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ISIS MEMBER WHO APPLIED FOR REFUGEE STATUS HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGES IN CALIFORNIA


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ISIS MEMBER WHO APPLIED FOR REFUGEE STATUS HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGES IN CALIFORNIA

8:31 PM 08/15/2018
Chuck Ross | Reporter
 

A suspected Islamic State member wanted for murder in Iraq faces extradition after being arrested Wednesday by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in California, where he applied for refugee status.

Federal authorities say that Omar Ameen, 45, is wanted for the June 21, 2014, murder of an Iraqi police officer from the town of Rawah in the Anbar province.

An Iraqi court alleges that Ameen and a group of ISIS fighters entered Rawah after the town was overtaken by the terrorist group. Ameen and other ISIS members drove to the home of the officer, Ihsan Abdulhafiz Jasim, and allegedly began firing at him. Ameen allegedly shot Jasim, who was lying on the ground, on behalf of ISIS.

According to an extradition document filed in federal court Wednesday, Ameen fled Rawah following the alleged crime and settled in Sacramento.

Authorities say that Ameen’s family helped foster the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda (AQI) in 2004. In addition to murder, Ameen is believed to have planted explosives while living in Iraq.

Ameen arrived in the U.S. on Nov. 4, 2014, according to the extradition document, which was filed by McGregor W. Scott, a U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California.

On a resume included in the government’s filing, Ameen claimed to have worked as an auto mechanic in Sacramento from February 2016 through February 2018. He also claims to have worked as a truck loader and laborer in Salt Lake City beginning in January 2015.

Ameen concealed his terrorist affiliations in an application for refugee status. He also applied for a green card.

The government’s court filing says the FBI has had Ameen under investigation since 2016 for fraud and the misuse of visas. During that investigation, which included interviews with eight witnesses, the bureau was able to corroborate “Ameen’s membership in and actions on behalf of AQI and ISIS, including the murder.”

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A refugee from Iraq was arrested Wednesday in Northern California on a warrant alleging that he killed an Iraqi policeman while fighting for the Islamic State organization.

Omar Ameen

Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, 45, and other members of ISIS killed the officer after the town of Rawah, Iraq, fell to the Islamic State in June 2014, according to court documents.

He was arrested by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force at a Sacramento apartment building based on a warrant issued in May by an Iraqi federal court in Baghdad. US officials plan to extradite him to Iraq under a treaty with that nation, and he made his first appearance in federal court in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Ameen could face execution for the “organized killing by an armed group,” according to Iraqi documents filed in US federal court.

Prosecutors say Ameen entered the US under a refugee program, eventually settling in Sacramento, and attempted to gain legal status in the United States.

He arrived in Turkey in 2012 and began applying to the US for refugee status by claiming to be a victim of terrorism, according to a court document. He was granted refugee status in June 2014, but returned to Iraq to commit the slaying before traveling to the United States in November 2014, the document says.

The Trump administration has sharply criticized the Obama-era settlement program, questioning whether enough was done to weed out those with terrorist ties.

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A woman carrying a child is escorted by authorities to an apartment following the arrest of a 45-year-old Iraqi refugee, Omar Ameen.AP

Officials said Ameen also kept secret his membership in two terrorist groups when he applied for a green card in the United States.

State Department and Department of Homeland Security officials did not immediately respond to questions about Ameen.

Benjamin Galloway, one of Ameen’s public defenders, said he had just 10 minutes to meet with his client prior to his initial federal court appearance Wednesday afternoon and attorneys hadn’t decided whether to contest that Ameen is in fact the man wanted by Iraqi authorities.

Ameen was identified by a witness to the slaying who viewed a series of photographs of ISIS members, according to the Iraqi documents.

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has been investigating Ameen for filing fraudulent travel or immigration documents since 2016, according to a court filing. It says the FBI independently corroborated Ameen’s involvement with the terrorist organizations and participation in the slaying.

Ameen remained dressed in street clothing including a light blue T-shirt as he appeared in court handcuffed to a chain around his waist. US Magistrate Judge Edmund Brennan ordered him detained until his next court appearance set for Monday, accepting prosecutors’ argument that Ameen is dangerous and a flight risk.

