Oslo drops Kurdish mullah charges

Last Updated: Tuesday, 15 June, 2004, 13:23 GMT 14:23 UK



Oslo drops Kurdish mullah charges

Norway's public prosecutor has dropped all charges against the founder of the radical Islamic group, Ansar al-Islam.
But the Norwegian authorities said there was not enough evidence to charge Mullah Krekar with conspiracy in a plot to murder political rivals in Iraq.
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But on Tuesday, prosecutor Tor-Aksel Busch released a statement saying there were "no grounds to charge Mullah Krekar on any count".

The charge of inciting others to commit crimes was dropped because it is not in itself illegal in Norway.

Formal terror charges against the 47-year-old cleric had already been dropped last year because of lack of evidence.
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