The Washington Times
June 15, 2007
By Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Bob Filner
Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican, represents Colorado's 6th Congressional District. Rep. Bob Filner, a Democrat, represents California's 51st Congressional District.
Since the theocratic regime of Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in 1979, and under Khomeini's successors, Iran has consistently out-maneuvered the United States and our allies through a crafty combination of diplomatic manipulation; exploitation of commercial considerations; support for terrorists and kidnappers; the use of proxy agents in Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere; and, in recent years, playing the nuclear card...
Listing the MEK as "terrorists" is both an injustice and manifestly contrary to U.S. interests. To remedy this situation, there is growing bipartisan support in Congress to urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to remove the MEK from the terrorist list, using procedures enacted into law in 2004 to de-designate listed organizations that no longer qualify for such treatment... Read More
