Tea-Bagger-in-Chief lobbied for Iranian terrorist group

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Secrets of the Tea Party: The troubling history of Tea Party leader Dick Armey, By Beau Hodai

As the Tea Party movement has gained momentum during the last 12 months, it seems few Tea Partiers have caught on to the troubling past of the man at the center of their movement: FreedomWorks chairman, former House Majority Leader and recently-retired lobbyist extraordinaire, Dick Armey.

As chairman of FreedomWorks, the group credited with mobilizing the Tea Party movement, Armey is the movement’s de facto leader. Yet Armey’s years spent lobbying for a group recognized by the State Department as being a terrorist organization—should give Tea Partiers pause.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/5698/secrets_of_the_tea_party

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1. What's wrong with that?

It makes perfect sense, they share an enemy, THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA. And neither is very keen on democracy.

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2. are we really surprised?

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4. Teabaggers are FOR Global Fascism...Armey and the GOP spin machine have convinced them

that is the right path for this country. They're, unfortunately, just too stupid to realize they are being used.

Fascists don't care one whit for the issues that agitate the Teabag crowd, they only know it is helpful in masking their fascist agenda.

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5. Who is the MEK? Why are they protected in Iraq?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/22/12746/3735

Who is the MEK? Why are they protected in Iraq? (Part one)

by jorndorff

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Sun Aug 21, 2005 at 10:27:46 PM PDT

The War on Terror. The Iraqi occupation. The neoconservative idealist notion of liberating the Middle East. Regime change in Iran. All of the points reach a nexus with the Mujahideen-e Khalq , an anti-Iranian regime Foreign Terrorist Organization in Iraq with US backing. In this first entry in a three-part series, I explore the history of the MEK and its protection by American forces in Iraq.

The Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK), also known as the People’s Mujahideen of Iran, are a revolutionary political extremist group that dates back some 40 years. The MEK was founded an anti-Islamist rule organization which has sought a ‘people’s revolution’ in the nation of Iran since its inception in 1965. The founders of the MEK were intellectuals at Tehran University who strongly opposed the rule of the Shah in the 70s, espousing a secular, Marxist ideology. The MEK has a military faction called the National Liberation Army (NLA), and is also affiliated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). In addition to the MEK, the NLA and the NCRI, numerous front organizations are also led by husband-and-wife Massoud and Maryam Rajavi. During the early 70’s, the MEK were responsible for the following assassinations of Americans:

• June 2, 1973: Lt. Colonel Lewis L. Hawkins
• May 21, 1975: Air Force Colonel Paul Schaeffer
- Air Force Lt. Colonel Jack Turner
• August 28, 1976: Donald G. Smith
- Robert R. Krongrad
- William C. Cottrell

The MEK also assisted and endorsed the occupation of the US Embassy in Tehran and hostage taking.


MEK makes the FTO list

In 1997, the State Department included the MEK on its list of FTOs (foreign terrorist organizations). The EU and the UK have also included the MEK in their FTO lists. To this day, the MEK remains on the US FTO list, despite attempts by Congress and neoconservatives to drop their terrorist status. Anthony Cordesman, former national security advisor and Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies:

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7. Answers that question

they're pure mercenaries. No integrity, will work for the highest bidder.

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