U.S. authorities charged three men in federal court with plotting a “campaign of terror” targeting Jewish communities and the British military base RAF Fairford.
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Three men were charged by U.S. authorities on Tuesday with plotting a “campaign of terror” of nearly 20 attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. and the British military base RAF Fairford.
The charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were outlined in a superseding indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said in a news release that al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to an attempted September terrorist plot at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom.
The U.S. attorney said RAF Fairford had U.S. bombers and troops stationed there.
The new indictment provides additional detail about an episode that had been unclear for more than a month after five men were detained after midnight on Sept. 27 on suspected explosives and terrorism offences following reports of three suspicious vans travelling toward the base in western England.
The arrests prompted the U.S. military to withdraw bombers that had been stationed at RAF Fairford, and those bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States.
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