U.S. Charges 3 Men Over Nearly 20 Iran-Backed Plots, Including RAF Fairford Attack
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 11
U.S. Charges 3 Men Over Nearly 20 Iran-Backed Plots, Including RAF Fairford Attack
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 11
Summary
Eight terrorism counts in New York accuse three Iranian and Iraqi men of helping orchestrate nearly 20 attacks in Europe and the U.S., including a September plot against RAF Fairford in Britain.
Prosecutors said Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi directed the Fairford operation from jail through coded messages, while co-defendants in Iran used British contacts to obtain vans, fuel, chemical accelerants and shrapnel-like metal objects.
Three fuel-filled vans were stopped by British authorities outside the base, where U.S. forces were operating; British police later charged two men, and the Pentagon evacuated B-1 bombers from Fairford.
Al-Saadi was already in U.S. custody on a May case alleging work with the IRGC and Kata'ib Hizballah to target Jewish communities in Europe and a New York synagogue, while Iran has denied any role in the Fairford plot.