Prosecutors said in court filings that the release of an alleged member of a designated foreign terrorist organization would be a national security risk.

The Iraqi arrest warrant and extradition request say that Ameen entered his hometown of Rawah in the Anbar province of Iraq with a four-vehicle ISIS caravan and drove to the home of Ihsan Abdulhafiz Jasim, who had served with the Rawah Police Department. He and at least five other named suspects opened fire and the man shot back, but the documents allege that Ameen fatally shot the man in the chest as he lay on the ground.

The militants later claimed responsibility for the slaying on social media.

The FBI has interviewed at least eight witnesses who identify the Ameen family — including Ameen himself, his father, brothers and paternal cousins — as affiliated with al Qaeda and ISIS, prosecutors said.

Court documents say Ameen’s family also aided al Qaeda in Rawah and that Ameen was a member of both al Qaeda in Iraq and ISIS. The documents allege that he did a number of things in support of the groups, including helping plant improvised bombs, transporting militants, soliciting funds and robbing supply trucks and kidnapping drivers on behalf of al Qaeda.

The FBI quotes one witness as saying Ameen’s vehicle in 2005 was a Kia Sportage flying a black al Qaeda flag with a cut-out roof and a machine gun mounted on the rear.

FILED UNDER ARRESTS ,  FBI ,  IRAQ ,  ISIS ,  JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE ,  REFUGEES ,  TERRORISM

 

https://nypost.com/2018/08/16/refugee-accused-of-killing-cop-in-iraq-was-part-of-isis-us-officials/

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CRIME - SACTO 911

Extradition hearing ordered for ISIS terror suspect in Sacramento

BY SAM STANTON

sstanton@sacbee.com

 

October 15, 2018 11:26 AM

 

A judge in Sacramento ordered an extradition hearing Monday for an Iraqi man suspected of being a terrorist and wanted in his homeland for allegedly shooting a police officer.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan ordered the hearing to begin Feb. 25 to determine whether Omar Ameen should be sent back to Iraq to face trial on murder charges there.

The order is somewhat of a victory for both sides in the case. Prosecutors wanted an extradition hearing set to get the case moving forward, while Ameen’s attorneys argued that they need more time to investigate the case to try and show that Ameen was not in Iraq at the time of the slaying.

Chief Assistant Federal Defender Ben Galloway said his office’s efforts include hiring translators to go through Iraqi and Turkish documents and finding an investigator who can go to the region to investigate the case.

“We’re all here to make the right decision, do the right thing” Galloway said. “I have no doubt of that. But this takes time.”

Prosecutors had been asking for an extradition hearing to be set for December, noting that the United States would want a speedy response from Iraq if they were seeking to extradite someone from that country.

“The United States is under a treaty obligation with the government of Iraq,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Audrey Hemesath told the judge as Ameen sat handcuffed at the defense table listening through an interpreter.

Ultimately, Brennan decided his court schedule required the hearing to be set for late February and that it likely would last a day or two.

Brennan does not have the authority to order Ameen sent back to Iraq. Instead, he can determine whether enough evidence exists to support the murder charge. The final decision must come from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Ameen is currently in the Sacramento County Jail being held without bail. He was arrested at his Arden Arcade apartment in August after the Iraqi government requested his extradition in connection with the 2014 slaying of a police officer there.
 

Court documents filed by federal prosecutors describe Ameen as a terrorist leader with ties to ISIS and al-Qaida, and say he helped make improvised explosive devices and captured and executed soldiers.

Prosecutors also say they have documents submitted by the Iraqi government that include “three sworn statements from firsthand witnesses who identified Amen as part of the group of armed ISIS fighters in Rawah, Iraq, that brutally murdered an Iraqi police officer.”

Ameen also has been accused of lying to gain admission to the United States in November 2014 by lying about his refugee status.
 

Ameen’s federal defenders say he was not in Iraq at the time of the killing and that if he is returned to his home country he faces near-certain execution by hanging.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article220041950.html

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