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TEHRAN, Iran – The need to harness a pro-active, multi-disciplinary approach in terrorism-related investigations is the focus of the fourth working group meeting opening today in Tehran on Project Kalkan, Interpol’s on-going anti-terrorism initiative in Central Asia.

The two-day meeting draws together countries from the Central Asia region as well as from Africa, Asia and Europe and will review progress on the collaborative regional project amongst its 19 core countries. Specific issues under discussion include counter terrorism initiatives and operational cases, terrorism financing and the recruitment methods of terrorist groups.

Project Kalkan – meaning Shield in Central Asian countries – is one of several key regional components of Interpol’s multi-region Fusion Task Force (FTF) which was created in 2002 to identify active terrorist groups, and to collect, share and analyze information and intelligence on their activities. From just five initial member countries at the launch of Project Kalkan in 2004, following terrorist attacks in Tashkent, a total of 60 INTERPOL member countries are now sharing terrorism-related information as part of the initiative.  INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, on his first visit to Iran, told the meeting in his opening speech that these results bore out Project Kalkan as an excellent example of a coherent collaborative approach to security in the region, a far cry from 2004 when there had been little knowledge of the value of global tools to regional security, he said.

‘Clearly, one of Interpol’s responsibilities towards its 186 member countries is to maintain and develop strategic alliances with regional groupings and international organizations whose objectives are compatible with Interpol’s stated aims,’ Secretary General Noble said.

‘INTERPOL will therefore continually seek to integrate its activities, network and resources with such regional initiatives in order to fight terrorism and global crime.’

In the three-years that followed the launch of the project, there were 176 confirmed international arrests of wanted terrorists from the region for whom INTERPOL notices or diffusions had been issued. Of interest is that 140 of these 176 arrests were made in Europe – a strong indicator that terrorism in the region has an important global reach – and this explains why Project Kalkan now brings together more than 60 countries from all regions of the world, as well as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a key institutional partner of this project.

Meanwhile a terrorism exhibition was held in the sideline of the meeting revealing the negative impacts of terrorism and the damages it has imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this exhibition which was attended by Interpol authorities and members Habilian Association, families of 16000 terror victims, disclosed the terrorist entity of MKO to the attendants and provided them with valuable documents about this terrorist cult’s atrocities and treasons. 

Habilian, Mashad, May 25, 2008

http://www.habilian.com/view-en.asp?ID=02074

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Noble: I’ m so sorry about terror victims in Iran

Visiting terrorism exhibition in Tehran and along with expressing his appreciation for holding such an event, Interpol secretary general Ronald K. Noble conveyed his deep sorrow over terror victims in Iran.

According to Habilian Association (families of terror victims in Iran) public relations report in an exhibition held by Habilian in the sideline of Interpol conference in Tehran which was unprecedentedly welcomed by the representatives of over 30 countries from around the world, a part of MKO numerous atrocities and crimes was revealed to the world.

In this exposition the details of how ness of persecuting civilians, ordinary people and also 1981 bomb planting in then ruling party of Islamic Republic’s main office as well as killing innocent women and children and kidnapping and torturing police officers to death and also the survivors of mortar shelling in residential compounds conducted by MKO were shown to the audience.

It was also exposed to the public the persecuting tools discovered from this terrorist group as well as the confessions of arrested members admitting that their goal had been to establish disunion among the people and also between the people and the new born government .

The report also adds: The secretary general of Habilian Association explained the different aspects of MKO atrocities in Iran to Interpol secretary general Ronald K. Noble in his visit to Habilian terrorism exhibition .Hashemi Nejad who is the son of Ayatollah hashemi Nejad, a cleric who has been assassinated by MKO terrorists, also disclosed to the Interpol top official the terrorist bloody history of this cult.

At the end of the visit Mr. Noble expressed his full sorrow about MKO crimes in Iran and signed the memorial book of 16000 terror victims in Iran.

Hasheminejad : America is supporting mojahedin Khalq which is now for ten years black listed by America itself as terrorist.

A group of Iraq’s Islamic supreme assembly members comprised of Baghdad university professors met with secretary general of Habilian Association. In this meeting along with welcoming his guests, Sayyed Muhammad Javad Hasheminejad said: It would be my pleasure to welcome you here and to hold your presence in Mashhad dear. I should also thank God for granting me the opportunity to be among the Iraqi intellectuals once again. I ‘m so happy that the two nations of Iran and Iraq are approaching each other and I believe that no one could possibly stand against the will of the two nations for friendship and unity. Our enemies have put their backs into growing disunion between us, especially during recent 30 years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Iran and Iraq have many things in common. All of us remember the era of Saddam in power during which the Baath party played the dividing role among different Iraqi peoples and groups and also applied its every means for the establishment of disunion and bloodshed between Iran and Iraq. The party is also responsible for setting up the imposed war against Iran trying to fan the flames of disgust and enmity between the two nations.

