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Iraq orders MKO terrorist group to return occupied land

Nejat SocietyAugust 6, 2011079 views

… Sheikh Ali al-Zahiri, head of the support council of the Iraqi city of Khalis, said on Tuesday that the Diyala Province court has ordered the terrorist group to return 5,000 hectares of land located inside Camp Ashraf, where the MKO terrorists are located, to the Iraqi owners, IRIB reported. The outlawed MKO fled to Iraq in the 1980s, where it enjoyed the support of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and set up Camp Ashraf in the northeastern town of Khalis, Diyala. The court ruling also required the MKO to pay compensation to 150 Iraqi families for the terrorist group’s illegitimate use of the land over the past three decades …

West and MKO: a murderous alliance

Nejat SocietyJuly 31, 2011093 views

n 2008 and during the final days of the George W. Bush administration, the high-ranking officials of the MKO launched a campaign to persuade the US government to remove their name from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The US government rejected the request after investigating the materials and documents submitted by the MKO; however, in July of the same year, a US federal appeals court ordered the US Department of State to reconsider its decision. The State Department announced that it would consider the chances of taking MKO off the list of terrorist organizations…

MKO pays US figures to get off blacklist

Nejat SocietyJuly 31, 20110141 views

Several people familiar with MKO’s offers said that the pay scale ranged from $20,000 to $100,000 per speech, plus travel expenses.Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor, said he received $20,000 for an 11-minute speech while a former US official said he was offered $30,000 plus first-class air fare to show up at an MKO-linked event in Europe.The group has also hired Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, a lobbying firm, to persuade members of US Congress to support the terrorist organization’s objectives.

Iraq to sue states supporting MKO

Nejat SocietyJuly 31, 20110100 views

“Iraq will sue those governments that support the MKO in order to harm Baghdad,”Maliki said at a Saturday press conference, Al-Alam news network reported.”The Western states put the MKO on the list of terrorist groups for its crimes against Iraqi people, but they support it now,”he noted.Maliki was referring to a recent decision by a Spanish court to summon the Iraqi premier regarding the incidents in Camp Ashraf — where the MKO/MEK/PMOI terrorists are currently located — in April…Iraq does not recognize the Spanish court’s order.

Mark Dankof: U.S. support for MEK and PKK against Algiers Accord

Nejat SocietyJuly 21, 20110107 views

… go back to January 1981 the so-called Algiers Accord when the US committed itself to never intervening or interfering again in the internal affairs of Iran. Obviously when you look at what’s happened in the last 30 years we (US) have trampled all over the Algiers Accord and our support for PJAK; our support for the Mujahidin-e Khalq; and our support for Jundallah is clearly evidence of the fact that we are perpetually intervening in Iran’s business engaging in acts of terror and cross border incursions that are absolutely illegal and reprehensible. It’s a simple contra indication of everything the American government claims to stand for …

Paul Sheldon Foote: Terrorist groups exist because someone wants them to

Nejat SocietyJuly 21, 20110131 views

… They have existed throughout those regions for a number of reasons: one is strong American support. Even though the American government denies it, it’s been reported by Seymour Hirsch in The New Yorker; it’s been reported by Laura Rosen in the War and Peace Blog. They can deny it all they want, but we do strongly support it — independent journalists have gone through the region and videotaped all these communist terrorist groups and they all admit they are working with the American government. They also of course have strong support from Israel. What the American media doesn’t bother to report is …

Iran criticizes US support for MKO

Nejat SocietyJuly 12, 2011083 views

..US support for the MKO comes despite the fact that terrorism and terrorist acts are condemned around the world, adding, “This is an example of the West’s double standards with regards to human rights and this issue must be broached in the international community.”“This terrorist cell has committed crimes not only against the people of Iran but also Iraqis … therefore the people of both countries can reserve the right to pursue efforts to bring the MKO to justice.”

Mojahedin Khalq rejects US relocation proposal

Nejat SocietyJuly 9, 20110111 views

… Rajavi said the US was responsible to protect MKO members in Camp Ashraf and called for the formation of a permanent monitoring team backed by the United States and the European Union to ensure the safety of the terrorist group. In April, the MKO members clashed with the Iraqi security forces who were involved in an operation to reclaim land from the camp and return it to local farmers. The MKO claimed that the Iraqi forces killed 34 of its members in the clashes. But Iraqi officials refuted the allegation, saying the camp residents were killed by the MKO organization itself …

Iraqi politicians reach consensus on evacuating Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyJuly 5, 2011086 views

Iraqi president Jalal Talabani announced that the Iraqi government will expel the MKO members from Iraq by the end of this year.Observers say, MKO members have tried on many occasion to provoke int’l community into putting pressure on Iraqi government by claiming that the Iraqi forces have attacked or mistreating them. The claims have been denied by Iraqi officials.The MKO is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community.and is responsible for numerous acts of terror and violence against Iranian civilians and government officials..

More MKO members defected

Nejat SocietyJuly 2, 2011067 views

Four other members of the notorious Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have defected from the group and surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces….In a press conference organized by the Iraqi Defense Ministry, the defected MKO members said since the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the leaders of the organization have turned the camp into a prison and the residents of the camp are completely cut off from the outside world.