Why only Israel and MEK are right on Iran 11/13 by HLF Benyamin Solomon | Politics Podcasts

Why only Israel and MEK are right on Iran 11/13 by HLF Benyamin Solomon | Politics Podcasts

Check out this Blog Talk Radio episode that I did where I explain why Israel and the MEK are pretty much the only ones that understand and say the truth about Iran.

Iranian proxy Maliki begs for US intervention

  Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister and member of the Islamic Dawa Party, the Iranian proxy group, which bombed a US embassy in the 1980's, has begged for the US to intervene. There has been a misconception about the new Iraqi Government being a puppet of the US. No, they're puppets of Iran.
   The latest act Maliki is doing on behalf of Iran is to massacre and torture the Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf. Iran and their propagandists have claimed that the people in Ashraf are "terrorists" and pose a threat. But in reality, it's Iran that poses a threat. Why don't we see the people in Ashraf committing violence? Oh right. The MEK denounced violence back in 2001. And the people in Camp Ashraf handed their weapons over to the US-led coalition and agreed to accept refugee status under the 4th Geneva Convention. The MEK did not lift a finger against the US, even when America stupidly bombed them in the hope that Iran would leave us alone. Oh wait. Iran did not leave us alone. Instead, their thank you was placing roadside bombs in order to kill US troops. But the MEK never fought the US. They surrendered. They didn't lift a finger for Saddam Hussein. All they are are enemies of the Khomeinist regime in Tehran, which is a global threat  to the Free World. It's ironic how the Iranian proxies in the Iraqi Government want the luxery of US troops fighting for them while their terrorist masters in Tehran kill them. It is truly disgusting. The Iraqi army, with all that US training, rather than fighting terror, act "bravely" against innocent Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf, who dare to stand up to Khomeinist Fascism. Maliki begged for the US intervention on the grounds that it's needed to help combat Al Qaeda. While the US has said nothing about its commitments, Obama said, “Although Iraq's made significant progress in areas like oil production and a range of other reforms that have taken place, unfortunately al Quida has still been active and has grown more active recently. We had a lot of discussion about how we can work together to push back against that terrorist organization.”
  Al Qaeda is a threat. But so is Iran. Maliki said nothing about the threat Iran poses in Iraq. Why isn't he interested about the threat Iran poses to any hope of democracy in Iraq [as pessimistic as I am about dmeocracy in Iraq succeeding]. Face it. Maliki's forces are abunch of cowards. They can't even fight Al Qaeda terrorists [assuming Maliki is saying the truth when he begged for US intervention]; but they can commit massacre after massacre against Iranian dissidents in Ashraf, who are not lifting a finger. I already explained why I think the MEK is trying to protect democracy in Iraq. They have been nothing but cooperative and have warned about Iranian terrorism. Should Obama be supporting Maliki? I think not. But it goes to show how Maliki gets away with committing brutal terrorist atrocities against the people in Camp Ashraf [the world was too busy condemning Israel like usual and crying for Iranian nuclear scientists who helped Khomeinist Tehran to develop nukes for their Jihadist ambitions]. So Maliki and his Khomeinist masters in Tehran are therefore just as much terrorists as Al Qaeda are. That's the point. But this type of Islamist chutzpah never ceases to amaze me.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/01/207268_obama-iraqs-maliki-pledge-to-combat.html#storylink=cpy

Atheist Conservative's Jillian Becker convinced to forsake Khomeinist propaganda on MEK

