Calling a recognized terrorist group as a “dissident group” creates the false impression that this is a group that is somehow comparable to persecuted political reformers or anti-regime intellectuals and journalists, which is exactly the false impression that pro-MEK advocates want to create.
The Daily Caller reports that the Treasury Department is expanding its investigations into the involvement of Hugh Shelton and others in the disgraceful pro-MEK lobbying campaign:
Companies
Freeh and Shelton are among 40 former senior U.S. government officials who have participated in a public lobbying campaign – including appearing at overseas conferences and speaking at public rallies – aimed at persuading the U.S. government to remove the MEK from the terror list.
Speaking firms representing ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Hugh Shelton have received federal subpoenas as part of an expanding investigation into
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author appeared on Democracy Now TV news program to discuss more the US and its ties with the Mujahedin-e Khalq.
According to a report published by Habilian Foundation, Seymour Hersh said it is very clear that the U.S. still involved as is Israel as was for many years England “in using the MEK and other dissident groups inside Iran as surrogates.”
He went on to say that you don't have to urge them to kill anybody, “they’re
In an email sent Tuesday morning to Habilian Foundation, a senior member of al-Iraqiya bloc and former MKO supporter described the group members' presence in Iraq as “irritating” and called on the government to expel them from Iraq.
After a report regarding giving his vocal support to terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, Mash’an al-Saadi sent a letter to Habilian denying the charge of speaking on behalf of the group.
Although, on several occasions, al-Saadi has spoken in
UN Special Representative Martin Kobler asserts that the most difficult part of MKO members' relocation is to find homes for their resettlement after they leave Iraq.
According to Habilian Foundation (families of Iranian terror victims), Martin Kobler told Foreign Policy magazine on Monday that finding homes for the MEK members when they leave Iraq “is the most difficult part of the story.”
“The whole process only will succeed if all the 3,200 find countries who will take them
A few hours ago, the fourth batch of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) elements were transferred to Camp Liberty, IRIB News reported.
According to Habilian Foundation (families of Iranian terror victims), the group of 400 MKO members were transferred by 25 buses to Camp Liberty which lies northeast of Baghdad International Airport.
During the inspection of their equipment, Iraqi police found industrial materials that may be used in the manufacture of explosives.
To
“The relocation of Mujahedin-e Khalq elements to other countries marks the beginning of a new phase of U.S. supports for the terrorist group,” said Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad.
Referring to the U.S. coming to an agreement with five neighboring countries of Iran to transfer the members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, Habilian Foundation Secretary-General told the Young Journalists' Club that after the fall of Saddam the U.S. has been trying to keep MKO in Iraq
Jeremiah Goulka, formerly a lawyer in the Bush Justice Department and former Iraq analyst for the RAND Corporation, recently sat down for an interview with The Real News Network to talk about the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) terrorist group, its past and present.
According to a report published by Habilian Foundation website, independent public policy scholar and writer Jeremiah Goulka said the MEK's leadership made a deal with Saddam Hussein, the starter of the
Five members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization, who were recently based in a transit camp that is located near Baghdad International Airport, escaped from the camp on Friday and turned themselves in to Iraqi security forces, the Habilian Association website reported....
Five members of the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization, who were recently based in a transit camp that is located near Baghdad International Airport, escaped from the camp on Friday and turned
A senior Iranian legislator condemned the assassination of Iran's nuclear scientists by terrorists, and said Tehran is pursuing the case at international bodies...
"…assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists by arrogant powers and their hirelings inside the country is not an issue which can be forgotten and will be seriously pursued by the Islamic Republic of Iran," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Karami-Raad told
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and arrested a number of perpetrators behind the assassination of a Sunni cleric in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the ministry said that it has arrested 15 terrorists or terror cells involved in the assassination of Molavi Mostafa Jangi Zehi.
According to the statement, the intelligence obtained by the ministry indicates that the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq
Habilian Foundation (families of Iranian terror victims) issued a statement Wednesday condemning the string of assassinations and killings of followers of Ahlul Bait in Pakistan taking place due to some Pakistani authorities’ indulgence.
“Failed of creating sectarian and tribal conflicts in Pakistan, the enemies of Pakistani people found the only way to murder and retaliate against the followers of Ahlul Bait in various parts of Pakistan,” the statement reads.
According to
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has lashed out at the Western countries over their support for the anti-Iran, terrorist group of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
Brigadier General Vahidi told IRNA on Wednesday that the MKO has been created through the support of certain Western countries.
"The continuation of the MKO’s presence in Iraq to go on with terrorist activities has grown so important [for the West] that they now stress the persistence of
Iraqi government asked the United Nations Security Council to help it to expel all members of Mujahidin Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq.
Iraqi Ambassador to the UN Hamid al-Bayati told the UN Security Council session on Tuesday that with the help of UN Cooperation Delegation for Iraq and efforts of the UN Secretary General Special representative Martin Kobler, 1200 MKO members can be transferred from Ashraf Camp to a transit one.
He added that Iraq government asks the UN
Mujahedin-e Khalq supporters again raised their voice in support of the terrorist group, despite “indirect warnings from the Treasury Department that their support for the group could constitute a crime,” Market Watch said Monday.
According to a report published by Habilian, referring to his receiving a subpoena from the Treasury Department, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said, “I never knew obtaining a subpoena from your own government would be so much fun.”
He further
According to information gathered by Habilian Foundation (families of Iranian terror victims), there are more than 17000 victims of terrorism in Iran.
“Iran has had more than 17000 terror victims over the past 30 years,” Secretary-General of Habilian Foundation told Fars News Agency.
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Hasheminejad said terrorism is a long lasting issue in Iran, the history of which is as old as Islamic Revolution.
“Established in 2005, Habilian Foundation is a specialized
A member of the Iraqi parliament revealed that Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) pays 5000 dollars per month in speaking fees to al-Iraqiya bloc's spokesman Haidar al-Mulla.
“This group (MKO) pays huge sums of money each month to some Iraqi politicians and journalists to support its stay in Iraq and criticize government’s policies (toward MKO)”, the official told Habilian on condition of anonymity.
“MKO pays 5000 dollars to Haidar al-Mulla, al-Iraqiya bloc's
“Let’s assume that Mujahedin-e Khalq, though it has long behaved as a terrorist organization, will now act more like freedom-fighter rebels, combating the Iranian regime without harming Iranian society, still supporting the group is likely to backfire and do more harm to U.S. interests than good,” wrote an associate editor at The Atlantic.
Writing about the U.S. policy of supporting its enemies of enemies including the Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorists on The Atlantic's Web site
Mujahedin-e Khalq leader, Masoud Rajavi, thinks that most of his members are Iranian infiltrators “until proven otherwise,” says a defected member of the cult.
According to Habilian’s report, one of the former members of terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq group who has spent two decades of his life at Camp Ashraf said that Masoud Rajavi (MKO’s ringleader) is afraid of his own shadow and thinks that those around him are Iranian infiltrators until proven otherwise.
“This illusion
A political analyst says that Israeli attempts to delist Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) as a designated terrorist organization is due to their capability of making another 9/11 which may drag U.S. into another war.
According to Habilian Foundation report, Mark Glenn, co-founder of the Crescent & Cross Solidarity Movement based in Idaho, said in his podcast, The Ugly Truth, that if any other designated terrorist group approached any one of Mujahedin-e Khalq supporters