04-05-2007
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Rahmbo will get it done
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Member Since: Mar 2004
Location: Montreal, Canada
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CNN reports US Military protecting terrorist group in Iraq
Whats up with this? Either make it policy that you'll deal with terrorists if its to your advantage or remove their classification as a terrorist group. The status quo doesn't make any sense to me.
U.S. protects Iranian opposition group in Iraq - CNN.com
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, despite being considered terrorists by the United States, continues to receive protection from the American military in the face of Iraqi pressure to leave the country.
It's a paradox possible only because the United States considers the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, a source of valuable intelligence on Iran.
Iranian officials tied the MEK to an explosion in February at a girls school in Zahedan, Iran. (Full story)
The group also is credited with helping expose Iran's secret nuclear program through spying on Tehran for decades. And the group is considered an ally to America because of its opposition to Tehran.
However, 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.
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