Norway authorities redetain al-Mullah Kreikar

The Norwegian authorities redetained one of the founder of the Kurdish Ansar al-Islam group in Iraq, al-Mullah Kreikar, yesterday, just 6 month after the authorities dropped terrorism accusations against him because of the lack of evidence.

According to the Norwegian daily "Fe Je," it is suspected that al-Mullah Kreikar is involved in suicide attacks carried out by Ansar al-Islam in northern Iraq. Monitoring telephone calls, allowed making links between Kreikar and recent activities for the said Islamic group, in which Kreikar stressed he is no longer leading it, since May 2002, as the paper explained in its site at the internet, quoting a security source close to the investigation.

The Norwegian police said it will address new accusations to Kreikar, where it said he was detained in his house in Oslo. The police officer who chairs the investigations said that the police will ask a court in Oslo today to detain Kreikar for 4 weeks while the police is filing a case against him.

Kreikar was detained for the first time in March 2003 in his house in Oslo, and was released in April, despite dropping the accusations of terrorism off him. However, Kreikar, whose real name is Fateh Najm Eddine Faraj Ahmad is still subject to an expulsion measure from Norway, as he is considered a threat to national security.

Mullah Krekar, trained by Abdullah Azzam who is bin Laden's mentor, founded Ansar-al-Islam, which was in contact with Saddam's Mukhabarrat. Powell claimed this connection and was laughed at. He's at it again.

See also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2256736.stm

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http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=701886
Monday 05 January 2004
Updated: 05 Jan, 09:35 (GMT+1)

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"Prosecutor wants Krekar jailed"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: A Norwegian prosecutor wants terror suspect Mullah Krekar held in custody for at least another four weeks. Investigators are connecting him to suicide bombers after tracing his Internet activity.

Mullah Krekar is fighting his arrest.
PHOTO: ROLF ØHMAN

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Preliminary charges against the former leader of guerrilla group Ansar al-Islam were filed as long ago as October 30, two full months before he was arrested last Friday. The filing initially was connected to Krekar's alleged involvement with two suicide bombings in Northern Iraq.

It also allowed investigators to monitor Krekar's subsequent Internet use, and charges were widened after Krekar reportedly claimed online that suicide bombers carry out jihad, or holy war."

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