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Germany charges Iraqi Kurd with aiding
Ansar al-Islam Terror Group
7.2.2006
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BERLIN, Germany, (Feb 7), - Germany's federal
prosecutor charged an Iraqi national with supporting
the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam by raising funds
for the group.
The man, identified as Ferhad Kanabi A., alias Kawa
H., has been in custody since June 14, the
prosecutor said in a statement faxed to news
organizations today. He is alleged to have collected
money for Ansar al-Islam and transferred it to Iraq
on seven occasions since March 2004, the statement
said.
The 34-year-old suspect also was accused of aiding
Ata R., another alleged member of Ansar al-Islam,
who is charged with attempting to assassinate former
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on a visit to
Berlin in December 2004, the prosecutor said.
He was accused of helping Ata R. transfer money to
Iraq to help finance attacks and give logistical
support to Ansar al-Islam, and was also charged with
breaching export control rules. |
Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical and Terrorist
Islamist group Ansar al-Islam
Photo: AP |
Ansar al-Islam was founded in Kurdistan (northern
Iraq) in September 2001 with the aim of building an
Islamic state modeled on the former Islamic Taliban
militia that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001,
the prosecution has said. The group, which renamed
itself Jais Ansar al-Sunna after the 2003 U.S.-led
invasion of Iraq, claimed responsibility for several
attacks, including bombings, shootings and
kidnappings.
The Munich Higher Regional Court on Jan. 12
sentenced Lokman Mohammed, a Kurd who has lived in
Germany since 2000, to seven years in prison for
being a member of Ansar al-Islam.
Germany's federal prosecutor on Dec. 21 charged
another Iraqi national, identified only as Dieman A.
I., with providing financial aid and logistical
support to Ansar al-Islam, the prosecutor's office
said Jan. 9. The federal prosecutor on Nov. 10
charged Ata R. and two other Iraqi nationals,
identified as Mazen H. and Rafik Y., in the 2004
plot to assassinate Alawi.
Reuters
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