Massoud Rajavi

Mojahedin Khalq Organisation leaders in Jordan

The United States has reportedly assisted the fugitive leaders of the terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) to flee to Jordan.

Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Iranian Parliament, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said according to a recent report the MKO leaders, who were previously in Iraq and some European countries, have now been transferred to Jordan.

He added that with the help of US officials, MKO leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi and at least four other senior members of the group had fled to Jordan and were now under the protection of the Jordanian government.

The Iranian MP said it was unfortunate that the Jordanian Government had recently been following the US and the Zionist Regime’s policy of sowing seeds of discord in the region.

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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terrorist group

MKO Behind Karbala Massacre?

 Confirming a report given to EIR News Service by an Iranian source last week, that the group responsible for violence at the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq on Aug. 28 was the MKO, the Tehran Times has presented information on how the MKO triggered the events. The report, issued today by the Tehran Times Political Desk, says that three months prior to the massacre, "closed-circuit cameras captured a 23-year-old woman and 13-year-old youth who were gathering information about the various entrances to the Imam Hussein (AS) shrine. After their arrest, it became clear that they had been sent by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) to locate ways to sneak into the shrine for terrorist operations."

The paper describes how the attack was planned. Members of Moqtada Sadr’s Al-Mahdi militia who were trying to enter the shrine, were prevented by security forces. Then, clashes began which led to 52 dead and 300 injured. "At first glance, it seemed to be a clash between rival Shi’a groups seeking to monopolize power, and another indication of the extreme insecurity in Iraq, especially in Shi’a areas," the paper comments. But, this is not the case.

According to witnesses, large amounts of weapons were distributed to people near the al-Sadr group’s position, giving the impression that that group itself had been handing out arms. Among the weapons were some made in Iran–to leave a clear lead. The Iraqi Interior Ministry has conducted investigations into the event, concluding that the MKO was behind the incident.

The MKO is officially on the U.S. terrorist list, but is now being protected by the U.S. occupying forces there. It has been responsible for multiple attacks, including assassinations of leading politicians in Iran over the years. Offers by Iran to exchange al-Qaeda terrorists it holds in prisons, for MKO terrorists, were rejected by the U.S.

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Mujahedin Khalq 's Function

11th of September 2001 and the MKO

11th of September 2001 and the MKOThe terrorist disaster of the 11th of September 2001 with no doubt severely shocked the world. This catastrophe certainly became the globe’s deep sorrow at the time. Almost every country and every organisation in the world, regardless of the state of their relationship with the USA, strongly condemned the act. But wouldn’t be astonishing to learn that there was a group which actually celebrated the most brutal terrorist operation in the contemporary history?  

“Bagherzadeh”was one the bases of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organisation (MKO) in Iraq before the fall of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. This base was normally used for the group gatherings of the MKO members in Iraq – otherwise knows as the National Liberation Army (NLA). The time to time sessions which always had ideological themes were usually held with the presence of the co-leaders of the organisation Mas’ud and Maryam Rajavi. The members used to get together from different bases in Iraq for one week or more to listen to the teachings of the leaders.  

When the 11th of September 2001 catastrophe occurred, about 2000 people were assembled in Bagherzadeh Base to attend the general meeting of the NLA and to receive the speeches delivered by the Rajavis. At the very day the loudspeakers throughout the base called everyone to meet in the main hall to become aware of very important and crucial news. After a good number of people were gathered, a video clip containing the news was shown from the widescreens. The news was about how the twin towers were blown up by some fanatic extremist so called Moslems. The video clip was shown over and over for several times and each time it received jubilations from the members and officials of the MKO. The officials were encouraging the others to dance and be cheerful.

The following day a meeting was arranged for Mas’ud and Maryam Rajavi to deliver their speeches to the members and officials. The same clips were shown several times again and each time it received the same jubilations. Mas’ud started speaking about the terrorist incident. He did not condemn the act at all and even virtually accepted that it was an anti-imperialistic move. He claimed that his group is far more superior to the Al-Qaeda and”if they could do such a sophisticated military operation we must be able to do so in a much better manner”. He called the operation the consequence of the US policy and also the exhibition of the power of the ideology of Islam! He declared that”wait and see the fruits of our revolutionary Islam!”  

