Nejat Newsletter - ISSUE 13

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Interview w ith Arash Sametipour and BabakAmin in Austrian Die presse Newspaper

Die Presse,Austria,

May 18, 2007translated by

Neja t Society.

http://www.diepresse.com/home/politi

k/aussenpolitik/304

942/index.do

Arash Sametipour

could easily live acomfortable life in

his city Burke, Vir-

ginia to where hisparents immigrated

after the Islamic

Revolution. Born in1975 in Tehran, he

committed the big-

gest mistake of hiswhole life in the

late 1990's. He fellin love with an Ira-

nian American

w o m a n w h otempted him to join

Mujahedin-e-Khalq

finally.Mujahedin-e-Khalq

at that time was

considered a mili-tary force backed

by Saddam Hussein

trying to overthrow

the Islamic regimeof Iran. In 1999Mujahedin sent him

to Camp Ashraf inIraq located in ahundred Kilometers

from Iranian bor-

der. He was sup-posed to attempt

upon a high ranking

o f f i c e r ' s l i f e ."My mission to as-

sassinate that offi-

cial failed" saidSametipour in his

office named NejatSociety." This is an

NGO of which the

objective is to re-turn the Mujahedin

members to Iranian

community"

He speaks of hismission so as it was

an ordinary mis-sion. The failure in

the mission madehim swallow a cya-

nide capsule but

the poison didntwork so he tried to

suicide with a gre-

nade. He lost hisright hand and was

transferred to a

military hospitaland could survive

death. Followingthe recovery, he

spent four more

years in Evinprison.

He invited, for the

interview, anotherformer member of

Mujahedin Babak

Amin. Babak beganhis studies at Vi-

enne technical Uni-versity in 1983 andwas trapped by the

Muajhedin in 1985.Then he flied to

Bagdad by Austrian

airlines and wasfirst settled down in

a camp in Kurdi-

stan. During theIran-Iraq war he

mostly was fighting

the pro-Iranian

Kurds. A short timebefore the cease-

fire, Mujahedin'sleader Masud Ra-

javi decided to

change his tactics:as an army, Muja-

hedin were sup-

posed to set out for

an open face toface war against

the Iranian forces.After the UN-

Resolution 598 wassigned in July 1987,

Rajavi addressed

his group:If wedont attack now

we will los our

credit and respect."On July 18th, 1987,

a short time before

Iran accepted theceasefire, Mujahe-

din started to at-tack. 7000 forces

took part in the op-

eration" EternalLight". The invasion

ended with a disas-

ter. At least 1315people were killed.

The organization

had no way exceptengaging in terror-

ist operations in theIranian territory. In2001, armed with a

Kalashnikov ,Babakwas sent to Tehran

in order to operate

a terrorist attack.There, he was ar-

rested and sen-

tenced to 10 yearsin Jail. He was re-

leased from the

prison in 2005.

ISSUE 13

JUNE 10, 2007Nejat Newsletter

THE BRIEFING PUBLICATION OF NEJAT SOCIETY

Interview with ArashSametipour and Ba-bak Amin

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EU cites secret evi-dence against Irangroup

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Iraq says MKO be-hind violence

2

Why the MKODoesnt leave ourland

3

Terrorism Charge:Ex-Hendon ResidentIndicted

3

Mujahidin case couldreshape EU anti-terror work

4

Desperation Prevailsin Rajavis Cult

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Iran Policy Commit-

tee Exposed6,7

PM Should Act

Resolutely5

Woman tells of ter-ror group

5

The Decision Unful-

filled9

Misgivings about

Undeniable facts8

The Terrorists Lam-baste Proscription

8

MKO on the EUsterror list next week 11

MKO on agenda of

Iran-US talks10

MEK are accused oftraining terrorists andbombs to target civil-ians in the Diyala

governorate in Iraq

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Cont. on page 11


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TERRORISM CHARGE: Ex-Herndon Resident Indicted

NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 3

Salim Al-Ramisi/ Sotaliraq,June 06, 2007

http:/ / Link:http:/ / ww w.sotaliraq.com/ articles-iraq.php?id=54435

Millions of Iraqis ask this ques-tion from the government andparliament of Iraq repeatedly,but we hear from some politi-cians and occupiers that Iranis interfering in Iraq; mean-while, they ignore the pres-ence of terrorist MKO in Iraq,which started in 80s whenSaddam was in power. Couldthese claims justify the pres-

ence of this group in our land?The organization that stoodbeside Saddam Hussein and,as all Iraqis know, Saddamused it to achieve his goals.

