Feds: Man living in Arizona was al-Qaida leader Federal authorities say they have arrested a Phoenix-area man suspected of killing two men while acting as a leader of al-Qaida in IraqPHOENIX -- 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. It’s unclear how long Al-Nouri had lived in the Arizona or what he did in the state.

Source: ABC News February 01, 2020 00:56 UTC