Thanks for the link Paleene. I will check that out ASAP.

U.S. government and we have no moral authority to call MKO or NCRI a terrorist organizations when we are making deals with the largest terrorist organization in the world, the mafia government of IR.

Isn’t Green Movement trying to do what Mujahedin-e- Khalgh (MKO) has been trying for 30 years, overthrowing the Iranian regime? So how come we hail one as hero and call the other a villain? Okay, MKO tactics have been different. Is it possible that MKO may be a bit smarter and whole lot realistic about the nature of its enemy, the IR mafia organization?

After learning about MKO struggle and the faith of their members under Khomeini regime, I would not shed any tear for any IR government figure who was assassinated by MKO. Why should anybody when Khomeini regime executed anywhere from 5000 to 30000 members of this group (with no trial) and buried them in mass graves. We were okay with Khomeini’s mass murder but if in retaliation MKO killed a few thugs we are quick to call that terrorist act. What a travesty.

MKO demands were the same as those of the Green movement, freedom, justice, equal right for women and minorities, government of law not lawlessness. If 25 years ago 2-3 million people poured into the streets and supported MKO as they supported and continue to support Green Movement, their children would not be shot dead in the streets of Tehran or raped in government prisons today.

Anybody who claims to be sympathetic to democracy movement in Iran and agrees that currently there is no democracy and no respects for individual rights in Iran, is a hypocrite calling MKO or NCRI terrorist organizations. And if they do they are either working for or are sympathetic to the hated regime of IR.

MKO members are Freedom Fighters as are people in Green Movement or any other political groups in Iran that is striving to dissolve the mafia government of Iran. IRI is the shame of Iran and must be wiped out from the face of the earth (borrowing a phrase from Mahmud, president of morons and thugs).

Karim Sadjadpour mad a clear (and comprehensive) statement on qantara.de/Deutsche Welle about his assessment of the situation in Iran: “The Iranian Regime Is Now More Vulnerable Than Ever Before”. http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1251/i.html (English version).

Much appreciated — I should have made clear in update that there has been reorganisation of intell services in recent months with Ahmadinejad’s move to control Ministry of Intelligence in summer. I just don’t think Rajavi is the best source (and certainly not a reliable sole source) for the story.

S.

http://www.irna.ir/AR/View/FullStory/?NewsId=785325&IdLanguage=2

تعيين القائد الجديد لقوات حرس الثورة في طهران الکبرى
طهران / 12 تشرين الثاني / نوفمبر /ارنا- اصدر القائد العام لقوات حرس الثورة الاسلامية اللواء محمد علي جعفري قرارا عين بموجبه العميد حسين همداني قائدا جديدا لفيلق “محمد رسول الله (ص)” في منطقة طهران الکبرى.

Maybe one day we will reach a time where EA becomes so influential that baddies will read EA and purposely decide to ruin its reputation. Perhaps Mohammad Reza Naqdi will say “aha, that jerk Lucas said there is going to be a ‘Lull’ today. I’m going to arrest 500 pregnant women and show him who is boss!”

Anyway, I was given two interesting links last night by a green supporter. One is from Rooz and involves some interesting new claims about the extent the regime is going to control internet access in Iran: http://bit.ly/266Ksa

The other is a part of the Colbert Report from last night (or the night before, depending on where you live). Karim Sadjadpour was interviewed for a segment about Mahmoud Vahidnia, the math student who challenged the Supreme Leader. Although the segment is really funny, I found myself actually disturbed by one part towards the end. Colbert says “We think of the [Green] Revolution as over. Is it over, or is it just at such a low boil that we can’t perceive it?”‘ Sadjadpour thankfully responds “Absolutely not over, Stephen!” However, the exchange concerned me. Assuming that unlike myself, who is spending a disproportionate (some would say unhealthy) proportion of his time focused on the domestic events in Iran, Colbert’s attention is spread around in a more balanced way. Do most Americans (or even Westerners) think that the Green Wave is over? http://bit.ly/11jt1g

I hate to say this, but although the regime’s attempt to prevent anybody from reporting truthfully on the internal situation in Iran may have mostly failed domestically, it appears to have been a rousing success internationally. As Scott points out on a daily basis, Western sources mostly aren’t reporting much on the domestic situation in Iran. It seems like rather than redoubling their efforts in spite of the obstacles, the Western media just decided it was too difficult to get information from inside Iran, and settled for lazily reporting exclusively on the small % of info that they can get with relative ease. Perhaps the lack of coverage (at least in part) has led to most folks in the West just thinking “that whole Green thing must be over by now.” :(