Woman (from Herndon) accused of supporting terror group

[ECH1969]

Zeinab Taleb-Jedi, 51, a resident of Herndon, Va., went to Iraq in 1999 to attend a training camp run by the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said in a statement.

MEK, also known as the People's Mujahedin of Iran, and its affiliates were deemed foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. State Department in 1997. The designations bar anyone in the United States from providing material support.

The State Department says the MEK groups were funded by Saddam Hussein, supported the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and are responsible for the deaths of Americans in the 1970s.

U.S. forces took control of the camp and sent many members back to Iran on condition that they leave MEK, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the attorney's office. "An investigation reveals that she played an active role at the camp," Mrozek said.

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/15644559.htm

[Straight Shooter]

1. See how effective the Repubs are at catching terrorists?

The bill is still wet behind the ears and we hear about this case.

:eyes:

[Tellurian]

4. Wait until the terrorist's name is Perry Winkle

Or Sandy Banks, or Teresa Green, or Jim Shoe..and all are
guilty of belonging to the organisations like the spca, greenpeace,
or the aclu.

[hlthe2b]

2. have they thrown her in the river to see if she will float yet?

:sarcasm:

Ahh, the witch hunts begin....

[ShortnFiery]

3. Call A.A.R.P. for bail ... dumb a** thugs!

We are now starting to see it - "Terrorist" is anybody that BushWorld claims that gives a buck or two to one of their outlawed organizations.

"Some members of Congress in recent years have advocated the group's removal from the terrorism list because of its stance against the Iranian regime and because it doesn't pose a direct threat to the U.S."

Dumba**es harassing an elder woman ... what? You're afraid she's going to whack you with her cane. :grr:

[GetTheRightVote]

5. Why am I not surpriesed to read this news article, this is very scary.

Really scary all the way around. My hope lays in the Democrats taking over the Congress in both the Senate and the House.


:kick:

[lonestarnot]

6. Does she have any fingernails left? How bout fingers?

[Zero Division]

7. MEK and the Neocons:

From Talking Points Memo:

Since the war there�s been an-going battle within the administration over whether to root out the MEK or, if not quite sponsor them, then at least tolerate their continued battle against the mullahs of Iran.

Perle and his faction, not surprisingly, have been on the side pushing for sorta-kinda sponsorship.

See also: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/US_outsourcing_special_operations_intelligence_gathering_0413.html">Raw Story: "On Cheney, Rumsfeld order, US outsourcing special ops, intelligence to Iraq terror group, intelligence officials say"

Background on MEK from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahedeen-e_Khalq

MEK is also associated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is playing a role in the Neocons push for war with Iran that's analogous to the INC/Chalabi's role in the buildup to the war in Iraq: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/attention-iran-skeptics_b_14807.html .

[thecrow]

8. So she's on the side of people trying to overthrow the

mullahs of IRAN?????

Oh and her real name is Sandy Whitstone <---Joke>

[Truthiness Inspector]

9. Well

It says the U.S. State Department designated MEK as a terrorist group in 1997, and this woman trained at one of their camps in 1999. Doesn't sound like she was innocent to me.