Phoenix: A judge Arizona will hold a hearing on Thursday whether to sign a request by the Iraqi government to extradite the school owner Driving Phoenix on charges that he participated in the murder of 2006 from two Iraqi police officers as the leader of the QAIDA group.
Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Noouri, an Iraqi native who came to the United States as a refugee in 2009 and became a US citizen in 2015, facing charges of murder in Iraq from two attacks carried out by masked men on the streets on the streets.
The prosecutor said Ahmed was seen by witnesses at the murder and then escaped from Iraq to avoid prosecution.
Ahmed denied involvement in murder and became a member of the terror group.
His lawyer, Jami Johnson, said Ahmed would not get a fair trial in the midst of corruption in the Iraqi justice system and would likely face execution if he was forced to return to his home country.
Johnson questioned why it took more than a decade for Iraqi authorities to officially accuse his client and criticized the story of the murder of the informant who had “everything to get by giving Trump’s administration of a ‘terrorist refugee’ in the election year.” The administration of former President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the Obama-era settlement program, questioning whether it was enough to get rid of them with terrorist bonds.
Almost three months ago, a judge in North California refused to allow the extradition of Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, who was accused of committing murder for the Islamic State, to Iraq.
The judge said the mobile evidence showed Ameen, which was given refugee status in the United States in 2014 on the grounds he was a victim of terrorism, in Turkey at the time of murder.
In the first photo shoot where Ahmed was charged, the authorities said an attacker held a gun at the head of the witness, while the other striker who began shooting on police officers was damaged with his gun.
Another attacker then killed Lieutenant Police Issam Ahmed Hussein.
The witness then identified Ahmed, who did not wear a mask, as a group leader, according to court records.
Four months later, Iraqi authorities said Ahmed and other men were fatally shot Khalid’s officer Ibrahim Mohammad when the clerk sat outside the store.
Someone who witnessed the shooting of recognizing Ahmed, whose mask had fallen, as an attacker, according to court records.
AHMED’s lawyer said violence and chaos in Iraq encouraged their clients to escape to Syria, where he lived in a refugee camp for three years before moving to the United States.
The authorities said Ahmed spent time in Syrian prison, even though they could not determine what landed behind bars.
Defense lawyers said Ahmed voluntarily in the Phoenix refugee community and worked as a cultural advisor to the US military, which traveled to bases in other countries to help military personnel when they prepared to mobilize to the Middle East.
He bought a house on the northwestern edge of Metro Phoenix and operated a driving school that most served Middle Eastern immigrants.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Johnson said, “the actions of the United States in an effort to extradite American citizens to the country with history well documented to bring charges of fake terrorism for political purposes, from torturous evidence, proving resilience, and to seize the defendant Fair trials must be alarm every American who believes in the delicious and legal process.
“The prosecutor asked Ahmed’s credibility, by saying he gave a conflicting explanation of how he suffered a gunshot wound while in Iraq and that they could not determine why he spent time In Syrian prison before moving to the United States.
They said criticism of the Iraqi justice system and what might be faced by Ahmed if he was sent back to Iraq did not have an attitude on whether Ahmed extradited.
They said the Ahmed argument “invited the court to exceed its limited role in this certification process.” AS Magistrate Judge Michael Morrissey will not make conclusions about whether Ahmed is innocent or guilty of charges or whether the extradition is guaranteed.
Conversely, the judge will determine whether there is evidence of possible causes to support each charge and, if so, request certification.
In the end, the decision about whether to send Ahmed to Iraq will be up to the Minister of US State School Antony Blinken.
Judge to hear the offer to extradite the school owner driving to Iraq
