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Norwegian court upholds expulsion of Islamic
extremist Mullah Krekar
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November
9, 2007
Oslo, Norway, -- The Supreme Court on
Thursday upheld a government order to expel the
founder of the Iraqi extremist terrorist group Ansar
al-Islam, a suspected Islamic terror group in Iraqi
Kurdistan, as a threat to Norwegian national
security.
Two lower courts had also upheld a government order
to deport Kurdish leader Mullah Krekar, a refugee in
Norway since 1991. Even though the Supreme Court
ruling was final, conditions in Iraq made it
unlikely that he would promptly be returned to his
homeland.
"There is clearly enough evidence that Krekar is a
threat to national security through his presence in
Norway," said Hans Flock, one of the Supreme Court
justices.
Krekar, born Najm al-Din Faraj Ahmad, founded the
Ansar al-Islam group listed as a terrorist
organization by the U.S. and Iraqi Kurdistan. The
group is also suspected in suicide bombings of
coalition forces in Iraqi Kurdistan. |
Mullah Krekar, the founder of radical and Terrorist
Islamist group Ansar al-Islam. Krekar, whose real
name is Fateh Najmeddin Faraj |
Krekar has said he no longer leads Ansar al-Islam,
and denies links to al-Qaida. The United Nations in
December 2006 added him to a list of people believed
associated with al-Qaida. www.ekurd.net
In a civil suit brought before Norway's highest
court, Krekar sought to challenge the grounds for
earlier court rulings, and the government's order to
expel him, which also strips Krekar of his refugee
status, visa rights and all related benefits.
Part of the case was also to test how far the courts
can go in ruling on or reversing the decisions of
Norwegian government agencies in such cases.
During the high court hearings, Krekar's lawyer
Harald Stabell argued that his client had not been
able to adequately defend himself because a report
on why he as seen as national security risk was kept
secret. All such reports are classified in Norway.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court noted that Krekar,
in his own book, had written about meeting Al-Qaida
leader Osama bin Laden, and that the terror network
has specifically threatened Norway on several
occasions.
It also said Krekar repeatedly returned home to
autonomous Kurdistan region in 'northern Iraq', even
though he had been granted refugee status in Norway
by claiming it was unsafe for him there.
Krekar was arrested at an airport outside Amsterdam,
Netherlands, in September 2002, after Iran denied
him entry and sent him back to Europe. He was
deported to Norway in January 2003 because he had
residency there.
The radical Ansar al-Islam terrorist group is banned
in Kurdistan region (Iraq) and listed as a terrorist
group by USA and Iraqi Kurdistan. Mullah Krekar, the founder
of radical and Terrorist Islamist group Ansar
al-Islam. Krekar, whose real name is Fateh Najmeddin
Faraj, living in Oslo.
The mostly Kurdish Sunni extremist group is tied to
al-Qaeda in Iraq and suspected in suicide bombings
of coalition forces in Iraq. www.ekurd.net
Krekar wanted in Iraqi Kurdistan region on charges of
terrorist attacks in the region.
Norwegian state radio network NRK reported on
October 9,
that
Krekar runs several Internet
sites, including one called www.dorbeen.com
that presents American loses in Iraq and Afghanistan
as positive developments and has links to other
sites with videos of attacks on U.S. forces.
Krekar has refused to talk about the site. NRK said
there is no doubt that the sites are registered to
Krekar's wife and are operated from his home address
in Oslo.
"Osama bin Laden is a good man. I wish him a long
life. He is a good Muslim and he is against the Bush
administration," Krekar, known for his controversial
statements, told AFP in Oslo in 2006.
Ansar al-Islam terrorist attacks in Kurdistan region
(Iraq):
Seven Kurdish border guards
killed in Iraqi Kurdistan ambush by
Ansar al-Islam terrorist group on July 16, 2007
In May 2005 a suicide bomber
killed at least 60 people and
wounded 150 more when he blew himself
up at the office of a Kurdish party in the northern
Iraqi city of Erbil
On
May 9, 2007 a suicide truck
bomber from Ansar al-Islam kills 19, wounds 70 in
Iraqi Kurdistan's capital of Erbil, Kurdish Ansar
al-Islam terrorist group has
claimed responsibility
for the blast.
May 13 was another bloody day for the Kurds, a
suicide car bomb targeted the headquarters of the
KDP party in Makhmour city in Kurdistan region
killed at least 30 people and
wounded 115 others including the
city's mayor. Nine members of Ansar al-Islam were
arrested for these terrorist attacks. Security
forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region have
arrested several followers of previously tolerated
Islamist parties, accusing them of links to
insurgents.
On
February 26, 2007,
Houzan Mahmoud, an international representative of
MADRE's sister organization, the Organization of
Women's Freedom in Iraq, received a death threat by
e-mail signed by Ansar al-Islam terrorist group.
The death threat, delivered via e-mail, read, "With
the permission of Great God, we will kill you either
in Iraq or in London by the middle of March, because
you are campaigning against Islam. You should be
sent to God for punishment."
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