Isn't it that the presence ofthis terrorist organization inIraq, with the protection of theUS, a clear interference inIran's internal affairs?

Americans are well aware thatthe MKO has no popular sup-port inside Iran and has noplace. We know that the US

always uses some cardsagainst its enemies but thistime it has chosen a losercard; it's like betting on adead horse, which has no in-fluence on the political scene.We also know that this desper-ate organization is supportedby both the US and groups likeAl-Qaeda, Baathists and pro-Saddam elements. This could

be seen by a look at the re-cord of MKO's supporters. Peo-

ple like El-Elyan, Al-Dulaimi,all supporters of former re-gime think that they can usethis group at any time to killthe Shiites in the south; thesame thing that was done bytheir master during Sha'baniehuprising, in which hundreds ofthousands of Iraqis achievedmartyrdom.

This terrorist organization hasexpressed hostility towardsIslamic Republic and tries tooverthrow the Iranian regime;to achieve this, they use all

possible violent means includ-ing explosion, mortars and inshort the same methods of al-Qaeda.

Isn't it true that support forthis organization is a clear in-terference in Iran's internalaffairs? As an Iraqi citizen, I'mnot at a position to confirm ordeny Iran's interferences inIraq but I can see the threatsof the US and UK against Iraneveryday. This is Iran's rightto defend its interests and its

that seeks to overthrow the

Iranian regime, federal

prosecutors said.

Zeinab Taleb-Jedi, 51, went

to Iraq in 1999 to attend a

training camp run by the

Mujahedin-e Khalq, orMEK, the U.S. attorney's

office in Los Angeles said in

TERRORISM CHARGE

Ex-Herndon Resident In-

dicted

A former resident of Hern-don was indicted Friday on a

charge of providing support

to a terrorist organization

Why the MKO Doesn't Leave Our Land?

a statement.

Taleb-Jedi was indicted by a

federal grand jury in New

York on one count of provid-

ing material support to a for-

eign terrorist organization.

She was released on bondand faces up to 15 years in

federal prison if convicted.

integrity.

We ask others not to interfere

in Iran's affairs, this is the firststep. If the US likes to helpIraqis, it could ask its Saudially to stop deploying terror-ists and financing Baathists.

Iran announced that it sup-ports new Iraq, its govern-ment and its political process.They established their em-bassy in Baghdad immediatelyafter the fall of Saddam; mostof Iranian officials came toIraq and have provided largeamounts of financial aids for

rebuilding infrastructures inIraq. They even acceptedIraq's request and meet theirmain enemy for the sake ofIraq.

The US and its army shouldprotect Iraqis, of whom hun-dreds are being killed every-day in terrorist operations; it'snow more than 4 years sinceAmericans came to Iraq butIraqis have seen no construc-tion. Not even a single streethas been built in Baghdad.Where are Americans' prom-

ises?

Iraqis now require their basicneeds, but they only see dailycrises.

As a citizen, I see no differ-ence between the presence ofMKO and the presence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The US shouldstop playing game with thefate of nations, particularlywith that of Iraq.


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Mujahidin case could reshape EU anti-terror work


12.12.2006By Andrew Rettman

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS

A European court ruling sayingthe EU breached the humanr ights o f an I ran ian"mujahidin" group could forcemember states to bring tolight the inner workings of theEU terrorism list in 2007.

The Luxembourg-based Courtof First Instance on Tuesday(12 December) "annulled" theEU's 2002 decision to put onits official list of terrorist or-

ganisations and freeze the fi-nancial assets of the People'sMujahidin of Iran (OMPI) .

The court ruling said"fundamental rights [such as]the right to a fair hearing, theobligation to state reasons andthe right to effective judicialprotection" were violated in aprecedent-setting move thatcould bolster similar casesagainst the EU.

The current list works on thebasis that a "competent au-thority" in an EU memberstate submits evidence againsta suspect entity to its EU col-leagues, which make a con-sensus-based "political deci-sion" to add or not add a newname.

