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Norway probes four refugees suspected of al-Qaeda links Monday, 26-Aug-2002 4:40AM      Story from AFP Copyright 2002 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) </CLARI-ITEM HEADER>OSLO, Aug 26 (AFP) - Norway's intelligence agency PST has launched a probe into four refugees suspected of having links to the al-Qaeda network, Norwegian daily Verdens Gang reported Monday.One of the four being investigated at the request of British and US intelligence agencies is Mullah Krekar, a Kurd presumed to be the leader of the suspected bio-warfare group Ansar al-Islam, which is linked to al-Qaeda.The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration confirmed last week that Krekar has had...

Group Breaks Away From the Kurdish 'Islamic Group' To Fight the US Forces" The Iraqi Front -- Al-Sharq al-Awsat has learned that Ali Babir's Islamic Group which two days ago signed an agreement with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] following a mediation by the Kurdish Socialist Party, is facing an internal crisis as a result of the withdrawal of its forces in line with the agreement to areas that are far from its main strongholds in the Halabjah area. Several of the group's leading figures -- these include Dalshar Klary; Mullah Marwan, the former commander of the 2nd Soran...