A fundraising event taking place Saturday evening in Washington has direct ties to an Iranian terrorist group supported by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
The Iranian-American Society of Northern Virginia will be holding a so-called “solidarity” fundraiser at the 5,000-seat Washington Convention Center on January 24 in an attempt to raise $140,000 for the survivors of the 30,000 victims in an earthquake that shook Iran on December 26, 2003.
The event organizers had hoped to have in attendance several members of the U.S. Congress as well as some Hollywood celebrities.
However, one Congressman who will not be attending is Rep. Robert Ney (R-OH). He is the chairman of House Administration and has asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate some of the sponsors of this fundraising event for having ties to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), or People’s Mujaheddin, which is a known terrorist group.
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