Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Ahmad, Terrorist Conspiracy, Arizona 2011

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Terrorist Conspiracy Lands Arizona Man in US Custody

Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Ahmad, a Syrian national, has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to a terrorist conspiracy that spanned nearly a decade.

According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, Al-Ahmad was originally charged under seal in May 2011 with terrorism-related offenses. He was subsequently arrested in Turkey on May 17, 2011, following an Interpol Red Notice, and was detained pending completion of extradition proceedings.

After being extradited from Turkey, Al-Ahmad arrived in Arizona and was placed in custody of the US Marshals Service. He made his initial appearance in federal court in Phoenix on the same day.

Al-Ahmad is accused of participating in a conspiracy to use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to attack US military personnel in Iraq from approximately 2005 to 2010. If convicted of the offenses alleged in the indictment, he would face a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison.

The charges against Al-Ahmad include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (IEDs), conspiracy to maliciously damage or destroy US government property by means of an explosive, possession of a destructive device during a crime of violence and aiding and abetting, conspiracy to commit extraterritorial murder of a US national, and providing material support to terrorists.

An indictment is merely a formal allegation that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The case is being investigated by the FBI Phoenix Division Joint Terrorism Task Force with substantial assistance from various other government agencies. The case is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

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