On February 5 , 2003 , Al-Aruri as Abu Ashraf was mentioned in the speech of Secretary of State Colin Powell to the U.N. Security Council . As Abu Ashraf , he was shown on a partial organization chart which was linked to four cells operating in Europe . Cited were a “ UK poison cell ” a “ Spain cell ” a “ French poison cell ” , and a “ possible Italy cell . ” Former Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and CIA veteran Rolf Mowatt-Larsen stated that " Secretary Powell ’s information used for this part of speech proved to be accurate in the course of events . " Al-Aruri moved to Iran and was one of al-Zarqawi 's main facilitators there . In a Moroccan investigation into the March 2003 Casablanca bombings , Al-Aruri surfaced as a financier of the attacks as he had sent U.S. $ 70,000 to the Moroccan Aziz Hummani . In 2003 he was arrested in Tehran In March 2015 , Khalid al-Aruri was released by Iran together with other high level al-Qa ' ida leaders including Sayf al-Adl , Abu Khayr al-Masri and Abu Mohammed al-Masri
2003 Casablanca bombings
2003 Casablanca bombings
Khalid al-Aruri