Mujahedin Khalq 's Function

Mojahedin Khalq (MKO), from Resistance to Treachery

Today, in Iraq’s political, legal and press circles, we are witnessing hot debates on the role of Mojahedin-e khalq of Iran in suppressing the uprising of Iraqi in 1991. The case was opened by Iraqi Chief Prosecutor Jafar al-Mousawi, when he announced that investigations prove the involvement of terrorist elements of Mojahedin-e Khalq in killing Iraqi people and that Iraq’s judiciary is determined to prosecute them, even if they have left the country.

A while ago, news agencies quoted al-Mousawi saying that 150 MKO members, including Maryam and Massoud Rajavi would be sued legally and that Iraq’s High Criminal Court will investigate the crimes against Iraqis wherever, even outside Iraq.

Prosecutor pointed to a number of measures taken in this regard and said: "We have taken steps to return and try them here. During the investigations on the crimes former criminal regime, documents were retrieved showing that Mojahedin-e Khalq committed crimes against Iraqis during 1991 uprising in southern and northern Iraq."

"These crimes include massacre, torture, arrest, misusing Iraq’s public properties and receiving a share of oil revenues from Saddam," he added.

On the other hand, MKO’s media in Camp Ashraf reject the reports and accuse al-Mousawi of intending to massacre MKO members. Some Sunni forces of Iraq also supported the MKO and rejected Prosecutor’s comments on the group’s role in killing Iraqis.

To understand the issue and the activities of so-called "NCRI" in Iraq, the case of their activities and their ties to former regime of Saddam, their presence in Iraq for two decades and their activities during uprising days in 1991, should be studied on the basis of military, intelligence and surveying and the participation of this group with Baathists in killing Iraqis should be examined very carefully. Security aspects of the issue should be reviewed, apart from media controversies (on Iran’s interference in Iraq), because it’s an Iraqi issue.

Of course, there are documents, events and facts proving MKO crimes in Kefri, Tuz Khormato, Kelar and southern parts of the country. The author of this text witnessed the crimes of this organization in Kelar in March 1991. Painful events are still in the memories of Kelar people. The victims, most of whom employees of the hospital, saw the crimes of the group.

Another important issue is the presence of Mojahedin-e khalq in Iraq. The purpose of establishing MKO’s camps and bases in Baghdad was to build a military shield around the capital. There were Khantari base in western Baghdad (between Baghdad and Ramadi), Khales base, Khan Banisa’d in the north and another base inside Baghdad. Besides, there were other bases near Kirkuk, which were occupied by this organization after Iraqi forces took the control of this city during Anfal operation in 1988.

Here I should point to a book in French, written by a former member of Mojahedin on NCRI’s killings in Tuz Khormato and Kefri in 1991. We can’t cover the details in this article, so we leave it for later. On the events in Kelar, I should add that after Suleimanieh was cleaned of Iraqi security forces in 1991, the college of fine arts was established in the city and I was a student there. At that time I lived out of Kelar. Once I went to Kelar, and I was waiting for a car to take me to Suleimanieh when Peshmerga forces announced that several tanks with white flags were moving from Jelula towards Kelar. First, we thought they were Iraqi tanks, coming to surrender. So, Peshmerga forces didn’t react. One of the tanks headed towards the north and closed city’s exit way and the other was moving towards city’s hospital.

Meanwhile, a white civilian car from the hospital moved towards the highway, carrying 25 hospital workers. Tank opened fire on them and killed all the workers. Other tanks stopped near the city’s well-known fortress "Shirvaneh". By now, Peshmerga forces had understood that these were MKO’s tanks, coming to control the city. It was only a few days since Iraqi forces have left the city.

The beginning of MKO’s war against Iraqis returns to early day’s of 1991 uprising in Tuz Khormato. At that time, MKO forces pretended to be going to Khles through Tuz Khormato. They talked to Peshmerga commanders and Kurd officials allowed them to go because the issue had nothing to do with them. However, as soon as passing the city, MKO forces closed the exit and opened fire on the city. A civilian bus with 30 passengers was hit. All on board were killed.

