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Giuliani, Dean Paid To Advocate For Terrorist Group

Nejat SocietyMay 15, 2011057 views

The question of what to do with the residents of Camp Ashraf — which includes a number of children — is a tough one, but it should be separated out from whether they should be taken off the terrorism list. Barbara Slavin had a very good piece in March, looking at the delusion of some high-profile MEK/MKO/PMOI supporters that the U.S. could support them as a credible Iranian political opposition force…Kombiz Lavasany wrote via Twitter, “In Chalabi’s defense, not sure Iraqis knew or cared about him. Everyone in Iran just hates the MEK.”

On ‘Material Support’ And The MKO

Nejat SocietyJanuary 5, 2011068 views

the United States government has labeled the Mujahedeen Khalq[MKO/MEK/PMOI] a “foreign terrorist organization,” making it a crime to provide it, directly or indirectly, with any material support. And, according to the Justice Department under Mr. Mukasey himself, as well as under the current attorney general, Eric Holder, material support includes not only cash and other tangible aid, but also speech coordinated with a “foreign terrorist organization” for its benefit. It is therefore a felony, the government has argued,..

Did Giuliani And Co. Provide ‘Material Support’ To Mujahedin Terrorist Group?

Nejat SocietyDecember 26, 2010066 views

The group’s hatred of the Islamic Republic led it to ally with Saddam Hussein, and it fought on the Iraqi side of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Following the Gulf War, the group reportedly assisted in the Iraqi Republican Guard’s bloody crackdown on Iraqi Shia and Kurds who rose up against Saddam regime; press reports cite MEK aka MKO/PMOI leader Maryam Rajavi encouraging MEK members to ‘take the Kurds under your tanks,’ according to the State Department. MKO alliance with Saddam made it widely despised among the Iranian community at large..