John Kiriakou
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Oh, for sure.
No matter who attacks.
No matter who attacks.
You're right.
And the only analysis that you're getting or paying attention to is from either the Israelis or the MEK, the Mujahideen-e-Khalk, which is really no more than a quasi-communist cult
then you can't rely on the information.
Yeah, which just sends chills up my spine.
Okay, so who are they?
So they were founded by a husband and wife team back in the 60s.
And in the 70s, they were based in Iraq, northeastern Iraq, and they would launch these cross-border attacks into Iran.
Deep into Iran, like in Tehran, terrorist attacks, they...
They attempted to murder the American ambassador.
They attempted to murder a three-star general who was the senior most American military official in Iran.
They've carried out anti-American terrorist attacks over the course of decades.
Anti-American.
Anti-American.
And then they switched sides.
When Saddam Hussein pushed them out of Iraq, they relocated mostly to Paris.
Now the husband disappeared.
And that's where the Greek, what became the Greek terrorist groups, 17 November and popular revolutionary struggle, they started in Paris.