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Feds: Man living in Arizona was al-Qaida leader
PHOENIX – Federal authorities say they have arrested a Phoenix-area man suspected of killing two men while acting as a leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
The Department of Justice said that 42-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri appeared before a magistrate judge on Friday for proceedings to extradite him to Iraq.
The department says the government there has charged Al-Nouri with two counts of murder in connection with a killing in 2006 in Fallujah.
They say that he and other members of al-Qaida shot and killed a lieutenant and an officer with the Fallujah Police Directorate in 2006.
A U.S. magistrate judge issued a warrant for him on Wednesday.
It’s unclear how long Al-Nouri had lived in the Arizona or what he did in the state. No further information was released.
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