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Can a designated terrorist group purchase the support of notable Americans

Nejat SocietySeptember 6, 2012069 views

Ed Rendell, a Democrat, received $160,000 for appearing at seven pro-MEK rallies and conferences, his office confirmed to NBC in March. Each event typically involves five to 10 former officials who speak in favor of removing the group from the terrorist list. The typical fee for a speaker at one of the events has been in the $20,000 range, according to news reports. Pro-MEK groups are thought to have spent millions of dollars on the events …

John Bolton Shockingly Denies Being a ‘Terrorist Supporter’

Nejat SocietySeptember 4, 2012062 views

I asked the most important one: given the definition laid out in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, was he at all concerned that his advocacy on behalf of the Iranian dissident group the MEK aka MKO/PMOI could be defined as material support for terrorism under the PATRIOT Act?..

Camp Ashraf will be completely emptied by end of September

Nejat SocietySeptember 2, 2012071 views

Earlier this week the United States welcomed renewed efforts to relocate the residents of Camp Ashraf which has housed members of an exiled Iranian opposition group[MKO/MEK/PMOI] for years. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland noted the”safe arrival”last week of a sixth convoy of about 400 residents of Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya, ..

Watergate Journalist Spoke at Event Supporting MEK ‘Terrorist’ Group

Nejat SocietySeptember 1, 2012085 views

journalist Carl Bernstein got up on stage at the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria [1] in Manhattan and delivered a speech questioning the listing of an obscure Iranian group called the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) on the U.S. government list..In the past few years, pro-MEK groups have marshaled considerable financial resources to bring high-profile speakers …

Resumed Progress toward Camp Ashraf’s Peaceful Closure

Nejat SocietyAugust 30, 2012064 views

The United States welcomes today’s safe arrival of the sixth convoy of approximately 400 Ashraf residents to Camp Hurriya, the first such convoy in over three months. We welcome and are encouraged by this resumption of cooperation by the Ashraf residents in the relocation process as set forth in the December 25, 2011 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Iraq and the United Nations.

Security arrangements in place for transfer of 400 MEK

Nejat SocietyAugust 28, 2012068 views

Shammari said,”more than 400 MEK aka MKO/PMOI will be transferred in this sixth batch, which is expected to take place in the next 24 hours”. In a process begun in February this year to empty Camp Ashraf before removing the MEK members from Iraq, the MEK leader Massoud Rajavi has several times stalled the movement of his followers…

Iraqi forces scuffle with MEK reluctantly preparing to move from Camp Ashraf

Nejat SocietyAugust 28, 2012098 views

Mujahedeen leaders this month said 400 Ashraf residents would move to the former U.S. base, known as Camp Liberty. Bakoos, who is overseeing the Ashraf resettlement for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said the residents started pushing and shoving Iraqi forces as a way to slow the move. “We needed to search some of them by hand, but they refused,” Bakoos said…

Mujahedin, Running out of excuses

Nejat SocietyAugust 26, 2012074 views

Tahar Boumedra was a well known character in Iraq during his tenure there. He enjoyed friendly relations with the MEK and was one of very few outsiders who were allowed inside Camp Ashraf. After leaving his post in Iraq, flights and accommodation have reportedly been paid by MEK supporter, R.Bruce McColm, President of Global Initiative for Democracy, as part of a campaign to advocate for the MEK…

Close an MEK terror camp & worry Washington: Syria/Iran

Nejat SocietyAugust 23, 2012088 views

Considering the fact that in order to sell a war in Syria the NATO/Israel/GCC nations had to employ every brand of mercenary necessary from generic “rebel” to FSA why not MEK. All terrorists. All terrorizing the Syrian people. And speaking of terrorizing the people of Syria…….

UN envoy welcomes latest transfer of MEK to transit centre

Nejat SocietyAugust 21, 2012053 views

“I welcome the announcement that the next group of 400 residents are willing to commence the move from Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriya immediately after the Eid holiday,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Martin Kobler, said in a news release issued by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which he also heads.