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When Democracy Turns into hypocrisy

Nejat SocietyMarch 19, 2011070 views

For those US policy makers who make efforts to invest on MKO as a tool against Islamic Republic, the group seems to be a potential means to advance US policy regarding Iran.”To think of the MEK as some kind of policy tool to use against Tehran is both foolish and bizarre,”Paul Pillar writes. He reminds them that MKO has”virtually no support within Iran”. [3]But US warmongers seem to be very choosy about their allies..Indeed, whether or not MKO has left violence or poses any threat to the West, it is a harmful policy to harbor a destructive cult that always poses a potential threat to Iran-US relations. ..

Former members of MKO welcomed in a meeting in Germany

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011079 views

The three ex-members told the audience some of their bitter experiences in MKO aka MEK/PMOI. They mentioned the group’s tricks and deceitful approaches to recruit members.They spoke of the suffocating, closed atmosphere of inside the cult where members are not allowed to marry, to contact their family, to watch TV or to read newspapers. They just have to work so hard that they could not find any opportunity to think.Although the atmosphere of Camp Ashraf is terribly oppressive, escaping the cult is not impossible,according to former members; people should only decide to save themselves from the bars of Ashraf.

Ashton Refuses MKO Demand for Supporting Military Attack against Iran

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011062 views

… The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd uprisings in the country. The terrorist group joined Saddam’s army during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran. Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by neo-conservatives in the United States..

Consorting with a Cult (Mujahedin Khalq)

Nejat SocietyMarch 17, 2011060 views

..A combination of pecuniary interests and scant knowledge about the nature of the group[MKO/MEK] may explain some of the support for delisting. A destructively simplistic, zero-sum attitude regarding policy toward Iran explains some more of it. Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), one of the members of Congress who favors removing the MEK[MKO/PMOI] from the list, says that the group should not be considered a terrorist organization because “they are enemies of enemies of the United States.” No, Congressman, even enemies of the United States have enemies that are terrorist groups..

Last group of Dissociated members of MKO in a meeting in Paris

Nejat SocietyMarch 14, 2011086 views

A group of human rights activists and separated members of MKO, Mr. Ebrahimi ,Mr. Sepehri ,Mr. Naseri and Mr. Kohzadi attended the meeting where they were congratulated for their release form Camp Ashraf prison… They confirmed that families’ presence in front of Ashraf gates would strengthen the captives’ will to release themselves.They notified that MKO leaders seriously feel threatened and terrified due to the families’ presence.

Court Session Held in Paris on French Intelligence Support for MKO

Nejat SocietyMarch 13, 2011072 views

..Yves Bonnet, the former Member of the French National Assembly and Director of the DST, and MKO’s ringleaders as well as head of the publication that published the fake book were found guilty.Yves Bonnet had paid several visits to MKO’s main training camp, the Camp of New Iraq (formerly known as Camp Ashraf) in Iraq’s Northern province of Diyala..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.

Why does no one deal with Mojahedin Khalq?

Nejat SocietyMarch 12, 2011062 views

… We should bear in mind that Saddam Hussein hired mercenaries from terrorist groups, particularly from the MEK, those who were hired to kill, torture and harass the Iraqi people and who settled in prosperous military townships. Unfortunately, they are still in Iraq even 8 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, for no specific reason, living in the townships of Saddam Hussein who prepared them for their use. No one seems to ask why members of the group that attacked Iraqis and tortured people remain under a protective umbrella..

Positive Outcomes of Protests outside MKO Camp

Nejat SocietyMarch 9, 2011065 views

..despite all the suppressive moves made by the MKO, the yearlong protests by the families have yielded good results as families insist on their demand for the release of their beloved ones who are said to be held inside the camp against their will. Defection and escape of a number of MKO/MEK/PMOI members from the camp, increased support of the Iraqi people for the families and demonstration of the Iraqi people outside the Camp of New Iraq are among the positive outcomes of the families’ continued protests..

Mr. Mahmoud Sepahi announces separation from MKO

Nejat SocietyMarch 8, 2011091 views

..In 2000, when I was residing in UAE in hope of immigration to the United States, I was deceived by MKO recruiters and taken to Iraq. After a few days, I found out the lies they had told me and that I had been taken there to remain in Camp Ashraf. Since the early days, I asked them to let me get back to UAE but they created so terrible condition for me that I was convinced to stay there…

PMOI, a cult with 45 year old terrorist record

Nejat SocietyMarch 6, 2011094 views

..The official organ of the PMOI/MEK/MEK/PMOI declares in its October 1980 issue: “Ever since its foundation in 1965, the thrust of the battle against the U.S. advisors fell to the Mojahedin, who targeted and claimed the lives of a number for the first time, while it was the PMOI bombs planted in imperialist and Zionist institutions and destroying them which first caused the imperialists and their domestic mercenaries to be alarmed.” ..