Maryam started her speech next. She clearly stated that the terrorist disaster is to the advantage of the MKO since it draws the attention of the US administration to Afghanistan and at least for a while they would forget about Iraq and Saddam Hussein. She then related the suicide bombing to the Islamic theology and claimed that only this sort of ideology could carry out that sort of complicated task.

Many MKO members who were present in that meeting have bared witness about that day and about that meeting after they left the group. When the US Forces occupied the Ashraf base “ the main base of the MKO in Iraq “ they interviewed many former members and they all explained the same story which was mentioned above. Although the US State Department has called the organisation a foreign terrorist group as well as a personality cult in its annual report, but unfortunately the report has deliberately failed to mention this mere fact that they practically hailed the 11th of September terrorist occurrence.

Some of ex-members emphasised that just before the US Forced occupied the Ashraf Camp, the MKO authorities destroyed a lot of tapes, discs and documents including the shots taken from the meeting mentioned above. 

It should also be noted that since the incident of 11th of September up to now, the MKO has not by any means officially condemned this terrorist act and other military operations done by the Al-Qaeda in Europe. This in fact is despite the reality that the organisation continuously emphasises on the necessity of countering terrorism and in this manner even calls the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) the godfather of terrorism. The fact that the MKO has totally focused its antiterrorism propaganda on IRI and stays completely silent about the 11th of September terrorist act as the obvious symbol of international terrorism proves that the issue of countering terrorism is only considered by the leaders of the MKO as a useful tool and they do not basically reject it. 

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Habilian Foundation

People of Kut (Iraq) Call For Expulsion of mojahedin

People of Kut (Iraq) Call For Expulsion of mojahedin(aka: Mojahedin Khalq, Rajavi cult, NCRI,…)

In a meeting with Habilian’s Secretary General, more than 500 tribal leaders, engineers, doctors and cultural activist from Kut province called for the expulsion of mojahedin.

In the meeting, joined by Habilian’s executive secretary Mohamad Sanawi and some other members of the Association, representative of Kut tribesmen and people Sheikh Hajj Sa’d Abdulhosein stressed that mojahedin are the common enemy of Iranians and Iraqis.”More than Iranians, Iraqis suffered from this group and that’s why they call for the expulsion of the group.

At the beginning of the meeting, Habilian’s Secretary General Mohamad Javad Hasheminezhad welcomed the Iraqi delegation and said that plans for dividing Iraqis are doomed to fail, underlining deep cultural and religious commonalities of the two countries.

Reviewing Iraqi developments after Saddam, Mr. Hasheminezhad said the expansion of terrorist operations was a result of occupiers’ presence in Iraq adding:

“Terrorists are mercenaries of big powers and terrorism couldn’t be rooted out until Americans are present in Iraq. A clear example of this is the terrorist group mojahedin. Americans introduce them as terrorists and protect them at the same time, preventing their expulsion from Iraq. They shout slogans of democracy but they want a puppet government. However, Iraqi people didn’t allow Americans’ dreams come true.”

Sheikh Hajj Sa’d Abdulhosein also pointed to Iran’s sovereignty in the region and said:”I’ve no ties to any political movement and I speak as an Iraqi. We are happy that Iran has hot nuclear energy. This has changed the power balance in favor of nations.”

On the issue of mojahedin, he addressed Mr. Hasheminezhad and said:

“When Saddam was in power, Iraqis suffered more than Iranians from the group. They helped former security services of Saddam, which played an active role in suppressing Iraqi people and opposition. We hope Iraqi parliament’s decisions to expel this terrorist group could be executed as soon as possible.”

Following Sheikh Sa’d comments, Mr. Ghazi, a cultural activist from Kut, explained the general situation of Iraq and talked about the problems:

“We are now challenged by terrorism in Iraq, including the presence of terrorist group of mojahedin that’s our common problem. The two nations have many commonalities; so, we ask the Iranian government to help establishing security and fighting terrorism in Iraq.”

