One of the operational assets being used by the Defense Department is a right-wing terrorist organization known as Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), which is being “run” in two southern regional areas of Iran. They are Baluchistan, a Sunni stronghold, and Khuzestan, a Shia region where a series of recent attacks has left many dead and hundreds injured in the last three months.
Bigger concern for Rajavi’s gang was that Iran could get upper hand in this process. They claimed that Iran was trying to produce nuclear bomb in order to instigate the US to attack Iran, which was the only option for that phase in their view.
..America in its pursuit of global hegemony bears an eerie resemblance to the building of empires in the past. To expand its international dominance and imperialist ambitions, the White House and their neo-con cohorts by declaring ‘a war of terror’ pave the way so they may wipe out whoever stands in the way. ..
the U.S. State Department officially considers the MEK a terrorist organization — meaning no American can deal with it; U.S. banks must freeze its assets; and any American giving support to its members is committing a crime.The U.S. military, though, regularly escorts MEK supply runs between Baghdad and its base, Camp Ashraf.
Yet even as recently as 2003 there have been reports of political support for the MKO by members of the U.S. Congress – across party lines I must say – including the reputable Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado) and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas).
it seems this is being done because coalition forces regard MEK as protected people under the Geneva Conventions.”The coalition remains deeply committed to the security and rights of the protected people of Ashraf,”U.S. Maj. Gen. John D. Gardner wrote in an official document in March 2006.
.. MKO could never be considered as a potential political faction to steer Iran in its political career neither before nor after the Iranian revolution….All they did before the revolution was scanty terrorist operations against Shah’s agents and the American businessmen and military advisors inside Iran as well as a number of their estates. What they did after the revolution proved that they could never be trusted as a political weight to have any role in Iran’s ruling hierarchy.
For years MEK had launched cross-border attacks and terrorist acts against Iran with the support of Saddam Hussein. Officially designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department in 1997, and disarmed of heavy weaponry by the U.S. military six years later, Washington has since come to view MEK in a different light……Accusing MEK of past involvement in repressive measures by former president Saddam Hussein, the current Iraqi government wants to close down Camp Ashraf, located well outside of Baghdad, where many of the MEK fighters are stationed. But the camp operates under the protection of the U.S. military, and American soldiers chauffeur MEK leaders.
Early February, 35 British Parliament members asked the government officially to lift the name of MKO from the Britain’s list of terrorist organizations. This group was headed by Lord Corbett, member of House of Lords from Labour Party, who’s collecting signatures to force Home Office to present its reasons for designating the MKO as a terrorist group.
The Iraqi coalition government headed by Shiite Ebrahim Al Jaafari and Nouri Al Maliki decided to expel MKO members from Iraq and close Camp Ashraf. However, none of these decisions have been implemented.