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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
2
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:
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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
NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 4
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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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 6
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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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 8
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
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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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NEJAT NEWSLETTER PAG E 11
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
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