Then, Taleb Abdulamir explained Iraq’s educational status and said that there were many talented students among Iraqi youths. He presented his proposals for strengthening cultural ties, particularly in the field of higher education.

He also stressed that all Iraqi elites want the expulsion of MKO from Iraq.

At the end of the meeting, participants watched a film on Mujahedin’s crimes.

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Jordan

Rajavis transferred to Jordan

..A short report by the Young Journalists’ Club entitled "Rajavis transferred to Jordan" states that Mas’ud and Maryam Rajavi, the heads of the militant Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, are being allowed to open an office in Jordan, as part of the Jordanian monarch’s acts of hostility to Iran and Shi’is. A spokesman for the Iran Hezbollah, Kan’ani-Moqaddam says "radicals" of the Right and the Left or reformists, disrupted a first meeting on forging political consensus around the Hezbollah. He says radicals of both factions have no interest in consensus in politics… 

 Reported from Aftabe Yazd by BBC Monitoring

Aftabe Yazd website, September 10, 2007

link to the original report in Farsi:

http://www.aftab-yazd.com/index.asp?aftab=8&TextID=13965

 

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The news was first reported by Press TV on August 28, 2007

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=20985&sectionid=351020101

 

MKO leaders presumed to be in Jordan

 

The fugitive leaders of the terrorist group MKO, wanted for aiding Saddam in his crimes, have been placed on Interpol’s Red Notice.

Iraqi sources in Baghdad confirmed that Massoud and Maryam Rajavi had gone missing a few months ago.

Although there is no accurate information about their whereabouts, some convincing evidence suggests that the two criminals and at least four other senior officials of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) have fled to Jordan and they are now protected by the Jordanian government.

Interpol ‘Red Notices’, an international arrest warrant for individuals who are wanted by national jurisdictions or International Criminal Tribunals, represent only a tiny fraction of the number of red notices issued by Interpol.

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Terrorist groups and the MEK

Inconspicuous Affinity between Al-Qaeda and MKO

A careful and close scrutiny of al-Qaeda and MKO’s organizational infrastructures reveals surprising similarities in their theorizing of terrorist operations. That is much because the two nearly show great interest in the same ideological teachings of terrorism theoreticians. It should be pointed out that these outdated and despised teachings attracts no attention today, but at least in two or three past decades they worked as applicable revolutionary approaches especially for the third world revolutionaries. Following the same line, Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization from its very formation in four decades ago adopted militia warfare as the doctrine of its struggle. MKO’s knack to survive out of dire and serious conditions singles it out as a complex terrorist organization that readily adapts itself to global relations because of its ideologically based interest-seeking and pragmatist visions. Thus, it proves to be much harder a task to confront terrorists like MKO compared with al-Qaeda.

The prime problem lies in the fact that MKO cannot be easily compared to and considered as soldiers of fortune, anarchists, or psychopaths who under some melancholic influences engage in violent practices. Mojahedin cannot even be equals to the rebels and insurgents who rise to confront cultural, social, economic, and ethnic discriminations. The problem is that the organization deems it a duty and responsibility when perpetrating atrocious, terrorist operations, and indeed Mojahedin believe in what they do. Here is the proof when they demarcate a rebel from a revolutionary:

A rebel conducts blind insurgency against the ruling regime while a revolutionary element knows well whereto conduct the insurgency. [1]

The main feature that distinguishes MKO from other similar groups is its remarkable potentiality in practice of ideologically justified activities. The revolutionary ideology of the group enables it to develop a revolutionized philosophical world outlook. In an attempt to rationalize the group’s revolutionary ideology, Rajavi in an ideological handbook that represents the main ideological teachings of MKO stated:

Without a revolutionary ideology, it is impossible to have a revolutionary movement, organization and man because ideology works as our source of light and guide to lead us on. I have to assert that ideology is one of the most outstanding manifestations of man’s life. That is to say, man is the only creature that lives with ideology; his life and death relay on a belief and ideology that he is bond to it in all conditions and communes with it. [2]

