK. One ex member was taken to hospital and the rest suffered various injuries.

The MEK actually does not hide its ambition to use violence. They physically and verbally attack their critics and have not bothered with any internal behavioral change.

Recently I sent an email to the Department of State but received no feedback, therefore I will ask again, ‘do you think that if the MEK had not been forced to put its guns down they would actually stop their acts of terror?’ The forced disarmament by the American Army does not mean any ideological and tactical change has taken place in the MEK.

I would like to make another recommendation for the experts in the Department. Would you guys please take a look on the Persian Social Media sites where the MEKs are active. Reviewing such data out of Facebook and Balatarin and reading the MEKs comments where they still proudly talk about their killings and bombings show an obvious desire to continue with their past.

I have further suggestions: in order to show good will the MEK can hand over those members of the organization who were responsible for assassinations and attacks to be given a fair trial in a recognized court of justice such as the International Criminal Court. I would use the same argument if in the future when Al Qaida battles to be removed from the US terror list.

Following are a few examples of MEK terrorism in early 2000 that led to death or injury of several, people including civilians. Is MEK going to hand over those responsible to the International Criminal Court in order to prove its distance from violence?

Assassination of General Ali SayadShirazi

Mortar attack in Tehran February 2000 "Operation Great Bahman," (led to the death of at least 2 civilians)

Attempt of Assassination of General Reza SeifAllahi in August 2001

By Arian Parsi,

July 17, 2012 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

Poor Judgment of Both MKO and its Advocates

Time is running short to vacate camp Ashraf, according to the US State Department. Following the stall in the relocation process of the residents of Camp Ashraf, the State Department has Poor Judgment of Both MKO and its Advocates several times warned the Mujahedin Khalq Organization that their time to leave the Camp is on the verge of deadline. [1]

After the June 18th special briefing on Camp Ashraf at the DOS, again on Friday July 6, the departments’ coordinator for counter terrorism, Daniel Benjamin said that the MKO should not assume that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will decide to remove the group from the US terrorism list, according to the Associated Press.

The MKO pushes its propaganda machine in hope of being delisted from the US Foreign Terrorist Organization list thanks to their multimillion-dollar campaign of western politicians. As part of strategy, supporters of the group have recruited prominent former lawmakers and government officials from both parties to appear at pro-MEK events in both the US and Europe. [2]

July 6th Washington Post’s piece on the problematic issue of the MKO reports of “new questions” that “have been raised about weather private meetings, conference calls and other contacts with officials at the State Department and elsewhere in the administration over the past year require the advocates’ registration as lobbyist or agents of a foreign entity.” [3]

“Under federal law advocates for foreign organizations are required to register as lobbyists and provide details about their clients and income. But the MEK supporters have not registered, which would require disclosing the amounts they are paid and the identities of officials with whom they meet.”[4]

Thus, advocating for the cause of the MKO includes paid speeches of US prominent politicians and their calls and meetings with the state department to represent the interests of the group.
This kind of activities simply meets the definition of lobbying under the foreign Agent Registration Act. [5]

The lobbyists for the MKO are actually acting for a foreign agent. As Washington Post says, federal lobbying law defines a foreign agent as someone who acts “at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal, or of a person any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in part by a foreign principal.”[6]

Definitely the MKO is a foreign principal and those who run their cause in the US administration are foreign agents so FARA applies to them. But why such a disgrace seems so trivial to a foreign terrorist designated group’s supporters? Because of greed, cluelessness and poor judgment according to Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [7]

Elizabeth Flack of the USNews writes in her piece on the group’s “big money to make history go away”, ”Ask any politicians who has supported the MEK ,though and they are unlikely to be able to tell you very much about the group or its history”. [8]

About greed it should be said that the money the MKO offers is obviously enough to tempt that big number of prominent former officials. Even if the MKO weren’t considered as an FTO the lobbyist of the group are required to register as their foreign agent,” A USNews investigation found that three major lobbying firms were together paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by US based Iranian-American community groups with ties to the MEK to drum up support for the resolution, writes Flock. [9]

As “skilled manipulators of public opinion”, according to RAND report, the MKO’s masterful use of propaganda is hard to resist for their targets.” there’s no doubt the MEK knows how to charm, writes Elizabeth Flock. She refers to the group’s spokesman Shahin Qobadi’s allegations and the time he spends on answering questions — actually manipulating the media. [10]

