Ansar al Islam

They believe he fled to northern Iraq, where he reportedly associated with a group of Kurdish Islamic fundamentalists called Ansar al Islam, which U.S. officials have linked to al Qaeda.

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Norwegian Broadcasting NRK reported Thursday that Krekar, the former head of Islamic guerrilla group Ansar al Islam, told a Kurdish web site that he's sure the Norwegian authorities will never deport him, because that would spark "reaction" against Norway from his Islamic supporters.

Norway gets threatened.... GayandRight 2007

Norwegian Broadcasting NRK reported Thursday that Krekar, the former head of Islamic guerrilla group Ansar al Islam, told a Kurdish web site that he's sure the Norwegian authorities will never deport him, because that would spark "reaction" against Norway from his Islamic supporters.

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Terror experts tell us that this is the old group that was called Ansar al Islam.

CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2005 2005

Rumsfeld said CIA Director George Tenet asked him to hold a member of the Islamic militant group Ansar al Islam without notifying the Red Cross.

Peace, order and good government, eh?: June 2004 Archives 2004

He was identified as a member of the terrorist group Ansar al Islam, suspected in the attacks on coalition forces.

Hullabaloo 2004

And then up here in the northern part Special Operation forces and Kurdish forces attacking the Ansar al Islam as well as bombing of the Ansar al Islam camp up here.

CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2003 2003

This is the Ansar al Islam, radical Islamic terrorist tied to al Qaeda up in the Kurdish area, so this is an important development.

CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2003 2003

Abdullah al Shafi, the top leader of al Qaeda ally Ansar al Islam, during a raid in

The Long War Journal 2010

May 3, 2010: In Baghdad, police arrested eight members of Ansar al Islam, a Kurdish Sunni

StrategyPage.com 2010