Pentagon backs Saddam's Private Army in their military show in Iraq

Iran-Interlink, 21 February
The Mojahedin Khalq (MKO) is listed by the US, UK, EU and many other countries as a terrorist organisation because of their co-operation with Saddam Hussein in the massacre of Kurdish people, Marsh Arabs, hiding WMDs, etc. which has been exposed for some time. (Current new documents can be found in www.iran-interlink.org.)

Two days ago the MKO had an approved military parade show in their military base (Ashraf) in Iraq. The base is under the protection of the US military against threat of attack by Iraqis whose ruling council have asked unanimously for the Americans to remove these terrorists from their country. Instead, the 3800 terrorist personnel who are supposedly being held in the custody by order of the Pentagon, are continuing their military and terrorist training.

According to inside sources, the MKO base  has open telecommunication lines to their bases in Jordan, Europe and the US. They frequently travel from and to their military bases into European countries (through Jordan's Amman airport) and are heavily engaged in missions in Iraq as well as other regional countries. They are also permitted to run a television and radio station for their propaganda purposes. There have been reports that the MKO has also opened a new, close relation with the Israeli secret services in Iraq and thus is being protected, more than before, by the Pentagon for future use in the region. The group has been allowed to keep their uniforms and the military command and structure and the Americans have given them a completely open hand to deal with the internal affairs of the base. (In spite of clear evidence of the torture and execution of disaffected members).


Although the organization and its political wing the NCRI are listed as terrorist organizations in the US, their representatives in Washington, openly use Fox News television and some other pro Israeli media as well as known lobbyists in the senate. The head of this terrorist organization, Massoud Rajavi, who is believed to be under the protection of the US army in Iraq, has been in hiding since the fall of his previous benefactor, Saddam Hussein. His wife Maryam Rajavi who also has been alleged to have direct involvement  in the imprisonment, torture and execution of disaffected members, as well as the massacre of the Kurdish people in the North of Iraq, was found and arrested by the French police in the suburbs of Paris last year and is currently under investigation and a court order.