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Iraq-Jordan
Rights groups urge Iraq to change stand on Iranian group
2004-10-11
Iraqi legal practitioners and human rights groups have called on the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to back down on the defunct Iraqi Governing Council decision No. 126, which regarded the Iranian organisation Mujahidi Khalq (MK) as a terrorist organisation and demanding the expulsion of MK members from Iraq. A statement issued here at the Babylon Hotel — attended by more than 1,200 legal practitioners and members of human rights groups — demanded that MK be struck off the list of terror groups because there is no proof that its members have any terrorist leanings.
"No, no, certainly not! Other than that incident with the bombs, and that unforunate accident with the shipment of rifles, our clients are pure as the driven snow!"
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Amazing progress that Iraq *has* human rights groups now and that they feel free to lobby the government.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2004-10-11 10:50:57 PM  

#4  The MK are terrorists and are hated by most of the Iranian populace. Public US support for the MK would backfire against the US in Iran.

The US should disband the MK, arrest the top leaders, and recruit the least brain washed members to aid covert operations against Iran.
Posted by: Anonymous5032   2004-10-11 11:50:36 AM  

#3  No, 2b: a combatant who does not wear a uniform but does target military combatants/infrastructure is a geurilla not a terrorist.

a combatant who does not wear a uniform and targets civilians ON PURPOSE to create fear/outrage to further their political agenda is a terrorist.
Posted by: Anon1   2004-10-11 10:20:22 AM  

#2  BD Simpleton, until they wear uniforms and target military combatants, they are terrorists.
Posted by: 2b   2004-10-11 8:52:32 AM  

#1  Even being a suicide bomber does not automatically cause you to be a terrorist. Suicide bombing is a form of delivering a bomb. What or who you target is what defines you as a terrorist. The Iran suicide bombers who blow themselves up in local stations of the secret police do not meet the PROPEr definition of a terrorist.
Posted by: BD Singleton   2004-10-11 5:40:02 AM  

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