Forging such a mentality, Mojahedin can not only control their suppressed primitive feelings but also organize them and put them into practice quantitatively and qualitatively whenever and wherever they will. They are ideological terrorists who deliberately parlay democratic approaches to aggravate the tensions and mount obstacles amidst any non-violent dialogue. In theorizing their relation with the world, they divide it into a two-dimensional sphere of black and white, the foes and friends, and develop no comprehension beyond that. Both al-Qaeda and MKO have the opinion that these are inevitable approaches to solve the encountered would-be disputes.

The difference between the two is that al-Qaeda perpetrates its terrorist operations based on the impact of its ostensible ideological inclinations while Mojahedin-e Khalq justify them based on deep interpretation of their ideology. MKO’s methodology before relying on ideology originates from its scientific look at the world. Mojahedin develop the idea that struggle is not necessarily a man-willed drive but is more the result of knowing the laws and evolutionary advance of the history:

To further a successful social revolution one must develop a more optimistic comprehension of the laws governing the general move of the world, society and man which can simply be defined as ideology. [3]

The view point induces that unpredicted parameters and catalysts work as aspects of influential material laws and thus, it is required to advance according to these laws. The practical and fundamental difference between al-Qaeda and Mojahedi-e Khalq is exactly the same difference between a rebel and a revolutionary, that is, to best control, organize and conduct terrorist operations. Parallel to these precepts, Mojahedin, in regulation of their relations with the members, strive to infuse them with ideological teachings rather than engaging them in practical orders. Accordingly, it might be a rightly made claim by Mojahedin that the organization never enforced orders on the members to commit self-immolations in June 2003 following the arrest of Maryam Rajavi in France and they were deliberate actions.

The people who commit these loathsome acts are no doubt the byproducts of MKO’s adopted ideology. Explicitly putting in the words, they are slaves of a deeply imbued ideology that can be put into practice even in the absence of the leaders. As stated by Rajavi when drawing the organization’s ideological principles:

Everybody has to be a legist and interpreter of the given principal cues of principles. [4]

Also asserted in Nechayev’s The Revolutionary Catechism, revolutionary ideology draws the border-line between a rebel and a revolutionary:

The revolutionary is a dedicated man. He has no interests of his own, no affairs, no feelings, no attachments, no belongings, not even a name. Everything in him is absorbed by a single exclusive interest, a single thought, a single passion – the revolution… Hard towards himself, he must be hard towards others also. All the tender and effeminate emotions of kinship, friendship, love, gratitude and even honor must be stifled in him by a cold and single-minded passion for the revolutionary cause. There exists for him only one delight, one consolation, one reward and one gratification – the success of the revolution. Night and day he must have but one thought, one aim – merciless destruction. In cold-blooded and tireless pursuit of this aim, he must be prepared both to die himself and to destroy with his own hands everything that stands in the way of its achievement.[5]

As indicated by Rajavi, al-Qaeda has a formalistic understanding of ideology. Mojahedin believe that although al-Qaeda is on the front line of launching daring operations, but fails to have a good understanding of their impacts and the aftermath essential calculations. Structural similarities between al-Qaeda and MKO regardless of minor differences well expose the global threat of Mojahedin-e Khalq far beyond the potentialities of al-Qaeda. If there are still optimistic people who foster hope that Mojahedin would undergo a radically ideological and structural change, they are under the spell of some ignorance they have to break before it is too late.

Sources:

Lectures of Mahdi Abrishamchi on the Ideological Revolution in MKO. (1985). Taleghani Publication.

Explining the world -the rules and the concept of evolution: the ideological teachings of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, vol. II, 5.

Lectures of Mahdi Abrishamchi on the Ideological Revolution in MKO. (1985). Taleghani Publication.

Explining the world -the rules and the concept of evolution: the ideological teachings of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, vol. II, pp.5-7.