   In the comment section of the Atheist Conservative on an article that criticized Michelle Bachmann for her support of the MEK, I got into an interesting discussion with the post's author Jillian Becker. That post promoted an anti-MEK article by Michael Rubin, who, while not a supporter of Iran's regime, was endorsed by one of their propaganda sites for repeating Khomeinist disinformation on the MEK. It must be stressed that Jillian Becker herself was not a support of the Khomeinist regime in Iran either. Yet nevertheless, back in 2011, she promoted one of Michael Rubin's articles, which repeated Khomeinist disinformation.
   In the comment section, I explain that back in WWII, the US supported Stalin against Hitler. In the comment section, I explain that Stalin was the "worst of the worst" and that he was not any less anti-Semitic than Hitler was. I explain that had he died later than he did, he would've carried out his plan to ship the Jews over to Siberia so they can die off there. I explain that Stalin was no better than Hitler in terms of human rights. In fact, Stalin murdered millions of more people than Hitler. Jillian Becker  acknowledges that I was right about Stalin's anti-Semitism, saying that " as for Stalin and his anti-Semitism, I know the history well. What you say is true." The argument I was making was that if the US and the West could support Stalin agianst Hitler, who was then a global threat, why can't America and the West support the MEK, who are not NEARLY as bad, against the Khomeinist regime, which is a global threat. For unlike Stalin, who was a totalitarian Communist, the MEK seeks to have a democratic Iran. I explain that geopolitics doesn't always give you desireable allies and that the MEK is the one force that's chellanging Iranian terrorism in Iraq, which I see as a threat to the Free World. Jillian Becker even visited this blog and said,"I've visited your site. The pictures of the massacre in Camp Ashraf are horrifying!" Then, where she really got convined to forsake Khomeinist disinformation on the MEK was when she said,"I've also read the history of MEK (- MKO). I believe you now that the people you are supporting deserve support against the present Iranian regime." Before, she said,"I appreciate the trouble you have taken to make your case for supporting the MEK. I'll find out more about the organization as it is now, and come back to you soon on this page."
   Whatever you like or dislike about the MEK, one point is that it's very dangerous for America or the Free World to base their policies off of Khomeinist disinformation. Especially be careful of Khomeinist propaganda sites like Habillian Association and Iran-interlink, both of which spew Khomeinist propaganda and are run by Khomeinist propagandists [or perhaps even agents of Iran's regime].  When I think of the Habillian Association, the first thing that comes to my mind is Nazi propagandists. I picture in my head of what would happen if during WWII, some German "human rights" group denounced Hitler's opponents as "terrorists" and kept on brown nosing him and saying how the threat posed by Nazi Germany was "Jewish propaganda" or "Neo-Con propaganda." For there is no questioning that Habillian Association enthusiastically supports Iran's regime. Yet in this politically correct pro-Islamist world, they get praised as a "human rights" group. Perhaps that's me going on a tangent. But if you want more details about that, go here. Jillian Becker was impressed at how fluently I defended the MEK against Khomeinist disinformation. For on the Atheist Conservative, using fact, I clearly discredited Khomeinist disinformation.

Atheist Conservative promotes Khomeinist disinformation

   Yesterday, while surfing the web, I came by a little more than a two year old post on the Atheist Conservative that criticized Michelle Bachmann for expressing support for the MEK. It was written by Jillian Becker. It starts off attacking the MEK and then goes on to then attack Michelle Bachmann over her alleged position on teaching intelligent design in schools.
  The post repeats Khomeinist disinformation and cited [and promoted] Michael Rubin, whose anti-MEK claims have played so much into the hands of Khomeinist propagandists that one of their own propaganda sites have publicly praised him for it. The post just parrots off what Michael Rubin wrote and, in effect, parrots off Khomeinist disinformation. For what sense did it make to support Stalin against Hitler in WWII; but not the MEK, which, unlike Stalin, is fighting for democratic rule, against the Naiz-like Muslim Fundamentalist regime in Tehran?

Sample of what the world did not condemn

  When it came to terrorist Iranian nuclear scientists, who were helping the Islamo-Fascist regime in Tehran to develop nukes for their Jihadist ambitions, getting blown up in cars, everyone cried for them. Yet when it comes to decades of Iranian terrorist aggression against the people in Camp Ashraf, the world is silent. Even after the people in Ashraf handed over their weapons to the US-led coalition forces in Iraq and accepted 4th Geneva Convention status, the world was still silent about Iranian terrorist aggression against them. Instead, the people in Ashraf get accused of being terrorists. And Iranian terrorist aggression gets excused.
   On September 1, 2013, Iraqi forces, acting on behalf of Iran, committed another horrible massacre against the people of Camp Ashraf. Again the world was silent. Here are some pictures [warning the pictures are graphic] of that massacre [from the NCRI website]:

 

 