Karim Sadjadpour told the media that the MKO is working hard to take the gesture of a popular democratic opposition group.”The reality is that they’re neither popular nor democratic”, he said. [11]

Since the MEK’s American advocates obviously know so little about the group’s history, why should anyone else trust their judgment when they say that the group shouldn’t remain on the FTO list, wonders Daniel Larison of the American Conservative. [12]

As a matter of fact poor judgment is not only by the side of the group advocates but also is the MKO itself on wrong way.” While it initially looked as though the M.E.K. would be delisted in October, new comments from the White House suggest the group won’t be.”, concludes Flock. [13]

Earlier the DOS officials told reporters that t he MKO may have ‘over interpreted “the court’s ruling and they are “quite plainly, wrong” if they think that the Secretary Clinton is ruled by the court to delist them. [14]

Poor judgment is the explanation to justify the MKO’s expectation from the US administration and its supporter’s blind advocacy.

By Mazda Parsi

References:
[1]The Associated Press, US pushes Iran opposition to vacate Iraq Camp, July6, 2012
[2]Warrick,Joby, Julie, High-priced advocacy raises questions for supporters of Iranian exile group, the Washington Post,July6,2012
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[7] Flock, Elizabeth, Iranian Terrorist Group MEK Pays Big to make History Go Away, the US News, July6, 2012
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[12]Larison, Daniel ,The Greed, Cluelessness, and Poor Judgment of the MEK’s American Advocates, the American Conservative, July8, 2012
[13] Flock, Elizabeth, Iranian Terrorist Group MEK Pays Big to make History Go Away, the US News, July6, 2012
[14] Special Briefing, Background Briefing: Senior Administration Officials on Camp Ashraf, June 18, 2012
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/193141.htm

July 16, 2012 0 comments

Media

On Washington Post Enlightening Article about MKO

A letter to the Chairman of Washington Post on Article about Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult

Hasan Piransar Honorable the chief executive officer and chairman of the Washington post company, Mr. Donald E. Graham

Greetings and with respect to you and your popular and honorable company,

Few days ago on 6 of July 2012, an article written by Miss Julie Jowarrick published in popular and honorable Washington post newspaper regarding the pmoi terrorist organization or Rajavi’s cult. We not only support and confirm all the facts mentioned in this article about the pmoi terrorist organization which is a very dangerous cult but also we are urging the media and the press to broadcast and publish like this article to promote the vigilance and intelligence of the people and politicians in United States concerning this religious – terrorist cult .

We are the former members and officials and commanders of this terrorist-religious cult who have lived for decades in this dangerous cult and we had been witnessing their internal cultic affaires and relations as well as their ominous objectives in living with them for decades and for this reason we have become very reliable sources to identify their real content and essence . After reading the mentioned article in Washington post newspaper which was containing truths and facts concerning this terrorist – religious cult , we decided to write our appreciation letter to Miss Julie Jowarrick Tate ,the author of this article , and the honorable Washington post company for writing such a documentary article in the Washington post which is the most reliable company in USA in broadcasting and publishing the documentary articles and news for informing the people in US.

We believe that we should mention to this fact that according to our experiences and vital information regarding to this notorious cult , we have been beaten up , insulted, and threatened to death in many occasions by the operatives and hoodlums of this cult to close our mouth and become silent but because we are responsible towards our conscience and people to reveal their real terrorist entity for all the people throughout the world , we never stop our revelations about their real essence which is a terrorist content. In this regard we are ready to share our experiences regarding to this notorious cult ,which is the outcome of the decades of living in this cult ,with the media and the press specially with your honorable and distinguished company to promote and increase your awareness and vigilance and knowledge about this terrorist-religious cult whenever and wherever it is appropriate . we try our best to pay our liability to the international society and people by introducing and revealing the true content of this cult.

Again , we would like to thank Miss Julie Jowarrick for writing such a documentary article regarding to this terrorist -religious cult and we hope in the near future in a private and face to face meeting with you and other official newspapers and the media , we reveal and expose more facts to promote the general awareness and vigilance concerning this dangerous and notorious cult .