Nechayev; The Revolutionary Catechism

http://spectrum332034.tripod.com/Texte/1.htm

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The Ideology of the MEK

Women, Objects of a Similar Reactionary Vision in Al-Qaeda and MKO

On the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks perpetrated by al-Qaeda makes it absolutely necessary to have a review over the hideous phenomena of terrorism and the identical political and ideological features shared by the notorious terrorist groups. It might be of a great aid to diagnose the threat of the groups that are scattered among the societies under the pretext of pro-democracy activists. Al-Qaeda being a potent threat at the present relying heavily on its military and ideological potentialities, other groups that share similar characteristics with it can give rise to even more alarming terrorist threats to destabilize the global security.

The found ideological similarities between al-Qaeda and the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), also known as Mojahedin cult, and the comparable approaches for fund-raising activities and identical goals the both seek to accomplish make it necessary to have a much deeper scrutiny of MKO. Although there might be some minor disagreements between the two, but a close study reveals shocking similarities in their position taken against America and capitalism, organizational structure and their ideological outlook on the social and organizational status of women. MKO unlike al-Qaeda exploits women within the organization and even promotes their status, but like al-Qaeda imparts no telling viewpoint on women. However, assertions made by many MKO’s separated members reveal that both groups ideologically hold homogenous views on women.

Following its internal ideological revolution, MKO partly surfaced its ideologically based value standpoint on women. Annihilation of family foundations inside the organization, forced divorces, escalation of hatred among espouses and encouraging them to remain celibate for the rest of their lives were all unprecedented achievements that Rajavi, as Mojahedin’s modern revolutionary leader, enforced. At the first look the revolution reaffirmed restoration of women’s historically violated rights, but underneath women were viewed to be impediments for the accomplishment of MKO’s ideal revolution for which the group had already dedicated itself. Forced marriages followed by forced divorces in no way could theorize restoration of any violated right but could make women totally dependent on Rajavi, intimidate the men and control any possible rivals for leadership.

The evidences indicate that the instrumental use of women and male chauvinism do not infuse Mojahedin alone. Assented by the majority of ex-members who were present at Rajavi’s regular meetings, Rajavi had repeatedly stated that ‘we made the revolution but al-Qaeda is reaping all the corps. In many instance he had referred to Mohammad Atta, the al-Qaeda suspected ringleader behind 9/11 plot who held misogynistic attitudes, had developed a better understanding of MKO’s ideological revolution compared with the group’s own members. Mohammad Atta’s misogyny is well acknowledged in his will which has been released in English by the FBI:

I don’t want women to come to my house to apologize for my death. I don’t want any women to come at my grave at all during my funeral or any occasion thereafter. [1]

The dogmatically misogynistic ideology dominates both groups by some differences; in contrast to al-Qaeda that avows physical repellent of women, MKO more advocates curbing and elimination of the insiders lust for women. In fact, Mojahedin’s outlook is much more reactionary and outrageous than al-Qaeda. At least Atta promised the al-Qaeda operatives when encouraging them before the attacks that the day will come, after the death, when ‘you spend with the women of paradise. [2] Rajavi’s internal revolution completely deprives the members of thinking erotic tendencies and even making fantasies termed as big sins:

Following the divorce meetings, the families residential were evacuated and it was known to be a big sin if anyone thought of home. The residences being evacuated, they had them environed by walls of earth so the memory of home eluded the members minds. [3]

Oddly enough, there is no difference in the nature of al-Qaeda and MKO’s outlook on women but in organizational relations. For an organization that posture a pro-feminism, pursuing the reactionary line of repelling women, as al-Qaeda does, means depriving itself of a noticeably potential human force. Mohammad Atta removes the barrier that comes between him and his goal by physical denial of women even after his death. In contrast, Rajavi deprived all male and female insiders of their human instincts and emotions which were known to be barriers to the main cause and promoted women’s organizational status to exploit the strong, endurable human potentialities in them.