 [The pictures are so disgusting that I can't even cut and paste most of them; yet when  I tried to cut and paste some of them, it ended up cutting and pasting all of them and I had to delete the text of the post on the NCRI website]

  That is the daily lives of the people in Camp Ashraf, who get murdered for daring to say no to Iranian terrorism. It's ironic how the Iranian-run Iraqi Government [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a member of the Islamic Dawa Party, which is a proxy of Iran] was charged with defending democracy when in reality, they're defending Iranian interests. Instead of fighting the real threat to democracy [Iran], the Iraqi Government, which is dominated by Iranian agents, chooses to fight the MEK, which poses no threat whatsoever. And to think that people call the people in Ashraf "terrorists". What a freakin' travesty.

Khomeinist propaganda seeks to tie MEK to Al Qaeda

   There is no limit to the lies from the Khomeinist disinformation campaign against the MEK [Mujahideen-e-Khalq]. The MEK has been fiercely opposed to the regime in Iran and has been demonized for it. Just as the politically correct left demonizes Israel for standing up to Jihadist terrorism, they're also demonizing the MEK.
   One of the major claims made by Khomeinist propagandists is that the MEK has ties to Al Qaeda. For instance, Khomeinist propaganda website Iran Interlink claims:

Iran Interlink, November 06, 2010: … Massoud Rajavi was on the stage and while he had his hands on his waist he began a war cry against the USA, and in his admiration for Osama Ben Laden and his organization, Al Qaeda, he said, ”This was fanatical Islam which trembled and shacked the basis of US Imperialism and they destroyed the twin towers which were the symbol of their power, and successfully reduced it to rubble through their successful mission”. Then he (Massoud Rajavi) with a smile on his face continued his war cry and said, ”What will happen to the USA if revolutionary Islam with our Ideology and Maryam’s leadership comes to power, then this paper tiger (the USA) will be destroyed as a whole.” …

 Actually, where is the evidence of that? And why don't we see MEK terrorists killing Americans? Why don't we see the people in Camp Ashraf supporting the insrugents and sending people off to kill American troops in Iraq? The MEK denounced violence back in 2001. In 2003, the MEK handed over their weapons to the US-led coalition and have accepted their status under the 4th Geneva Convention. Yet Iran and their terrorist proxies continue with their constant terrorist aggression against the innocent people in Camp Ashraf. There is no evidence of MEK terrorism against America. There is no national security threat from the MEK. In fact, the MEK's goals match up with US security interests. The Iranian regime, on the other hand, has been killing Americans. Iran and their proxy terrorists have murdered American troops, Iraqis, who don't support Iran, and Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf. What Khomeinist Iran-interlink doesn't tell you is that Iran publicly considers America to be the "Great Satan". Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during his Presidency, at the same conference where he was well known for calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map", said:

Such people are using words like “it’s not possible”. They say how could we have a world without America and Zionism? But you know well that this slogan and goal can be achieved and can definitely be realised”. 

 So in other words, Ahmadinejad, in addition for calling for Israel's destruction, called for America's destruction. The conference was known as "The World without Zionism and America." So  Khomeinist Tehran constantly calls for the destruction of Israel and America and has been carrying out terrorist attacks in order to try to achieve that goal. Right now, Iran is developing nukes to achieve that goal. Ahmadinejad said that right while Iran was still working on its nuclear weapons program.
  Another Khomeinist disinformation claim has been the claim that the MEK worked with Al Qaeda terrorist Ramzi Yousef to bomb a Shia shrine in Iran. But while Iran has falsely accused the MEK of being terrorists and has done all it can to present the MEK as a terrorist threat, Iran itself is a terrorist threat. In other words, Iran has tried to portray the MEK as what they are. And as for the false claim of the MEK supporting Al Qaeda, the 9/11 Commission report actually reports instances of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah working with Al Qaeda. The 9/11 commission report says this about the Khobar Towers bombing:

In June 1996, an enormous truck bomb detonated in the Khobar Towers

residential complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that housed U.S.Air Force per-

sonnel. Nineteen Americans were killed, and 372 were wounded.The opera-

tion was carried out principally, perhaps exclusively, by Saudi Hezbollah, an

organization that had received support from the government of Iran.While the 

evidence of Iranian involvement is strong, there are also signs that al Qaeda

played some role, as yet unknown. [page 60]

