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Mujahedin Khalq Organization's Propaganda System

Illegality, Fundamental Crisis for Rajavi’s Gang

After Saddam, no government is going to accept the MKO. As it seems, there’s a consensus against this group. This is the reality of this group’s political position which puts it on the top of discredited political groups.

Rejecting its appeal in the US, the decision of Iraqi government to expel the group from the country and finally the recent decision by ECOFIN Council to keep the MKO on the list of groups whose assets have been frozen is part of this consensus.

This consensus is not because of MKO’s political importance (which totally lacks), but it’s because of group’s efforts to impose itself on a country.

Western governments, particularly the US and Western Europe, have concluded that the gang of Rajavi is a criminal cult whose claims of democracy are all meaningless and that it’s an anti-democratic movement. Therefore, they try to avoid supporting such a cult. They also repeat their positions occasionally to warn the supporters and agents of the group about their positions.

With a brief review of MKO’s efforts during past 20 years, it could be easily understood that the diplomacy of MKO is self-deceptive.

By collecting the signatures of Parliamentarians and those unaware of group’s status and by boasting about these signatures, the MKO has practically proved that its claims and behaviors are all unreal.

For instance, on the issue of Iraqi government’s decision to expel the terrorist cult from the country, the MKO tries to put the US army in front of Iraqi government in order to pretend that the American army is responsible for their case while the position of Iraqi government is in full coordination with the Coalition.

It’s natural that the issue that is decisively expressed by the Iraqi government has been discussed multilaterally and that American officials have assigned the Iraqi government with solving the issue. They are, in fact, approving such decision by remaining silent on the issue.

On the other hand, Rajavi’s remnants try to resist the order of Iraqi govnerment by continuing to collect signatures. However, this method has also proved to be useless for taking the group out of terror list.

Resorting to such methods shows that the MKO is discredited around the world and that no one wants to help them.

Only deals with warmongers and Zionist lobby has helped them survive, which in current situation, seems to be ineffective for the group.

Irandidban – 2007/02/04

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‘How I was brainwashed by the Tank Girls’

Anne Singleton said ordinary British Muslims were increasingly vulnerable to recruitment by extremists

A white British woman who was sucked into an extremist Muslim terror group warned yesterday of the dangers of”brainwashing”by radical groups operating in the .

Anne Singleton said ordinary British Muslims were increasingly vulnerable to recruitment by extremists, who use psychological tricks to turn them into unquestioning followers prepared to carry out atrocities for their cause.

The 48-year-old mother of one, who lives in Leeds, became involved with fanatics while studying at Manchester University in the 1970s.

Her boyfriend at the time, an Iranian called Ali, was interested in a radical group known as the People’s Mujahideen of Iran, or MKO, which was formed a decade earlier and aimed to free from “capitalism, imperialism, reactionary Islamic forces and despotism.

Today Miss Singleton recalls with horror how the group, which is based in Iraq and wants to overthrow Iran’s current regime, was able to convince her to give up her life in the UK and travel abroad with them as a brainwashed slave.

Her indoctrination, conversion and submission to the MKO happened gradually over a period of ten years.

She now regards the group “ known as the”tank girls”because there are so many women in its ranks “ as a dangerous cult which uses psychological manipulation.

“I thought I was a saviour of the world and would have done anything for the Mujahideen. I worshipped those people. I thought they were of a higher order.”

In 1992, Miss Singleton was asked to go to for military training.

“I loved the camp and it felt liberating to obey orders, because you lose all responsibility for yourself,”she said.

But a year later she began to have doubts.

At this point she met her husband Massoud, another disillusioned MKO member, and in 1996 they made the decision to leave. It took them a further three years to break free.

Miss Singleton and her husband are involved in the campaign group Iran Interlink highlighting the dangers of groups such as the MKO.

She works as a computer programmer while raising her six-year-old son.

Yesterday, she warned that many British Muslims are at risk of suffering the same brainwashing as she did.

“Look at the young men in West Yorkshire who are being targeted by the terrorist organisations.

“Psychological manipulation can happen to anyone, any time. If you’re lucky you end up with a timeshare. If you’re unlucky you end up blowing up yourself and innocent people on the Tube.”

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MEK Camp Ashraf

Defections Intensify in MKO

Intensifying critical situation for the MKO in Iraq, including Iraqi government’s order for the expulsion of group from Iraq, has caused the increasing growth of defections by captive MKO members in Camp Ashraf.

