A federal judge last week was skeptical that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was using “coded” phone calls from jail to coordinate terror plots.
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WASHINGTON — An Iran-backed operative orchestrated a foiled terror plot targeting US military aircraft in England from an American prison cell — using “coded messages” in phone calls to relatives in Iraq, according to a federal indictment secured Tuesday.
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A member of an Iran-backed militia plotted to attack the RAF Fairford air base in Britain while detained in the US on criminal charges, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Three Iran-linked operatives are accused of plotting a terrorist attack at an air base in the U.K. and attempting over a dozen attacks in the U.S. and Europe.
Prosecutors say Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a leader of an Iranian-backed militia, passed along coded messages that were delivered to operatives working on behalf of Iran.
The US Department of Justice says the men were involved in a string of plots, including a major incident near the UK airbase that is used by US armed forces.
( JNS) An eight-count indictment against two Iranians and an Iraqi was unsealed on Tuesday, charging the trio with almost 20 terror attacks in the United States and Europe, including a plot last month against a British air force base, where U.S. troops were stationed, the U.S.
From a jail in New York, a commander of an Iranian terrorist proxy group helped direct a failed plot to attack RAF Fairford — a key UK air force base used by the US.
Three men, with one working from jail, allegedly conspired to commit around 20 terrorist attacks across the U.S. and Europe, including the plot on RAF Fairford, on behalf of Iran-aligned terrorist networks.
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