The 9/11 Commission report states also:

In late 1991 or 1992, discussions in Sudan 

between al Qaeda and Iranian operatives led to an informal agreement to coop- 

erate in providing support—even if only training—for actions carried out pri- 

marily against Israel and the United States. Not long afterward, senior al Qaeda 

operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives. In the 

fall of 1993, another such delegation went to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon for 

further training in explosives as well as in intelligence and security. Bin Ladin 

reportedly showed particular interest in learning how to use truck bombs such 

as the one that had killed 241 U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983.The relation- 

ship between al Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did not 

necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist opera- 

tions.As will be described in chapter 7, al Qaeda contacts with Iran continued 

in ensuing years. [page 61]

Also as reported by the 9/11 Commission report:

As early as January 1994, Bin Ladin received the surveillance reports, com-

plete with diagrams prepared by the team’s computer specialist. He, his top mil-

itary committee members—Banshiri and his deputy, Abu Hafs al Masri (also

known as Mohammed Atef)—and a number of other al Qaeda leaders

reviewed the reports. Agreeing that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi was an easy 

target because a car bomb could be parked close by, they began to form a plan.

Al Qaeda had begun developing the tactical expertise for such attacks months

earlier, when some of its operatives—top military committee members and sev-

eral operatives who were involved with the Kenya cell among them—were sent

to Hezbollah training camps in Lebanon. [page 68]

As for the 9/11 hijackers, the 9/11 Commission report states:

As we mentioned in chapter 2, while in Sudan, senior managers in al Qaeda

maintained contacts with Iran and the Iranian-supported worldwide terrorist

organization Hezbollah, which is based mainly in southern Lebanon and

Beirut. Al Qaeda members received advice and training from Hezbollah.

Intelligence indicates the persistence of contacts between Iranian security

officials and senior al Qaeda figures after Bin Ladin’s return to Afghanistan.

Khallad has said that Iran made a concerted effort to strengthen relations with

al Qaeda after the October 2000 attack on the USS

Cole

, but was rebuffed

because Bin Ladin did not want to alienate his supporters in Saudi Arabia. Khal-

lad and other detainees have described the willingness of Iranian officials to

facilitate the travel of al Qaeda members through Iran, on their way to and from

Afghanistan. For example, Iranian border inspectors would be told not to place

telltale stamps in the passports of these travelers. Such arrangements were par-

ticularly beneficial to Saudi members of al Qaeda.

120

Our knowledge of the international travels of the al Qaeda operatives

selected for the 9/11 operation remains fragmentary. But we now have evi-

dence suggesting that 8 to 10 of the 14 Saudi “muscle” operatives traveled into

or out of Iran between October 2000 and February 2001.

121

In October 2000, a senior operative of Hezbollah visited Saudi Arabia to

coordinate activities there. He also planned to assist individuals in Saudi Ara-

bia in traveling to Iran during November. A top Hezbollah commander and

Saudi Hezbollah contacts were involved.

122

Also in October 2000, two future muscle hijackers, Mohand al Shehri and

Hamza al Ghamdi, flew from Iran to Kuwait. In November, Ahmed al Ghamdi

apparently flew to Beirut, traveling—perhaps by coincidence—on the same

flight as a senior Hezbollah operative.Also in November, Salem al Hazmi appar-

ently flew from Saudi Arabia to Beirut.

123

In mid-November, we believe, three of the future muscle hijackers,Wail al

Shehri,Waleed al Shehri, and Ahmed al Nami, all of whom had obtained their

U.S. visas in late October, traveled in a group from Saudi Arabia to Beirut and

then onward to Iran. An associate of a senior Hezbollah operative was on the

same flight that took the future hijackers to Iran. Hezbollah officials in Beirut

and Iran were expecting the arrival of a group during the same time period.

The travel of this group was important enough to merit the attention of sen-

ior figures in Hezbollah.

