November 22, 2007 (LPAC)--Norwegian police have started an investigation into a Facebook group that is raising money to hire an assassin to kill Islamist militant leader Mulla Krekar, who is resident of Norway.

The Facebook group was started earlier this week by a 28-year old Norwegian man, and through November 20, had reportedly been joined by 400 other Facebook members. Mulla Krekar, leader of the Al-Qaeda-sympathizer terrorist group Ansarul-Islam, which is active in Northern Iraq, is facing deportation from Norway, and extradition to the U.S., for his suspected involvement in leading terrorist operations against the U.S. military.

The Norwegian man's identity is given on the Facebook site, with a bank account number where Facebook members could donate to pay the assassin. "To kill Norway's enemy number 1. Since Krekar is hiding behind freedom of expression and calling for the killing of the enemies of Islam, as he calls us, hereby I start a group for people who are willing to donate money to give a certain person a bullet in the head," states the announcement.