ARAB-IRANIAN RELATIONS - Jan. 24 - Opposition Denies Cross-Border Attacks.The Mujahedin Noun 1. mujahedin - a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists" mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahideen, mujahidin Khalq, an armed Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, denies accusations by Tehran that it had murdered villagers and carried out acts of sabotage sabotage [Fr., sabot=wooden shoe; hence, to work clumsily], form of direct action by workers against employers through obstruction of work and/or lowering of plant efficiency. Methods range from peaceful slowing of production to destruction of property. during a cross-border attack January. In a statement, the group denounces Tehran, which made the accusations on Jan. 23, for telling a "pathetic pa·thet·ic also pa·thet·i·cal adj. 1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" lie". It says: "The mullahs' regime has all of a sudden churned out another pathetic lie and claimed...Mujahedin entered the territory of the Islamic Republic An Islamic republic, in its modern context, has come to mean several different things, some contradictory to others. Theoretically, to many religious leaders, it is a state under a particular theocratic form of government advocated by some Muslim religious leaders in the Middle of Iran in Ilam region to carry out acts of sabotage and murdered a number of villagers". The group also predicts that Tehran would carry out attacks on the group's bases inside Iraq. The group says: "It goes without saying that the mullahs' claims...are clearly a bid to pave PAVE Cardiology A clinical trial–Post AV Node Ablation Evaluation the way for air and missile attacks or terrorist raids on the Mujahedin's bases and centres in Iraq". They add: "The co-ordinated and synchronised Adj. 1. synchronised - operating in unison; "the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings" synchronized synchronal, synchronic, synchronous - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- campaign by the mullahs' agencies and leading figures reveals that new military and terrorist plots by the ruling theologians against the Iranian resistance ...are afoot". On Jan. 23, Iran protested to Iraq about an attack by the Iraq-based rebels on an Iranian border town on Jan. 8, saying the Mujahedin killed 3 villagers and wounded 5. In earlier statements the rebels said that 1 of their members was killed and several were wounded in the clashes with security forces and Revolutionary Guards, while "dozens" of government forces were killed or wounded. (The group, which set up bases in Iraq in the latter stages of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi spokespersons maintained that Iran had been engaging in artillery attacks on , has stepped up cross-border raids and attacks inside Iran in recent years. Iraq and the Mujahedin have blamed Iran for several recent attacks on the Iranian opposition in Iraq, including a car bomb near one of its vehicles near Basra in south Iraq, which wounded several Iraqis. The Mujahedin use Iraq as a springboard for attacks into Iran and have several bases equipped with tanks, heavy guns and helicopter gunships close to the Iranian border.) |
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