But the suspect cannot see theevidence, find out where itcame from or present a de-fence, even if it is a quasi-political group such as OMPI,Hamas or the PKK and not an"overriding security risk" suchas Osama Bin Laden.

"At first glance, this is a veryimportant ruling in terms ofcase law," OMPI's lawyer Jean-Pierre Spitzer told EUobserver."It means that if a so-calledterrorism organisation neverhad the right to defend itselfthen [the EU] decision shouldbe annulled."

"Nobody was able to tell thecourt which decision by whichcompetent authority actuallyresulted in OMPI going on the

list," a court spokesman said,adding that Palestinian groupAl Aqsa will make "very simi-lar" arguments in a hearing on16 January.

Court decision will changethings

The head of the legal servicein the council - the EU mem-ber states' secreteriat in Brus-sels - Jean-Claude Piris said adecision whether or not to ap-

peal the OMPI judgment hasnot been taken yet, but sym-pathised with the court's view.

"In my personal opinion, wewill probably take into accountthe court's view and presentthe motivation for our deci-sions, which was not the casefor the time being - to find away, where possible, to givepeople the opportunity to givetheir defence," he said.

For the time being however,OMPI will remain on the EU listand its money - millions ofeuro in accounts in France andGermany - will stay frozen,with Mr Piris saying the list willnot be reviewed until earlynext year.

Under its own 2001 statute

the council is obliged to revisitthe list "every six months" tosee who needs to go on or off,but EU officials skipped thelast November deadline sayingthat in practice this means "sixmonths plus or minus."

Meanwhile, Mr Piris defendedthe credibility of the existingEU list system, saying "It'salways well-motivated - it'snot arbitrary, not the fantasyof somebody. Twenty fiveEuropean governments makethe decision."

OMPI triumphant

Reacting to the EU verdictfrom her base in Auvers-Sur-Oise, near Paris, one of OMPI'sleaders, Maryam Rajavi, calledit a "testament to the legiti-macy of resistance against thereligious fascism ruling Iranand the triumph of justice overeconomic interests."

Ms Rajani also gave a pressconference at the EuropeanParliament in Strasbourg laterthe same day at the invitationof the conservative EPP-EDgroup, after a previous meet-

ing in July was cancelled fol-lowing diplomatic threats fromTeheran.

OMPI was founded by Marxistand Islamist students in 1965to oppose corruption but laterfell foul of Iran's pre and post-1979 Iranian Revolution re-gimes seeing hundreds of itsmembers killed in the 1970sand early 1980s.

The group fled to France andIraq splitting into fragmentssuch as MEK, MKO and NRCI,

with OMPI-linked militia armedby Saddam Hussein attackingIranian and US targets in the1990s, before it renouncedviolence in 2001.

US forces bombed OMPIcamps in Iraq in 2003 how-ever, and as late as May 2005NGO Human Rights Watch re-ported it was running a prisoncamp for OMPI dissidents whowere subject to "torture andprolonged solitary confine-ment."

The OMPI's Ms Rajavi - welcomedthe ruling but will have to wait toget her money back (Photo:

www.maryam-rajavi.com)


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Iran Policy Committee Ex-posed:

Constance Andresen-Tanterwill reveal how the IPCworks with the IranianCommunist Rajavi Cult ter-rorists and Israel to sup-p o r t e n d l e s s N e o -c o n s e r v a t i v e ( N e o -Trotskyite) wars

Paul Sheldon Foote,

June 4, 2007

http://360.yahoo.com/paul

sheldonfoote

In 2005, Professor Ray-mond Tanter was a founder

of the Iran Policy Commit-

tee (IPC).

