1、原文标题：MEK in Court to Force US to Drop Terrorist Label内容简介：概述：根据美国法律的定义，律师认为应该对伊朗去恐怖化，但美方并未采取行动。Hints:State DepartmentGeorgetown UniversityPaul PillarMEKSteven SchneebaumIraqCamp AshrafHenry WoosterClintonPaul Pillar说的话里and/or要加斜线的哦校对：jtyjty99999The State Departments list arises from a 1996 U.S. law.
2、 What does it take to place a group on the list?Georgetown University professor Paul Pillar.The criteria, under the law, have to do with being an organization, being foreign, having been involved in terrorism and having the capability and/or the inclination to conduct terrorism that directly or indi
3、rectly affects U.S. interests.Another attorney representing the MEK says that under those specific definitions, the group should be removed from the list. Steven Schneebaum.It does not have - and I am using the statutory language - it does not have the capability or the intent to engage in terrorism
4、. Those are the statutory bases for listing. The secretary must affirmatively find that an organization has both the capability and the intent of engaging in terrorism.Schneebaum says that when U.S. forces in 2003 entered the MEKs base in Iraq, called Camp Ashraf, residents surrendered their weapons
5、 and signed pledges renouncing terrorism and violence. That, he contends, answers the letter of the laws criteria for being removed from the list of terrorist groups.The groups lawyers recently filed a legal document against Secretary of State Clinton to try to force a decision, but State Department
6、 official Henry Wooster said Clinton is not ready to act.No, there is not a final decision yet on designation.Some political observers say a desire by the U.S. to avoid upsetting nuclear talks with Iran may be a reason why the MEKs status is unchanged for now美国国务院的名单来自1996年的一项美国法律。一个组织要具备什么样的条件才会被列到
7、名单上呢？乔治城大学的教授保罗?皮勒说：“根据该法律，外国恐怖主义的衡量标准主要有：位于国外，与恐怖主义有关系的，还要有能力或者意图去实践直接或间接损害美国利益的恐怖行动。”另一位代表人民圣战者组织的律师表示，根据这些明确的定义，应当在名单中删除该组织。史蒂文?斯尼堡称：“该组织没有从严格的法律意义上来说该组织没有能力或者无意参与恐怖行动，而这是进入外国恐怖主义清单的必要条件。国务卿必须找到确切的证据证明一个组织既有能力、又有意愿参与恐怖行动。”斯尼堡说，当美国军队在2003年入驻位于伊拉克的被称为“阿什拉夫营”的伊朗人民圣战者组织基地时，那里的居民缴械投降，并承诺放弃恐怖主义和暴力行动。他主张，这正回应了法律所列的衡量标准，故应将该组织该从恐怖主义组织名单中删除。该组织的律师们最近提请了一份针对国务卿克林顿的法律文件，试图迫使她做出决策。但国务院的官员亨利?伍斯特说，克林顿还没有准备采取行动：“在重审该组织恐怖主义称号的问题上，还没有一个定论。”一些政治观察员说，美国试图避免扰乱与伊朗核谈判的愿望可能是目前人民圣战者组织的恐怖主义称号没有改变的原因。
