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Timeline relating to Krekar and Ansar al Islam- note the U.S. presence of his group:

1990s : (KREKAR IS MEMBER OF IMK) Mala Krekar was one of the military figures of the Islamic Movement in Kurdistan, IMK, during late 1990s. - "Ansar al-Islam’s leader arrested - Jordan asks his extradition," Iraqi Kurdistan Dispatch, news, 15 September 2002

[* My note : the IMK is known for being one of the two main groups which together form Ansar-al-Islam; another is Jund-al-Islam; subgroups of Ansar al Islam include the Al Aqsa Battalion and the Yahia Ayash Battalion [named after a Hamas terrorist killed by the Israelis]; Ansar al Islam is led by Mullah Krekar and its members consider themselves a part of al Qaeda]

1990s? : (YASSIN AREF ALLEGEDLY "FLEES" IRAQ, ENDS UP IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA WHERE HE WORKS FOR THE IMK - See ALBANY NY CELL, MASJID AS SALAM MOSQUE) ------ "Calls Key in Terror Case," by BRENDAN LYONS, timesunion.com, March 22, 2006

1991 : (ANSAR AL ISLAM FOUNDER MULLAH KREKAR BEGINS RESIDING AS A REFUGEE IN NORWAY ) Krekar has enjoyed refugee status in Norway since 1991 .- "Norway charges Kurdish Islamist with terrorism ," Reuters, Friday, March 21, 2003

1991 : (NORWAY : KREKAR GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS) Mala Krekar was granted refugee status in Norway in 1991, which has recently (as of Sept 2002) been revoked by Norwegian authorities. His family still lives in Norway.- "Ansar al-Islam’s leader arrested - Jordan asks his extradition," Iraqi Kurdistan Dispatch, news, 15 September 2002

1990s late : (AL QAEDA RECRUITS IRAQI KURDS) The mountainous tracts near the border with Iran have traditionally held to a strict religious way of life, however, and Iraqi Kurds from these villages were recruited to al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in the late 1990s. - "Chemical war threat by Iraq's 'Taliban' ," By Damien McElroy in Nicosia, UK Telegraph , Filed: 12/01/2003 (jan 12, 2003)

1999 : (ALBANY NY : A LARGER BUILDING FOR THE MASJID AS-SALAM MOSQUE BY THE NAIT [probably another name for NAIF]) The mosque was bought in 1999 by the North American Islamic Trust, a public charity that controls hundreds of other mosques nationwide. It features a large open area carpeted for prayer, mismatched chairs and few amenities.
The mosque was previously in a smaller building on Central Avenue, but as its membership grew, the trust purchased the larger building five years ago [1999]. Membership has increased to about 200 regular worshippers, members said. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks FBI agents questioned members about a mosque founder, Ali Mounnes Yaghi, an openly anti-American Jordanian immigrant who operated pizza businesses in the city for about 15 years. Yaghi was jailed as a federal detainee for almost a year as the FBI investigated whether he or any of his acquaintances had connections to terrorist cells or the Sept. 11 attacks. ------ "Federal Agents Raid Mosque In Albany, N.Y. : Authorities say arrests of two members of Albany mosque, though not linked to current alert," by BRENDAN LYONS and PAUL GRONDAHL, Courtesy of The Times Union, Updated: August 9th, 2004 10:31 AM EDT

1999 : (A MAN AFFILIATED WITH THE IMK'S OFFICE IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA, YASSIN AREF, MOVES TO ALBANY NY-- See ALBANY CELL, MASJID AS SALAM MOSQUE) [Yassin] Aref, 35, a Kurdish refugee who moved to Albany with his family in 1999 ... "Aref kept his IMK affiliation hidden and secret, specifically omitting any reference to the IMK in his 1999 refugee application," according to a memorandum filed by the Justice Department. "Aref has had contacts with terrorists and discussions about terrorist acts." ------ "Calls Key in Terror Case," by BRENDAN LYONS, timesunion.com, March 22, 2006

DECEMBER 3, 1999 : (ALBANY NY IMAM YASSIN AREF CALLS FOR JIHAD) "Raise the Jihad sword ... Raise the Qu'ran with blood ... So we can bring back the freedom for ourselves and the entire people of this Earth." -Yassin Aref, Albany NY Islamic Spiritual Leader; 3 December 1999

1999 : (NORWAY : KREKAR GETS NORWEGIAN CITIZENSHIP) Bearded Krekar, 47, won asylum after the Gulf War and his wife and four children went on to gain Norwegian citizenship in 1999. - "Reviled by U.S., Islamist is hero for some in Oslo, by Alister Doyle, Reuters 07 Feb 2003

