Los Angeles Times
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Terrorist supporters at white house
This Iranian opposition group was labeled a terrorist organization. Now it has supporters in the White House For decades, the United States categorized the Mujahedin Khalq, or MEK, as a terrorist organization. In the Trump era, members of the Iranian dissident group, which seeks to…
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Expulsion from Iraq
U.S. plans to move Iranian exile group out of Iraq hit snag
a State Department official told Congress on Wednesday that the group's[MKO/MEK/PMOI] leadership was not cooperating in the departures, despite the risks to the members' lives in Iraq.Beth Jones, acting assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs, told a House foreign Affairs subcommittee that although…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
The hypocrisy of American bluster toward Iran
... Ros-Lehtinen also supports the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a group by the State Department as a foreign terrorist group. Leading up to the Iraq war, in October 2002, Ros-Lehtinen circulated a letter in Congress expressing support for the MEK. She continues her support...A U.S. representative…
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Iraq
LA Times : Iraq says raid on militant group’s camp wasn’t Iran’s idea
The Iraqi government refuted suggestions today that Iranian pressure had prompted a raid on a camp belonging to an Iranian opposition group, saying that Iraqi security forces are merely seeking to extend sovereignty over all Iraqi territory...The Mujahedin Khalq (MEK), a militant group that has…
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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terror group
Seven plead guilty to raising funds for Terrorist MKO
Members of a group that for the last few years has sought donations from travelers at LAX on behalf of what they said was an Iraqi-based charity pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization[PMOI/MKO/MEK/NCR]. In a plea…
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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terror group
Europe may find itself providing refuge for MKO Terrorists
The European Union on Monday announced the removal of a high-profile Iranian opposition group from its list of terrorists, a victory for a movement that European governments have described as a dangerous sect and prosecuted on terrorism charges...Analysts said European leaders probably acted out of…
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Mujahedin Khalq; A proxy force
Mojahedin Khalq terrorists the sources that America uses it in its allegations against Iran
In his first formal news conference since a U.S. intelligence report last week undercut claims that Iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually mild tone Tuesday, calling for dialogue with Washington and forgoing his usual anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric.
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Mujahedin Khalq Organization as a terror group
The UK adopts a cautious approach in de-proscription of MKO
The case involves the People's Mujahedin, also known as the Mujahedin Khalq, which over the years has carried out bombings, assassinations and cross-border attacks aimed at unseating Iran's government. The group maintains that it has abandoned violence and is working to promote democratic transition, but…
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USA
Financing terrorists is not about speech
Under the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, it's a crime to knowingly provide material support to an organization that appears on the State Department's list. The defendants in the Los Angeles case are accused of soliciting donations for MEK/PMOI in Los Angeles and…
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USA
High Court Denies MKO’s Appeal
The Supreme Court refused Monday to block the trial of seven Los Angeles residents charged with raising money for an Iranian opposition group that was designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the U.S. government. Lawyers for the seven had argued the charges were unconstitutional because…