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully

Hassan Piransar / the former veteran member of pmoi/ Faryade Azadi, Paris

July 16, 2012 0 comments

USA

MKO cheered Twin Towers collapse

Open letter to the US secretary of state, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult

Greetings MKO cheered Twin Towers collapse

These days, we are watching the unbridled endeavors of the members of the Rajavi terrorist-religious cult and their lobbies in USA and Europe to force you to delist their organization from the US state department terrorist list. the pmoi or Rajavi’s terrorist-religious cult always intends to reach to its goals by using force , pressure and imposition . we congratulate you because of your resistance and persistence for the continuation of the US state department research and investigation about this notorious organization. we as the former members of Rajavi’s national liberation army and the veterans of pmoi with more than 2 decades record of service in this organization besides our appreciation for your resistance and US state department , we are ready to fully cooperate with you and US state department as reliable sources and witnesses to show you the reality of this cult and its real essence whenever and wherever is suitable . the reason that we want to cooperate with you is because we believe the silence of the people like us who have witnessed the terrorist essence of this cult is a treason to the future generations and Iranian people as well as other countries specially USA.

Mrs. Clinton , everyday we follow the news about this cult and unfortunately we usually see that the members of this cult unilaterally in your country by the support of their American lobbies(former politicians and prominent figures) participate in variety of sessions , meetings in Washington and unilaterally they define and admire themselves without any objections because the scene is full of their supporters and lobbies so the reality of their essence is not revealed utterly because there is no dissident and witness in that meeting to stand up and show his or her complaint against the lies which the representatives of this cult says about the content of this cult .
Mrs. Clinton, as you have already heard that the pmoi threw a big party and banquet in Bagherzadeh garrison in Baghdad exactly in the same day that the Al Qaeda terrorists pounded the American airplanes to the twin towers and killed more than 3000 innocent people on 9/11. we were in that banquet and we saw by our own eyes that the leadership of pmoi, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi and the pmoi leadership council were forcing the members to show their appreciation of such terrorist act against innocent people . on that day , pmoi leadership threw a party in that garrison and they showed us the horrible scenes of 9/11 over and over again on the wide screens and they were forcing the members to clap their hands and admire such horrible human catastrophe and by the order of the pmoi leaders they distributed pastry and cookie among the members for the death of 3000 people. We are really sorry for the pmoi American lobbies who are supporting a terrorist organization which celebrated for the death of 3000 American citizens.

Mrs. Clinton , the Rajavi’s cult has been trying its best to delist itself from the US state department terrorist list by spending millions of dollars and by throwing glamorous and extravagant meetings and gatherings in Europe specially in France to deceive and delude the minds of the politicians specially the US state department to delist them from the terrorist list, but we the former members of this cult , emphasize the following facts:

1-The people’s Mujahedin organization is a terrorist religious cult and a dangerous one.

2-The Rajavi’s cult has not renounced the violence and terrorism substantially and basically and they will begin the violence and terrorism in the appropriate time again.

3-The Rajavi’s cult is an undemocratic cult and they do not believe substantially in the freedom of speech and the freedom of thoughts.

4-The Rajavi’s cult does not have any popularity whatsoever among the Iranian people for this reason they are isolated and segregated from the rest of the Iranian population.

Mrs. Clinton , we believe that the pmoi is a terrorist organization and they should remain in your terrorist list . if you need our testimony about this terrorist religious cult , we would be more than happy to submit more facts about this organization whenever and wherever you need. Do not forget , we are the eyewitnesses who are capable of dissecting the real content and essence of this horrible organization. we believe the honesty in telling the truths is the most precious element in determination of the pmoi fate.

Respectfully

A group of the former members of pmoi
Ex members of MEK, Fryade Azadi Paris

July 16, 2012 0 comments

Auver-sur-Oise

Close the terrorists’ headquarter in Auvers sur Oise

Mr. François Hollande the honorable and distinguished president of France
Please begin your fight with terrorism from France!!
Close the terrorists’ headquarter in Auvers sur Oise
Greetings,
Your country is known as the heritage holder of one of the most progressive democracy in the world but unfortunately , I should say at the present time , your country has become a safe place for the pmoi known terrorists who consecutively escape from the law and the justice on purpose. this cult and terrorist gang has assassinated and slew 12000 of Iranian citizens during the past decades besides that this notorious and savage cult had killed and slaughtered thousands of Iraqi people in 1991 by the direct order of the Iraq dictator , Saddam Hussein . is it in your country dignity as well as in your constitution to allow these pmoi cutthroats and murderess and torturers to live in peace in your country and enjoy all kind of freedom whereas they do not legalize and accredit these freedoms and laws for others?

