Alleged Al-Qaeda Leader Arrested on Murder Charges

Phoenix, AZ -- Ali Yousef Ahmed Al-Nouri, 42, was arrested by federal law enforcement late this week on murder charges leveled by the Iraqi government.

Ahmed is an Iraqi national and terrorist leader who is "wanted to stand trial in Iraq for two charges of premeditated murder committed in 2006 in Al-Falujah,"  the Department of Justice said in a statement.

An Iraqi judge issued an arrest warrant for Ahmed and subsequently requested his extradition from the United States to stand trial and probably be executed in Iraq, if found guilty.

“According to the information provided by the Government of Iraq in support of its extradition request, Ahmed served as the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda terrorists in Al-Fallujah, Iraq, which planned operations targeting Iraqi police,” the DOJ explained. “Ahmed and other members of the Al-Qaeda group allegedly shot and killed a first lieutenant in the Fallujah Police Directorate and a police officer in the Fallujah Police Directorate, on or about June 1, 2006, and October 3, 2006, respectively.”

The DOJ noted that the decision to extradite him to Iraq will ultimately be made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The DOJ statement did not mention when or how Ahmed entered the United States but the smart money says he entered through Canada with the blessing of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Or perhaps another way.

It's becoming more obvious that the Trump administration is taking the threat of Islamic terrorism a lot more serious than his predecessor [who loves the sound of the Islamic call to prayer]. 

Trump's administration has removed terrorists: Cassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Quds Force; Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, head of ISIS; Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, chairman of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and commander of Kata'ib Hezbollah; and eight others alongside Soleimani; and more recently, Qassim al-Rimi, the Qaeda leader in a Yemen airstrike, but still unconfirmed.

The New York Times reported. “If confirmed, his death [al-Rimi] could represent a significant blow to the Qaeda affiliate, which remains one of the most potent branches of the terrorist group. The Yemen branch, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has tried to attack the United States and Europe and is thought to still want to.”

The Times stated that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) appears to have been the entity responsible for taking out al-Rimi as military officials said that they were not aware of any strikes. 

But the CIA isn't confirming nor denying.

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