Reports coming to Irandidban indicate that despite efforts by Camp Ashraf’s Gestapo to keep the news on defections as secret, the wave of defection from the MKO has increased considerably so that each week a number of members (finding themselves) escape from the cult’s camp and try to reach the gates of free world.

Family of a former MKO member, based in TIPF, reported that in the latest wave of defection, 5 repentant members of the group escaped the cult and joined the TIPF.

"Two women are among these people, one of whom is Ms. Batoul Soltani, 40, from the city of Isfahan. Her daughter, Setareh, was forcefully separated from her mother and taken to Europe in 1991. Setareh is now living with a pro-MKO family in Sweden and, in fact, she is captive of MKO," the report adds.

In the end, pointing to the observations and experiences of those who have recently escaped the cult of Rajavi, report adds that, "the current situation in Camp Ashraf indicates of a silence before storm. The energy accumulated in suppressed members is ready to be released and exploded."

Irandidban – 2007/02/04

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Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Iraq Dismantles the MKO

Iraq’s Vice President Adel Abd-al-Mahdi said Iraqi authorities have been assured of the release of Iranian diplomats recently abducted by the US.

"We have been assured that Iranian diplomats would be released in the near future," said Abd-al-Mahdi in a joint press conference with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani Wednesday.

He said Baghdad has had done a lot and has good cooperation with Tehran in connection with freedom of the Iranian diplomats.

He added, "We give the assurance that Iraqi government is much sensitive and cares for Iranian citizens; in that connection too it will do its best."

He added that Iraq has been trying to secure the release of Iranian nationals soon after their capture by US forces.

Asked on pullout of the US forces from Iraq, the Iraqi vice president said Iraqi government has always been trying to train Iraqi forces to speed up the restoration of security in the country so that the ground would be prepared for exit of foreign forces.

As for Iran’s interest to train Iraqi forces, he said such proposals are made due to close and good ties between Iranian and Iraqi interior ministries and security establishments and ‘today there are very good ties between the ministries’.

He said there are a series of issues which are connected with security in Iraq and Iran, one of which being the presence of the outlawed terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization in Iraq.

He added that Baghdad tries to settle the case as a matter of responsibility.

He stressed that Tehran has always, including after fall of Saddam, been supportive to Iraqi people, including during the formation of the transitional government and governing council, compilation of constitution and parliamentary elections.

He said Baghdad tries to restore security in Iraq with the cooperation of neighboring states and the US.

He described his talks with Larijani as good.

IRNA, February 1, 2007

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USA

US Using Iran’s Opposition Group in Iraq

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Camp Ashraf which is occupied by the Iraq-based Iranian opposition group the Mujahedine Khalq Organization (MKO) is sited more than 260km north of Baghdad.

This group resettled in Iraq in 1987 during the rule of Saddam Hussain. After Saddam was ousted in 2003, the US army gave protection to this camp which remains today.

The Iraqi coalition government headed by Shiite Ebrahim Al Jaafari and Nouri Al Maliki decided to expel MKO members from Iraq and close Camp Ashraf. However, none of these decisions have been implemented.

In this camp and in other Iraqi cities, there are between 4,000 and 5,000 MKO members and their families, with identities issued by the United Nations and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to facilitate their mobility inside Iraq.

Jalal Al Din Al Sagheer, a prominent figure in the Shiite coalition, has accused MKO members of supporting terrorist groups affiliated to the former regime.

He told Gulf News, "There is an Iraqi constitution which prohibits using the Iraqi territory to launch a series of cross-border attacks against neighboring countries and we are committed to this position."

Leaders of Camp Ashraf move with heavy US forces’ protection inside Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. During visits of Iraqi officials to Tehran and their Iranian counterparts to Baghdad, the MKO group file was at the top of bilateral talks. It was said that Iran wants a settlement with Iraqis to end the MKO file.

Lubaid Abbawi, the undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, "The MKO file must move fully to the responsibility of the Iraqi government and must not be a political agenda used by different politicians or parties."

In the light of American-Iranian conflict in Iraq and in the region it is unlikely that the American forces will submit Camp Ashraf to Al Maliki.

