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New charges filed against Iraqi Kurdish
Islamic extremist leader in Norway
11.7.2012
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Mullah Krekar (56) , whose real name is
Fateh Najmeddin Faraj,
an Iraqi Kurd, he founded the Ansar al-Islam organisation.
“ He has immigrated to Norway in 1991 after “Islamic
scholarship” and training in Pakistan and
Afghanistan in 1980s. Krekar has also confirmed that he had meeting with Osama bin
Ladin already in 1988 in Peshawar in Pakistan.
He is one
of the most wanted man in Iraqi Kurdistan region on
charges of terrorist attacks in Kurdistan region.
Photo: AFP •
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July 11, 2012
OSLO, Norway, — The Iraqi founder of
an Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam is
being prosecuted in Norway for inciting terrorist
acts, the public prosecutor's office said on
Wednesday.
Mullah Krekar, 56, whose real name is
Fateh Najmeddin Faraj,
was sentenced to five years in jail in March for
issuing death threats against a former government
minister and others.
Kregar was found guilty of threatening the life of
Erna Solberg, an ex-minister who signed his
expulsion order in 2003 because he was considered a
threat to national security.
Now, he faces three new charges of inciting
terrorist acts, threatening witnesses in a case
against him and criminal damage.
"New charges have been filed. The indictment was
ready [Tuesday]," prosecutor Marit Bakkevig told AFP.
Krekar, whose name is on terrorist lists drawn up by
the United Nations and the United States, has
avoided expulsion since the order was signed nine
years ago since Norwegian law prevents him from
being deported to Iraq until his safety can be
guaranteed and as long as he risks the death penalty
there.
While Krekar acknowledges having co-founded Ansar
al-Islam, which also figures on international lists
of terrorist groups, in 2001, he insists he has not
led the group since 2002.
Ansar al-Islam group listed as a terrorist
organization by the U.S. and Iraqi Kurdistan
government.
The group is also suspected in suicide bombings of
coalition forces in Iraqi Kurdistan,www.ekurd.net
Krekar in one
of the most wanted in Iraqi Kurdistan region on
charges of terrorist attacks in the region.
Krekar has immigrated to Norway in 1991
after “Islamic scholarship” and training in Pakistan
and Afghanistan in 1980s. Earlier his pictures from
Afghanistan has been published in many Islamic web
sites and Krekar has also confirmed via his lawyer
Brynjar Meling that he had meeting with Osama bin
Ladin already in 1988 in Peshawar in Pakistan.
Krekar has been living under risk of deportation
since 2003 after Norwegian authorities ordered him
expelled, claiming he posed a threat to national
security.
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