Because of its FTO status and its history of military service to Saddam, the MeK had been designated a hostile target prior to the OIF invasion.
Chapter Four
Unexpected Challenges, Unintended Consequences, and Lessons Learned
In the big OIF picture, the MeK had a small role. Where detainee operations are concerned, however, it loomed much larger—not only in the early days of the conflict, when MeK members being held at Camp Ashraf comprised a large percentage of the detained
Saddam "armed them, paid them, and sent them on missions into Iran during the later stages of the Iran-Iraq War," notes Mr. Pollack, adding that they became "such creatures of the Iraqi regime" that they helped crush Shiite and Kurdish revolts in 1991 that the White House had encouraged – actions that today are one reason for enduring anti-MEK hostility from Iraq’s Shiite-led government.
Raising doubts about change
But the MEK’s history has raised doubts among Iran specialists
To show what they meant by this position, we quote the exact words of Sa'id Manbari who was in charge of the student body at a high level «Our aim by this position was to make ourselves the axis and assume the initiative for action».
THE HYPOCRITES AND THE SPY DEN'S OCCUPATION
The Revolution in its continuity, reaches one of its significant chapters with the important occupation of the den of spies. Here again the hypocrites cunningly entered the field. In spite of their private
Option 3: Repatriating the MeK to Iran
Because the majority of MeK members are Iranian nationals (though many are effectively stateless because they no longer have documentation or valid Iranian passports), the discussion of repatriation begins and ends with Iran.13
Aside from the general desirability of restoring individuals to their rightful homeland, the principal and most compelling reason to pursue repatriation to Iran is that, for more than five years, Iran has offered and honored a
Arrested on charge of spying for Israel, Mohammad Ali Husseini, the phony delusional Lebanese cleric who claims to be more qualified than Seyyed Hasan Nasrollah to lead the Lebanese revolutionary forces, has revealed that the MKO (Mujahedin Khalq Organization) has been spying for Israel in his confessions, Habilian Association database reported.
In his latest court session held recently, “Mohammad Ali Lobnani” who was arrested by Lebanese army on charge of spying for Israel
DECEIT AND SABOTAGE
Let us come back to the main point. The country's authorities were aware of the intentions, goals and methods of the Organization. Therefore, they declared that political activities could be done, as far as they were not in group, for what endangered society after the victory of the Revolution was the lack of unity and solidarity among its various classes.
Everyone was aware of this reality. This criterion was acceptable to both students and people but not to the group
During the CBS News/National Journal policy debate on Saturday night, GOP candidates explained the measures they would take to impede Iran’s progress in its nuclear program by all means, including “taking out its scientists” and lending a helping hand to its dissidents.
During a debate on Saturday night, GOP candidates pledged to hinder Iran, by all means, from becoming a nuclear Iran.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain believes that the United States should aid the
One of the obstacles to resettling the MeK is that its leadership has made clear that it wants the approximately 3,500 members to be moved either to a single country or to a small number of countries (preferably with strong social welfare systems) in order to protect the group’s vitality.
Option 2: Resettling the MeK in Third Countries
Given the IRI’s history of persecuting members of the MeK, the United States presumed that the principle of nonrefoulement prohibits
Two camps were set up, one in Abbas Abad and another at Gul-Tappeh of Zanjan. The former undertook construction tasks I while the latter, those of pipe-laying and supplying water for the village. Let us see the motives behmd these moves.
METHODS USED TO INDUCE STUDENTS
You know that after the Revolution, the primordial aim of the hypocrites, who lacked a popular base, was to convert and train forces for their infiltration in society. The first step that was taken to attain
Some of the attendees had been bused and flown in at no personal cost, receiving transportation and in some cases lodging and meals. One attendee who spoke with ThinkProgress, Melvin Santiago, 23, a homeless man living in shelters in Staten Island, New York, said he’d found out about the protest from a friend he’d come with. They made the trip along with about 100 other people in four rented coach buses. “He saw [a flier] yesterday passing by the church,” said Santiago of his friend. “He
A large segment of the Iraqi population regards the MeK with antipathy because of widely held perceptions that the group acted as Saddam’s “private army,” working on his behalf to help suppress the Shia and Kurdish uprisings after the first Gulf War and to provide security in the areas around the MeK camps.
