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Why Is Rudy Giuliani Lobbying for a Designated Terrorist Group?

Nejat SocietyNovember 30, 20110135 views

Thanks to a loophole intended for human rights activists, political leaders are making big bucks advocating for Iran’s Mujahedeen Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI…They claimed additionally that the designation of M.E.K. as a terrorist group is inaccurate, but as they must know, the arguable inaccuracy of a designation is legally irrelevant: The law does not allow for lobbyists and other citizens to substitute their judgments for the judgments of State Department..

MEK exile terrorist has bipartisan support in Washington

Nejat SocietyNovember 30, 2011089 views

Maybe the solution is not the removal of the MEK aka MKO/PMOI from the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Instead, the U.S. government can simply start designating countries and organizations as “Enemies” and “Friends” and then at the beginning of the springtime awards season, before the Oscars, there can be a televised event where the president hands out awards and opprobrium to this year’s winners in each category.

For Obscure Iranian Exile Group, Broad Support in U.S.

Nejat SocietyNovember 27, 20110137 views

The American advocates have been well paid, hired through their speaking agencies and collecting fees of $10,000 to $50,000 for speeches on behalf of the Iranian group. Some have been flown to Paris, Berlin and Brussels for appearances…the officials expressed frustration at what they described as the American supporters’ credulous acceptance of the M.E.K.’s aka MKO/PMOI claims of representing the Iranian opposition and of embracing democratic values.

US Analyst Terms MKO Tentacle of Israel

Nejat SocietyNovember 22, 2011090 views

A senior American analyst underlined the Zionist regime’s all-out support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization aka MEK/PMOI, and said the Israeli lobby is an octopus with many tentacles, of which MKO is merely one.Justin Raimondo made the comments in an article in the Antiwar website, where he reminds MKO’s terrorist nature, and says that the group has even assassinated many US diplomats and agent

Strange bedfellows: Romney and the MEK militias

Nejat SocietyNovember 17, 20110107 views

Frankly, who knows what their [MKO/MEK/PMOI]total budget is? Rubin continues. “But it seems to have paid off, because they’ve found a number of corrupt officials in Washington. Whether it’s Republicans or Democrats, it may be legal to pay such inflated individual speaking fees, but it shows a fundamental weakness and a fundamental corruption that doesn’t belong in any of the presidential campaigns.

The MEK’s Propaganda Machine

Nejat SocietyOctober 30, 20110115 views

The record extends from the days it was killing Americans while opposing the shah, through supporting the hostage-taking at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, through the long period during which it was working for the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein. The record is not based just on what is said by the State Department or an intelligence agency or any governmental component with a policy to support, much less on anything the Iranian regime might say. If you want a recent independently reported portrait ..

Why is There such Widspread Support in DC for Mojahedin Khalq?

Nejat SocietyOctober 23, 2011091 views

But while the review has attracted a flurry of recent news coverage of the MEK and its alleged terrorist ties, what has been less examined is the impact this whole debate has had on American policy towards Iran and its people. MEK allies’ remarkably sophisticated and well-connected lobbying effort has sown confusion in Washington about the interests of the Iranian-American community as well as of the current generation of dissidents back in Iran.

MKO offers bribes to get off terror list

Nejat SocietyOctober 19, 2011078 views

The other thing that comes up in all of this of course is that we are seeing attention diverted from what the United States and Israel are clearly doing in conjunction with groups like the Iran Policy Committee; to work with the Mujahedin-e Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI in Iran to facilitate the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and to be involved in other black intelligence operations within Iran that are clearly both illegal and counterproductive. Raymond Tanter..

Salon: Dean Taking Cash from MKO Terrorist Group

Nejat SocietyOctober 12, 20110102 views

Dean and other luminaries from across the political spectrum have been paid vast sums of money by the MKO/MEK/PMOI – as much as $20,000 for a 10-minute speech – to appear at events pushing the Obama administration to remove the MKO from the official list of terrorist organizations.Dean himself has acknowledged being paid but has not disclosed specific sums.

Lloyd James: Lobbying for Backers of MKO Terrorists

Nejat SocietyOctober 5, 20110135 views

“Whether the MEK should or should not be listed is one thing, but the law is very clear that third parties and intermediaries don’t insulate you,”says David Cole, a professor of law at Georgetown University.”Think about how the United States would respond if [American] citizens were actively working with a PR organization to support the legitimacy of Hamas in Gaza? Here, the only thing protecting the people involved is that they include the former homeland security secretary..