Mujahedin Khalq Terror group

Iraqi Sadr Movement Raps Ban Ki-Moon for Pro-Terrorism Remarks

A spokesman of the Shiite Sadr Movement lambasted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his remarks in support for the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, NCR or PMOI), cautioning that he is not entitled to comment on the settlement or extension of the terrorist group’s presence in Iraq.”He (Ban Ki-moon) is actually implementing others’ policies which are against Iraq’s freedom and independence since there is no law that ..

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The MEK and the Warped Nature of the Iran Debate

As the quote from Luce shows, the MEK aka MKO/PMOI issue is perfectly relevant to a discussion of Israel and the Iranian nuclear program because Israel has allegedly used MEK operatives to kill Iranian nuclear scientists. I assume Luce’s point is to draw attention to the fact that there is televised advocacy for de-listing a terrorist group that has recently been implicated in acts of terrorism ..

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Iraqi tribes demand prosecution, punishment of anti-Iran MKO

In a recent statement, Iraqi tribes in the southern city of Basra called on Baghdad to bring to justice those MKO /MEK/PMOI members that aided and abetted former dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime to ruthlessly crush the anti-government uprising in southern and northern Iraq in 1991 during the aftermath of the so-called Persian Gulf war I, when US troops occupied Kuwait and Iraq in efforts to fight off Iraq’s attempt

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Right Wing Praises MKO For Conducting Acts Of Terrorism In Iran

the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), an exiled Iranian opposition group designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the State Department, conducted a series of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. Former CIA official and visiting Georgetown professor Paul Pillar, citing the U.S. government’s definition of terrorism, observed that “with or without confirmation of details of this story, the assassinations are terrorism.” But numerous right-wing pundits ..

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America and Israel Support MEK Terrorists

The Mujahideen e Khalq (MEK) … along with its political arm, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) Interestingly, the Bush Administration – and especially Dick Cheney – helped to fund the MEK/MKO/PMOI .If the U.S. and Israel sponsor terrorism, then Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser was correct when he told the Senate in 2007: the war on terror is “a mythical historical narrative”.

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Why are some Americans defending an Iranian terrorist group?

Anti-interventionists like Daniel Larison and Global War on Terror critics like Glenn Greenwald are understandably bothered by the hypocrisy in all this. If people are thrown in jail for donating money to terrorist organizations[eg.MKO/MEK/PMOI], how can prominent politicians be on the payroll of one without facing arrest? Isn’t it hypocritical to decry terrorism as irredeemably evil, only to embrace the tactic when it is used against an unfriendly regime?

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US officials: Israel is using MEK terror group to target Iran

when Iran was accused of a much milder version of this same crime the mere possibility of a hint of a link, between the Iranians and any dubious characters on US soil was considered, by most of the media,..Will today’s rather damning story get an equivalent treatment?..The party line about a “dangerous Iran” attacking and threatening its neighbours shall continue its residency on our screens,and if you don’t like it… Oh look! A pigeon saved by a monkey!

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Officials must cut ties with confirmed terror group MEK

In light of confirmation by U.S. officials that the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) continues to engage in terrorism, despite the groups claim to have renounced violence, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) calls on all former officials who have taken part in the MEK’s lobbying and PR efforts to immediately cut ties with the organization, donate any money they have received to charity, and work with law enforcement to ..

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Israel funds MKO; MKO funds US politicians

A senior political analyst says numerous prominent US political figures are receiving “substantial fees” from the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) that is in turn funded by Israel..Greenwald went on to highlight US hypocrisy in prosecuting numerous Muslims inside the US for providing “material support for terrorism” and for doing “far less than” these American politicians are publicly doing on behalf of a designated terrorist group.

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Analyst: US, Europe Seeking to Destabilize Region by Supporting MKO

A senior Pakistani analyst blasted the US and European states’ support for the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and stressed that the western states are seeking to destabilize the region by supporting the terrorist group…Naqshbandi said that the supports of the United States and some European countries for terrorists are aimed at”creating turmoil and turbulence in the Middle East.”

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