According to some leaks from Baghdad, Americans have begun to form special groups comprising MKO members to assist them to track Iranians in Iraqi cities, as well as to provide the US intelligence with a huge amount of information from inside Iran, especially with the escalation of the Iranian nuclear file. These measures came just after the launch of the new US strategy set by President George W Bush, which included reducing the Iranian influence in Iraq.

Hadi Al Ameri, leader of the Badr Organization of the Shiite Supreme Council, has accused the MKO of training terrorist elements and working to destabilize Iraq. Al Ameri affirmed the coming period will witness the exile of this Iranian opposition group from Iraqi territories.

The MKO group in Iraq has established political relations with prominent Shiite religious leaders who oppose the political process, the Mahmoud Al Hasani group in Karbala and the Jawad Al Khalisi group in Kadhimiya city, Baghdad.

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The MEK Expulsion from Iraq

Iraq Set To Expel the MKO

Iraq Thursday announced it would expel members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said, "We have our own problems and are going through a trying period that prevents us from offering refuge. Our Constitution forbids us from hosting an organization considered to be terrorist."

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s cabinet had demanded that the MKO members be rapidly transferred to other countries, AFP quoted the spokesman as saying.

"The presence of this organization is illegal and the cabinet has decided to put an end to it, said Dabbagh, adding, "We have given it time to prepare to leave Iraq for another country. We have left it to them to go to the country of their choice.

"This organization has broken the law and interfered in Iraq’s internal affairs."

During the regime of now executed dictator Saddam Hussein, the MKO was welcome in Iraq and fought with Iraqi forces against Iran.

The organization was behind terrorist acts in Iran, assassinating prominent figures and officials in the country.

Iraq’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Shirvan Vaeli had already announced that the MKO which had hatched numerous plots against the Iraqi nation would be expelled from the country.

"We are now preparing a comprehensive plan which requires approval of the government to expel the MKO from the country," he said.

"We strongly follow up the case because the MKO seeks to hatch plots against the Iraqi people," vowed Vaeli.

Officials at International Committee of the Red Cross and the United States had been informed of the need to take action to drive MKO out of Iraq, he added.

UNLAWFUL PRESENCE

An eminent Iraqi lawyer had also announced that the existence of Mujahedin Khalq Organization in Iraq was unlawful.

Tariq Harb, head of the Population of Disseminating Law Culture in Iraq, told the Baghdad-based weekly Al-Shahed, "According to the domestic, international, and foreign nongovernmental laws, the existence of MKO in Iraq is illegal.

"Given the law of Iraqi nongovernmental organizations and the organization’s nature, the MKO has never been enlisted as a foreign nongovernmental organization in the country."

He added the MKO had no lawful credibility and was not allowed to operate in Iraq.

In accordance with articles 7 and 8 of the Iraqi Constitution, the country had ordered a ban on terrorist groups and those who conduct hostile actions against neighboring countries, he noted.

International bodies had listed the MKO as a terrorist organization, recalled the lawyer, adding Iraq with respect to its Constitution was abiding by commitments in cooperation with the United Nations and the Security Council in this respect.

Pointing to Article 8 of the Constitution, the Iraqi lawyer stated that Iraq had vowed to abide by international resolutions issued by the UN Security Council.

"Article 8 reads that Iraq observes the principle of good neighborliness, and it should reject organizations that carry out military or political operations against adjacent countries," he added.

According to the lawyer, Article 7 underlines a ban on provocative operations from every foundation which is either committed to or paves the way or promotes terrorist activities against neighboring countries.

Harb added that the MKO had massacred Iraqi people in 1991 in collaboration with Baathist regime, recalling that nobody had forgotten the organization’s role in suppressing the people of Khaneqein and Jalula.

He called the MKO a terrorist group which was linked to Saddam Hussein’s regime, stressing that their operations should be cut down in Iraq.

IRNA – 2007/02/03

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Iran

Case on Saddam’s crimes against Iran open

Prosecutor general: Case on Saddam’s crimes against Iran open

Prosecutor General Ghorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi on Thursday said that dossier concerning Saddam Hossein’s atrocities against Iranians is still open and should be investigated.

He told IRNA that the file includes two aspects: one involves all individuals who committed or advocated crimes such as Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and another includes the losses that Iranians suffered during the eight-year imposed war.

"The UN has put the amount of losses inflicted on Iran at more than dlrs 100 billion, while Iran has estimated them at dlrs 1,000 billion," he added.

The provisions of the Resolution 598 should be implemented by the Iraqi government, he noted.

