[Cindy]

"I think there might well be some connection to Mullah Krekar (the leader of Ansar al-Islam), who has political assylum in Norway. This could easily be a warning to the Norwegians not to arrest him."
19 posted on 05/21/2003 10:42 AM PDT by Angelus Errare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/915389/posts?page=19#19

[piasa]

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 group’s leader. - "Ansar al-Islam’s leader arrested - Jordan asks his extradition," Iraqi Kurdistan Dispatch, news, 15 September 2002