1999 : (IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER LATIF aka ABU WA'IL IS IN AFGHANISTAN - See ANSAR AL ISLAM) Sa'adoon Mohammed Abdul Latif, or Abu-Wa'il, an Iraqi intelligence officer, first visited Afghanistan in 1999. - "U.S. negotiates trade of terror suspects," By Eli J. Lake, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL via The Washington Times, May 9, 2003, http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030509-22822443.htm

1999 late : (SUWEID LEAVES SYRIA FOR JORDAN : SUWEID CONTACTS MILITANTS IN SYRIA & IRAQ, SETS UP TERROR CELL IN JORDAN- See ZARQAWI, ANSAR AL ISLAM) Libyan Salem bin Suweid left Syria for Jordan late in 1999 under a fake Tunisian passport. His Jordanian assistant, Freihat, helped him rent a house in Russeifa -- a predominantly Palestinian town, 15 miles northeast of the Jordanian capital Amman, the prosecutor said. - "11 terror suspects charged in Jordan," By Jamal Halaby, Associated Press, via Boston Globe , 5/12/2003 , http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/132/nation/11_terror_suspects_charged_in_Jordan+.shtml

1999 late - 2001 summer : (MILAN CELL CONVERSATIONS OVERHEARD) The overheard conversations, which took place in apartments, offices and even automobiles in and around Milan, include numerous discussions of false travel documents and the clandestine movement of al-Qaida fighters across international borders — the twin specialties, investigators say, of the erstwhile Milan al-Qaida base. - "Milan cell linked to al-Qaida operatives, " By John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune via Seattle Times June 30, 2002

1999 - 2001 ? : (JORDAN : SUWEID RECRUITS FOR HIS JORDANIAN TERROR CELL, GETS FUNDS FROM ZARQAWI) For more than two years, Suweid allegedly contacted militants in Syria and Iraq, enlisted group members to his Jordanian terror cell, sent Yasser Freihat to Syria for weapons and bomb-making training courses and received funds from Ahmed al-Khalayleh aka Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi. - "11 terror suspects charged in Jordan," By Jamal Halaby, Associated Press, via Boston Globe , 5/12/2003 , http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/132/nation/11_terror_suspects_charged_in_Jordan+.shtml

1990s late - spring 2003 : (ITALY : MOSQUES USED AS BASES FOR TERRORIST RECRUITMENT - See ANSAR AL ISLAM) The Via Quaranta mosque and another on Milan's Viale Jenner have been bases for terrorist recruitment and logistics since the late 1990s, according to police. Investigations led by prosecutor Stefano Dambruoso have resulted in a dozen arrests and eight convictions of extremists affiliated with the mosques. - "Ansar al Islam's European connection : A Road to Ansar Began in Italy," By Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writer, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES , Second of two parts April 27, 2003, Times staff writer Jeffrey Fleishman, in northern Iraq, contributed to this report.

JANUARY 22, 2000 : (THE INDIAN PAPER, THE HINDU REPORTS RADICAL SUNNI TERRORIST GROUP HAS BEEN RISING IN LEBANON NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER; IT HAS BACKING FROM OSAMA BIN LADEN & HAS AFGHANIS AT ITS CORE) The Hindu 1/22/2000 Kesava Menon "…..If Islamic militancy in Algeria seems to be entering its terminal stage, the militancy in Lebanon appears to be entering into a new and dangerous phase….However, recently there has risen the new phenomenon of a radical Sunni group which has decided to take on the Lebanese army. Earlier this month, this group which has been training near the Syrian border ambushed a unit of the Lebanese army and 11 soldiers and 30 militants were killed in the fighting. Not many details are known about this new Sunni group but Lebanese newspapers report that it is believed to be part of a loose network of militant groups which have ``Afghanis'' at their core and draw at least a part of their funding from the al Qaeda of Saudi dissident, Osama bin Laden…. Developments in Sudan are at a shaky stage…. It is early days yet but if the Sudanese Government decides to go against the Islamists, if for no other reason than to please the U.S., it would mean that yet another Arab country has turned against the Islamists……The current head of the Islamic radical group which assassinated Anwar Sadat, former Egyptian President, is believed to be yet another militant who has taken refuge in Afghanistan. These are the underlying causes which have restrained these Arab countries from recognising the Taliban. Unofficially, all these Governments also state that they have been taking up the matter with Pakistan but it is probably the necessity of retaining the semblance of Islamic solidarity which prevents them from talking about it more openly…." --- by Kesava Menon, The Hindu, 1/22/2000 via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
(*My note : The following is a good one to use for those who claim "Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq until after our invasion... it was in Afghanistan" ; this may very well be Zarqawi's ANSAR AL ISLAM)

2000 : (ZARQAWI RETURNS TO AFGHANISTAN TO OVERSEE TERRORIST TRAINING CAMP) Zarqawi, aka Khalayleh, who fought with Afghan guerrillas against Russian forces in the late 1980s, returned to Afghanistan in 2000 to oversee a terrorist training camp. Jordanian officials have said Khalayleh later took refuge with a militant Islamic group Ansar al-Islam in Iraq's northern Kurdish region. - "11 terror suspects charged in Jordan," By Jamal Halaby, Associated Press, via Boston Globe , 5/12/2003 , http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/132/nation/11_terror_suspects_charged_in_Jordan+.shtml