The Iran Policy CommitteeAlban Towers, Suite L-34

3700 Massachusetts Ave.

NW

Washington, DC 20016Office: (202)249-1142

Fax: (202)249-1143

Email: [email protected]

http://www.iranpolicy.org/c

ontact.php

The current list of IPC

Scholars andFellows in-

cludes:

James Akins,

A m b a s s a d o r(fmr.), IPC Ad-

visory CouncilLt. Col. BillCowan, IPC

Military Com-mittee

R. Bruce McColm, IPC Em-

powerment Committee

Chairman

Lt. General Thomas McIn-erney, USAF (ret.), IPC Ad-

visory Council ChairmanCaptain Charles T. Chuck

Nash, USN (ret.) IPC Mili-tary Committee Cochair-

man

Lt. General Edward Rowny,

IPC Military CommitteeRaymond Tanter, IPC Co-

founder

Major General Paul E. Val-

lely, USA (ret.), IPC MilitaryCommittee Co-

c h a i r m a n

Viewers of theF o x N e w s

Channel will befamiliar with

some of these

names fromthe frequent

appearances of

these personswho claim to

be experts on Iran.

http://www.iranpolicy.org/s

cholarsandfellows.php

Clare Lopez, a former Cen-

tral Intelligence Agency

(CIA) operations officer,used to work for the IPC.

She is now a

private consult-ant and a mem-

ber of the Advi-

sory Council ofthe Intelligence

Summit. Theposted list of

those involvedwith the Intelli-gence Summithas some famil-

iar names from the list ofpersons involved with the

Iran Policy Committee.

http://www.intelligencesum

mit.org/speakers/ClareLope

z.php

Iran Policy Committee Exposed:

how the IPC works with the Iranian Communist Rajavi Cult terrorists and Israel

Another speaker at the In-telligence Summit 2007

was Alireza Jafarzadeh.Jafarzadeh worked in the

office of the National Coun-

cil of Resistance of Iran inthe National Press Buildingin Washington, DC, until

the Federal Governmentclosed the press office ofthe Iranian Communist

MEK (PMOI, MKO, RajaviCult, or Pol Pot of Iran) and

raided Jafar-zadehs home

to take awayboxes of docu-ments. The

MEK has been

on the StateDepartment s

list of terrorist

organizat ionssince the ad-

ministration offormer Presi-

dent Bill Clinton. The MEK

has murdered Americanmilitary officers, Rockwell

International employees,and large numbers of Irani-ans and Iraqis. The MEK

has committed terrorist

acts around the world, in-cluding in New York City. In

September 2002, the White

House issued a backgroundpaper for President George

W. Bushs remarks at theUnited Nations listing the

MEK as a pretext for the

forthcoming Iraq War. In

April 2003, American andcoalition forces attacked

the MEK terrorists at Camp

Ashraf, Iraq.

http://www.intelligencesum

mit.org/speakers/AlirezaJaf

arzadeh.php

The Intelligence Summits

contact information is:


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Sattar Orangi

May 31, 2007

Following re-designation of

MKO by the State Department

on its list of terrorists, the EU

Council also intends to keep the

group on its terror list despite

MKOs propaganda blitz aimed

at condemning the move. The

group claims that the EU has

refused to apply a court order

last year that annulled a 2002

decision to place the organiza-

tion on its terrorist blacklist and

order its assets frozen.

The EU has argued that the

court's ruling focused on proce-

dural problems and did not im-

ply that the group had to be re-

moved from the list and that it

has complied with the judgment

by supplying documents explain-

ing its decision. The EU even

granted MKO an opportunity to

present counter arguments.

MKO has so far failed to ade-

quately explain why it should be

taken off the EU list of terroristorganizations. Rather, it has fol-

lowed a tactical procedure of

blasphemy and condemnation,

being its typical, to trouble the

water.

Mohammad Mohaddessin, a

spokesman for the MKO's politi-

cal wing, in his recent reaction

against the EU decision states

that the EU and the UnitedStates were maintaining thegroup on their terror lists to

avoid further harming relations

with the Iranian government. It

seems that Mr. Mohaddessin has

totally forgotten that the US and

Iran have been at loggerhead

with Iran since the regime

change in Iran. When all diplo-

matic ties have been ceased, how

can one side concede to avoid

further harming relations!

A look at the State Departmentsrecent report describing the

group indicates that the US has

developed a further understand-ing of MKO threats, a formerly

political group that has com-

pletely transformed into a de-

structive cult. The world in gen-

eral and the Europeans in par-

ticular can never forget MKOs

cult move in European cities

when the members set them-

selves on fire following the de-

tention of the groups leader in

June 2003. What other evidencesdoes the EU need to re-proscribe

MKO as a terrorist group?

