Younis al-Mauritani, born Abd al-Rahman Ould Muhammad al-Husayn Ould Muhammad Salim, is an
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 came a month after the United States reported they would be withholding millions of financial assistance from the Pakistani government.
Al-Mauritani was captured by the Pakistani
Inter-Services Intelligence
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI; ur, , bayn khadamatiy mukhabarati) is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant ...
with
Frontier Corps Balochistan and assistance from
U.S. intelligence on September 6, 2011 in his
Quetta, Pakistan
Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of th ...
safehouse.
Al-Mauritani was extradited to Mauritania on May 31, 2013. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on April 20, 2015.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Al-Qaeda leaders
Mauritanian al-Qaeda members
Mauritanian expatriates in Pakistan