A man the Iraqi government says is an Al Qaeda leader has been arrested in Arizona, prosecutors said. Authorities in Iraq have accused Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, 42, of killing two police officers in Fallujah in 2006 with other members of the terror group founded by Usama Bin Laden, Arizona federal prosecutors said. Al-Nouri was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix and appeared before a federal magistrate Friday. MEET JEHAD SERWAN MOSTAFA“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,” Arizona federal prosecutors said in a news release. They didn’t say how long Al-Nouri had been living in Arizona, how he entered the U.S., or what he did for a living.

Source: Fox News February 01, 2020 14:37 UTC