In a few days, MKO members forced the people to leave their homes and go to Kelar on foot. This mercenary group moved towards Kefri, killed women and forced the people to leave their homes. They were stronger than Iraq forces and Peshmerga with their old weapons couldn’t stop these foreign forces, armed to teeth with modern weapons and trained by Iraq’s Republican Guards.

It’s natural that MKO is trying to defend itself now but it can’t hide its crimes against Iraqis.

There’s no dispute in the way this organization acted, because the memory of Iraqis is full of their organized terror, committed under the supervision of Baathists. Those supporting this group should know that this group is only a burnt card, lacking even a supporter in Iran and political-military influence.

 

Iraqmemory.org, September 25, 2007

 http://www.iraqmemory.org/inp/view_printer.asp?ID=799 (Arabic)

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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

Why the US granted ‘protected’ status to Iranian terrorists

The US State Department officially considers a group of 3,800 Marxist Iranian rebels – who once killed several Americans and was supported by Saddam Hussein -“terrorists.”

But the same group, under American guard in an Iraqi camp, was just accorded a new status by the Pentagon:”protected persons”under the Geneva Convention.

This strange twist, analysts say, underscores the divisions in Washington over US strategy in the Middle East and the war against terrorism. It’s also a function of the swiftly deteriorating US-Iran dynamic, and a victory for US hawks who favor using the Mujahideen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) or”People’s Holy Warriors,”as a tool against Iran’s clerical regime.

“How is it that [the MKO] get the Geneva Convention, and the people in Guantánamo Bay don’t get it? It’s a huge contradiction,”says Ali Ansari, a British expert on Iran.”This will be interpreted in Iran as another link in the chain of the US determination to move onto Iran next”in the US war on terror.

For months, Tehran has quietly signalled that it would turn over high-ranking Al Qaeda members in exchange for MKO members now in Iraq. The MKO’s new status likely puts an end to any such deal.

The shift also comes as momentum builds in Washington to take some action against the Islamic republic. Wednesday, it was reported that Tehran has broken United Nations inventory seals and may resume work on constructing centrifuges – the machines used for enriching uranium.

Senior European diplomats – who brokered a private deal with Iran last October that included halting suspected nuclear weapons programs, in exchange for Western nuclear power expertise – are expected to secretly meet Iranian counterparts Thursday in London or Paris to see what can be salvaged of their agreement.

“US-Iran relations are drifting into very dangerous waters at the moment,”says Mr. Ansari.

Indeed, the Pentagon decision comes amid a string of critical reports about Iran that are causing some US lawmakers to wonder whether the Bush administration’s action against Iraq should have been aimed instead at Iran.

But some analysts see the change as related to the US presidential election.”This whole dynamic is tied up with [US] domestic politics…and not about the MKO itself, which is not really a major threat to Iran anymore,”says Mohamed Hadi Semati, a political scientist from Tehran University now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.

“The neocons were losing ground, and this new Iran bashing is seen by them as an opportunity to drum up the theme of terror and the possibility of a collision with Iran – therefore, you need a very decisive leader in the White House,”says Mr. Semati.”At the same time, Iran is giving a lot of ammunition to [Bush administration hawks on Iran].”

 

By Scott Peterson – Melindalsecor – 24/09/2007

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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

MKO involved in Farhadi’s abduction

News sources say that the terrorist MKO collaborated with the CIA on the abduction of an Iranian official from Sulaimaniya Palace Hotel.

According to informed sources, there is strong evidence showing that the terrorist group, Mujahedine Khalq Organization (MKO), was in collaboration with the CIA in the kidnapping of an Iranian national named Farhadi, who was a member of an Iranian commercial delegation to Sulaimaniya.

The members of the MKO terrorist group are quite safe in Sulaimaniya, moving about freely and openly protected by the US forces, they added.

The Iranian delegation, including a group of officials in charge of economic and business affairs, went to Kurdistan at the invitation of Kurdistan officials as per a deal earlier signed between the two sides and Kurdistan officials are responsible for their security.

The Iranian national was kidnapped by US forces from the Sulaimaniya Palace Hotel in northern Iraq on Thursday.

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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

The highest pitch of stupidity!

