"I go to the mosque once a week and have no other contact with the outside world. If I lose this case (to remain in Norway) this life continues. If they (Norwegian authorities) hadn't taken away my passport I would have gone out and taken part in some war or other and been killed by the Americans," Krekar said in Persian, and laughed.
At the same time he told the Supreme Court that he feared for his life if he was required to return to Iraq, as Norwegian authorities insist.
NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reported that Krekar reversed his position on an Islamistic web site linking to pro al-Qaida sites, and admitted that he contributed material to it.
On Tuesday mullah Krekar refused to answer questions from the press in Norwegian or English, insisting on speaking in either Arabic, Kurdish or Persian in order to avoid being misunderstood.
The Supreme Court is considering the validity of the order to expel Krekar, who currently cannot be returned due to the situation in Iraq, where Norwegian authorities feel his safety cannot yet be guaranteed. In the meantime Krekar has had his permission to reside and work in Norway revoked, and lost his passport and voting rights.
Krekar said he could not understand how he was a threat.
"In recent years I have been in court over 35 times, been questioned 10 times by the FBI and other services and they have not found a thing," Krekar said.
Krekar told Aftenposten that he has done nothing illegal, regrets nothing he has said or done in Norway, and argued that he has become a political issue.
Krekar has been ruled a danger to national security as well as having violated the Immigration Act by returning to Iraq after being granted asylum in Norway. His lawyer Harald Stabell called his client a victim of a political game and argued that the court must decide if he truly posed a threat to national security.
The Supreme Court case is scheduled to end on Friday.
