U.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase
Summary
U.S. prosecutors charged three men in a superseding indictment, alleging they plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the United States and an assault on RAF Fairford, a British base used by the U.S. Air Force. One defendant is in U.S. custody; the other two were not reported to be in custody.Key Facts
- The defendants are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.
- Prosecutors allege the men worked with an Iran-aligned network that included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata'ib Hizballah.
- Al-Saadi, whom prosecutors describe as a Kata'ib Hizballah commander, was arrested in the spring and is being held without bail.
- The indictment alleges al-Saadi used coded messages from jail to direct relatives to pass money to people who could carry out attacks.
- Five men were detained in Britain on Sept. 27 after three suspicious vans were seen heading toward RAF Fairford; a sixth suspect was arrested days later.
- British authorities linked the suspected plot to Tehran, which denied involvement, and the United States moved its bombers from RAF Fairford back to U.S. bases.
- Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty in June to charges involving at least 18 alleged attacks in Europe.
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