(Canada) Liberals defend meeting terrorist-branded group

[alp227]

Source: CBC News

Five Liberal members of Parliament say they did nothing wrong when they accepted an invitation from an Iranian opposition group on Canada's terrorist list.

MPs Raymonde Folco, Carolyn Bennet, Rob Oliphant, Andrew Telegdi and Tom Wappel travelled to France at the invitation of Mojahedin e Khalq, or MEK, also known as the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. The trips are detailed in travel reports submitted to the federal ethics commissioner for the years 2008 and 2009.

The groups' tactics have led both Canada and the U.S. to deem it a terrorist organization.

According to Public Safety Canada's website, which lists groups Canada has branded as terrorist organizations, MEK is based in Iraq, with the principal objective to overthrow the existing Iranian regime.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/11/mps-iran-travel.html