Iraq urges US to stop backing MKO
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:00:18
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Iraq bans any deal with the members of the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO), calling on the US to stop supporting the terrorist group.

"The Cabinet decided to ban any dealings with this organization by any Iraqi or foreign individual, organization or party,'' a statement said on Tuesday.

In the statement, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization is meddling in the country's internal affairs and supporting anti-government activities.

The statement warned that those who violate the order will face charges under the anti-terror law.

Earlier today, Iraq's main political blocs in the parliament demanded the expulsion of the MKO members from the country.

Before the US-led invasion in 2003, the Mujahedeen Khalq Organization had enjoyed Saddam Hussein's support.

After the US-led invasion of the country the US put the group's members under protection in a northern part of Iraq amid reports that they had been used for by Washington for espionage and violence-related activities.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=60407&sectionid=351020201

Is this line:

After the US-led invasion of the country the US put the group's members under protection in a northern part of Iraq amid reports that they had been used for by Washington for espionage and violence-related activities.

an attempt to describe this?

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq), PMOI camps were bombed by coalition forces because of its alliance with Saddam Hussein. On April 15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15), U.S. Special Forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Forces) brokered a ceasefire agreement with the leaders of the PMOI and entered into a ceasefire agreement with the coalition after the attack. Each compound surrendered without hostilities.[34] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-33)[35] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-34)[36] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-35) In the operation, the US reportedly captured 6,000 PMOI fighters and over 2,000 pieces of military equipment.[37] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-36)[38] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-37) This was a controversial agreement both in the public sphere and privately among the Bush administration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Bush) due to the MEK's designation as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._State_Department).[39] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-38)
In the operation, the US reportedly captured 6000 MEK soldiers and over 2000 pieces of military equipment, including 19 British-made Chieftain tanks.[40] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-39)[41] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-40) The MEK compound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEK_Compound_%28Fallujah%2C_Iraq%29) outside Fallujah became known as Camp Fallujah and sits adjacent to the other major base in Fallujah, Forward Operating Base Dreamland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland%2C_Iraq). Captured MEK members were kept at Camp Ashraf, about 100 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad.[42] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-41)
After a four-month investigation by several U.S. agencies, including the State Department, only a handful of charges under U.S. criminal law were brought against PMOI members, all American citizens. The PMOI remains listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the Department of State.[43] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-42) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared PMOI personnel in Ashraf protected persons (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Protected_person&action=edit&redlink=1) under the Fourth Geneva Convention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention). They are currently under the guard of US Military (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Military). Defectors from this group are housed separately in a refugee camp within Camp Ashraf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Ashraf), and protected by U.S. Army military police (2003-current), U.S. Marines (2005-2007), and the Bulgarian Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Army)(2006-current).[44] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-43)[45] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran#cite_note-44)

It also describes this...

It is noteworthy that three years ago, U.S. intelligence circles suggested re-arming MEK and using it to destabilize Iran, a recommendation that has apparently readily been implemented. The undertaking of this plan makes the U.S. government complicit in the terrorist acts that have been carried out inside Iran. The New York Times recently revealed that the camp operates under the protection of the U.S. military and American troops chauffer MEK operatives.

Another organization that carries out cross-border attacks on Iranian villages is the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), which is supported with equipment and training by Israeli Special Forces. This group receives its “lists of targets inside Iran” from U.S. intelligence services.

A third terrorist organization that operates on the border between Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran and the countries of Pakistan on the south and Afghanistan on the north is called Jundallah (God’s Brigade), an extremist Sunni tribal faction. This group has been launching armed attacks on the civilian population, planting bombs and kidnapping passengers. The group has its bases in Pakistan and apparently is funded, trained and armed by the U.S. and British armies in Afghanistan and in the Iran-Pakistan border regions.

Do you put such things past the government that allows this to become news?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/gitmo.detainees/index.html

Wow, very interesting....

Found this as well:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/05/protected.terrorists/index.html

We can add this to the long...long list of reasons Bush should have been impeached years ago.

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