Three Iran-Backed Operatives Charged Over UK Air Base Plot
· World · CBS News, France 24, ABC News (AU)
Three Iran-linked operatives have been charged in a federal indictment for plotting a terrorist attack on the UK's RAF Fairford air base, where US troops are stationed. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, indicted in May, faces eight counts of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist groups including Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Prosecutors allege he coordinated with Iranian national Mohsen Mohajeri and Iraqi national Mohammad Ali al-Hassani through coded messages to arrange vans with fuel and shrapnel for the attack. Mohajeri and al-Hassani remain at large while Al-Saadi is in federal custody in New York.
Why it matters
The indictment directly threatens the safety of US military personnel stationed in the UK and exposes active terror networks targeting Western allies, prompting heightened security measures at British air bases.
Read the original report — CBS News
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