In both al-Qaeda and MKO, the picture and idea of women have to be completely cleaned from the minds of veterans. MKO requires all male members to avoid all sexual thoughts and to liberate themselves from their instincts, particularly sexual drives. Rajavi in regularly organized gatherings recurrently reminded members of their uncontrolled lust and even insulted them:

Massoud Rajavi in an ideological meeting for members of executive committee, before saying anything else, he surprised everybody by saying: “I have heard from Dr . . . that your pee has bubble. Strangely according to what I heard from him, our “HE” [member of executive committee] member’s pee has bubble while our ordinary member’s pee is bubble-less. Then when he faced strange and puzzled look of members said: “Don’t look at me with surprise, like you don’t know what that means. It means, few years after ‘ideological revolution, still you have not been able to neutralise your sexual desires and still you have ejaculation of semen, which creates bubble in your urine. [4]

For Rajavi, women are merely playthings who, devoid of all womanish fleeing and desires, should develop a dual personality who is neither a woman nor a man but at the service of leadership. She is a depersonalized creature that is deprived of freedom of thought and lifestyle running a slavery life in the bond of Rajavi’s ambitions.

In fact, women are identical problems in al-Qaeda and MKO with two different solutions. Mohammad Atta considers women as obstacles that impede accomplishment of his goals while to rajavi women are encumbrances to his leadership. The solution for Atta is resorting to reactionary fashion of physical riddance of women; rajavi takes advantage of sophisticated, modern psychological techniques to kill their fleeing and emotions and turn them into absolute machines and robots. Oddly enough, to the world MKO are proclaimed to be a pro-feminist group but inside feminism is believed to be a manifest of the crummy slough of bourgeoisie. As Mehdi Abrishamchi states:

Women’s right fails to be restored out of men and women’s direct conflict but is restored through a deep anti-exploitation struggle wherein women equally play a role. The climax of a bourgeois thought is feminism. That is, it develops the idea of female superiority which in itself maintains an opposition because in social balance the female gender occupies a second status and the opposition works for the interest of the superior gender. Preservation of social classes absolutely benefits capitalism. Capitalism attempts socially and ideologically to theorize everlasting stability of classes; that is why it tries to bolster class conflict to exploit easily and in various forms. The gender exploitation continues for ever unless a jointly male and female anti-exploitation struggle is initiated to solve the problem historically. [5]

Then, what demarcates al-Qaeda and MKO is in the quantity of two unified observation of today’s world phenomena. The former holds an extremely reactionary view that resorts to blind terrorist operations showing no consideration for others and freely revealing its ideological and tribalist teachings. The latter takes shelter behind the contradictions and utilizes the most radical political and social inclinations and sophisticated cult techniques to promulgate the same al-Qaeda cult-like, reactionary teachings. Abrishamchi explicitly draws the line between al-Qaeda and MKO by using the terms of rebel and revolutionary:

A sine qua non of revolution is the thought that completely sees the needed ordinance for such a necessity. As a result, a rebel provided with an ideology undergoes a change to become a revolutionary. A rebel conducts blind insurgency against the ruling regime while a revolutionary element knows well whereto conduct the insurgency. [6]

 

Sources:

[1]. English version of Mohammad Atta’s will:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/atta/resources/documents/will1.htm

[2]. observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,560773,00.html

[3]. Shams-Haeri, Hadi; Mordab (The Swamp), Abroad publication, p.193.

[4]. Masoud Banisadr; Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel, 386.

[5]. Mehdi Abrishamchi’s speech made on the ideological revolution within MKO, published by Muslim Student Association, 1985.

[6]. Ibid.

 

Bahar Irani – Mojahedin.ws – Sep. 10, 2007

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Mujahedin Khalq as an Opposition Group

The Terrorists’ Job of Waging War

Many from among the Americans believe that it would be irrational and the height of irresponsibility to go to war against a country based on the claims of an opposition group that is securely leashed by the State Department as a dangerous terrorist group. Barton Kunstler’s article, Why We Cannot – and Will Not – Attack Iran contributed for opednews, well explains illogicality of such a plan and irrationality of relying on disinformation by a terrorist group that through parlaying its baseless exposure on various mainstream media outlets in world tries to escalate the already existing tensions.

