The Brief
- The Department of Justice filed denaturalization actions against Ali Yousif Ahmed, the former owner of a Phoenix driving school.
- Ahmed, an Iraqi native who came to the U.S. in 2009, is accused of killing two Iraqi police officers while serving as a leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda.
- Ahmed was arrested in Phoenix in 2020. Two years later, a judge certified his extradition to Iraq.
PHOENIX – The Department of Justice is moving to denaturalize a dozen people, including the former owner of a Phoenix driving school accused of killing two Iraqi police officers while serving as an al-Qaeda leader.
What we know:
The DOJ says a civil denaturalization complaint was filed on May 8 against 48-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed, an Iraqi native who came to the United States in 2009. Officials say Ahmed came to the U.S. as a refugee “based on a claim that he and his family were attacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq.”…