Mojahedin Khalq Organsation vow to continue violance and terrorism

If there has ever been any doubt about the possible degree of stupidity of mankind, today, with the brightness of folly shining brilliantly from the nominal head of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (who is currently confined by the US Army along with the remainder of the group in Camp Ashraf in Iraq), there should be no further doubt that humankind has crossed new frontiers even in this respect.

A new announcement by the nominal head of the Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) has opened up a new umbrella for all human beings under which all the great philosophers of the past can now live in peace and tranquillity. To what am I referring? It is the message issued by the cult under the name of Sedigheh Husseini responding to the imminent start of a court case into the assassination of Sayad Shirazi (a retired General from the Armed Forces of Iran) in which the family of the victim has filed complaints in the French courts.

The question here is not whether the assassinated General was a good man or not. The question is about the clear planning and ordering of the assassination of a man without any prosecution, trial or judgement an extrajudicial execution in other words. Now an organisation, which in its own propaganda declares that it is against execution, an organisation which sheds tears like a crocodile over the execution of rapists and mass murderers, has itself been the executioner in a murder case. And not by the order of a court. Not even by the accusation and verdict of its own members and leaders. No, the assassination was performed on the direct order of the secret services (Estekhbarat) of Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein. According to a clear, secretly filmed meeting and according to other documents Estekhbarat ordered the assassination and the Mojahedin Khalq of course claimed a hefty payment to spend on propaganda to launch and re-launch its brand, Maryam Rajavi, over and over again and portray her as the face of a" president in exile". (Fortunately, this time unlike on many other occasions in the history of Iran, after the fall of Saddam Hussein the overwhelming evidence of mercenary work conducted by Rajavi for Saddam has been exposed and documented.)

The MKO’s reaction to the revelation of the start of judicial proceedings, which are in effect putting the MKO itself on trial for the mercenary work it performed for Saddam Hussein, is very interesting.

You would have thought that the organisation would have no more than two choices. Either, to take an offensive position toward the court and the actions of supporting organisations. In this case they would declare the assassination of Sayad Shirazi as a historical point in its honourable history. (As the group did in the case of the execution of Kavoosi who was executed by the Iranian judiciary for may counts of rape and murder. The MKO proudly published his picture as a heroic Mojahed who was smiling when being executed.) The MKO would announce that it had assassinated him (as indeed it declared after assassination) and would do the same in the case of other assassinations.

Or the organisation would take a defensive position toward the court. In this case it would declare that "no, we did not do that" or would declare that "this was done without the leader’s order and we have punished the person responsible". (It has come to light that at least one of the assassins had fallen out with the MKO and has been killed in suspicious circumstances.)

But no, the Mojahedin Khalq did not take any of the above routes. They instead have chosen the stupid route under the name of Sadigheh Husseini (nominal leader of the MKO in Ashraf camp). She, completely overlooking the reality of the situation, has announced that they WELCOME the investigation as though the court being held to investigate the deeds of the assassinated victim. She has announced with great HAPPINESS that this court is necessary but not sufficient and it should investigate the deeds of many other people who have been assassinated by the Mojahedin Khalq.

Imagine that a murderer on trial for killing a man or a woman suddenly declares:

This court is necessary but is not sufficient. The court should be considering all the deeds of all the other victims whom I have killed. In fact the court should consider investigating the deeds of all the many I have yet to kill and haven’t had the time and the opportunity up to now.

A murderer might hope to evade the maximum sentence by claiming that his victims deserved to die, but would surely spend the rest of his or her life in a mental hospital under close supervision. But who knows? The declaration of the MKO may have been announced just to serve this very purpose of avoiding the maximum sentence on the grounds of insanity!

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Kavoosifar, a convicted rapist and mass murderer who instead of going under psychological treatment was executed a few month ago, became the symbol of struggle for Mojahedin Khalq. Kavoosifar smied before execution and said he would do it again if he could.

(The MKO comment about the picture taken from Iranian newspapers reads: The smile of Eternal Victory over the henchmen)

Behzad Alishahi – Translated by Iran Interlink

Secretly filmed meeting between Massoud Rajavi and General Habboush of Secret services of Saddam Hussein reveals that Mojahedin got direct order for assassination of General Shirazi and got paid in return

link to the videos

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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force

Saudi-Israel-US Triangle Supports MKO terrorists

Some European sources in Brussels reported of US-Israeli efforts to provide Iranian oppositions with ground-to-air missiles.

