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.
