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Ambassador Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Remarks at On-the-Record Briefing on the Release of the Annual Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002 report
Washington, DC
April 30, 2003...
.... QUESTION: What does the State Department think about the ceasefire that was signed between the MEK and the U.S., U.S. CENTCOM, in Iraq? Since this group is still on the terrorist list, as I understand it, Americans are not supposed to deal with them at all. And that's always been kind of a -- there is a problem in Washington, D.C., because they keep an office open here. So can you tell me how this squares with the MEK's terrorist status?
AMBASSADOR BLACK: Sure, I'll be happy to, happy to try. The Secretary has recommended that the President determine that the laws that apply to countries that support terrorism no longer apply to Iraq. The President's determination to provide greater flexibility in permitting certain types of trade with and assistance to Iraq; thus, we can treat Iraq like any other country not on the terrorist list.
I think it's important to underscore some facts here. MEK is designated by the U.S. Government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. This organization mixes Islam and Marxism in their battle to establish what they claim would be a secular state in Iran.
Until the recent war in Iraq, they were allied with the government of Saddam Hussein and received most of their support from this regime. They have assisted the Hussein regime in suppressing opposition within Iraq, and performed internal security for the Iraqi regime. MEK, or as some recently referred to as the People's Mujahedin, has also attacked and killed Americans.
The MEK and its many aliases, including the political NCRI, are designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The United States Government does not negotiate with terrorists. MEK's opposition to the Iranian Government does not change the fact that they are a terrorist organization. We understand the agreement on the ground in the field is a prelude to the group's surrender. Commanders make tactical decisions to end conflict with enemy combatants successfully.
There's a lot of activity in various areas underway in Iraq -- of which this is one -- I would refer you to CENTCOM and their briefers to get better insight to the decision-making and the actions of our commanders, coalition commanders on the ground.
This is a pretty special group. They are a Foreign Terrorist Organization. They are not well liked in Iraq; they could not be put with the general prisoner population. They are following the orders of the coalition commanders, and their situation will be addressed in the coming days and weeks.
Bob Ney’s letter to The Hill
From Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio):
Recent statements by the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) through a paid full-page advertisement and a letter to the editor of The Hill contain outright lies, exaggerations and deceptions.
The MEK uses dozens of pseudonyms, such as the National Council of Resistance and the People’s Movement of Iran, to hide contributions and spread its propaganda. In fact, because of the MEK’s long association with and support for Saddam Hussein’s regime, the former Iraqi information minister may very well have been the one who taught the MEK his craft of making false statements in the face of incontrovertible facts.
That the MEK continues to peddle its lies should not be a surprise to those who are aware of the group. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations placed it on the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations since the early 1990s. The MEK remains alongside groups such as al Qaeda and Hamas to this day.
Contrary to the MEK’s claims, and unfortunately ignored by the few members of Congress who still support them, the MEK’s headquarters, at least before the U.S. bombing of Iraq, was just 40 kilometers west of Baghdad.
In fact, the U.S. State Department notes Saddam Hussein himself paid for the headquarters. In addition, several news organizations have reported the MEK’s leader, Masud Rajavi, had been living in the home of Iraqi Gen. Ali-Hassan al-Majid, otherwise known as “Chemical Ali.” That residence recently met the same fate as two MEK bases in Iraq when coalition bombs destroyed them.
In the face of so much documented evidence, it is astonishing for the MEK and a few members of Congress to claim the support of 150 fellow representatives. There is only one reason that the MEK repeatedly refuses to disclose a current list of Congressional supporters: It does not exist.
At one point, it may have; in fact, when MEK representatives first visited my office several years ago, preaching democracy for Iran, I was glad to join them in what appeared to be their effort. However, I quickly discovered that the MEK are not the proponents of democracy they claim to be but are in fact documented terrorists with a history of killing American citizens and supporting Saddam Hussein. Today, no more than a handful of members supports the MEK, and even that number is dwindling.
Contrary to recent statements by the MEK, which to this day has never publicly repudiated Saddam Hussein, I say: I have never supported, and will never support, the current regime in Iran . I don’t support MEK either. There is no such thing as a good terrorist and there certainly is no such thing as our terrorist.
Source:
http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/child%20pages/American%20Views.htm