The Third View on Mujahedin Khalq

The MeK Badly Needs Rebranding Makeover

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the then-secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrote in a 2009 internal cable:”The most powerful myth the MEK has been able to lodge in minds of most supporters is that they are the democratic alternative to the current regime in Tehran.” She also referred to the MEK’s “terrorism and Cult-like repression of its members.”..The writer offers solution to supporters of MKO in order to succeed in selling their cause. He also notices the difficult path they have to take to purify the background of MKO,” like trying to get opium qualified as “all natural”

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Retired US Officer: No Country Willing to Shelter MKO Members

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No country in the world is ready to shelter the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) members and their only left option is a return to Iran, a retired US intelligence officer said.”We have talked with several countries via the US State Department but no one is willing to accept them in his country,”Steve Hasty said, addressing the audience at the ‘International Policy Institute’.”And the only way left for them might be a return to Iran,”he added.Hasty also warned about the MKO members’ severe sexual misconducts,

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Escape of three more leaders of MEK from Ashraf

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Three leaders of the MKO/MEK/PMOI in Camp Ashraf northeast of Baghdad have escaped and surrendered themselves to Iraqi security forces. A source, who asked not to be named, said in a press statement on Wednesday that,”the three leaders were able to escape from Camp Ashraf”, noting that one of the three defectors from the organization is a high ranking member. The source pointed out that”there is information from the Camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf) which have been confirmed stating the existence of many numbers of those resident in the camp who are trying to get out”.The source said that”dozens of them managed to escape..

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European lawmakers: Try MKO members for crimes against humanity

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Shortly after this raid, German MEP Barbara Lochbihler wrote a letter to fellow MEPs and maintaining “the claim by Ashraf residents to be cut off from water supplies was incorrect.” She stated that the “inhabitants of the camp [were] themselves victims of this totalitarian cult”…They said the recent bloodshed at Camp Ashraf “should not … distract us from an objective and level-headed analysis of the PMOI’s track record,” urging “all members [of parliament] to seriously consider the history, actions and behaviour of the PMOI before signing any declarations or letters of support in favour of this group in the future.”

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US seeks to keep Mojahedin Khalq in Iraq

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The U.S. declared the MEK/MKO/PMOI a terrorist organization in 1997, citing a series of attacks in Tehran.When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 it disarmed the group, seizing thousands of weapons from Camp Ashraf. The residents lived an almost monastic life, separated by sex and observing a strict ban on alcohol and smoking. Iran has demanded that camp residents be repatriated to Iran and has promised to reintegrate them into Iranian society,..

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Giuliani, Dean Paid To Advocate For Terrorist Group

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

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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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Is France doing Washngton’s Dirty work?

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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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MEPs warned not to fall victim to misleading MKO lobby

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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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Zebari: Time is ripe to solve the question of Ashraf

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… 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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