Besides, none of the countries

that have proscribed MKO ever

consent to sacrifice the well-

being of their nations for politi-

cal causes regardless of baseless

sive to keep MKO on its list of

terror and will announce it in afew days. The EU has arguedthat the court's ruling focusedon procedural problems and did

not imply that the group had tobe removed from the list.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, vice presi-dent of the European Parlia-ment and a supporter of MKOtold a news conference that

31/05/2007

Misgivings about Undeni-able Facts

Reported by the Associated

Press, supporters of MKO haveclaimed that the European Un-ion has failed to adequately

explain why it refused to takethe group off its list of terroristorganizations despite an EUcourt ruling. The claims emerge

at a time when the EU is deci-

The Terrorists Lambaste Proscription

Misgivings about Undeniable Facts

"We have come across no evi-

dence whatsoever which wouldjustify maintaining the PMOI onthe terrorist list". It seems thatthese advocates talking on be-

half of MKO have not yet comeacross the well justified evi-dences of the State Department

that re-designated MKO as aterrorist organization on April30.source : Mojahedin.ws

claims of some advocates of the

group, like Alejo Vidal-Quadras,

that call the EU's refusal to re-move MKO from the list "a po-litical and ethical disgrace". The

groups terrorist atrocities and

cult-like moves are broader than

the daylight to deny and no de-

mocratic government tries politi-

cal appeasement at the expense

of people who have trusted the

government in preservation of

the national security.

More interestingly, the EUs

patience in treating with MKO

has emboldened the group to beunder the illusion that it can pos-

sibly take bigger steps to chal-

lenge those who initiated black-listing it. Mohaddessin has said

that his group would write to

U.S. Secretary of State Condo-

leezza Rice formally requesting

that the group and its affiliates

be taken off the blacklist. He

further forewarned that if she

refuses, the organization's law-

yers would lodge a complaint at

a Washington appeals court.

Regardless of the terrorists

propaganda blitz in an attempt

to influence the unanimous deci-

sion to confront terrorism, nei-

ther MKO nor its few advocates

and lawyers are of any weight to

impede the accelerated global

move to uproot terrorism.


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31/05/2007

The Decision Unfulfilled

In his recent e-mail, Paul Shel-don Foote quotes remarks byRobert Baer, who has worked

for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the MiddleEast, revealing that the WhiteHouse, gearing up for invadingIraq, distributed a backgroundpaper listing the MEK as a pre-text for a future war with Iraq.

The paper provides evidences

that Iraq is notoriously knownto sponsor terrorism and is abastion of terrorist groups in-

cluding MEK. The papers firstevidences are as the follow:

Iraq is one of seven coun-

tries that have been desig-

nated by the Secretary ofState as state sponsors of

international terrorism.UNSCR 687 prohibits Sad-dam Hussein from commit-

ting or supporting terror-ism, or allowing terroristorganizations to operate in

Iraq. Saddam continues toviolate these UNSCR provi-sions.

In 1993, the Iraqi Intelli-

gence Service (IIS) directedand pursued an attempt to as-sassinate, through the use of a

powerful car bomb, former U.S.President George Bush and theEmir of Kuwait. Kuwaiti authori-ties thwarted the terrorist plot

and arrested 16 suspects, ledby two Iraqi nationals.

Iraq shelters terrorist

heads were discovered in the Ar-

wai River near the Qasr Al-Awsat

area of Yousifiya. They added thatthe facial features suggested they

might be American soldiers. A U.S.

military backpack was also found

nearby, the website said.

The website of the Shaheed Al-

Mihrab Foundation reported that

Sunni insurgents armed with smalland medium weapons attacked the

Shammar village and the Zikuk

area near the town of Nahrawan,

east of Baghdad, killing ten resi-

dents and abducting three others.

Meanwhile, PUK Media cited an

unnamed security source that said

unknown gunmen dressed in Iraqi

Army uniforms in three pickup ve-

hicles attacked a Kurdish village

near Mandali, on the Iraqi-Iranian

border. The gunmen raided the

Yousifiya Residents Find De-

c a p i t a t e d H e a d s

Insurgents Attack Villages inDiyala; Main Kurdish Parties

C l a s h i n K h a n a q i n

By ZEYAD KASIM 05/19/2007

Sot Al-Iraqs correspondent in

Yousifiya reported that

U.S. troops have de-

tained over 900 peo-

ple from rural areas

around Yousifiya for

interrogation since the

search operation for three missing

U.S. soldiers started this week.