MARCH 2000 : (AFGHANISTAN : EX-CON JOHN EARL JOHNSON IS ARRESTED CARRYING COMPUTER DISCS CONTAINING TERRORISM MANUALS- See ALBANY CELL, MASJID AS SALAM MOSQUE) Johnson, who has served at least two prison terms, was also arrested in Afghanistan in March 2000 carrying similar computer discs, according to the FBI report and law enforcement sources. ------ "Calls Key in Terror Case," by BRENDAN LYONS, timesunion.com, March 22, 2006
[* My note: Arrested by who? In March 2000 the Taliban were in control of most of the country- so was he arrested by the Northern Alliance or is the date just wrong?]

JULY ? 2000 : (ABDULRAHMAN CONVERSATION WITH SALEH) Recorded conversation of [Abdulsalam Ali Ali] Abdulrahman remarking to [Abdelkader Mahmoud Es Sayed] aka Abu Saleh about an impending attack that "will wreak such a great havoc" and "leave them all dumbfounded." - "Milan cell linked to al-Qaida operatives, " By John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune via Seattle Times June 30, 2002

AUGUST 2000 : (ITALY : AL QAEDA : MILAN CELL : YEMENI HINTS TO ES SAYED aka SALEH OF POSSIBLE INTENT TO DESTROY AIRCRAFT) During one wiretapped conversation between Abdelkader Mahmoud Es Sayed aka [Abu Saleh] and a Yemeni in August of 2000, the Yemeni tells Es Sayed that "God willing, I hope that I can bring you a window or piece of airplane the next time we meet." (This same Yemeni has also once referred to "studying airplanes.") - "Terrorists' Twin Tower Images, Secret Porn Messages ," ABC News , 5/8/03

AUGUST 2000 : (MILAN CELL, ABDULRAHMAN VISITS ES SAYED aka SALEH IN MILAN, CONVESATIONS ABOUT AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN US CLAIMING TO BE EGYPTIAN, 'MAIL ORDER BRIDE MAGAZINE TRICK') A suspected al-Qaida organizer, Abdulsalam Ali Ali Abdulrahman, paid a brief visit to Abu Saleh in Milan and was overheard referring to "some brothers who entered America thanks to a mail-order-bride magazine trick," but who "claimed to be Egyptians and kept their true identity concealed." - "Milan cell linked to al-Qaida operatives, " By John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune via Seattle Times June 30, 2002

OCTOBER 2000 : (USS COLE BOMBED TWO MONTHS AFTER ABDULRAHMAN CONVERSATION WITH SALEH) Two months after Abdulrahman's remarks to Abu Saleh about an impending attack that "will wreak such a great havoc" and "leave them all dumbfounded," suspected al-Qaida terrorists in the Yemeni port of Aden detonate a bomb next to the destroyer USS Cole, killing 17. - "Milan cell linked to al-Qaida operatives, " By John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune via Seattle Times June 30, 2002

NOVEMBER 7+, 2000 : (US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - GORE WAR )

2000 end : (ACCORDING TO LATER CLAIMS BY ANSAR AL ISLAM FOUNDER MULLAH KREKAR, KREKAR MET WITH A CIA "REPRESENTATIVE" AND A US ARMY REPRESENTATIVE IN AL-SULAYMANIYAH CITY IN IRAQ WHERE THE OFFICIALS ASKED ANSAR AL ISLAM TO COOPERATE WITH THE US "LIKE THE TALIBANI GROUP AND OTHER KURDISH PARTIES WERE DOING" AGAINST THE IRAQI REGIME) He was reticent about the details of the "documents" but asserted that he had met Americans before the 11 September 2001 events and said: "I met a CIA representative and another from the American army in Al-Sulaymaniyah city at the end of 2000. They asked Ansar al-Islam and me to cooperate with them like the Talabani group and other Kurdish parties were doing. We refused and we have photographs of this meeting in our archives." He added: "The Ansar al-Islam group was one of the seven parties that former President Bill Clinton had placed on the list of Kurdish parties that could cooperate with the Americans against Iraq. But he removed us from the list after we declared our clear stand on this issue."
------ "Ansar al-Islam Leader Threatens to Reveal "Evidence" that Convicts USA," Kurdistan Observer, Feb 3, 2003, http://home.cogeco.ca/~observer/3-2-03-krekar-threaten-reveal-evidence-usa.html.
[* My note : Assuming there is any truth to this - and I'm not assuming it- could this CIA rep be one of those infamous ex-CIA John Kerry staffers we know from the Nigerflap stories whose name starts with a B?]