Ansar

War may be coming to this part of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, but the enemy here is not Saddam Hussein; it is a group of militant Islamist Kurds called Ansar al-Islam.

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Ahmadinejad was blasted by conservative parliamentarians as well as newspapers like Sobh-e Sadegh (affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards) and Ya Lesarat (affiliated with a radical militia called Ansar-e Hezbollah) for disobeying the Supreme Leader.

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It also called Ansar the "missing link" between Saddam and Al Qaeda, and the New York Times mysteriously uncovered evidence of the group's tie to bin Laden.

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A Kurdish Islamist group called Ansar al Islam in 2002 would try to assassinate the regional prime minister in the eastern Kurdish region, Barham Salih.

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It also called Ansar the "missing link" between Saddam and Al Qaeda, and the New York Times mysteriously uncovered evidence of the group's tie to bin Laden.

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The Italy-based groups were closely linked to a little fringe organization of fundamentalists who were then holed up in northern Iraq, known as Ansar al Islam.

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A group called Ansar al-Jihad says members of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's family will be beheaded unless Iraqi prisoners are released within 48 hours.

CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004 2004

There are certainly some who believe that there were connections between al Qaeda and a group that operated out of Northern Iraq called Ansar al Islam, which is believed to be behind some of the ongoing attacks today.

CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2004 2004

A group called Ansar al-Jihad says members of the Iraqi prime minister's family will be killed unless Iraqi prisoners are released within 48 hours.

CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004 2004

A militant group called Ansar al-Jihad posted an Internet message the next day saying it would behead the captives in 48 hours if Dr. Allawi did not halt the invasion of Falluja and release all prisoners in Iraq.

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