Iraqi MP Sheikh Jalaleddin al-Saghir has said the government will expel MKO members if they fail to leave the country before their six-month deadline is reached. “After the deadline passes, the Iraqi government will not tolerate any pressure, or interference aimed at keeping MKO members in the country,” Arab media quoted Sheikh Jalaleddin al-Saghir as saying. “The procedure will be carried out according to a government decision. MKO members will be handed over to the Red Cross so that they can leave for another country,” said al-Saghir. The Mujahedin Khalq Organization [MKO] is recognized as a terrorist group by Iran, Iraq, Canada, the United States, and the European Union. The organization, closely allied with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, has carried out numerous bombings, assassinations, and terrorist attacks in Iran and Iraq over the past 25 years.
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Iran: British overt support for Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) terrorists is in line with London’s new policy of using terrorists in the region
Iran to UK: MKO ruling will isolate you
Iran says a decision by the British court to remove a ban on Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) would only isolate the UK government.
(MKO cult members in Camp Ashraf!!)
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini condemned the decision to remove the MKO from the blacklist of terrorist organizations, saying, "Britain has distanced itself from the international community.”
(British Lord!! Corbett promoting terrorism under the Logo of MKO for the past 25 years)
“This ruling will without a doubt isolate the UK," Hosseini cautioned, adding that the move was in line with London’s new policy ‘to use the terrorist card’ to step up pressure on regional nations and governments.
"By adopting a policy of supporting terrorist groups, it (Britain) is pursuing certain provisional interests."
The Iranian spokesman called on European institutions not to be affected by the politically motivated, illegitimate verdict of the British court in favor of the terrorist cell.
The MKO has claimed responsibility for hundreds of bombings and assassinations in Iran, including the assassination of a president, a prime minister and 80 senior officials as well as thousands of civilians.
Press TV, June 25, 2008
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Iran: west is arming Mojahedin Khalq Terrorists (Saddam’s private army or Rajavi cult) for target assassination in the Middle East and Europe
‘Attempt on Ahmadinejad’s life failed’
An Iranian presidential aide says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been the target of an assassination plot at the UN food summit in Italy.
President Ahmadinejad’s adviser for human resources, Ali Zabihi, said Monday that measures taken over the past three years by the Iranian Chief Executive have jeopardized the ‘illegitimate interests’ of global powers.
"Such measures have prompted certain parties to try and assassinate or force the president to leave office," Zabihi added.
Earlier on Thursday, President Ahmadinejad said the enemy had planned to assassinate him during his March visit to Iraq, adding that last-minute changes in his schedule had foiled the plot.
"The plots to assassinate the president in Iraq and at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference have both failed," Zabihi continued.
He maintained that the attempts on Ahmadinejad’s life were in line with a secret directive issued in March by US President George W. Bush ordering ‘the assassination of targeted Iranian officials’ as part of efforts to destabilize the Iranian government.
According to a report by Counterpunch magazine, the US president signed a secret finding in March authorizing a covert offensive against Iran which called for the arming and funding of terrorist groups, such as the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and Jundallah (Army of God).
Press TV, June 24, 2008
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Although the UK has been provided evidence of the terrorist nature of the MKO, it tends to turn a blind eye, a senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi says.
“During our discussions we have provided several delegations from the United Kingdom relevant documentation reveling the terrorist activities of the Munafiqin (Mujahedeen Khalq Organization),” Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said in a letter to his counterpart in the British parliament, Mike Gapes.
“They have even met with some of the victims of the MKO’s terrorist acts, but now the London Appeals Court has permitted a dangerous terrorist group to run in Britain,” he said.
“During our discussions we have provided several delegations from the United Kingdom relevant documentation reveling the terrorist activities of the Munafiqin (Mujahedeen Khalq Organization),” Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said in a letter to his counterpart in the British parliament, Mike Gapes. “They have even met with some of the victims of the MKO’s terrorist acts, but now the London Appeals Court has permitted a dangerous terrorist group to run in Britain,” he said.
Last month the London Court of Appeals ruled that there were "no valid grounds" to assert that a British panel made legal errors when it ordered the Mojahedin Khalq Organization to be removed from the terrorist blacklist.
