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No habeas relief for alleged former Al-Qaida leader

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld an Arizona federal court’s denial of habeas relief to Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-nouri, who sought relief from an order certifying his extradition to the Republic of Iraq to be tried on two counts of…

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision denying habeas relief to Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-nouri. Al-nouri, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Iraq, is facing extradition to Iraq to stand trial on two counts of murder. He had sought relief from this order in a U.S. federal court in Arizona. The court's decision to deny habeas relief means that Al-nouri will be sent to Iraq to face trial. The implications of this decision are unclear, but it suggests that the U.S. court system will not intervene in Al-nouri's extradition to Iraq.

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