“The EU has received reports on Pezhak (Iranian branch of PKK) and the MKO receiving trucks containing these missiles,”the sources said.

In an interview with Nahrain Net, the sources added:”These groups have certainly received the missiles but it’s not clear whether CIA has been directly involved or its Israeli mercenaries in Mossad have helped the rebels.”

“Israel has around 400 ground-to-air Singer missiles and it might have provided Pezhak and other Iranian opposition groups- acting against the Iranian army and IRGC- with these weapons.”

The sources said that the Iranian opposition is now supported by Iran enemies, led by Saudi Arabia. Alongside the US and Israel, Saudis finance these groups to buy weapons. On the other hand, running satellite channels requires large amount of money, which is also provided by these enemies. Some of these channels broadcast the scenes of military parades by these rebel groups.

Although Kurdish officials deny the presence of Mossad elements in the region, reports show their activities in Iraq’s Kurdistan; moreover, Yediot Aharanot and other Israeli newspapers reported last year that Mossad commders have mentioned the activities of their forces in northern Iraq, particularly in Kurdistan. The mission of some elements has changed so that a number of them have returned to Tel Aviv and experienced ones have been deployed.

Guardian and New York Times have also pointed to the activities of Mossad in Kurdistan. Seymour Hersh, journalist who exposed the scandal of Abu Ghuraib, said on Mossad’s espionage teams in Iraqi Kurdistan:”Israel decided last summer to increase its activities in Kurdistan. After the failure of Americans in Iraq, Israelis believed that their activities would block Iran’s efforts.

It should be noted that Israel has a particular interest in cooperating with Iranian opposition groups, including Pezhak and the MKO. The latter group has a military base in Baqubah, called Camp Ashraf, holding the militants of the group. Elements from this group organized a meeting between some Iraqi MPs- including Khalaf el-Elyan, Zaafer El-Aani and al-Dulaimi- with Mossad agents in Brussels.

 

Nahrain Net – 2007/09/12

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Jordan

Jordanian king to Give Asylum to MKO Leaders

Unconfirmed reports in recent weeks indicate that Jordan has inexplicably decided to give the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) leaders asylum and permission to conduct political activities in the country. According to Tehrantimes, Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi, leaders of the Mojahedin Khalq Organisation, together with a few other high ranking members, have been transferred to Jordan to protect them from the arrest warrants issued by Interpol.

Saddam and the late King Hussein had historic and longstanding relations, and Jordan’s open support for Iraq during the 1980-1988 war against Iran is part of the historical record. After Saddam’s fall in March 2003, Jordan started a new game. It signaled its agreement with the United States Greater Middle East Initiative but also started providing overt and covert support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq.

The latest anti-Iranian move by the Jordanian king Abdullah II to give asylum to MKO members, seems to be much more serious than the previous actions since MKO is a globally blacklisted terrorist group that has carried out terrorist acts during the years Saddam gave them asylum in Iraq and the Jordanian king’s decision is a blatant defiance of a decisive war on terrorism.

Mojahedin.ws – 15/09/2007

   

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Jordan

Fool containment

Jordan has inexplicably decided to give the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) leaders asylum and permission to conduct political activities in the country.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II popularized the deceptive expression Shia Crescent and made accusations against Iran a few months after Saddam Hussein’s Baath regime collapsed.

Saddam and the late King Hussein had historic and longstanding relations, and Jordan’s open support for Iraq during the 1980-1988 war against Iran is part of the historical record.

In its most important assistance, Jordan even gave Iraq access to the strategic port of Aqaba throughout the war.

Official reports from the eight-year war also reveal that thousands of Jordanian soldiers fought on the Iraqi side.

After Saddam’s fall in March 2003, Jordan started a new game. It signaled its agreement with the United States Greater Middle East Initiative but also started providing overt and covert support for Salafi terrorism in Iraq.

The West has turned a blind eye to the fact that Jordan has allowed Baathist remnants and Salafi terrorists to enter Iraq through its borders.