Saddam’s regime was up to put an end to the historical relations of Iran and Iraq; but every body witnessed that after the imposed war came to its end and the borders reopened the two nations resumed their relations more eagerly than ever. This was another failure for the colonizers in their efforts to set up chaos and discord between us. People of Iran know it well that the imposed war was the war of America and other big powers against Iran and that Saddam was only a tool in their hands doing whatever he was ordered. America invaded Iraq to replace its agent in the region (Saddam) with a new one; but as the honorable people of Iraq didn’t let them do this, they put their efforts into establishing disunion between the two nations while resorting to the terrorist groups as a result. One of these terrorist groups is MKO which knows Iraq very well and is quite familiar with its intelligence systems and America knows how to use such groups as mercenaries. This organization has committed several crimes in our country and has assassinated based on the international reports 16,000 innocent people in Iran. In the era of Saddam in-power, the organization joined Saddam and its system soon because of having several goals in common with the Baath party. This terrorist cult has also committed many crimes in your country, so we have common concerns and suffer from the same pain. They pretend falsely to be in Iraq because the Iraqi people demand their presence in their country; but if both nations take their steps steadily towards unity, neither Mujahedin nor any one else could possibly divide them. A major problem in your country is the presence of America which not only doesn’t let the Iraqi elected government to expel Mujahedin from Iraq but also support the terrorist cult. America which was supposed by many to have come to Iraq to fight terrorism, is supporting Mujahedin which is now for ten years black listed by America itself as terrorist. America also doesn’t let Iraqi as well as Iranian people to take any measures against Mujahedin.

The truth is that the leading factor in increasing the number of terrors and killings in Iraq is the existence of American backed terrorist groups like MKO in your country. So, what can we conclude from all these? Won’t the first day of peace in Iraq be the last day of American presence in Iraq? Unless we assume that all Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region and the Middle East are Iran’s agents and are waiting for Iran’s orders and are acting so secretly that America’s super complicated intelligence systems are not able to trace them. It’s too far unlikely for a sound mind to believe this. Hasheminejad also added: As an NGO we have hosted more than 30 Iraqi groups. We have hold meetings and talks with many Iraqi officials including the president, prime minister, head of parliament and many different political groups and parties, during which we have always stressed on the two nations’ common concerns and problems and also discussed ad exchanged ideas about the best possible solutions to these problems, while western media have put their backs biasedly into inciting the ruling atmosphere against Iran. I assure you that the security in Iraq would be the security in Iran, the fact which won’t come to existence unless for the efforts of the peoples and officials of the two nations regardless of all the existing biased propagandas.

During the meeting Gholam Reza Behroozi, a former member of MKO terrorist group, gave the attendants a brief description of what had happened for him during his membership in the cult He stated: I had close cooperation with Mujahedin since the early days of Iran after Revolution while being deceived by their widespread false propagandas and promises as a 17 year old boy. I kept on cooperating with them until I joined them in Iraq in 1970 and from that time on I became totally aware of their programs and also their full cooperation with Baath party. Rajavi tried to persuade Saddam to raise another war against Iran only one moth ahead of American-led invasion of Iraq. Rajavi who had very tight cooperation with Saddam’s intelligence system called Istikhbarat, brought saboteurs to Iran so that they commit blind terrors and mortar attacks .This way they intended to make Iran respond them. They had their bases in Basra, Alamarah, Kut, and Jalulah while Istikhbarat provided them with whatever they asked for. Rajavi believed that if we attack Iran so repeatedly to make Iran react, the time would come for Iran to enter an unwanted war with Iraq. He always told us that he had several times advised Saddam during their meetings to impose another war against Iran; but Saddam was no more a powerful dictator. All the time we had military trainings in order to meet the required qualifications for invading Iran. The only question we asked was about when we could attack Iran. But in response Saddam merely said we were just a guerrilla group and that our every attack to Iran would be equal to another defeat like the one we had already experienced in Mersad operation with heavy casualties. In my opinion Americans came to Iraq because Saddam was of no more use to them. Rajavi always told us during the sessions that we had aimed to drag Saddam to another war against Iran. He argued that if America would enter Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing its war ships into the Persian Gulf, then Iran would react seriously. I think another reason America invaded Iraq for was to confine Iran; but as Iran was well aware of the issue turned a blind eye on many of its rights. Now MKO which is in its the most fragile position, can do nothing but merely inviting the people it calls as Iraqi tribes while trying to bribe them into accompanying Mujahedin; but we know that those MKO-called tribes are no more than the leftover baathies from Saddam era who come to Ashraf in the disguise of Iraqi tribes.

