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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the group's cooperation in moving residents from Camp Ashraf would be a "key factor" as the United States weighs whether to remove it from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations. The group, which calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical leaders and was supported by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, is no longer welcome in Iraq under the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after Saddam's downfall in 2003. Also known as the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran, the group led a guerilla campaign against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran during the 1970s, including attacks on U.S. targets. As a result, the United States placed it on its list of foreign terrorist organizations. The group has said it has renounced violence. "Given the ongoing efforts to relocate the residents, MEK cooperation in the successful and peaceful closure of Camp Ashraf, the MEK's main paramilitary base, will be a key factor in any decision regarding the MEK's FTO status," Clinton told U.S. lawmakers. Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an affiliated group, said the MEK's removal from the blacklist was long overdue. He said the Camp Ashraf residents were prepared to move as long as their minimum conditions were met, including the departure of Iraqi forces from within the converted former U.S. military base. "The relocation will continue once these assurances are met. Without them, relocation ... would in effect mean going to prison," Gobadi responded by email when asked about Clinton's remarks. The presence of MEK supporters at Camp Ashraf has become a thorn in the side for the Iraqi government, which has forged closer ties with its Shi'ite neighbor Iran since the U.S. invasion that ousted Saddam. Iraq on February 18 evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents of the 3,000 at Camp Ashraf as a first step towards expelling their entire group from Iraqi territory. The dissidents are being moved first to a "transit site" at a vast former U.S. military base in Baghdad. [ID:nL5E8DH4FH], but has argued that conditions there are substandard. A senior U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Clinton's remarks were a deliberate signal to the dissident group. "One of the reasons we wanted to get out this message is the MEK's cooperation so far has been spotty and inconsistent," said the U.S. official, saying Washington wanted to show the MEK that there was a cooperative way forward on closing Camp Ashraf. "If they decide to have a confrontation, they need to do so knowing that we regard their behavior as a key factor in the FTO decision," he added. "This was done carefully and with a lot of thought," the U.S. official said. The Iranian opposition group earlier this week asked a U.S. appeals court in Washington to order the State Department to either remove MEK from the terrorist list or require action within 30 days on its request to delist the group. Some prominent former U.S. government officials, including former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former FBI Director Louis Freeh, filed a brief with the court supporting that effort. (Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Anthony Boadle and Christopher Wilson) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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