“It is very unfortunate that your colleagues at the British Parliament are aware of the group’s criminal record, yet fail to react to the decision. The Parliament has even declined to mention these facts in their new inquiry titled ‘Global Security: Iran’,” Boroujerdi said.
The notorious Mujahedin Khalq Organization has a long and bloody history of targeting Iranian civilians and government officials.
It also assisted the deposed Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, in the massacre of thousands of innocent Iraqis and is responsible for several acts of terror in Iran including the 1994 bombing of Imam Reza’s Shrine in Mashhad.
Iraqi cabinet rules to expel Mojahedin Khalq terrorists (Rajavi cult or MKO) as Iran accuses UK of using the sameTerrorists Iraq’s cabinet says it is adopting the appropriate measures to expel the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraqi soil.
According to the cabinet’s ruling, MKO terrorists will remain on Iraqi soil, however, they will be required to comply with Iraqi regulations until they leave the country.
Based on the ruling any transaction with the terrorist group or any connection with its members, who assisted former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the massacre of thousands of Iraqi civilians, is strictly forbidden.
In the Iraqi cabinet statement Multi National Forces have been urged to allow Iraqi authorities to deal with MKO terrorists and to hand over checkpoints and all other related issues.
According to a source close to the ruling coalition in Baghdad, the Iraqi government is currently negotiating with US forces to take control of MKO bases in the country.
The MKO has been blacklisted as a terrorist group by many countries and international organizations.
EU diplomats say the bloc has postponed a decision on whether to remove the Mujahedin Khalq Organization from its list of terrorist groups.
A diplomat said on Wednesday that European Union foreign ministers had been
expected to review the list of terrorist organizations at a meeting in Luxembourg next Monday.
The issue, however, has been dropped from the meeting’s agenda pending a decision by the British Parliament on taking the terrorist group off the UK’s blacklist, the diplomat added.
The MKO, which is blacklisted by many countries as a terrorist organization, has so far claimed responsibility for many terror attacks inside Iran.
It is also accused of assisting former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the massacre of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
Iraqi defense minister has said that the Iraq government is planning the expulsion of members of the banned Iranian terrorist group MKO.
Abdul-Kader Jassem al-Obeidi noted that the terrorists of the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) should no longer remain in Iraq.
"According to a newly enacted Iraqi law, nationals of all foreign countries currently residing in Iraq should return to their own countries. Anyone wishing to not return to their country should apply through international organizations," he added.
Referring to the problems of the prolonged presence of MKO elements in Iraq, al-Obeidi pointed out that their presence imposes heavy costs on Iraq.
General al-Obeidi further noted that the details of the MKO expulsion from Iraq will be made public later.
Iraq bans any deal with the members of the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO), calling on the US to stop supporting the terrorist group.
"The Cabinet decided to ban any dealings with this organization by any Iraqi or foreign individual, organization or party,” a statement said on Tuesday.
In the statement, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization is meddling in the country’s internal affairs and supporting anti-government activities.
The statement warned that those who violate the order will face charges under the anti-terror law.
Earlier today, Iraq’s main political blocs in the parliament demanded the expulsion of the MKO members from the country.
Before the US-led invasion in 2003, the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization had enjoyed Saddam Hussein’s support.
After the US-led invasion of the country the US put the group’s members under protection in a northern part of Iraq amid reports that they had been used for by Washington for espionage and violence-related activities.
The MKO is lobbying Western politicians to lure the European Union into removing the group from the list of terrorist organizations.
The Euronews reported on Saturday that an EU review of the list of terrorist organizations next month could give the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) carte blanche to operate inside the bloc. The MKO is blacklisted by many countries including EU member states as a terrorist organization.
The group has so far claimed responsibility for several terror attacks inside Iran and some reports and Iraqi figures say it had been involved in the massacre of Iraqis under Saddam’s regime.
On May 7, a British court of appeal ruled that outlawing the group in 2002 was wrong. The group has so far lobbied some politicians to convince them to push for the removal of the MKO form the EU blacklist.
Besides its involvement in terrorist activities, many believe that the organization’s leaders have set up a cult of personality ‘which brainwashes its supporters’.
In 2003 French officials arrested dozens of MKO members over their involvement in financing and planning terrorist attack.
The group then encouraged its supporters to torch themselves in the streets of Paris to force the French authorities into reversing their decision.
Presstv – May 31, 2008
