Kurd Suspected of Ties to Al Qaeda Is Arrested
From Times Wire Reports
Mullah Krekar, the leader of a Kurdish guerrilla group suspected of links to Al Qaeda, was arrested by Norwegian police on suspicion of kidnapping.
Police arrested Krekar at his home in Oslo. Spokesman Erling Grimstad said authorities were looking into widening the charges against Krekar but did not elaborate.
Krekar was questioned by Norway’s intelligence agency last month when the rebel leader admitted to briefly holding nine men in Iraq in December 2001. No further details were available.
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