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Article: U.S. asks access to terror figure; Mullah founded Ansar al-Islam.(WORLD)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2004
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Byline: Paul Martin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LONDON - The United States and various European countries are seeking to interrogate the founder of Ansar al-Islam, the terrorist group suspected in Sunday's suicide attacks on two Kurdish political parties in northern Iraq.
Washington also is believed to be seeking the extradition of Mullah Krekar, who is being held in Norway.
The Kurdish exile whose group - believed to be linked to al Qaeda - appeared in court in Oslo yesterday, where his detention was extended for another four weeks.
The mullah was arrested after Attorney General John Ashcroft urged during a visit in August that Norway ...