U.S. Wants More Terror in Iraq

First, from the Financial Times:
Not only does the State Department disagree with the neo-conservative view that the Iranian people are on the point of a mass rebellion that would sweep away the ayatollahs, but it is suspicious of the reliability of the Pentagon's intelligence on Iran.


Disagreement also surfaced over Pentagon efforts to co-opt the Iranian militants of the opposition People's Mujahideen (MKO) in Iraq. But after intervention by Ms Rice, they were disarmed. The MKO is listed by the State Department as a terrorist group.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1051390434499

And then, note this exchange at a State Department press briefing:
QUESTION: Richard, since the ceasefire deal and then the disarmament deal with the People's Mujahedin in Iraq, have you guys started to take steps to remove them from the list of terrorist organizations?


MR. BOUCHER: Why?


QUESTION: Well, I'm just curious as to why, once again, you know, the sister, this group, the National Council of Resistance, has been allowed to hold a press conference on U.S. soil when it's deemed a Foreign Terrorist Organization.


MR. BOUCHER: Once again, I have to refer you to the Justice Department for questions about their status.


QUESTION: Is the State Department at all upset that its -- that the Secretary's judgment on this group seems to be being flouted by the Justice Department? Are they --


MR. BOUCHER: I refer you to the Justice Department, which has the final decision on their status in the United States.


QUESTION: How is this different from when the PFLP holds a press conference to talk about stuff in Damascus?


MR. BOUCHER: Again, I refer you to the Department of Justice for questions about their status in the United States.


QUESTION: Well, I'm sorry. Well, can you explain, then, you know, what the -- how the State Department views this designation? Is this a designation that the Department takes seriously, that this group is a Foreign Terrorist Organization?


MR. BOUCHER: Absolutely.


QUESTION: Okay. And then you don't take a position on them giving press conferences down the street from the White House?


MR. BOUCHER: The question of the ties, the relationships and the status in the United States is something the Justice Department has to account for. I think I've told you about 12 times I'm not going to answer the question. You can keep asking it again and again, if you want.


QUESTION: Well, I'm going to bring it up every time they have a press conference.


MR. BOUCHER: It's not anywhere I'm going to go.


QUESTION: Can we switch subjects?


QUESTION: No.


MR. BOUCHER: I'd love to. Elise.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0305/S00290.htm

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