[Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: These two Albanian journalists writing about MKO, when it is under the full protection of the US and NATO, is a ballsy thing to do. They could be VT guys covering and saying what no one else will. We salute Olsi Jazexhi and Gjergji Thanasi.<\/em> I was surprised to see him claim that the MKO forces in the country outnumber the army and police. Wikipedia seems to disagree with about 6,000 regular and 5000 reserves, not counting the police.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n But the bottom line here could be said that this long love affair the US has had with the MKO terror group, and never having been sanctioned for it formally or even in the media, might have led to the flood of proxy terror wars we see going on.<\/em> Olsi Jazexhi (R) listens to a handler during a tour of a mosque in Aksu city, in China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Aug. 21, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n An Albanian journalist, committed to exposing the criminal activities of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terror group, responds to the threats he has received from the group\u2019s ringleader, Mariam Rajavi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cI really want to have an open debate with you<\/em>,\u201d Olsi Jazexhi<\/strong> told Rajavi in a video posted on YouTube on Monday.<\/p>\n He said he had made the video after the MKO ringleader finally dared to verbalize threats against him and Gjergji Thanasi, a similarly outspoken Albanian journalist, through two of the group\u2019s \u201ccommanders.\u201d The terrorist top brass conveyed the threats in two articles that have appeared on MKO-related websites.<\/p>\n Jezexhi expressed surprise that the ringleader had chosen to target him in this fashion this time around after three years of \u201cattacking me from behind\u201d by pressuring him through the Albanian government and his employer. \u201cWe\u2019re never going to be silenced. We\u2019re going to investigate and expose to the international and Albanian community, the crimes and the illegal things that you\u2019re doing in my country,<\/em>\u201d Jezexhi said.<\/p>\n The MKO has a squalid history of assassinations and bombings against the Iranian government and nation. It notoriously sided with Saddam Hussein during the former Iraqi dictator\u2019s 1980-88 war on Iran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Out of the nearly 17,000 Iranians killed in terrorist assaults since the victory of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution, about 12,000 have fallen victim to the MKO\u2019s acts of terror.<\/strong><\/p>\n Western countries, topped by the United States, have, nevertheless, taken the group out of their terror blacklists. The MKO was relocated from Iraq, where it used to enjoy the US\u2019s protection, to Albania in 2016, where it was allowed by Tirana to set up a paramilitary camp.<\/p>\n Jezexhi said since then, the cult\u2019s membership has grown from some 3,000 to around 7,000, identifying himself as one of the first public speakers in Albania to ever ask his government not to bring in the terrorists.<\/p>\n \u2018Good terrorists, standing army\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Jezexhi said the group has attained the \u201cgood and useful terrorist\u201d status because of the support it gets from the US, the NATO military alliance and Israel, as well as the money it receives from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n Mossad admits cooperating with MKO over anti-Iran plot<\/p>\n This, he added, was because \u201cthey\u2019re being kept as a standing army, ready to be used and deployed at any moment\u2026whenever the United States and Israel wants them to.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNATO needs to use [them] in the future war that the Americans and Israel plan to wage against Iran,<\/strong>\u201d the journalist said.<\/p>\n In Albania, the MKO now outnumber even the army and the police, the number of whose overall forces stands at some 6,000.<\/p>\n The MKO terrorists have told the people in Albania that they have come there \u201con humanitarian visas\u201d while their status does not differ at all from those returning from fighting alongside Takfiri terrorist groups such as Daesh, al-Nusra Front, or Tahrir al-Sham against the Syrian government and people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jezexhi said Balkan countries like Albania are mandated to prosecute those who used to engage in fighting abroad after their return, and have jailed and charged hundreds of the Takfiri returnees as a result of the imperative.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, in the case of Albania and since the United States is at war with Iran and Israel as well [is at war with Iran], the Albania-based Mujahedin are pampered by the Americans and the Albanian government,<\/em>\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n By:<\/strong> Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor – veteranstoday<\/p>\n Jim W. 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\nWhen Western countries are harboring \u2018useful\u2019 terrorist groups, they generally want them to be low profile. But the US is the exception, as Trump buddy Rudy Giuliani has been a big promoter of the group.<\/em>
\nUS and Western media give them a free pass, so it was a surprise to see these two Albanians taking MKO on in a country where you can get someone killed for a very reasonable price.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIt reminds me of my mother, after spanking me, educating me as to why\u2026\u201dGive a kid an inch and they will take a mile\u201d. That was a bit over my head at the time, but it was not a good time to argue or ask questions, or I would get a \u2019round two\u2019 for being \u2018sassy\u2019<\/em>\u2026 Jim W. Dean<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n![\"Olsi](\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Olsi_Jazexhi_2.jpeg\")
\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy that you have come out with the face of your commanders to attack me,\u201d he said, adding that the covert attacks had \u201ccaused so many troubles for my life, and destroyed it economically.\u201d
\n\u2018Never to be silenced\u2019
\nThe journalist, however, pledged that he would not stop probing the group and revealing information about it.
\n\u201cI want to tell you, Mariam Rajavi, that Albania is a democratic state, and we are a liberal democracy, where we have freedom of speech,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nCurrently based in Albania, the group throws lavish conferences every year in Paris, with certain American, Western, and Saudi officials as its guests of honor. These include former US national security advisor John Bolton, US President Donald Trump\u2019s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, and former Saudi Arabian spy chief, Prince Turki Al Faisal.<\/p>\n
\nManaging Editor
\nJim W. Dean is Managing Editor of Veterans Today involved in operations, development, and writing, plus an active schedule of TV and radio interviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"