Ansar al-Islam Leader Arrested in Norway

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Mullah Krekar, the spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Islam, was arrested Friday on charges of helping a plot to try to murder his rivals in northern Iraq in 2000-01, his lawyer told The Associated Press.

The charges against Krekar weren't terror-related and a court hearing will take place Saturday, where authorities will ask that he be held for at least four weeks, said public prosecutor Erling Grimstad.

Krekar was arrested at his apartment by agents with Oekokrim, Norway's elite police unit, and was being questioned, Grimstad said.
The charges were based on an investigation that started in February, he said.

"He is accused of cooperating in the attempted murder of his political enemies in northern Iraq during the period of December 2000 to April 2001," Krekar's lawyer, Brynjar Meling, told the AP. "As far as I can see, these are matters he has explained to prosecutors before, and it's strange they're being raised again."

More: http://english.daralhayat.com/OPED/01-2004/Article-20040102-d77422c2-c0a8-01ed-0076-de14a198b9ac/story.html

[Yupster]

1. "it's strange they're being raised again."

My guess it has something to with the rate at which captured documents are being translated.