Rajavi, according to this dissident, explained his line as follows: The liquidation of a single supporter of the regime is worth the lives of eight of you. It is a useful sacrifice and good publicity for our movement’.
Washington drew its own conclusions:
“The military background of the Mojahedin is limited. The group mounted its most significant incursion in June-July 1988. They participated in an advance coordinated inside Iran with Iraqi forces. During the same
Iran on Friday started displaying a number of documents implicating the US in acts of terrorism against Tehran and human rights violations across the world, while Tehran officials said these documents which are unique and refer to very recent events and actions will be displayed to the public gradually.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007272350
The first feature of the documents is that they are up-to-date and speak about the events which have
After the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq in June 1988, Rajavi launched Operation Eternal Light against the Iranian armies, worn out by 8 years of terrible combat. The fiasco is enormous! After having gone 50 kilometers into Iranian territory, the National Liberation Army of Iran was stopped in its advance and cut to pieces. The balance sheet: more than 1500 dead in the Mojahedin forces.
CHAPTER 17
The Failure of “Eternal Light”
The most ringing defeat suffered by the PMOI was
In recent weeks this “fictional world” has been in the Western media’s limelight as the fate of about three thousand (mostly Iranian) residents of the camp has been discussed. The fate of these members has been a controversial issue since 2003 when the Iraqi former dictator Saddam Hussein fell and the camp was left in the hands of Americans, who protected them.
“A fictional world of female worker bees”, this is how Elizabeth Rubin, a contributor to New York Times, describes camp
During the Seventies, the group killed several American soldiers and civilians working on military projects in Iran. They also supported the 1979 taking of the US Embassy in Teheran. Later, they broke with the Iranian Government and undertook attacks on the Teheran regime from Iraqi territory, with the support of Saddam Hussein.
The Surrender
The future of Massoud Rajavi’s fighters now depends on American goodwill after discussions that were seerely critiused in Teheran; some
One US government official told the BBC that the MEK "trawls the halls of Congress" for support, something he described as "highly unusual" for a banned organisation. MEK supporters operate through dozens of groups, some of which have placed costly full-page advertisements in The New York Times and Washington Post, and hired powerful Washington DC lobbying firms.
In a 2009 report, Rand, a non-profit Washington think-tank, called the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organisation (MEK, aka
…in radio broadcasts of the "Voice of Mojahed," [circa 1990s] which are transmitted into Iran from Mojahedin bases in Iraq, the MKO has claimed responsibility for internal violence throughout Iran…A number of these self-described operations included attacks against clearly civilian targets, such as automobiles, highways, government buildings open to the public, businesses....
The movement is tied to Saddam Hussein, for whom it carried out the dirty work to keep its “residency rights”...
The special correspondent of Liberation reported in May 2003 on the Ashraf Camp, main base of the PMOI. He confirms their route:
“The main base of the People’s Mujahedin is about 100 kilo- meters northeast of Baghdad on the Kirkuk road. It is situated just before the village of Khaliss. The movement is tied to Saddam Hussein, for whom it carried out the dirty work to
Investigations by Financial Times journalist Anna Fifield have revealed that dozens of these former officials have been paid handsomely for their appearances. Fifield reports "a sliding pay scale of $20,000 to $100,000 per speech, plus travel costs, and that four-speech packages were common". A former Pennsylvanian Governor Ed Rendell told Fifield he was paid $20,000 for an 11 minute speech...
http://newmatilda.com/2011/08/15/from-terror-group-to-our-friends
The Mujahedin-e
But Rajavi refuses to allow human rights organizations full access to the inhabitants so they can assess the situation clearly. She also won’t allow the members to accept refugee status so they can be relocated elsewhere. Once armed to the teeth by Saddam Hussein’s regime, the inhabitants are now living in a country that does not want them, near the border of a government that they have been at war with for most of their existence...
The MEK instigated a bombing campaign, including an attack against the head office of the Islamic Republic Party and the Prime Minister’s office, which killed some 70 high-ranking Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, President Mohammad-Ali Rajaei, and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar...
