Mullah Krekar: Big beard, scary demeanor... he's perfect for our purposes... haul him up here so we can wave the red rag to the masses once again.
The indictment, obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, centers on statements that Mullah Krekar - the founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam - made to various media, including American network NBC.
Norway ordered Krekar deported in 2005 after declaring him a national security threat, but the decision was suspended amid worries he would face execution or torture in Iraq.
At a news conference in June 2010, Krekar said that if he's deported to Iraq and is killed there, Norwegian officials would meet the same fate. He singled out former asylum policy minister Erna Solberg.
Prosecutor Marit Bakkevik said Krekar's statements violated Norwegian terror laws and were meant to force authorities to halt the deportation order and to instill fear in Norwegian society.
The indictment also highlights comments Krekar made to NBC's news program "The Wanted" in 2009. Krekar told the program the American people deserved the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and he condoned suicide bombings against Americans in Iraq. Bakkevik said the statements amounted to incitement of such attacks.
Comment: We have to consider that the information about a war against Iran comes from an "ex-CIA" source. So it makes this information highly suspicious. But we have to consider the movement of those war ships too. All in all, a well-organized strategy of communication and intimidation seems to be taking place.