Chapter Three
Options for Relocating the MeK
Both Iraq and the United States have publicly stated that their goal is to remove the MeK from Iraq. According to the Geneva
“We've never seen this kind of money,” says Mr. Parsi. “At one conference with 10 speakers, if they average $50k a pop, that is half a million dollars just in speaker fees.”
A large-scale operation
In scale and effectiveness at drawing in big names, this campaign stands alone, says Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a group that for years has sought to increase the voice of Iranian-Americans in Washington and advocated US-Iran
In March 1991, after the Persian Gulf War and the operation by American Forces called Desert Storm in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, the then President of Iraq ordered Masoud Rajavi, the President of NCRI, who was at the same time the Leader and the Commander in Chief of MKO and NLA, to help Iraq in suppressing the Kurds uprising in the northern part of the country. Those who were involved in this operation have testified to this fact.
The Wall Street Journal reported that in March
Judge Mukasey told the Monitor he received money for some of his appearances, but added that “the issue of fees is a red herring. Al Gore gets paid to speak about global warming; does anyone question the sincerity of his beliefs?”
Influence and money
Lee Hamilton, former co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, told the Monitor he received a “good fee” to speak in Washington. He “approved” of the MEK's 10-point platform, which enshrines democracy, gender equality, and freedom, but
We can say that 70% of the tasks of this group like propagation, participation and keeping order in meetings, incitement of clashes and chaos, were executed by the student class. They were indeed very active in these fields. Because of their great number, they enhanced their 'work-zone', popularizing their slogans and motives and propagating them all over.
POSITIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE STUDENTS' SECTOR
Muhammad Reza Yazdizadeh:
Praise be to the great Leader of the Islamic
Former US four-star generals, intelligence chiefs, governors, and political heavyweights are calling for the US government to take the MEK off the terror list. Many of these former high-ranking US officials – who represent the full political spectrum – have been paid tens of thousands of dollars to speak in support of the MEK.
A high-powered array of former top American officials is advocating removal from the US terrorist list of a controversial Iranian opposition group with
According to our discussions with TF-134 and DOS staff attorneys, it appears that the civilian status determination was made to protect the MeK from deportation to Iran and to relieve coalition forces of the responsibilities incurred in detaining EPWs. With regard to deportation, the status determination did not matter.
According to our discussions with TF-134 and DOS staff attorneys, it appears that the civilian status determination was made to protect the MeK from deportation
U.S. government cables revealed by Wikileaks include numerous references to the Mujahaddin-e Khalq (MEK). Details include:
MEK threatens mass suicide as bargaining chip: “The group's leadership at Camp Ashraf is prepared to order residents to kill themselves to protest any arrests of Ashraf residents...”
Evidence of paramilitary activities: “They continue to practice small unit military tactics and maneuvers under cover of darkness.”
Cases of forced detention at Ashraf
The anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) has played an active role during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990, a document released by a Kuwaiti daily disclosed....
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9006050088
According to a report published by the Kuwaiti Al-Dar daily, the MKO members had all-out cooperation with Saddam forces and were in massive intelligence coordination with former Iraqi regimes' military and security authorities during the
In this session, the members of the Social Sector of the Organization continue their survey and analysis of the lines and operations of the hypocrites in various sections of the Social Sector, thereby exposing one after another, and as far as possible, the plots of this anti-God and anti-people Organization...
Session two
THE SECOND SESSION POSITIONS AND OPERATIONS BEFORE JUNE 20, 1981 The Students' Sector
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
«Praise be to
Because of its FTO status and its history of military service to Saddam, the MeK had been designated a hostile target prior to the OIF invasion.
Chapter Four
Unexpected Challenges, Unintended Consequences, and Lessons Learned
In the big OIF picture, the MeK had a small role. Where detainee operations are concerned, however, it loomed much larger—not only in the early days of the conflict, when MeK members being held at Camp Ashraf comprised a large percentage of the detained
