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Camp Ashraf : "Frenemies" of the West
Submitted by Majid Biabani (not verified) on October 13, 2011 - 6:35am.
Compared to other pieces about camp Ashraf it is better and more fair although lacking some important points . When the author claims that the Mojahedin in Ashraf have no support among the Iraqi people it is not a correct assumption considering that over 5 million 200.000 Iraqis signed a petition declaring their support for the Mojahedin in Ashraf. Given the population of Iraq and the sorry state of affairs of the country managing this kind of support seems incredible. The Iranian regime considers Mojahedin its main enemy and is extremely fearful of them. If as the critics have claimed over and over that they have no popular base in Iran why should the Mullahs be scared of them. The fact of the matter is that despite 32 years of vicious repression unseen in recent history and execution of over 120000 political prisoners most of whom were members or supporters of the Mojahedin this organization is still thriving inside Iran. Another reason of the popular support is the leaking of the most protected secrets of the clerical regime by the Mojahedin. If there was no popular support among all different sectors of society how would an organization have access to the most guarded secrets of the regime in Iran.In 2009 in his speech at Cairo university President Obama apologized to the clerical regime for overthrow of the Mossadegh regime by the CIA coup in 1953 and said what US did in interfering in the internal affairs of Iran was a mistake. What Obama failed to point out that the US is once again interfering in the internal affairs of Iran this time in favor of the Mullahs and the clerics staying in power by keeping their main opposition on the United States terror list unjustly. United States should realize that helping the Mullahs stay in power will not be forgotten by the Iranian people. Given that the European Union has removed the Mojahedin from their terror list the future government of Iran will have much closer ties with Europe than with the United States. This is another front that the US foreign policy is lagging behind Europe.
