The exile organization, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MeK, was originally named as a terrorist entity 15 years ago for its alleged role in assassinating U.S. citizens in the years before the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran and for allying with Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein against Tehran.”The lobbying that the report talks about is not by the group itself..
Those backing the MEK /MKO/PMOI have staged a very expensive campaign to call for the group to be removed – a move that would enable the MEK itself officially to lobby Congress the BBC’s Bahman Kalbasi has previously reported.But detractors say the government should not bow to the group, saying ample evidence remains to justify keeping them on the terror list…
The United States designated the MKO as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. The group has appealed to be taken off the list, claiming it renounced terrorism in 2001. This is while the MKO/MEK/PMOI has been confirmed to be involved in or behind several terrorist attacks against Iranian citizens since then. ..
In the prolonged wrangle over the removal of Mojahedin Khalq Organization (a.k.a. MKO, MEK. PMOI, NCRI) between the group and its advocate on one side and the US State Department on the opposite, an attempt is made to prove that MKO has since long denounced terrorism and poses no threat …
the MEK’s hard work has not been in vain. There’s something else to bear in mind. As one world-weary observer in Washington put it recently, ‘Hillary Clinton is a politico. Right now a lot of her colleagues and associates are making good money from the MEK. They won’t appreciate it if she removes the trough.’
Overwhelmed with the Mujahedin Khalq’s money, Capitol Hill is on the verge of delisting the group. Who is next to getting delisted? Al-Qaida? Definitely by delisting the MKO, hypocrisy will be raised to a higher level in the “land of double standards”. Naturally we should wait for the removal of other Foreign Terrorist Organizations from the list at the proper time!
The US reportedly funnels money to the Iranian terrorist group, MEK aka MKO/PMOI, declared terrorists by no less than the US State Department. But it is OK as long as MEK is terrorizing Iran. Washington stands with MEK’s protests delivered via bombs and the assassin’s bullet..
An investigation by the US Treasury Department has indicated that the terrorist anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI is financially sponsored by the Israeli regime or Saudi Arabia.. The Treasury’s probe has been prompted by the “openness” of the MKO lobbying campaigns in the US Congress ..
But the openness of the campaign and the large amounts of money backing it, with donations to congressional campaign funds and large payments for speeches in support of the MEK aka MKO/PMOI, has prompted an investigation into potential breaches of laws against financial dealings with banned organisations ..