3 Iran-backed operatives indicted for alleged role in terror plots
Summary
U.S. prosecutors charged three Iran-backed operatives in an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, a British air base where U.S. troops are stationed. The indictment says Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi coordinated the plan with two others, while U.K. authorities recovered three vans and arrested their drivers; the allegations have not been proven in court.Key Facts
- A superseding indictment made public Tuesday charges Al-Saadi with attempting to coordinate the alleged RAF Fairford attack.
- Prosecutors say Al-Saadi worked with Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national.
- Al-Saadi is in federal custody in New York; Mohajeri and al-Hassani are not in custody, according to sources cited by CBS News.
- The indictment alleges that associates prepared vans filled with fuel and researched chemical accelerants and metal shrapnel.
- Prosecutors allege the vans were to be disguised as fuel-delivery or pool-supply vehicles and driven to the base.
- The indictment says two vans encountered security checkpoints on September 26 and could not follow their intended route to the base.
- U.K. authorities recovered three vans bearing fuel-delivery business decals and arrested the drivers, prosecutors said.
- Prosecutors have also accused Al-Saadi of involvement in other alleged plots targeting U.S. and Israeli interests in the United States, Europe, and Canada.
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