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2011/08/07/mek-threatens-antiwar-radio-guest-for-calling-them-terrorists/
So say the Mujahedeen e-Khalq terrorists in
The Iranian American Community of Northern California has paid Akin Gump $100,000 in the past two months. Former congressmen Vic Fazio and Bill Paxon are among the Akin Gump advisers working on the campaign...
http://news.muckety.com/2011/07/30/mujahedin-supporters-mount-us-lobbying-effort/33741
Iranian American groups have launched an expensive campaign to have the People’s Mujahedin Organization removed from the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations.
Two groups
"the MEK has spent millions of dollars on lobbyists, PR agents and communications firms to build up pressure on Secretary Hillary Clinton to take the group off of the terrorist list." In Holder, the Department of Justice, under both your direction and that of Attorney General Mukasey, argued that it was a felony to file an amicus brief on behalf of a foreign terrorist organization, or even to engage in public advocacy on behalf of such an organization, unless that advocacy was
The relationship between the Mujahedin –e- khalq (MEK/MKO) and Israel is getting weirdly closer as the group’s large-scale campaign to get removed from FTO list of the State Department grows. It’s not a coincidence that the MKO adoring supporters among American neoconservatives seem also caring to the Zionist lobby in the US, AIPAC…
The relationship between the Mujahedin –e- khalq (MEK/MKO) and Israel is getting weirdly closer as the group’s large-scale campaign to get
For three decades he has changed ideologies and swapped allegiances, while keeping his followers enthralled with sexual manipulation. After the American debacle in Iraq, Rajavi's followers are trapped at a camp in the Iraqi desert, awaiting his next alliance.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Rajavi ordered the MEK to greet the coalition forces wholeheartedly. Rajavi himself went into hiding and he has not been seen since. The MEK surrendered their arms and offered to help the
Coalition forces bombed their bases several times, since their forces were considered part of the Iraqi Army. According to a British diplomat, they represented an ‘obstacleto our operations’.
CHAPTER 16
A Major Defeat
The fall of the House of Saddarn was a major defeat for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. It began its descent into Hell. As its Leader, Massoud Rajavi, declared in reference to the Iraqi Government:
“If this ever fell, we would sink into oblivion
A top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States supports the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group at Iraq's Camp Ashraf.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/174054.html
A top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States supports the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group at Iraq's Camp Ashraf.
“The US supports the MKO's presence at Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Members of the terrorist cell are
The People’s Mujahidin had their own specialized prisons for their dissidents. These were detention centers at Camp Ashraf, near Baghdad, as well as at Al-Mansourieh and at Shahrban near Jabal Hamrin. There was also a prison shared with the Iraqi services in the Al Ramadi desert.
Answers from Baghdad
Once again it is necessary to look to Baghdad to find the beginnings of an answer. There, we find confirmation that the main funder of the PMOI was no other than the fallen Boss of
A combination of pecuniary interests and scant knowledge about the nature of the group may explain some of the support for delisting. A destructively simplistic, zero-sum attitude regarding policy toward Iran explains some more of it.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar
One of the most persistent, and mysteriously supported, campaigns in support of a really reprehensible organization has been waged on behalf of the Iranian cult-cum-terrorist-group known as
The second session of a court hearing on the former Director of the French Counterterrorism Agency's (DST) support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) was held in Paris on Thursday evening.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8912210701
The session was held on March 10 after three individuals who were named in a fake book as elements of the Iranian regime filed a complaint.
The first session of the court had been held on December 17-18
Rajavi, according to this dissident, explained his line as follows: The liquidation of a single supporter of the regime is worth the lives of eight of you. It is a useful sacrifice and good publicity for our movement’.
Washington drew its own conclusions:
“The military background of the Mojahedin is limited. The group mounted its most significant incursion in June-July 1988. They participated in an advance coordinated inside Iran with Iraqi forces. During the same