In addition, since the downfall of the Baath regime, Saddam’s family has been living in Jordan as the guests of King Abdullah II, despite the fact that many Middle East experts say Saddam’s family is one of the sources of terrorism in Iraq.

After Saddam was executed, with the support of the Jordanian government, his family was allowed to hold a magnificent semi-official ceremony in honor of the former dictator.

Meanwhile, Interpol recently decided to issue an arrest warrant for Saddam’s daughter Raghad for supporting terrorism in Iraq.

The latest anti-Iranian move by the Jordanian king, i.e. the decision to give asylum to MKO members, is much more serious than the previous actions.

Since the Mojahedin Khalq Organization carried out terrorist acts during the years Saddam gave them asylum in Iraq, U.S. forces restricted them to camps after taking control of the country.

When the pieces of the puzzle are put together, it is clear that the West is encouraging Jordan to take the role Saddam’s Iraq once played in confronting and attempting to contain Iran.

Yet, Jordan’s government has been facing a serious wave of social unrest since the final days of King Hussein, particularly in 1999 and 2000, which proves that Jordan is too weak to become a regional player able to contain Iran.

It would be wise for the Jordanians to reflect on the fate of Saddam, who once cooperated with the West in confronting Iran but later was found to be no longer useful.

There is no doubt that the establishment of a new anti-Iranian pole in the Middle East can seriously alter current political equations. However, the implementation of such an out-of-date formula meant to limit Iran’s regional influence will only increase tension and undermine the West’s regional interests.

Sept. 15 Tehran Times Opinion

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France

France to Probe Killing of Iranian

French authorities plan to investigate the 1999 killing of a top Iranian general, which was claimed by an Iranian opposition group based in France, judicial officials said Monday.

Brig. Gen. Ali Sayyad Shirazi, deputy chief of the joint staff command of the Iranian armed forces, was gunned down in April 1999 in front of his home in Tehran by men dressed as city cleaners. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran claimed responsibility.

The new investigation stems from a complaint Shirazi’s family filed with the French justice system two years ago for "murder and complicity in murder," judicial officials said on condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing.

French judicial authorities say they have the authority to investigate the case because the political wing of the People’s Mujahedeen is based in Auvers-Sur-Oise, north of Paris.

The People’s Mujahedeen, which seeks the overthrow of Iran’s Islamic government, is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department and the European Union. Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein let the group operate camps in Iraq from which it staged attacks on Iran.

The group says it is a peaceful movement of exiled Iranian opponents, and that its militants in Iraq have handed their weapons over to U.S.-led forces. A representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.

France’s justice system has been investigating the People’s Mujahedeen since 2001. In 2003, French police carried out a sweep against the group and dozens of members were arrested, including Maryam Rajavi, the head of the group’s political wing. The operation set off protests, with two Mujahedeen supporters burning themselves to death.

Seventeen people, including Rajavi, were placed under investigation” a step short of being charged” on suspicion of associating with or financing terrorist groups. She was held for about two weeks before being released.

The Associated Press –  September 17, 2007

 

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Mujahedin Khalq 's Function

MKO of No Use for Pentagon

Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani revealed some details of MKO-Pentagon negotiations in a press conference.

In response to a question on the explosion of oil and gas pipelines in western parts of the country, he said: “The explosions were not in our country but there were some small activities in the west.”

“They are wasting their time and act foolishly. We control everything within our borders, particularly in the western borders.

Referring to the meetings of some Pentagon officials and MKO elements with purposes against Iran, he said: “They had a meeting between the two and Pentagon has asked for a plan against Iran.”

“Mojahedin-e khalq has offered a detailed plan for a year and half! However, Pentagon officials didn’t like it.”

Lartijani stressed that their level of understanding is limited to such bombings and explosions, adding: Planning to explode 3 to 4 oil pipelines is not good for a country claiming to be a superpower.

In response to whether he thought other groups were also seeking to hit Iranian interests in western parts of the country, Larijani said: Yes, other small groups, instigated by superpowers, wanted to hit Iran but they received irreparable damages from Iran.

In response to questions on military threats by the US against Iran, he said: “If they do that, the answer will be painful and the whole region will be damaged.

 

IRNA – 2007/09/15

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