Three individuals are charged with plotting terror attacks in the United States and Europe
The U.S. Department of Justice charged three men for allegedly plotting terror attacks, including a scheme targeting a British airbase. The suspects are linked to an incident at RAF Fairford in September. U.K. police have arrested five men and charged two British men with national security offenses related to the incident.
- The US Justice Department announced charges against three men described as Iranian operatives.
- Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty to plotting at least 18 attacks in Europe.
- The men allegedly plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S.
- A US charging document states Al-Hassani directed individuals to drive to the base in vans.
- The indictment alleged the three men conspired to use UK contacts for attacks.
- US Attorney-General Todd Blanche stated anyone planning a plot on a military base will be prosecuted.
- US attorney Jamie McDonald said defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of Iranian affiliates.
- A member of an Iran-backed group planned an attack on the RAF Fairford air base while in US detention.
- Al-Saadi allegedly passed coded messages to Al-Hassani and Mohajeri to coordinate ahead of the plot.
- The US military withdrew all its B-1 bombers from the base days after the incident.
- The trio were charged in an eight-count indictment regarding involvement in other plots.
- US prosecutors claim Al-Saadi was a Kata'ib Hizballah commander.
- Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, a 35-year-old Iraqi man, is suspected of instructing unnamed individuals to drive to the base with fuel drums.
- The men are believed to be involved in an incident at a British military base in September.
- Police responded near Fairford base in southwest England after reports of three suspicious vehicles.
- U.K. police arrested five men near the RAF Fairford airbase.
- Al-Saadi's lawyers claimed the prosecution's assertion of coded language was speculative.
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