Re-designation of Foreign Terrorist Organization
Re-designation of Foreign Terrorist Organization published by DEPARTMENT OF STATE,Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism
Re-designation of Foreign Terrorist Organization published by DEPARTMENT OF STATE,Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism
Notice is hereby given of the designation by the Secretary of State of foreign persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001. These designations comprise 8 individuals and 29 organizations determined to meet the criteria set forth under subsection 1(b) of Executive Order 13224.
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
From: Country Reports on Terrorism, 2004. United States Department of State, April 2005.
One of the terrorist organizations that the U.S. accused Iraq of supporting during the run-up to the war, the Mujahedin Khalq (MEK) aka PMOI/NCRI/MKO or the”People’s Combatants”, has been lobbying House Republicans and Democrats.
More than 300 U.S. legislators from both parties have at one time or other signed petitions in support of the MEK since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, and MEK spokesmen say they have offered the sect’s services to the United States.
This operation, called by the MKO”Forough-e Javidan”(Eternal Light) and called”Mersad”(Ambsuh) by Iranian leaders, was the largest armed move by an iranian opposition group …Iranian military commanders say they withdrew intentionally in order to blow back later with stronger force.According to the officials, Revolutionary Guard and Basij forces started their final operation on July 27, when the MKO/PMOI was only 40 kilometers from the city of Kermansha. MKO forces were crushed heavily.
Current List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations as of 2003
humanracewatch.com
This group was formed in the 1960s by the college-educated children of wealthy Iranian merchants. Their purpose in organizing was to counter what they perceived as excessive Western influence in the Shah`s regime and to bring the nation more in line with their philosophical blend of Marxism and Islam
Research Note of Department of The Parliamentary Library – Behind the MEK
implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2004/306/EC
List of Terrorist organizations & liberation movements published by Federation of American Scientists