The European Union unfortunately had delisted these criminals from the terrorist list simply and by the wrong policy, but is it possible to ignore their criminal past and their terrorist record?

Who is exactly the justice enforcement? Are the borders of justice distorted and altered in French constitution and is there a legal vacuum? In your opinion , do we have a good terrorist and a bad terrorist in the world we living? In fact , this is a big insult to the civilized people of France when these criminals and terrorist cutthroats known as mujahedin work and live like a king in your country and the law has not been implemented and carried out against them!

Mr. President!

The Rajavi’s terrorist cult has perpetrated more crimes than the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, and why the French government has sent its troops as part of NATO mission thousands kilometer to Afghanistan soil to fight terrorism but in its soil can not implement and enforce the law and justice against the terrorists?!

The Rajavi’s terrorist cult has perpetrated more crimes than the Serbian generals and we has witnessed that after many years the Serbian criminal generals have been incarcerated and arrested and they have been brought to justice in the international court of justice to be tried for the crimes they perpetrated against humanity , but the pmoi terrorists are free in Europe specially in France and in my opinion this kind of behavior towards these terrorists in France is like giving these criminal and cutthroat terrorists an award for their crimes and unfortunately I should say that the European union’s decision upon the delisting this terrorist group from the European union terrorist list is an unbelievable and shameless act and it is a confirmation and ratification of terrorism and the organized crime!

Mr. president!

ON 22 of June 2012, a number of the freedom lover Iranians who were the victims and critics of the Maryam Rajavi’s terrorist gang and were imprisoned inside the garrisons of this organization in Iraq for years and had been tortured by the direct order of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi , they had a demonstration and peaceful rally in Paris which was completely lawful and authorized by the French authorities , suddenly and unbelievably were attacked and assaulted and beaten up by Maryam Rajavi’s hoodlums and cutthroats in front of the eyes of the French people during their peaceful and legal rally in Paris. the scenes of their assault to these victims and critics were too awful and terrifying to see.

On June 2007, Maryam Rajavi’s terrorists and hoodlums attacked the critics’ session in FIAP building in Paris and they began assaulting the critics and created tension and fear and savagery in that building . obviously if the French police and the French tribunal was investigating and handling their assault and savagery perfectly , we would not have faced and confronted by Maryam Rajavi’s arrogance and her bludgeoners and hoodlums’ savagery and brutality in trampling the French constitution upon the freedom of speech and the freedom of the gatherings .

Mr. President!

I am one of the victims of pmoi who was imprisoned and incarcerated in the Ashraf cultic and medieval garrison and as a result of my dissent and dissidence with the criminal leaders of this terrorist gang, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, I was injected by the deadly and dangerous poison and I became poisoned and sick and I suffered a lot after that. Have you heard such a savagery, brutality and inhumane deed in your life or in Europe and in European parties’ history? This vicious and inhumane deed was ordered directly by this bloodsucker, executioner, imposture and deceitful woman, Maryam Rajavi and her executioner husband Massoud Rajavi.

Mr. President!

If your fight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan is not just because of your coalition with the US government, please show your honesty and dignity to the humane basics in the name of the French constitution and in the name of human rights and in the respect of thousands of Iranian families who lost their loved ones during mujahedin’s terrorist operations ,and take the terrorist Maryam Rajavi and her terrorist commanders to the French court of law and to the justice ,and expel them from your soil.

Maryam Rajavi has perpetrated the crime against humanity , this criminal had ordered the killing and slaying and suppressing the Kurds and Shiais in Iraq who uprose against the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991. The killer Maryam had ordered the dispatch of the terrorist teams and mortar launchers to the cities in Iran specifically in Tehran for terrorist missions . The bloodsucker and cutthroat Maryam had directly ordered the eternal light operation witch was Saddam’s proposal and as a result of that operation hundreds of pmoi members were killed and according to the terrorist Maryam and the criminal Massoud , in that operation 55 thousands Iranian soldiers were killed and wounded as well. I and hundreds of the former members of this organization were present in that organizational gathering before and after the mentioned military operation and we are eye witnesses of the crimes which were perpetrated by this terrorist cult and we are ready to testify in any court of law .