Flames of war notwithstanding many lives it might claim, rises the troubled water for the terrorist MKO to fish as it did during Iran-Iraq war. Besides, it is a proven fact that only trough a chaotic atmosphere the group survives and assumes the power to accomplish its inhuman ambitions. Although not any more a weighty threat for Iranian inside, MKO might, if it can gain the ears of politicians with bellicose nature, get others into some deep, inextricable mire. Excerpts from Kunstler’s article expound the role of MKO in the war scenario.

As in the run-up to the Iraq War, a favored dissident has caught the attention of the D.C. neo-cons and has found a platform from which to harangue the American public into bombing Iran. In this case, the job of driving America into another war belongs to Alireza Jafarzadeh. Wikipedia.com’s extensive entry on Jafarzadeh reads like a brochure for his consulting firm. Before establishing the firm, Jafarzadeh belonged to a dissident group called The National Council of Resistance on Iran (NCRI), which is the political wing of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK). The MeK was a leftist anti-shah organization until the 1979 Revolution brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power. MeK opposed the Ayatollah and went into exile, but its politics shifted as well. MeK organized a military force based over the border in Iraq that raided Iranian targets in the 1980s. Eventually, MeK was placed on several lists of terrorist organizations.

Despite this – or as a result – MeK and the NCRI have put together a high-powered lobbying group in Washington D.C. that includes the Iran Policy Committee (IPC), headed by a former Reagan administration official, Professor Raymond Tanter, and comprising a group of Beltway military, intelligence, and right-wing political figures, which works closely with Jafarzadeh who, incidentally, is also a Foreign Affairs Analyst for Fox News.

Jafarzadeh takes credit for revealing the existence of several underground uranium enrichment plants and other WMD projects and for triggering an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) investigation of Iran’s nuclear program. However, the IAEA contradicted the claims of Jafarzadeh, and now the Bush administration, that Iran is pursuing a policy of nuclear armament. And it is not just the IAEA that disagrees with Jafarzadeh’s and Bush’s assessments. Many members of the U.S. intelligence community have publicly questioned Bush’s view of Iran’s nuclear intentions, and even within Bush’s closest circle Condoleeza Rice has apparently emerged as the voice of reason against Dick Cheney who, predictably, is all set to bomb Iran.

Remember Ahmed Chalabi? He was the Iraqi dissident who claimed Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. By parlaying his exposure on various mainstream media outlets in the U.S., and gaining the ear of the neo-conservatives in the Bush administration, Chalabi managed to turn his unfounded claims into a gospel truth to which the Washington Post and New York Times, among others, offered a devout chorus of “amens”. In short, Chalabi played an important role in winning acceptance for the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq. Chalabi also claimed his goal was a democratic government in his homeland.

Jafarzadeh is currently playing the Chalabi-role. MeK and the NCRI are claiming they too favor a secular, democratic Iraq. However, as described in interviews on a Dateline show directed by Bronwyn Adcock (see http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04# and click on the link, “Gunning for Iran” for the transcript) aired on October 4, 2006, former MeK members describe the organization as focused strictly on its own ambitions and those of its money-hungry leaders, with cult-like indoctrination techniques.

(link to "Gunnig for Iran" -Video file: Gunning for Iran. SBS television )

It would be the height of irresponsibility to go to war based on the claims of a man tied to groups so invested in attacking Iran. It is bad enough that a Jafarzadeh can manipulate his way into a position of influence over national policy. It is truly insane that we might actually go to war due to his influence. Lest this seems to overstate the case, the Iran Policy Committee’s web page features an article by Lt. General (Ret.) Tom McInerney and Fred Gedrich arguing for a “series of measures designed to modify Iranian behavior including (1) selective air-strikes in the face of continued Iranian support for terrorism, WMD development, and the Iraqi insurgency;(2) support for Iranian political opposition; and (3) delisting the main Iranian opposition groups – the NCRI and MEK – from the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.” This is based on “Tehran’s past intransigence and continuing hostility.” In their view, Iran has “waged a one-sided war with the U.S. for 28 years”. Their evidence is selective and devoid of political context: they cite the seizure of our embassy in 1979 (a political act that engendered negotiations, including Ronald Reagan’s aides working with the Iranians to postpone the hostages’ release till after the November presidential elections) and Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents in the current war as the real clincher.