The Sadrist Nahrain Net, on theother hand, cited informed

sources who said the perpetrator

of the attack against the American

patrol and the abduction of the

three soldiers is a former military

intelligence officer named Colonel

Salih Al-Saeedi. Al-Saeedi was

described as the leader of an Al-

Qaeda cell in Yousifiya responsible

for killing and abducting Shia resi-

dents of the area. Locals also told

Nahrain Net that two decapitated

The Decision Unfulfil led

MEK are accused of training terrorists and sending out car bombs to targetcivilians in the Diyala governorate in Iraq

Hameed Taqi village, which is

home to the Fayli Kurd Qara Alus

tribe, claiming to search for weap-ons but then lined up 13 men and

shot them, according to the web-

site.

Many of the Fayli Kurdish tribes

had returned to their

villages in eastern

Diyala near the Ira-

nian border following

the invasion after they

had been displaced

by the Baathist regime since the

early 70s and deported to Iran.

Faylis are Kurds of the Shiite Mus-lim faith. Their areas have been

largely immune so far from the

sectarian violence that ravages

central Iraq, but residents said

many Kurdish tribesmen in the

area are also members of the

Kurdish Peshmerga and the Iraqi

Army, which may subject them to

reprisals by Sunni insurgents who

have recently started taking over

the religiously mixed town of Man-

dali.

groups including the Mujahe-din-e-Khalq Organization

(MKO), which has used terroristviolence against Iran and in the1970s was responsible for kill-

ing several U.S. military person-nel and U.S. civilians.In April 2003, American and

coalition forces attacked thecommunist terrorists at Camp

Ashraf in Iraq and disarmedthem. Although now the group

is under the control of Ameri-can and Bulgarian forces, the

Americans themselves are well

aware of the groups terroristthreats and, of course, disre-gard the pressure exerted bythe few advocates of the group.

The decisive decision is not yet

taken.

source : Mojahedin.w s


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BEIRUT,

May 19 (RIA Novosti)

A radical Iranian opposition group

will be one of the key discussion

issues during talks between Iranian

and U.S. officials in Iraq on May

28, an Iraqi newspaper reported

Saturday.

Al-Sabah newspaper, a publication

financed by the Shiite-led Iraqi

government said the agenda of the

talks would include four key issues

- "the supplies of Iranian weapons

to Iraqi militant groups, the Muja-

hadeen-e-Khalq organization, theU.S. military presence in the Per-

sian Gulf region and the withdrawal

of American troops from Iraq."

Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) is the

largest and most extremist group

opposed to the Islamic Republic of

Iran. It was founded in the 1960s

by a group of college-educated

Iranian leftists opposed to the

country's pro-Western ruler, Shah

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

The group, which reportedly main-

tains bases in Iraq, was put on the

U.S. State Department's list of for-eign terrorist groups in 1997 and

on the European Union's terrorist

list in 2002 because its violent at-

tacks often killed civilians. How-

ever, certain reports indicate that

the group's strong stand against

Iran has won its support by some

U.S. lawmakers and U.S. military

command in Iraq.

Tehran demands that MEK mem-

bers be expelled from Iraq or extra-

dited to Iran.

The Baghdad talks, which come at

the request of Iraqi leaders, had

initially been scheduled for March

of this year but were continuously

postponed due to a U.S. propa-ganda campaign against Iran, in

which the White House has ac-

Mujahadeen-e-Khalq on agenda of Iran-U.S. talks May 28

cused of providing Shiite militia

with weaponry and explosives.

Tehran, in turn, denies the accusa-

tions and blames Washington for

the bloodshed and violence in Iraq

that followed the U.S.-led military

campaign in the country.

Shiite-dominated Iran maintains

friendly relations with the Iraqi gov-

ernment, where Shiite factions

enjoy vast majority, and has influ-ence with Iraqi militant Shiite

groups.

Experts believe that Washington,

caught in a failing attempt to estab-lish a democratic rule in Iraq after

toppling Saddam Hussein's regime

four years ago, has been forced to

seek help of its long-term rivalry to

escape the current deadlock in

Iraq.

