-Krekar No real threat to Norway – Aftenposten

-Krekar No real threat to Norway – Aftenposten

In the years 2006-7 was Krekar with and started a new organization called “RAWT” with more peaceful goals than group Ansar al-Islam, which he led a brief period after 2001.

German police struck against ten members of “RAWT” in 2013, since there has been relatively quiet about the group.

; threshold to be investigated for terrorism is far lower in Germany than in most other European countries. In addition to police action has also divisions within the organization, says Lars Aker Haug, who even doubt that Mullah Krekar has managed to lead the group from a Norwegian prison.

Although, Krekar said that “RAWT ‘is a religious study, not an organization that will use military means to achieve its goals.

I’m not sure how much influence Krekar today, but this network poses no threat to Norway and Norwegian interests while Krekar not treated so he gets a martyr status, says Aker Haug, which are among the journalists and writers who have followed the rise of Islamic terror network’s most densely in the country.

Earlier Krekar a wise support from Profetens Ummah but their support to the Islamic state (IS) fits well with the nationalist Kurds goals.

Researcher Lars Gule says Krekar today does not represent a threat to the Norwegian society, but more in the nature of ” a not insignificant annoyance “:

-Both authorities in Baghdad and his old nemesis Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) will probably pose a greater threat to the mullah Krekar himself, than his followers constitute the risk of Norway or other European countries, says Gule.

But among Americans stands Krekar still on the list of terrorists?

-This is just nonsense and pipes. To end up on this list of terror is all too easy. German and Swiss security police have investigated “RAWT» for several years without this materialized in any criminal case.

-His brother should have negotiated with Kurdistan Democratic Party for the passage of Kurdistan. Do you see a future for Krekar as a religious authority here?

– I doubt Stert that Kurdish authorities are interested in getting him back. They will claim that Ansar al-Islam committed atrocities against human rights, and whether they need him to court and sentence him to death, otherwise they risk getting a religious leader who may also have political and military ambitions. But today I strongly doubt that Krekar has some organization with military capability, said Gule.

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Published: 07.jan. 2015 4:46 p.m.