but he "has no quarrel with any political party". He also stated that "many of his relatives and friends are members of Kurdish parties, the KDP, the PUK", and that he has no issues with the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) or any other party. He also claimed that "three senior KDP officials, including Hoshyar Zebari, have announced that Mullah Krekar has no issues with them, and no charges against Mullah Krekar. In May 2019, due to increased tensions between the United States and Iran, Krekar stated in a war between the two he would support Iran saying it was like supporting Hezbollah in a war between them and Israel, despite Hezbollah and Iran being Shiite and actively fighting Sunni groups in Iraq and Syria. In popular culture In November 2007, Mullah Krekar was the subject of a half-hour investigative report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC-TV) international affairs program Foreign Correspondent. The report, titled "Norwegian Jihad", was also the centrepiece of a one-hour special report on Norwegian State Television. "Norwegian Jihad" was also broadcast throughout the Asia Pacific region on ABC-TV's satellite service "Australia Network". In July 2009, Mullah Krekar was one of the subjects of the NBC's pilot episode of the show The Wanted, describing him as "responsible for killing hundreds of westerners". In early 2012, the Netflix series Lillyhammer featured a scene in which a Norwegian police officer gets into an argument with an Arab immigrant over whether the show 24 is unfair to Arabs, and when his partner intercedes, he complains that the immigrant "is giving me the whole Mullah Krekar routine over here". Bibliography (2003). Med egne ord ("In My Own Words"). Autobiography. Oslo: Aschehoug. 246 pp. . Translated from Arabic. See also Paul Moran (photojournalist) Khider Kosari References External links "The CIA and The Militant Who Eluded It in Norway" – By Craig Whitlock (journalist), The Washington Post, December 4, 2006. mullah Krekar Interview (WMV) – By Jonathan Miller (reporter), Ivan O'Mahoney (producer), Insight News Television "Krekar contradicts his own defense" – By Inger Anne Olsen, Aftenposten, 9 January 2004 mullah Krekar: Leader of Kurdish Ansar al-Islam – By Trevor Stanley, in Perspectives on World History and Current Events (PWHCE), 2005 "Krekar can be expelled soon" – Aftenposten/NTB, 16 March 2006 "Krekar threatens Norway" – Aftenposten, 06 Sep 2005 "mullah Krekar linked to pro al-Qaida sites" – Aftenposten, 09 Oct 2007 1956 births 20th-century criminals