Pointing out that the goal behind lodging Iran’s complaint before Saddam’s trial was to following up the Iranian nation’s rights, he said Tehran did not have any hope to witness the hearing of Saddam’s crimes against Iranians from the beginning of the court.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he referred to the efforts made by the judiciary and government to create 800,000-1,000,000 new jobs annually nationwide.

Attending Semnan province’ administrative council session, he underlined that people’s massive presence in the Bahman 22 rallies (marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran on February 11) will show the power of the Islamic system, and make its enemies disappointed.

Touching on the critical condition of the region, he expressed hope that stronger presence of people in the event will send a clear message to the West, particularly the US to recognize Iran’s legitimate right to access peaceful nuclear technology.

He also recommended all countries involved in Iran’s nuclear case to resume negotiations and avoid setting any precondition in this respect.

Referring to the US warmongering policy in the region, he called on the American people to prevent their leaders from continuing their bullying policies worldwide

Feb 1, IRNA

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Iraqi Authorities' stance on the MEK

Iranian Mujahideen group must leave the country

Baghdad: The Iraqi government wants members of an Iranian opposition group to leave the country because it is a "terrorist organisation" and the Iraqi constitution bans hosting such movements, chief spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh said yesterday.

Al Dabbagh said members of the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, or Mujahideen-e-Khalq, have been told they must go to Iran "or any other country" and should "arrange their residence in a country other than Iraq."

"The Cabinet affirms that the legal character of this organisation is a terrorist organisation," Al Dabbagh said during a news conference.

"We in Iraq have enough problems and we are passing through difficult circumstances. The constitution affirms that terrorist organisations should not be hosted."

He said a joint committee including representatives of the US, Iraq and the Mujahideen had been established to arrange for the group’s departure. He gave no deadline for them to leave.

Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki said in July he would ban the organisation, which opposes the cleric-dominated government in Tehran, from distributing statements and would restrict its fighters from leaving their camp in eastern Iraq, which was established during the rule of Saddam Hussain.

At the time, Al Maliki said the group’s legal status would be reviewed. The US also considers the People’s Mujahideen a terrorist organisation.

Al Dabbagh’s comments came amid rising tension between the United States and Iran and weeks after the Iraqi government told the two countries to solve their problems away from Iraq’s territories.

The United States has accused Iran of aiding extremist groups that attack US forces in Iraq.

In the past two months US troops have detained eight Iranians in Baghdad and the northern city of Irbil. Five of them are still in US custody.

The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran has thousands of members in Iraq, most of them in Camp Ashraf in the eastern Diyala province that borders Iran.

Dozens of others have been stranded on the Iraq-Jordan border for years. The organisation was founded in the late 1960s and fled to Iraq in the early 1980s after it fell out with the clerical regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

During Saddam Hussain’s rule, the movement used Iraq as a base for operations against Iran’s government.

AP, February 2, 2007

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Europe

Europe Slaps MKO in the Face

After two months of futile noises by the gang of Rajavi on a ruling by Europe’s Court of First Instance, eventually the Economic and Financial Affairs Council announced its decision, that it holds the decision of 2006 of the EU to freeze the properties and assets of terrorist MKO.

This Council announced on January 31 that according to the ruling of the court it would provide the MKO with reasons of freezing its assets.

The Council also stated that it would give a month to the MKO to present documents to defend itself before the Council announces the final decision.*

By this weak ruling, for which the group had spend 4 years and thousands of dollars, the stupid propaganda system of MKO wanted to boost the morale of its desparate members. However, it has been seriously challenged by being asked to present documents. Without referring to its terrorist history, the group was from the beginning trying to present unreal political reasons and accuse the EU and Clinton Administration in order to save itself.

Following the publication of recent statement by the ECOFIN Council, the MKO was confused and called it a puzzle. The group is now facing a wave of desperation among members, who had been influenced by the psychological situation on the ruling of the Court of First Instance.

Bringing Rajavi to the scene and continuous congratulations from Auver to Ashraf and from Ashraf to Auver was part of psychological war (of MKO’s Gestapo) against the captive members in Camp Ashraf.

Now, for a thousandth time, it has been proved that the noises made by the cult of Rajavi were all void and were meaningful only in the framework of their psychological war.

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* http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/newsWord/en/ecofin/92591.doc

Irandidban – 2007/02/03

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