[M. Espinola]

Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)

[jdm]

LOL. Oh, puuuuuuleaze. Iran is in on this. Just say that they're upset... sure.

[Biscuit85]

MEK is a terror organization whether we like it or not.

They killed Americans military officers working for the Iranian government back in 1970s

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Hitler jr. has his panties in a bunch.

[humint]

ARTICLE: Iran said the decision risks "resuscitating terrorism." The Court of First Instance on December 12 ordered the European Union to cancel a decision from May 2002 to freeze the funds of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MEK). The EU classifies the MEK as a terrorist group, but the MEK argues that it should be removed. A court spokesperson has said the move could result in its removal from the EU terror list.

GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: On 10 May 2003 V Corps accepted the voluntary consolidation of the Mujahedin-E-Khalq’s forces, and subsequent control over those forces. This process is expected to take several days to complete. Previously, V Corps was monitoring a cease-fire brokered between the MEK and Special Forces elements. The MEK forces had been abiding by the terms of this agreement and are cooperating with Coalition soldiers.

December 12, 2006 - May 10, 2003 = 3 years, 7 months, 2 days. In that time Iran has supported an insurgency against Coalition forces, pushed ahead with their nuclear weapons program, denied the Holocaust, supplied missiles to the Lebanese Hezbollah, threatened to close the Straights of Hormuz, suggested the President of the United States should convert to Islam, repeatedly lied about the history and motives of the United States abroad and said DEMOCRACY is dead.

The United States has done what it could to hold Iran's enemies at bay, in my opinion, as a show of good faith and partnership. Never once has tangible diplomacy of that sort been reciprocated by the Iranian government. Indeed, the diplomacy Iran seeks is fully about intangibles. “Respect us as equals,” they say... Only they think their not, and subsequently prove their incapable of normalizing relations with their actions. How is their inferiority complex an American diplomatic problem? Is it a surprise to anyone that tangible diplomatics is not something a fundamentalist theocracy could reasonably do? In fact, the U.S. has done such a good job of restraining the enemies of Iran that Americans are right now enabling Iran to facilitate attacks in Iraq.

Besides the glaring imbalance, in terms of concessions to the terrorist state of Iran, it makes no sense for a terrorist organization to cooperate with Coalition forces. No mater what the EU decides, it only makes sense for the MEK to come off of the American FTO list. IMHO.