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Does fighting terrorism means supporting professional killers?

… The MKO, listed as a terrorist group in Iran, Iraq, Canada, and the US, has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks against Iranian government officials and civilians over the past 30 years … Iran’s foreign minister says former US President George W. Bush’s so-called war on terror has actually served as a guise for training terrorists..

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Ali al-Dabbagh :MKO have no status in Iraq

we are telling them[MKO/MEK/PMOI] we are working with the organizations, international organizations, to find a third country for them. We cannot keep them and Iraq be their third country. They have no hope to stay in this country..They have no status in Iraq. This is known for us, known for them, known for the United Nations,..

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Rigi; terror partner of Mojahedin arrested

… Abdulhamid told Press TV.”After the [1979] Revolution in Iran, he left the country via Pakistan and sought asylum in the United States.”Abdulhamid said the Americans had asked Amanollah-Khan to forge a link between the US and Jundallah.”The Americans asked him [Amanollah-Khan] to introduce them to [Abdolmalek] Rigi in Pakistan and that’s how link was established.”…

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MKO confirms arrest of members in Tehran

The anti-Iran terrorist group MKO has confirmed that five people arrested after last month’s riots in Tehran are members of the organization. The Mojahedin Khalq Organization/MEK/PMOI has told Amnesty International that the five were detained in the Iranian capital after the Ashura day riots on December 27. The group says they had come from their one remaining base in Iraq.

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No one can harm Iran, Iraq relations

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, stressed that Tehran’s relations with Baghdad is cordial and based on mutual respect… Regarding the Iraq-based terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), Zebari said Baghdad has no tolerance for any armed group using Iraqi soil to attack Iraq’s neighbors. He added that Baghdad has taken a series of measures to promote its sovereignty over Camp Ashraf, where the terrorists are based.

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UK blamed for provoking violence in Iran

… Head of the Middle East Strategy Consultants in the UK, Massoud Khodabandeh, called on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop the MKO from fomenting violence by sending supportive messages to Iran’s opposition movement.”We would expect that you act immediately to prevent the incitement to violence by the terrorist [MKO] from inside the UK,”Khodabandeh, a former MKO member, wrote in a letter to Brown …

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Washington Backed MKO Terrorist group rallies in Paris

The rally took place a day after the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) acknowledged that it played a role in Sunday’s violent anti-government protests in Iran. MKO followers cooperated with the demonstrators and coordinated the protests, the organization’s leader Maryam Rajavi told AFP in Paris on Tuesday…The organization is also notorious for using cult-like tactics against its own members, tactics which include torture and murder of defectors.

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MKO admits involvement in Iran’s protests

The Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) has acknowledged that it played a role in Sunday’s violent anti-government protests in Iran. MKO followers cooperated with the demonstrators and coordinated the protests, the organization’s leader Maryam Rajavi told AFP in Paris on Tuesday..Her comments came after protests in Iran during Sunday’s Shia Muslim ceremonies of Ashura — the anniversary of the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Imam Hussein (PBUH)..

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