Who Is Mohammad Dawood Al-Saadi? Iran-Linked Commander Accused Of Running UK Air Base Attack Plot From US Jail

The operative targeted RAF Fairford, where US B-1 bombers were stationed as part of the military campaign against Iran.

An alleged commander of an Iranian-backed armed group helped coordinate a failed attack on a UK air force base used by the US military from a prison in New York, federal prosecutors have said. Mohammad Dawood Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi citizen associated with Kataib Hezbollah, is accused of using coded messages during telephone calls with family members to direct two other people involved in the alleged plot.

The target was RAF Fairford, where US B-1 bombers were stationed as part of the military campaign against Iran.

Al-Saadi was already being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn when he allegedly helped organise the attack, according to prosecutors. He was arrested earlier this year over alleged involvement in terrorist plots in the US and attacks in Europe.

A grand jury in New York handed down a new indictment on Tuesday, naming alleged Iranian military operatives as being behind the planned attack.

Al-Saadi is accused of coordinating the plot with Mohsen Mohajeri, an operative of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and another Iranian national, Mohammad Ali Al-Hassani. Both men have also…

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