| IRANIAN REGIME USES U.S. MEDIA TO ATTACK PMOI OPPOSITION |
| Author: DANIEL M. ZUCKER |
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| Date of Original Publication: 07/14/2009 |
| Country: Iran |
Summary: In what is becoming a regular routine, the beleaguered Iranian regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is using U.S. media to attack its arch-enemy, the popular People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, aka Mojahedin-e Khalq, MEK).
Last month it was Jacob Laksin of Front Page Magazine. who wrote the poorly researched "Terrorists as Freedom Fighters"; this month it's Antiwar.com's Charles Davis whose "US Lawmakers Call For Supporting Terrorists In Iran" shows even less research, and could have been written by a freshman writer in the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security's "Disinformation Department".
Mr. Davis: you have been fed a boat load of the regime's disinformation, and like Jacob Laksin, you swallowed it whole. Next time, do your homework and research your sources; it will prevent suffering egg-on-the-face syndrome. |
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| Brief commentary: Back to the PMOI: the UK and EU high courts have spoken and soon enough the
PMOI’s case will go to trial before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in
Washington, DC. In all likelihood, by this time next year the PMOI will no
longer be on the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. Does
this mean that the PMOI will then be the perfect government for a post-mullah
Iran? Probably not, because no government is capable of perfection; it’s made
up of humans who are fallible. But whether or not the PMOI and NCRI should
govern Iran is not for us to decide—that’s a question that only the Iranian
people have a right to, and should, decide in an open, fair, democratic
election. Congressmen Filner and Rohrabacher are correct; it's time for the
U.S. Department of State to get out of the way and let the Iranian people
decide for themselves. Removing the PMOI/MEK from the terrorist list without a
trial would be a very nice way to tell the people of Iran that we trust them to
do the right thing and kick the mullahs and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
out. As much as we want to see Khamenei and Ahmadinejad go, the people of Iran
want it about 65 million times more. Secretary Clinton: stop listening to the
mullah regime's agents and take the PMOI/MEK off of the list. At least 65
million Iranians will thank you, and so too, soon enough, will the rest of the
civilized world. |
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