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Norway strikes down terror charges against cleric
Oslo :: Norway | 6 months ago
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Norway A Norwegian appeals court has struck down terror charges against an Iraqi-born Islamist cleric currently serving time for making death threats against a Norwegian politician and intimidating witnesses. Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, also known as
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Two Kurds to face Swiss terror charges
Oslo :: Norway | 8 months ago
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TWO Kurdish brothers from Iraq, living as refugees in Switzerland, have been charged with taking part in a "terrorist" organisation linked to al-Qaeda. The two brothers, whose names and ages were not given, stood accused of using internet forums and
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Kurdish asylum seekers face terrorism charges
Baghdad :: Iraq | 8 months ago
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The asylum seekers are accused of setting up internet platforms that were designed to attract new members to the recently formed terrorist organisation, issue propaganda, pass on messages to the al-Qaeda network and disseminate details of terror
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Ansar al-Islam founder gets new jail term
Baghdad :: Iraq | 9 months ago
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Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, also known as Mullah Krekar, is an Iraqi-born ethnic Kurd who resides in Norway. He was already facing five years in prison after being found guilty earlier this year of threatening Norwegian politicians who had called for his
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Ranks of Zarqawi Network Swell in Iraq...
Baghdad :: Iraq | 10 months ago
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July 2004 Jordanian Islamist Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi's terror network groups 500 to 1,000 men and his ranks have swelled in recent months as Iraqi fundamentalists have joined the movement, a high-ranking US military officer said. His clandestine cell-
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Iraqi mullah faces new charges in Norway
Oslo :: Norway | 10 months ago
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The Iraqi founder of an Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam is being prosecuted in Norway for inciting terrorist acts, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Mullah Krekar, 56, whose real name is Najmeddine Faraj Ahmad, was
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Ranks of Zarqawi Network Swell in Iraq...
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 months ago
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July 2004 Jordanian Islamist Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi's terror network groups 500 to 1,000 men and his ranks have swelled in recent months as Iraqi fundamentalists have joined the movement, a high-ranking US military officer said. His clandestine cell-
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Salafi jihadist in Kurdistan
Several years reporting news and trends based on the presence and activities of Islamic extremists so-called "Salafi" in Iranian Kurdistan (Sunni region) and some other provinces of the Sunni population of Iran has been published and
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1 year after bin Laden killing, Al-Qaeda struggles to adapt
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 year ago
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This photograph taken on April 25, 2012, shows Zain Mohammad (L), neighbour of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, speaking with an AFP reporter as his friend looks on, near the site of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin
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Breivik's lawyer to call extremists to testify his client is not insane
Oslo :: Norway | 1 year ago
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A lawyer for the Norwegian who confessed to killing 77 people says the defence will call both a Muslim cleric and an anti-Islamic blogger to the stand to refute claims that his client is insane. Geir Lippestad, who represents Anders Behring Breivik,
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