Then Dr. Khairollah, a physician and a professor in Baghdad University, said in a speech: We have many common pains and any threat for you would be a threat for us. Remainders of Baathies, Vahhabies, Alqaida, MKO and many other terrorist groups are the pledged enemies of Iraqi nation. Iraqi people wish for an Iraq full of peace and prosperity and I know it well that our brothers in Iran have the same wish.

At the end, the scroll of deportation of Mujahedin from Iraq was signed by the guests. It’s been scheduled to send this scroll to the human rights organizations as a legal document of the signatures of the representatives of Iraqi people and a documented evidence about the public will of Iraqis for the expulsion of Mujahedin from Iraq.

 In the sideline of their meeting with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, twelve Iraqi media representatives met the Secretary General of Habilian Association and exchanged opinions with him.  

In this meeting, which was attended by different Iraqi newspapers executive editors and the correspondents of Almotamar, Alittehad, Alzaman, Aldorah, Alsabah as well as the correspondents of Iraqi TV channels Alaraqiah, Baghdad, Alforat and Iraq’s national [news] agency, Muhammad Javad Hasheminejad, along with highlighting the role of the media in the current world, said:”We expect our media friends to unveil the unmanifested facts about MKO terrorists so as to make this terrorist cult more and more scandalized in the eyes of Iraqi people. Here I should say that many different methods of brainwashing are applied by the MKO gang leaders inside the cult through which they could attain their wicked ambitions.

My father was martyred by a mere 17-year old teenager who had been under continuous brainwashing for a very long time before he got qualified for committing his crime. This is actually the very same approach they have adopted so skillfully in the case of Somayyeh Muhammadi (member of Rajavi’s cult) in camp Ashraf. At the time that her parents demanded their beloved daughter ‘s exit from the camp, she appeared on Monafeghin TV and begins to curse her parents while calling them bad names. Meanwhile based on the report released by Human Rights Watch, dissident members have encountered very harsh persecution.

The representative for the families of 16,000 terror martyrs in Iran added : The majority of Ashraf dwellers are those who have been deceived by Rajavi’s cult and have joined him from the neighboring countries as a result of false promises the organization gave them for residence, education, and good jobs; but are now even deprived of the right to exit this camp. The atmosphere in Ashraf is of suffocation and strict censorship. The members don’t even have permission to read newspapers or to access the internet or to enjoy any open news space. The gang leaders know very well that opening any new window to the outside world for the members would result in their finding the contrast between the world they are told of and the realities existing outside the camp. I should also notify you that relocation of the MKO from Iraq would result in a major drop in the number of their forces and this is why they’re struggling to remain in Iraq. We are all aware of their innumerable crimes in Iran and Iraq and as far as they can’t defend the crimes they have committed and their bloody past, they merely deny them. In this meeting Dr. Loei Majid Hassan Albadavi, correspondent to Almotamar newspaper, said:”the Monafeghin have established a new office for propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran. They send their agents to every Iraqi media trying to bribe them into publishing articles in favor of the organization. Once they came to me and suggested huge sums for publishing their articles, but I didn’t accept. I assure you that more than 90 percent of Iraqi journalists would undoubtedly demand the MKO be deported from Iraq. I can see new horizons before the two nations because Iran and Iraq are the real victims of terrorism. We also hereby express our readiness to hold exhibitions on the issue of terrorism in Iraq. During the ceremony, Odai Hatam Mahdi Jafari, manager of the organization for protecting Iraqi journalists and a correspondent for Alforat TV, also stated :”I am a victim of MKO persecution too. During the Iraqi people’s 1991 intifada against Saddam, the Monafeghin tortured me in Salam hotel on the order of Saddam. They tortured me in such a cruel way that Ms Simona, governor of Italia’s Human Rights wrote a book about torture and gave my name in her book as the example of one who had been tortured by Monafeghin. Aziz Rahim Zobaidi, manager of Alarabiah TV political news, along with indicating the extensive moral corruption inside camp Ashraf, also said :”we have authorized news on immoral relations in the camp which is publicized by the gang leaders intentionally in order to prevent the members from escaping the camp. We as the representatives of Iraqi mass media demand the annihilation of any terrorism bases in the world.