Official relations between Iran and

the United States were severed in

1980 following the attack on the

U.S. embassy and hostage-taking

in Tehran. BEIRUT, May 19

(RIA Novosti)

Spiegel Weekly, no 23

23 June 2007

The German weekly Spiegel hadan article named Secret Meeting

in a glass (transparent) palace.

This article is about the EU list of

terrorist groups and how the Euro-

pean Union and the European Par-

liament are going to deal with it.

Parts of this article is referring tothe Mojahedin-e Khalq Organisa-

tion (MKO or MEK) which has been

included in the above mentioned

list since May 2002.

In this article we read: the Mojahe-

din-e Khalq group was established

by some radical leftist and unionist

students (to oppose the Shah). In

1979, they cooperated with thefollowers of Ayatollah Khomeini

toppling the former Shah of Iran

from his throne. But soon differ-

ences erupted and the Mullahs

took the power. Then the armed

students (i.e. MKO) started fighting

against them. Many were killed in

this regard - Some were executed

by the new regime and some oth-

ers were assassinated by the

MKO.

In 1989, members of this group

fled the country and eventually

ended up in Iraq and established

Secret Meeting in a Glass Palacethe National Liberation Army (NLA)

there. They fought shoulder-by-

shoulder of the former Iraqi dictator

Saddam Hussein against Iran.

After their main sponsor was over-

throne and their army was practi-

cally dismantled, their exiled leader

in Paris implicitly announced that

they had abandoned the armed

struggle since 2001. They have

established the National Council ofResistance (NCR) in Paris.

It is worth mentioning that although

Maryam Rajavi, the co-leader of

the MKO did announce in Paris

that they have not committed any

armed acts since 2001, but the

truth is that they have never de-

nounced it officially and on the

country in their internal teachings

they insist on the armed struggle

as their eternal strategy.


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27/05/2007

MKO on the EUs Terror List Next

Week

Reported by MKO-run website,NCR, the EU's Council of Minis-ters intends to maintain MKOon the terrorist list. It is plan-ning to announce its decisionnext week.

Calling it a continuation of ap-peasement of Iranian regime,

MKO condemned the decisiontaken by the EU and said: Indefiance of EU Court ruling, the

EU Council intends to maintainthe PMOI on the terror list.

The Council intends to desig-

nate MKO because the grouphas failed to provide any con-vincing document that would

justify its deproscription. Al-though MKO claims it has for-sworn terrorism since June2001, there are countless evi-

dences that the group was ac-tively plotting and carrying out

terrorist operations until 2003when it was disarmed by thecoalition forces in Iraq. A re-markable document on thegroups activities is recently

released report by the StateDepartment after the group

was redesignated as a terroristgroup. On the description ofMKO and its terrorist activities

after 2001 the report reveals:

In 2003, French au-

thorities arrested 160MEK members at op-erational bases theybelieved the MEK was

using to coordinatefinancing and planningfor terrorist attacks.

Upon the arrest of MEKleader Maryam Rajavi,MEK members took toParis' streets and en-

g a g e d i n s e l f -immolation. Frenchauthorities eventually

released Rajavi. Al-though currently in hid-ing, Rajavi has madeappearances via video-

satellite to "motivate"MEK-sponsored confer-ences across the globe.

According to evidencewhich became available

after the fall of SaddamHussein, the MEK re-

"Center for strategic stud-ies" who wished to remainanonymous reproach theUS for not being willing toclose down Mujahedin's

Camp and return the mem-bers to Iran. In fact Muja-

hedin are the political or-

phans of unsteady historyof the Middle East.After the fall of Saddam

Hussein, nobody knows theuse of this guerrilla cult.

Americans dont trust themsince some of the attempts

upon the American civilians'

lives during Shah's era

Why werent they sen-tenced to death and whyBabak and Sametipourwere released before finish-ing their imprisonment pe-

riod?During Mohammad

Khatami's presidential pe-

riod, Iranians policy to-wards Mujahedin changed.The 4000 Mujahedin living

in Camp Ashraf could repa-triate by declaring their re-

pentance. And the prison-ers also enjoyed an am-

nesty.