 

Sent by Sattar Orangi, Mojahedin.ws, Sep. 7, 2007

 

 

(Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, cult leaders)

 

 

(Maryam Rajavi directly ordered the massacar of Kurdish people)

 

 

(A Cult session in Ashraf camp Iraq – under protection of Saddam)

 

 

(Chemical attack on Halabche, Kurdistan, Iraq)

 

 

(MKO mebers in European Countries 2003)

 

 

 

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Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Iraqi Turkmen, Victims of Terrorist Monafeghin

The head of Iraqi Turkmen Assembly: "No group or country could disrupt Iran-Iraqi ties and friendship."

"No terrorist group or hostile country could damage historical friendship between Iran and Iraq," said Dr. Feizallah Mohammed Saleh.

In a meeting between Habilian Association officials and high-ranking Iraqi delegation, comprised of representatives of Iraqi Turkmen and the members of the Islamic Movement of Iraqi Turkmen, Dr. Feizallah Mohammed Saleh added: "We are proud of close relations between the two countries and thank Iran for supporting Iraqi people."

"With Baathists in power, Turkmen lived an innocent life and a very difficult situation was crated by Bathist regime."

"During the uprising of 1991, a number of Turkmen from Kirkuk were also killed by the organization of Monafeghin. So, besides the suppression of the uprising in the north, different ethnicities faced the risk of becoming totally destroyed," he added.

In the meeting, Secretary General of Habilian Association, Mohamad Jawad Hasheminezhad, stressed the common concerns of the two sides and said: "Unity and solidarity of Iran and Iraq is so deep that big powers try to destroy it. This policy has continued during the ruling of corrupted rulers in Iraq and Iran."

 "As they entered Iraq, Americans noted that they have never seen such unity between the two countries. Therefore, they occupied Iraq under the name of democracy while their end goal is to divide the two nations," he added.

"It is a crucial time for Iranians and Iraqis because the occupiers and terrorists try to divide them. This plan is supposed to be led by terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and the organization of Mojahedine Khalgh," Mr. Hasheminezhad went on to say.

"With its 40 years of history, MKO has numerous experiences in the field of massacre, terrorism and destruction. However, the question is "what does American democracy mean when Iraqis want to expel the ones who killed their children and they oppose it?"

He added: "Sixteen thousands Iranians have been killed by this terrorist group and Monafeghin’s own documents prove this."

Dr. Saami, deputy head of Iraqi Turkmen Assembly also stressed the history of Iranians’ friendship with Iraq and said: "Many of terrorist blows to Iraq have been from neighboring countries. However, the West and the US in particular have directed their attacks at Iran and Syrian. This shows their double standards in dealing with terrorism and human rights. 

"Years ago we saw that Imam Khomeini warned Arab countries that after the war with Iran, Iraq would not respect them. We all witnessed that six days after the end of war with Iran, Saddam attacked Kuwait and occupied that country," he said.

He said Al-Qaeda and Mojahedine Khalgh are two notorious terrorist groups, adding: "They have close ties with CIA and Mossad. We have solid documents on this and are ready to publish them."

Hasheminezhad also said: "Persians and Arabs couldn’t ignore each other but they should respect each other in order to live a peaceful life. In this way, we should avoid illogical hostilities and therefore, the mercenary group of Mojahedine khalgh should be expelled from Iraq."

Stressing that the issue of martyrs of Iran-Iraq war should be resolved between the two countries, he said: "Many families in both Iran and Iraq still have problems regarding this issue and we won’t quit efforts for finding our martyrs according to agreements."

Secretary General of Habilian Association underlined the request of Iranians and Iraqis, stating: "Although disarmed, MKO is still training and organizing terrorists, enjoying good logistical support and financial aid. Iraqis will be harmed more if the group could stay in their country."

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