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Money vs. Facts: The Mujahedin-e Khalq Is a Terrorist Organization

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2012075 views

In both 2006 and 2007, I helped review the MEK’s terrorist designation. I worked with my colleagues in government to review documentation dating from the 1970s to the present, and it was swiftly determined that the MEK’s aka MKO/PMOI terrorist designation remained warranted. This was during the Bush administration — which had an openly stated policy of regime change.. The facts were so indisputable that nearly zero debate took place inside ..

Former top-ranking US officials accused of shilling for MEK terrorists

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2012082 views

Sources told NBC that former government officials received fees of more than $30,000 a talk and were flown first class to Europe. The officials claimed that they were told the fees came from wealthy Americans or foreign supporters of the group — but not the group itself.Many of the speaking arrangements were made through speaking booking firms, according to the report.”This is about finding out where the money is coming from,”..

UN & Obama Supporting Islamo-Marxist Terror Group MEK in Iraq

Nejat SocietyMarch 15, 2012095 views

Meanwhile, U.S. taxpayers are reportedly paying to improve the terror organization’s new temporary residence while the UN works to shuttle them out the country. According to news reports, the MEK/MKO/PMOI members are supposed to be processed at Camp Liberty[TTL] as they await UN-sponsored relocation to other countries as refugees.But the group’s leaders and their well-paid Western lobbyists have asked for Iraqi law enforcement…

Are MEK Politicos Taking Saddam Hussein’s Blood Money?

Nejat SocietyMarch 15, 20120124 views

There are many misconceptions about the MEK/MKO/PMOI so I checked in with several Iranian born experts on Iran. All of them are distressed that American politicians are advocating for the MEK. They also doubt that the money paid to the politicos comes from the Iranian Diaspora because most expatriate Iranians do no support the MEK.. a Washington political consultant, said,”The MEK is a terrorist group. It is a cult of religious automatons. ..

When Is a Terrorist Group Not a Terrorist Group?

Nejat SocietyMarch 15, 2012079 views

You may think this was a bad ruling. But a ruling it is, and it’s the law of the land. And yet, a large cast of worthies, including Rudy Giuliani, Howard Dean, Michael Mukasey, Ed Rendell, Andy Card, Lee Hamilton, Tom Ridge, Bill Richardson, Wesley Clark, Michael Hayden, John Bolton, Louis Freeh, and Fran Townsend have actively lobbied for MEK and have apparently done it in coordination with MEK’s leadership.

Washington’s high-powered terrorist supporters

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 20120111 views

In August of last year, The Christian Science Monitor‘s Scott Peterson published a detailed exposé about “a high-powered array of former top American officials” who have received “tens of thousands of dollars” from a designated Terrorist organization – the Iranian dissident group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) aka MKO/PMOI— and then met with its leaders, attended its meetings, and/or publicly advocated on its behalf…

The Folly of American Pro-MEK Advocates

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 2012095 views

It doesn’t exactly come as a shock that the MEK/MKO/PMOI is misrepresenting the facts about the conditions at Camp Liberty, since the group misrepresents itself on a regular basis. Pro-MEK advocates in the U.S. and Europe worked diligently for years to blur the differences between the welfare of the civilians at Camp Ashraf and the issue of the MEK’s listing as a foreign terrorist organization. The goal of this was to exploit the plight of Ashraf residents..

Speaking Fees From MEK Come Under Government Scrutiny

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 2012088 views

But Rendell is far from the only former government official who has publicly acknowledged accepting speaking fees from supporters of the MEK, which has been lobbying to get the group off the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The Huffington Post put together a list of 33 speakers at various MEK related meetings and conferences, though not all of them had accepted payments.

Ed Rendell, Investigated In MEK Speaker Fees, Backs ‘Terrorist’ Group

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 20120121 views

Rendell’s”extensive research”claim appears to contradict what he told the audience at his very first MEK-related speaking engagement — a July 16 conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington attended by this reporter. There, on a bipartisan panel of former administration officials, all receiving at least $20,000 for their appearances, Rendell said he had received the speaking invitation only five days before. Typically, top-tier speakers like Rendell are booked months in advance.

Bill Richardson speaker fees linked to known terror group MEK

Nejat SocietyMarch 12, 20120158 views

Eyewitness News has learned some of Richardson’s fees were paid by an Iranian dissident group listed on the U.S. State Department’s list of known terrorist groups.In addition to paying the former governor, the Mojahedin-e Khalq, also named MEK aka MKO/PMOI, has been spending millions to have Richardson and other diplomats, politicians and even former U.S. military generals use their influence to help them get de-listed.