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Shocking! Bushmen Cut Deal With Iranian Terrorists

Or why some wars on terror are more equal than others

The group in question is the Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO). According to an (admittedly choppy and badly translated) account from Jihad Unspun,

The US's deal to allow them to keep their arms is not for MKO's protection, but it will be used as a counter military force to the future Iraqi military and the Islamic groups in Iraq. MKO, a Marxist group, is anti-Islamic. It will also be used by the US to destabilise Iran and will be used to threaten Iran if it does not conform with its foreign policy in the region, especially regarding Israel.

Under the deal, signed on April 15 but confirmed by the United States Central Command only today, United States forces agreed not to damage any of the group's vehicles, equipment or any of its property in its camps in Iraq, and not to commit any hostile act toward the Iranian opposition forces covered by the agreement.

Who are they?

The Iranian group, which is led by a woman and has an estimated 10,000 members in Iraq, has no known ties to Al Qaeda, but its members killed several American military personnel and civilian contractors in the 1970's and supported the takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979.

It has carried out dozens of bombings that were aimed at Iranian military and government workers, but that also killed civilians. It was added to the State Department's list of terrorist organizations in 1997.

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Thanks once again to reader Ted Dibble.

Posted by Steve Perry at April 30, 2003 9:03 AM

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