Syrian Charged in Troop Plot Is Now in U.S.
A Syrian man has been extradited to Arizona to face charges of conspiring to use improvised explosive devices against U.S. forces in Iraq, the FBI said Thursday.
Ahmad Ibrahim al-Ahmad appeared in federal court in Phoenix on Thursday after being extradited from Turkey a day earlier, the FBI said.
Al-Ahmad was originally arrested in Turkey in 2011 after being secretly indicted in Arizona in 2011, the FBI said. The charges accuse al-Ahmad him of conspiring between 2005 and 2010 to supply bomb components to an Iraqi insurgency group, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, for use in IEDs that were used against U.S. military personnel.
Al-Ahmad also is charged with possession of a destructive device during a crime of violence, the FBI said.
The 1920 Revolution Brigades was a small jihadist group that was active against U.S. forces in Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq until it switched sides in 2007 to join the fight against al-Qaida.
Court records in the case remained sealed Thursday, and FBI spokesman Daniel Musser said he couldn’t immediately provide specifics on why the case is being prosecuted in Arizona.
This article appeared in print on page 3 of edition of Hamodia.
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