Three groups would "react" if he was deported, according to an NRK translation of comments the Iraqi Kurd made earlier this month to a website called Awane, which means "mirror" in Kurdish.

The three groups were: his relatives, an unidentified armed organisation and people, possibly from Somalia or Morocco, who follow his religious teachings, according to the translated comments, which gave no details of what the reactions would entail.

Norway's Supreme Court on November 8 upheld previous court rulings and a 2003 decision by the Norwegian authorities to expel Krekar from the Scandinavian country, claiming he was a national security concern.

Norwegian law however prevents Krekar, whose real name is Fateh Najmeddin Faraj, from being deported to his homeland until the situation in Iraq improves.

The Muslim leader has lived in Norway as a refugee since 1991, and has been under threat of deportation since Norwegian media revealed he was the founder of Ansar al-Islam, which figures on the United States' list of terrorist organisations.

The Iraqi Kurd admits that he founded the group but insists he has not headed it since May 2002.

Krekar, who insists his life would be in danger if he returns to Iraq, has meanwhile come out in support of "jihad", or holy war, in that country.

He has compared the US occupation of Iraq to the Nazi invasion of European countries, and insisted that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is "a good man".

In Thursday's report, NRK also said Krekar had admitted in an Australian documentary earlier this month that he himself had trained suicide bombers and had come out in support of the 2003 killing of an Australian television cameraman in Iraq.