Mr. President!

With all these documents and crimes and evidence , is not possible to take Maryam Rajavi to the court of law? Unfortunately the French tribunal despite of all documents and concrete evidence and facts does not act to its duties correctly and it acts slowly . since 2003 , the terrorist Maryam Rajavi’s file which all its aspects are clear and transparent and because of that she got arrested , is open and its investigation has prolonged and under the shadow of this prolongation the terrorists are enjoying themselves in France and by holding the sticks and bludgeons in their hands are mocking the French law and the people of France.

No to terrorism! Either Al Qaeda or Mujahedin Khalgh!!!

Please begin your fight with terrorism from France!!

Close the terrorists’ headquarter in Auvers sur Oise in France!!!

All the best
Farzad Farzinfar ,Sweden

July 16, 2012 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System

Never-Ending Excuses of MKO in Iraq

MKO backlashed against Daniel Fried’s briefing and conditioned relocation to realization of demands

In an angry reaction to the US Special Advisor on Camp Ashraf Daniel Fried’s briefing on July 6, MKO released a statement stressing that Ashraf residents resist relocating to transit center unless their requirements are realized and provided. In answer to Huffington Post’s question that if MEK’s demands were generally realistic, Mr. Fried said; “Some of the MEK demands are reasonable. For example, given the hot weather in Iraq, they’ve requested more air conditioners. The Iraqi Government has agreed to provide them, that is agreed to allow a special shipment of air conditioners from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty, and this is being arranged as we speak. Some of the other demands strike me as not central – for instance, private cars. Well, that’s not an issue critical to basic humanitarian needs.”

Since the halt of relocation, MKO has proved its unusual skill in inventing endless excuses. Except a few of them that the Iraqi government has already agreed their transfer to transit camp, other demands are not realistic since they are of no use in a temporary camp. For instance, “transfer of all the power generators that are currently in Camp Ashraf, transfer of 50 passenger cars, 25 trucks and five forklifts, permission for construction activities inside the camp” are not reasonable demands if you compare the capacity and moving area of Camp Ashraf with that of the temporary transit center, an area measuring less than half a square kilometer.

MKO demands immediate negotiations to sell the immovable assets and properties in Ashraf with partial payments in advance. That is impossible and unreasonable until Ashraf is completely vacated. Besides, to arrive at a solution of properties, it requires interference and supervision of the UN and other concerned international bodies as well as representatives from among the Iraqi people. Not all the claimed properties and assets have a function of legal and civil purpose and many of the vehicles, instruments and machinery allocated to the group by the ousted dictator belong to Iraqi army and people living in the vicinity. In fact, the group brought nothing when it came to Iraq and all it claims to possess is out of the bundles of dollars Saddam allocated to it from the pocket of the poor Iraqi people when they needed the sums more than any other time.

July 15, 2012 0 comments

The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

PM, UN Special Envoy Agree to End MKO’s Presence in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the UN Secretary-General’s Representative in Iraq Martin Kobler agreed to put an end to the dossier of MKO’s presence in Iraq in accordance with the deadlines announced last year. PM, UN Special Envoy Agree to End MKO's Presence in Iraq

According to a statement issued by the prime minister’s office, Maliki met with Kobler in his office. During the meeting, the two sides emphasized the importance of cooperation and coordination between the Iraqi government and UN representation to help it perform the tasks entrusted to it.

"They also discussed issues of common interest," said the statement.

The presence of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, NCR and PMOI) in Iraq has become a bone of contention in the ties between Iraq and the US as the main supporter of the terrorist group.

Recent reports have revealed that Zionist lobbies are seeking to shelter members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Azerbaijan as the US administration is trying to station the terrorists in five neighboring countries of the Islamic Republic.

Authentic reports from sources privy to the MKO disclosed that the US administration is consulting with five of Iran’s neighboring states to persuade them into sheltering the MKO terrorists.

After nearly three decades, Iraq is now expelling the MKO from its soil, while no world country has accepted to shelter the terrorist group.

The US allies in the Middle-East, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Qatar and Pakistan, are likely to be the destination of the MKO terrorists, the sources added.