124

Later in November, two future muscle hijackers, Satam al Suqami and Majed

Moqed, flew into Iran from Bahrain. In February 2001, Khalid al Mihdhar may

have taken a flight from Syria to Iran, and then traveled further within Iran to

a point near the Afghan border.

125

KSM and Binalshibh have confirmed that several of the 9/11 hijackers (at

least eight, according to Binalshibh) transited Iran on their way to or from

Afghanistan, taking advantage of the Iranian practice of not stamping Saudi

passports.They deny any other reason for the hijackers’ travel to Iran.They also

deny any relationship between the hijackers and Hezbollah.

126

In sum, there is strong evidence that Iran facilitated the transit of al Qaeda

members into and out of Afghanistan before 9/11, and that some of these were

future 9/11 hijackers.There also is circumstantial evidence that senior Hezbol-

lah operatives were closely tracking the travel of some of these future muscle

hijackers into Iran in November 2000. However, we cannot rule out the pos-

sibility of a remarkable coincidence—that is, that Hezbollah was actually focus-

ing on some other group of individuals traveling from Saudi Arabia during this

same time frame, rather than the future hijackers.

127

We have found no evidence that Iran or Hezbollah was aware of the plan-

ning for what later became the 9/11 attack.At the time of their travel through

Iran, the al Qaeda operatives themselves were probably not aware of the spe-

cific details of their future operation.

After 9/11, Iran and Hezbollah wished to conceal any past evidence of

cooperation with Sunni terrorists associated with al Qaeda. A senior Hezbol-

lah official disclaimed any Hezbollah involvement in 9/11.

128  We believe this topic requires further investigation by the U.S. government. [p. 240-241].

   There has also been evidence of Iranian support for Al Qaeda after 9/11 to. The Washington Post says:

 The Jerusalem Force's [Qods force] former commander, Ahmad Vahidi, allegedly helped plan the 1994 bombing of the Amia Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 civilians were killed and 230 injured, according to Argentine intelligence officials and others.
The group has also maintained ties with Al Qaeda for more than a decade, according to US and European intelligence officials. Senior Al Qaeda leaders first met and formed a tactical alliance with the nascent Jerusalem Force in Sudan in the early 1990s, intelligence officials say. The group was creating training camps there at the same time that Osama bin Laden had begun to create his own financial and training infrastructure.

Bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, used his decade-old relationship with Vahidi, then commander of the Jerusalem Force, to negotiate safe harbor for some Al Qaeda leaders who were trapped in the mountains of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, in 2001, according to a European intelligence official. 

    The British media outlet Sky News reported that:

Sky News' intelligence sources have said Iran has been supplying al Qaeda with training in the use of advanced explosives, "some funding and a safe haven" as part of a deal first worked out in 2009 which has now led to "operational capacity".

 In all fairness, it's true that Iran and Al Qaeda were on different sides in the Syria conflict. Al Qaeda was part of the Sunni Jihadist element of the anti-Assad rebels in Syria. And Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have been fighting on behalf of Butcher Assad and actively supported his use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians. But still, Iran has constantly had an alliance with Al Qaeda against America and the free world; both before and after 9/11.
   It's funny how Khomeinist disinformation makes the allegation that the MEK has worked with Al Qaeda when Iran's own leaders were the ones who have made an alliance against them. As for the fabricated quote that was supposedly attributed to Massoud Rajavi [its possible for a Khomeinist propagandist to have taken it from an Iranian regime official and then attribute it to Massoud Rajavi], it sounds like what an official from Iran's terror regime would say. After all, Iran has constantly promoted the "death to America" demonstrations. Iran has been actively supporting terrorism against America. All the while, the MEK has not lifted a finger against the US. While Iran and its terorrist proxies have murdered US troops in Iraq, the MEK has been nothing but cooperative with US forces. Even after bombing MEK bases in the beginning of the Iraq war, they still did not fight back.In fact, they surrendered, handed their arms to the US and accepted 4th Geneva convention status. Yet despite this, the heroic people in Camp Ashraf are murdered daily by Iran and its proxy forces. So this claim of the MEK having ties to Al Qaeda or working with Al Qaeda are baseless. It's Iran that worked with Al Qaeda. And this is another area of Khomeinist hypocrisy where Iran is guilty of exactly what Khomeinist disinformation accuses the MEK of.

