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100 members of former opposition group return to Iran 3:08 p.m. February 28, 2005 TEHRAN, Iran – About 100 former members of an Iranian opposition group who fled to Iraq returned home Monday, the largest number to do so since Iran offered an amnesty in 2003, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The Mujahedeen Khalq, Iran's biggest armed opposition group, was founded in the late 1960s and moved to Iraq as a base for its activities against the Islamic regime of Iran in early 1980s. The "repentant ex-members" of the Mujahedeen Khalq fled their camp in Iraq and appealed to the Red Cross for assistance in returning to Iran, Shahriar Haidari, governor of the Iran-Iraq border area of Qasr-e Shirin, told the news agency. Haidari said 133 others have also applied to return and are expected next week. Local officials, contacted by The Associated Press, refused to provide more details. Iran offered the amnesty to members who had not been involved in armed attacks. The returnees will be debriefed and sent back to their families, IRNA said. Some 4,000-5,000 members of the group have been disarmed since the U.S.-led coalition forces toppled Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein. Last December, 27 former group members returned to Iran. The Mujahedeen Khalq is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union. The group, which sided with Saddam in his 1980-88 war against Iran, is well armed and for years fought Iran's Islamic rulers from Iraq with the backing of Saddam's regime. It was disarmed by U.S. forces in Iraq soon after major hostilities ended. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
