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Canada invites Iranian terror group in from the cold

Thursday, December 20, 2012 17:02
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Every once in a while they let old Vic Toews make an announcement that makes him feel he’s near the center of the action, and today was a red letter day by any standard.

Not only was old Vic tickled to announce that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were added to the official terror list, he had the good fortune to deliver even happier news; the Iranian People’s Mujaheddin (MEK) are officially off the list!

The MEK are long time devotees of the notion that the Ayatollahs can be overthrown by force. They are a terror group devoted to wreaking havoc in Iran. For many years they did this under the tutelage of Saddam Hussein, who as the arch-enemy of the Ayatollahs saw it in his interest to feed and house the People’s Mujaheddin.

Since the Nations of Virtue dispatched Hussein, the MEK has spent almost as much money buying friends inside the Washington Beltway as AIPAC does. The list of high-profile movers and shakers who have lobbied for the MEK includes two former CIA Directors, former FBI boss Louis Freeh, Rudy Giuliani, UN Ambassador John Bolton, and former Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.

In truth the Canadian move is more or less meaningless. The EU removed the MEK’s terror designation three years ago, and the US did the same a few months ago, so old Vic is just tagging along behind the big dogs on this one.

Unfortunately, after having broken off diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic earlier this year, there is no expectation that Canada’s announcement will have any impact on Iran.



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