 

September 2012: The Month America stopped brown nosing Iran with its terrorist list

  September 2012 was the month when the US [even under Obama] decided to stop brown nosing Iran with the terrorist list. Finally, the MEK was taken off that terror list due to there being no evidence whatsoever of them being terrorists.
   In fact, all the evidence has pointed to the exact opposite. We don't see the MEK being Jihadist fanatics committing terror attacks around the world or developing nuclear weapons in order to wipe nations off the map. Unlike the Khomeinist regime in Tehran, which is doing exactly that. If the MEK are such vicious terrorists, as portrayed by Khomeinist disinformation, then why don't we hear of terror attacks committed by the MEK? In fact, the people of Camp Ashraf have not committed a single violent act. They are victims of terrorism from Iran and its proxies [including those in the Iraqi Government]. It's such a mystery how the US has trained the Iraqi army and police to help develop democracy in Iraq. Yet the new Iraqi Government acts as a proxy of Iran and carries out state terrorism on the people of Camp Ashraf on behalf of Khomeinist Tehran. Clearly, the people in Camp Ashraf are the one force doing what they can to protect democracy in Iraq [as pessimistic as I am about its success] from Iranian terrorism. 
  But after a ruling from the US Appeals court, the Obama Administration was forced to stop brown nosing Iran with its terrorist list by undoing one of the most stupid actions ever carried out: putting them on the list.
  The MEK were put on the list back in 1997 by the Clinton Administration in order to appease the Khomeinist "reformists" [like Mohammad Khatami, who was President]. Yet the US got nowhere.
  Also, if the MEK are such vicious terrorists, as portrayed by Khomeinist propaganda, why is it that all the courts of the free world ruled to remove the MEK off the list; first with the European Union in 2009 and then with the US State Department in 2012?
   Clearly, the only ones promoting these disinformation allegations against the MEK are the regime in Tehran and its propagandists including false "human rights" groups like the Habilian Association and all those former MEK phonies, who get paid large amounts of money to spread lies on behalf of Tehran.
   With so much terrorism from so many different forces in Iraq [Al Qaeda, Iran, the insurgents, many of those who support Saddam Hussein], the MEK has NOT committed a terrorist act. They denounced violence back in 2001 and, after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, handed their weapons over to the US and agreed to accept their status under the 4th Geneva Convention. Yet Iran and their terror proxies continued with terrorist aggression against the people of Camp Ashraf.
   Hillary Clinton,  as Secretary of State, removed the MEK because they were cooperative and because they had no evidence to suggest that there's any factual basis for keeping them on the list. Bare in mind that she was the First Lady of the very Administration that stupidly put them on that list.
   So clearly, there is no basis for having the MEK on the terror list. They pose no national security threat to the US. Yet the argument has been made that the US should keep them on the list to take the"higher rode." In other words, why don't the US and the West might as well commit suicide and let Iran and its terrorist proxies nuke them? They at least took the higher rode. As a result, they got destroyed. Also, in WWII, the US and the West supported Stalin against Hitler. Hitler was clearly a global threat and a genocidal maniac. Yet it is a fact that Stalin killed millions of more people than Hitler. And the eastern half of Europe, rather than being democratic, went from one form of tyranny [Fascist Nazi tyranny] to another form of tyranny [Communist tyranny]. Since Iran poses that same kind of terror threat and the MEK are definitely NOT nearly as bad as Stalin [unlike Stalin, who killed millions of people, MEK denounced violence in 2001], it would be logical to support the MEK against Iran. High rode my ass. For there is no logic to supporting Stalin against Hitler; yet blacklisting the MEK in the name of "taking the higher rode". And again, the courts found that these MEK terrorist designations are baseless. So to fight Iran's war against the MEK [being the same Khomeinist Iran, which considers the US to be the "Great Satan" and Israel to be the "Small Satan"] is stupid and suicidal. I think putting the MEK on that terror list to begin with was stupid and suicidal. That already is a move of a Khomeinist shill. Therefore, September 2012 should be known when the US stopped brown nosing Iran with the terror list.