The sources also pointed out that Zionist lobbies are pressuring the US and Baku officials to station MKO terrorists in bases and desolated air fields, and added that the issue was a topic of recent discussions between Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Azeri officials.

Zionist lobbies are seeking to create Camp Ashraf-like conditions in Azerbaijan to save MKO from complete dissolution.

The MKO’s main stronghold was a training center called Camp Ashraf in Iraq’s Northern Diyala province, but the post-Saddam Iraq decided to close the camp specially due to the MKO’s massacre of Iraqi Shiites during the Saddam era and its terrorist operations against Iran in the last 33 years. Iraq started expelling the group a few months ago.

The MKO is seeking to transfer its members to another country, but no world state, including the US and the European countries, accept to lodge the terrorist group.

To date, almost 1200 MKO terrorists have been transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty which lies Northeast of the Baghdad International Airport, in three groups of 400 each, on February 18, 8, and March 20. About 2,000 members still remain in Camp Ashraf. Camp Liberty is a transient settlement facility and a last station for the MKO in Iraq.

The MKO cannot find a shelter outside Iraq as it is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.

Before an overture by the EU, the MKO was on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. Yet, the MKO puppet leader, Maryam Rajavi, who has residency in France, regularly visited Brussels and despite the ban enjoyed full freedom in Europe.

The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).

July 15, 2012 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Iraqi MP Underlines Terrorist Nature of MKO

Iraqi lawmaker Habib al-Turfi reiterated the terrorist nature of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, NCR and PMOI), and said any politician dealing with such organization that kills Iraqis is a terrorist and must be held accountable. Iraqi MP Underlines Terrorist Nature of MKO

Turfi who represents the National Alliance in Iraq’s parliament called for the Iraqi government to implement the constitutional provision which confirms that Iraq will not be a corridor or headquarters for any terrorist organization.

The leadership at the National Alliance has rejected the presence of Human Rights organizations that impose conditions in MKO’s favor, pointing out that this organization is a criminal one that spilled the blood of Iraqis.

He said that MKO’s presence was political during the former regime, and now removing this organization has become a national duty.

The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the international community, including the United States.

Many of the MKO members abandoned the terrorist organization while most of those still remaining in the camp are said to be willing to quit but are under pressure and torture not to do so.

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations.

According to the Human Rights Watch report, the outlawed group puts defectors under torture and jail terms.

The group, founded in the 1960s, blended elements of Islamism and Stalinism and participated in the overthrow of the US-backed Shah of Iran in 1979. Ahead of the revolution, the MKO conducted attacks and assassinations against both Iranian and Western targets.

Leaders of the group have been fighting to shed its terrorist tag after a series of bloody anti-Western attacks in the 1970s, and nearly 30 years of violent struggle against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In recent years, high-ranking MKO members have been lobbying governments around the world in the hope of acknowledgement as a legitimate opposition group.

The UK initiative, however, prompted the European Union to establish relations with the exiled organization now based in Paris. The European Court of First Instance threw its weight behind the MKO in December and annulled its previous decision to freeze its funds.

The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the revolution in a bid to take control of the newly established Islamic Republic. It killed several of Iran’s new leaders in the early years after the revolution, including the then President, Mohammad Ali Rajayee, Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief, Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members in 1981.

The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country.

The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.

Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States, who also argue for the MKO to be taken off the US terror list.

July 15, 2012 0 comments

Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Senior MP calls MKO members ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Members of the MKO group were entered Iraqi soil illegally, so they have no choice but to obey the law, says the leadership of the coalition of state law and member of the Iraqi parliamentary Security and Defense Commission. Senior Iraqi MP calls MKO members “illegal immigrants”

According to Habilian Foundation website, Abbas al-Bayati told a press conference in Iraq that some European countries have expressed readiness to accept MKO members, adding, “What is important to us is an informal and illegal entry of a group of people into the country (Iraq).”

He added that Iraq does not recognize them (MKO members) as refugees.

Al-Bayati described MKO’s garrisons in Iraq as “transit camps,” reiterating that “these members of the MKO group will be treated just like how foreign nationals are treated in European countries.”

To date, roughly two-thirds of the group members have been transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty, based on a Memorandum of Understanding brokered by the UN and the US with the Iraqi government.

