Younis al-Mauritani is a suspected Al-Qaeda chief arrested on charges of planning and executing international operations for the global terror network including involvement in the 2010 European terror plot. The White House praised the capture - reportedly the result of co-operation between US and Pakistani intelligence services. Younis was arrested along with two associates. This capture comes a month after the United States reported they would be withholding millions of financial assistance from the Pakistani government.[1]
Al-Mauritani was captured by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence with Frontier Corps Balochistan and assistance from U.S. intelligence on September 6, 2011 in his Quetta, Pakistan safehouse.[2]
Al-Mauritani was extradited to Mauritania on May 31, 2013.[3]
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- ↑ "Al-Qaeda chief Younis al-Mauritani held, says Pakistan". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14787900. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ "Key Al Qaeda agent Younis Al Mauritani captured in Pakistan". The National. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/south-asia/key-al-qaeda-agent-younis-al-mauritani-captured-in-pakistan. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/world/africa/mauritania-says-us-sent-prisoner-from-afghan-base.html?ref=mauritania&_r=1&
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