US to Drop Iran Opposition Group From Terror List

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sick sick sick these "nice folk" will go on killing but now they will get money and guns from us! sick x9999999999999

Well, I guess they get put on the Christmas List and they get lots of guns and money from us now.

From Wikipedia "During the Iraq war, U.S. troops disarmed the MEK and posted guards at its bases.[85] The U.S. military also protected and gave logistical support to the MEK as U.S. officials viewed the group as a high value source of intelligence on Iran.[86] The MEK is credited with revealing Iran's nuclear program in 2003 and alerting Americans to Iranian advancements in nuclear technology.[87] The same year that the French police raided the MEK's properties in France (2003), Tehran attempted to negotiate with Washington. Iranian officials offered to withdraw military backing for Hamas and Hezbollah, and to give open access to their nuclear facilities in return for Western action in disbanding the MEK, which was revealed by Newsnight, a BBC current affairs program, in 2007. The BBC uncovered a letter written after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 where Tehran made this offer[88] The proposition was done in a secret letter to Washington via Switzerland. According to the BBC, the U.S. State Department received the letter from the highest levels of the Iranian government[citation needed]. According to Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff of Secretary of State Colin Powell, interviewed by the BBC, the State Department initially considered the offer, but it was ultimately rejected by the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.[89]" Nuclear issue "The MEK and the NCRI claim to be the first entities that revealed Iran's nuclear activities in 2002, which has turned to be a major concern for the US and some of its allies today.[14] On February 20, 2008, the NCRI claimed to have revealed another nuclear site of the Islamic Republic. This claim has never been independently verified.[15]"