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Giuliani, Dean Paid To Advocate For Terrorist Group

The question of what to do with the residents of Camp Ashraf — which includes a number of children — is a tough one, but it should be separated out from whether they should be taken off the terrorism list. Barbara Slavin had a very good piece in March, looking at the delusion of some high-profile MEK/MKO/PMOI supporters that the U.S. could support them as a credible Iranian political opposition force…Kombiz Lavasany wrote via Twitter, “In Chalabi’s defense, not sure Iraqis knew or cared about him. Everyone in Iran just hates the MEK.”

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Adnan Seraj: Baghdad is resolved to expel the MKO

Adnan al-Seraj underlined in April that Baghdad is resolved to expel the terrorist group from the country, but it has faced tough Washington opposition to the move…The Iraqi lawmaker said that Baghdad is trying to find diplomatic ways to expel the group, and added,”If the US stops interfering in the expulsion process, the Iraqi government knows several peaceful ways to expel the group.[MKO/MEK/PMOI]”

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Iraq to expel MKO in six months

The decision was made because MKO members are still committing hostile acts in Iraq and the Iraqi people can no longer tolerate them, the Mehr News Agency reported on Friday… Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the Iraqi government had decided to expel the terrorist group within six months…Iraqi MP Ali al-Shalah said Iraq will never allow any part of its territory, including Camp Ashraf, to be used for launching attacks

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For as little as 25k we will take MEK off the list

These officials, and others including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former heads of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, have taken the podium to praise the group. The speakers wouldn’t disclose their speaking fees, but many of them charge between $25,000 and $40,000 per appearance…Condoleezza Rice wrote in a 2009 internal cable released by anti-secrecy group Wikileaks:”The most powerful myth the MeK has been able to lodge in the minds of most supporters is that they are the democratic alternative to the current regime..

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MKO Barring Family Meetings to Choke Flow of Info

Ringleaders of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization continue to bar meetings between families and MKO members in the terrorist group’s main training camp in Northern Iraq in a move to keep the confined group separated from the real world to keep a leash on the flow of information into and out of the camp. The MKO /MEK/PMOI ringleaders continue to insist on their inhuman policy while family members have camped out of the training base for over 16 months now to see their relatives.

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Is France doing Washngton’s Dirty work?

France has dropped charges against two dozen members of the notorious Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) that were arrested and charged back in 2003. In June 2003, French anti-terrorist police rounded up 165 MKO members in and around Paris for associating with criminal elements in connection with committing terrorist acts. French investigators announced on Thursday they have decided to drop terror charges against 24 of the detainees, the Associated Press reported. However, judiciary officials said that nine members remained under investigation for financial crimes, including financing terrorist groups …

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Zebari: Time is ripe to solve the question of Ashraf

… In a statement by Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Minister Ashton said”the European Union is keen to develop and activate its relations with Iraq according to the agreement signed between the two sides, which reached its final stages for ratification”.”The EU is keen to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas”, Ashton added in the statement. Zebari expressed the stand and decision of the Iraqi government”to close the camp by the end of this year”and to demand from European countries”to accept the residents of the camp in their countries.” …

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Iran hails return of repentant MKO members

..”As you know people living in the camp are in a specific situation (military situation). People living there do not have access to any other media except that of their selves. However we welcome return of those members willing to go back home and are feeling remorseful.”said Iranian Intelligence Minister …. Members of the terrorist Mujahidin Khalq Organization (MKO) are now living in Camp Ashraf in Iraq.In April, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Baghdad is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf and disband the terrorist group.

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MEPs warned not to fall victim to misleading MKO lobby

MEPs from five political groups have sent a letter to their colleagues to brief them about the PMOI lobby in the European Parliament.The letter says that while the deaths at Camp Ashraf were uncacceptable, MEPs should not ignore the MEKs history ..The support the PMOI receives from members of Parliament allows its leadership to perpetuate their absolute power over the rank and file, of which most are believed to want to desperately leave the group. The hundreds of members who have managed to escape from Ashraf and have been screened by the UNHCR ..

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Iran urges US to stop supporting MKO terrorists

…”we urge the Americans to honor their obligations,”Ramin Mehmanparast said at his weekly news conference on 10 May which was broadcast live by Iran’s state news channel (IRINN).”Any support for terrorist groups is a violation of international agreements, and the hypocrites’ group [referring to the MKO/MEK/PMOI] has an absolutely clear case in the issue of terrorism,”he said.”The fact that Western countries intend to support terrorist activities in various ways ..

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