Monday, October 02, 2006

Never know who you might find in the shelter nowadays..

This is some seriously dangerous old lady:
NEW YORK (AP) -- An Iranian widow who became a naturalized U.S. citizen 10 years ago was a top official for a heavily armed, Iraq-based terrorist organization dedicated to the violent overthrow of Iran's government, the U.S. government alleges in court documents.

The documents, obtained from Brooklyn court files on Monday, say two confidential informants in Iraq identified Zeinab Taleb-Jedi, 51, as a leader of the Mujahedeen Khalq. The group was identified in court papers as Mujahedin-e Khalq.

One of the informants told the FBI that Taleb-Jedi was on a council "responsible for making leadership decisions for the organization, including approving specific acts of terrorism" against Iran, the papers said.

Taleb-Jedi was arrested in March after flying from Jordan to Kennedy International Airport. A judge agreed to release her on $500,000 (euro394,166) bond. The court papers said she has been living at a women's shelter in Manhattan.
And get this:
The group was founded in Iran in the 1960s and moved to Iraq in the early 1980s to base its activities against Iran's government. It sided with Iraq in its 1980-88 war against Iran.

The State Department says the 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.
Wait a minute--I thought Saddam didn't support terrorism?

At least that's what the dems keep telling us in their talking points.