The Norwegian authorities redetained one of the founder of the Kurdish Ansar al-Islam group in Iraq, al-Mullah Krekar, yesterday, just 6 month after the authorities dropped terrorism accusations against him because of the lack of evidence.
| "Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Da witnesses are all dead!" |
According to the Norwegian daily "Fe Je," it is suspected that al-Mullah Kreikar is involved in suicide attacks carried out by Ansar al-Islam in northern Iraq. Monitoring telephone calls, allowed making links between Kreikar and recent activities for the said Islamic group, in which Kreikar stressed he is no longer leading it, since May 2002, as the paper explained in its site at the internet, quoting a security source close to the investigation. The Norwegian police said it will address new accusations to Kreikar, where it said he was detained in his house in Oslo. The police officer who chairs the investigations said that the police will ask a court in Oslo today to detain Kreikar for 4 weeks while the police is filing a case against him.
| See subsequent article. the court said no, thanks, we'd like to commit national suicide... |
Kreikar was detained for the first time in March 2003 in his house in Oslo, and was released in April, despite dropping the accusations of terrorism off him. However, Kreikar, whose real name is Fateh Najm Eddine Faraj Ahmad is still subject to an expulsion measure from Norway, as he is considered a threat to national security.
| Not a threat they take very seriously, though... |
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