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.

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