July 15, 2012 0 comments

Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

MEK: Working with Terrorists for US Hegemony in Iran

The two-tiered American justice system is in full effect as felonious political actors advocate and promote the Iranian terrorist group Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) in order to pursue US hegemony in the region.

In 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case Holder v. Humanitarian Law that providing material support in coordination with a designated foreign terrorist organization is a felony punishable by 15 years in prison. If you or I took money from the MEK to advocate lifting the terrorist designation, how long do you think it would take to be hooded, shackled and indefinitely detained under the National Defense Authorization Act?

Abby Martin of Media Roots and RT reports on the current efforts to convince the State Department to de-list MEK as a foreign terrorist organization.

A wave of American leaders have illegally lined up to get their slice of the MEK bankroll for speaking on their behalf. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hugh Shelton said, "Why would we not want to put the weight and power of this country behind an organization that we know stands for the same principles we stand for, and that is the best-organized, best-led organization to take on the current Iranian regime?" Louis Freeh, former Director of the FBI stated that “MEK is leading the fight for freedom in Iran. Just as our military forces fight for freedom on the battlefields, you fight in a more difficult and much more dangerous place."

The end-game of all this bought and paid for rhetoric is a writ entered on June 1, 2012 to the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. asking Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State to review the designation of MEK as a foreign terrorist organizations within four months or by default the designation will be removed.

These naïve politicos with imperialist illusions of Iranian regime change want to jump in bed with the MEK who vocally supported the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran in 1979 and vehemently called for the execution of diplomats in 1981. The very same MEK that attempted to kidnap US Ambassador Douglas MacArthur in 1971, wounded Air force General Harold Price in 1972, assassinated US Army Comptroller Louis Lee Hawkins in 1973, assassinated US Air Force officers Paul Shaffer and Jack Turner and assassinated American employees William Cottrell, Donald Smith and Robert Krongard in 1976. The very same group that hijacked a plane in 1971 and bombed and killed 70 members of the Iranian parliament including Chief Justice Mohammad Beheshti, the second highest ranking official in Iran at the time. MEK also reportedly celebrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as well as helped carry out the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists last year.

American justice calls on the following Americans to surrender and submit to interrogation so it can be determined what degree of material support they provided officially designated terrorists: Tom Ridge, Wesley Clark, Michael Mukasey, Frances Townshend, James Jones, Peter Pace, Hugh Shelton, Louis Freeh, Michael Hayden, Anthony Zinni, Rudi Giuliani, Howard Dean, Andy Card, Bill Richardson, Lee Hamilton, John Bolton and all other Americans that feel they can operate above the law. All money received for speaking engagements should be returned, resignations should be tendered and pleas should be entered.

The arrogant criminal hypocrisy is absolutely surreal as American politicos subvert the draconian laws they perpetrate upon the rest of America. Swift sanctions are necessary to ensure the general public that all Americans live under one set of laws. So far the defenses offered by these haughty elitists are their right to free speech, which is specifically limited by the Holder Supreme Court case. Their argument is that the MEK will make a fine marionette for American imposed regime change in Iran. But Americans don’t want war or regime change in Iran—America wants representatives with common sense and ethics to be focused on this country. Let the Iranian people determine their own leadership and destiny.

Chris Martin for Media Roots

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SALON –We now have an extraordinary situation that reveals the impunity with which political elites commit the most egregious crimes, as well as the special privileges to which they explicitly believe they — and they alone — are entitled. That a large bipartisan cast of Washington officials got caught being paid substantial sums of money by an Iranian dissident group that is legally designated by the U.S. Government as a Terrorist organization, and then meeting with and advocating on behalf of that Terrorist group, is very significant for several reasons. New developments over the last week make it all the more telling. Just behold the truly amazing set of facts that have arisen:

In June, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 6-3 ruling in the case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law. In that case, the Court upheld the Obama DOJ’s very broad interpretation of the statute that criminalizes the providing of “material support” to groups formally designated by the State Department as Terrorist organizations. The five-judge conservative bloc (along with Justice Stevens) held that pure political speech could be permissibly criminalized as “material support for Terrorism” consistent with the First Amendment if the “advocacy [is] performed in coordination with, or at the direction of, a foreign terrorist organization” (emphasis added). In other words, pure political advocacy in support of a designated Terrorist group could be prosecuted as a felony — punishable with 15 years in prison — if the advocacy is coordinated with that group.

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