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3 charged with plotting terror attacks in U.S., Europe
Axios ·
The U.S. charged three individuals in connection with alleged Iranian-linked terror plots, including a September scheme against a British Royal Air Force Base that housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft, per an indictment unsealed Tuesday.The big picture: The indictment alleges that a leader of an Islamic terrorist group attempted to coordinate with his fellow defendants from jail by passing coded messages through third parties. Driving the news: Since early in the year, the three men named in the indictment worked to commit terror attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network,…
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- NBC NewsU.S. charges 3 men with plotting multiple terror attacks, including on British air baseOne of the men helped direct the planned attack against the air base while he was in a U.S. prison, according to a Justice Department indictment.
- PBS NewsHourU.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbaseU.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said that one of the suspects, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted September terrorist plot,
- Axios3 charged with plotting terror attacks in U.S., EuropeThe U.S. charged three individuals in connection with alleged Iranian-linked terror plots, including a September scheme against a British Royal Air Force Base that housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft, per an indictment unsealed Tuesday.The big picture: The indictment alleges that a leader of an Islamic terrorist group attempted to coordinate with his fellow defendants from jail by passing coded messages through third parties. Driving the news: Since early in the year, the three men named in the indictment worked to commit terror attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network,…
- APUS charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK air base
- Fox NewsIran-backed terror suspects plotted attack on US troops using vans packed with fuel, DOJ saysA Justice Department indictment alleges three Iran-backed suspects used fuel-laden vans to target RAF Fairford, a British base housing U.S. troops.
- Yahoo NewsU.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on U.K. air baseNEW YORK (AP) — Three men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. as well as a planned assault on a British airbase used by the U.S. Air Force. 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. Only al-Saadi is in custody. U.S. Attorney…
- Los Angeles Times(subscription required)U.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on U.K. airbaseThree men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S.
