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Norway shocked by 'al-Qaeda' threat
BBC ^
| 5-21-03
Posted on 05/21/2003 12:13:40 PM PDT by mikenola
Norway should have been included in a threat attributed to the al-Qaeda network broadcast on Al-Jazeera television on Wednesday.
The hope of the authorities was that al-Qaeda simply got their geography wrong and did not mean to threaten Norway at all
The threat from what is said to be the al-Qaeda network has baffled authorities and people here alike. Analysts are struggling to come up with any reasons why Norwegian embassies and interests abroad should be singled out for attacks from Muslim fundamentalists.
Norway has traditionally been seen as a peacemaker in the Middle East and the country protested against the war in Iraq.
The government has also been critical of aspects of Washington's declared war on terror.
Awaiting instructions
One possible reason which has been put forward is the presence of Norwegian special forces in Afghanistan, but this is a small force and other countries have a much more pronounced presence there.
Norway's diplomatic efforts in the Middle East is considered a welcome activity by most of the Arab world and not a root cause for Muslim anger.
The threat is being taken seriously, however, and Norwegian interests abroad are awaiting instructions from Oslo about any possible extra security measures to be taken.
The hope of the authorities, as expressed by one diplomat, was that al-Qaeda simply got their geography wrong and did not mean to threaten Norway at all.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedanorway; binladen; krekar; mullahkrekar; norway; uffda; warning
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To: Cindy
DECEMBER 2001 : (KREKAR LEAVES IMK & JOINS NEWLY ESTABLISHED JUND AL-ISLAM : THE TWO GROUPS WOULD FORM ANSAR AL ISLAM UNDER LEADERSHIP OF KREKAR) Following splits in the Islamic Movement in Kurdistan (IMK) movement last year [2001], Mala Krekar and his followers left IMK in December 2001 and joined the newly established Kurdish Islamic radical group, Jund al-Islam. The two groups formed Ansar al-Islam, with Mala Krekar as the groups leader. - "Ansar al-Islams leader arrested - Jordan asks his extradition," Iraqi Kurdistan Dispatch, news, 15 September 2002
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posted on
05/21/2003 10:52:46 PM PDT
by
piasa
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To: Cindy
REVILED BY U.S., ISLAMICIST IS HERO FOR SOME IN OSLO (SNIPPET) "I feel safe here in Norway," said Krekar, the founder of the Ansar al-Islam (Supporters of Islam) rebel group which controls a sliver of land in north Iraq where it battles other Kurdish groups opposed to Baghdad. It has perhaps 700 fighters. (/SNIPPET)
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:06:17 PM PDT
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piasa
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To: piasa
Thank you Piasa for your contribution to this thread. I believe this thread is quite informative.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:35:45 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Cindy
Thanks Cindy, if we have a positive link between Mullah Krekar and Zawahiri then it is possible to expose a lot of bugs.
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05/22/2003 3:15:17 AM PDT
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AdmSmith
To: Seydlitz
I visited back in the 80's with my mom before she died and that's all I heard from my cousin, Tom. He hated the pakis but said the guy who ran the store was a good sort, so it wasn't all of them he hated. Norway is so lightskinned and blond (although not all are) that they stand out in a crowd, for sure. What makes him mad is that they brought drugs into the country and sell them.
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05/22/2003 7:08:04 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD is still in control!)
To: AdmSmith
re post no.84...
You're welcome. My gut reaction is that there is a connection between Krekar and the threat against Norway.
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05/22/2003 12:35:04 PM PDT
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Cindy
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