A member of the Iranian

MKO on the EUs Terror List Nex t Week

In terview w ith Arash Sametipour and Babak Amin in Austrian

Die presse New spaper (cont)

were committed by the Mu-jahedin. But some wings inPentagon consider them asort of military optionagainst Iran.

But that was this groupwhich in 2002 revealed the

Uranium enrichment pro-

gram in Natanz and heavywater facility in Arak.The group has always used

this information as a reasonto declare its importance.

The former weapon inspec-tor, Scott Ritter believes

that the Israel Secret Ser-

vice was the source of the(cont on page 12)

ceived millions of dol-lars in Oil-for-Food pro-

gram subsidies fromSaddam Hussein from1999 through 2003,

which supported plan-ning and executing fu-ture terrorist attacks.

In addition to discover-ing 13 lists of recipientsof such vouchers onwhich the MEK ap-

peared, evidence link-ing the MEK to the for-mer Iraqi regime in-

cludes lists, as well asvideo footage of Sad-dam Hussein handingover suitcases of

money to known MEKleaders, and video ofMEK operatives receiv-

ing training from theIraqi military.

The Mojahedin cults she-guru,

Maryam Rajavi, in reaction tothe decision states that If theCouncil decides to maintain the

PMOI on the list, the organiza-tion will again refer the matterto the European Court of Jus-

tice.


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in political sectionof the group have

cautioned thatmeasures of Rajavi

cult are useless.They are no moreobeying, which is

essential for the

cult to control its

members.

This wave started

first among sympa-

thizers and sup-porters of MKO in

France and UK afterMaliki's government

was elected in Iraq

despite all MKO

propaganda.

At that time, rem-

nants of Rajavi

promised theirmembers that

American's wouldn't

allow Shiites to

come to power butthis, and all other,

promises of thegroup came up to

be false.

Following this, Me-

hdi Abrishamchiwas appointed to

control members inpolitical section but

his harsh behavior

Irandidban, May

22, 2007

http://www.irandid

ban.com/master-

e.asp?ID=13244

According to incom-

ing reports, the

gang of Rajavi andits leaders in Paris

are facing a new

major challenge.

The fact is that thestupid remnants ofRajavi had prom-

ised their desperatemembers, tired of

relying on foreignpowers, that they

"would push the US

to clash Iran inIraq" and that "a

new resolution

would be passed

against Iran" thatwill worsen Iran's

situation in the in-

ternational scene.

However, since theprevious resolu-

tions have provedto be futile and

with Iran-US'sscheduled talks,

desperate members

has worsened the

situation.

However, in lower

levels, they're stillp romis ing the

members that anew resolution onThursday would be

a blow for Iran; this

has enraged disap-pointed members.

The atmosphere of

desperation and

d i s ap p o i n t me n tprevails in Camp

Ashraf and even

commanders de-spite all slogans by

MKO l e ad e r s .

In this situation,

along with the ef-forts of Rajavi's

gang to survive, all

the energy of the

group has been al-located to this re-

cent crisis and ithas been ordered

(by Rajavi) that itshouldn't get to the

media; commanderin Camp Ashrafhave been tasked

with ending theprocess of defec-

tions.

Desperation Prevails in Rajavi's Cult

ports Tehran's in-terests and peti-tions the removalof Camp Ashraf buthe implies that

their humanitarianinterest is more im-

portant.Tehran intends toresist the political

wing of the organi-

zation. Iran pro-tests the EU deci-

sion based on re-moving the group

from the list of ter-

rorist groups. Han-

(cont from page 11)

information. Israelitself owns nuclearweapons and re-fuses signing NPT

and the group gotthe information

from Israel.By the way Iraqwants to get rid of

the group sincethey are accused of

cooperating with

the extremists.Arash Sametipour

doesnt deny that

Nejat Society sup-

nes Swoboda, vice-president of social-democrat group inEuropean UnionParliament told the

Die Presse:"substantially I am

cynical toward theterrorist list. Thelist prevents the

dialogue but re-

moving Mujahedin'sname from the ter-

ror list, at the pre-sent time, is a kind

of wrong political

message."

Interview w ith Arash Sametipour and Babak Amin in

Austrian Die presse Newspaper (cont)The BriefingPublication ofNejat Society

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