"According to a complaint unsealed on Friday in a federal court in Manhattan, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is allegedly responsible for organising among other operations a string of recent firebombings of banks and other targets in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, an arson attack against a synagogue and a shooting at the US consulate in Toronto in March, as well as most recently a wave of attacks on mainly Jewish targets in the UK including places of worship and charities."
"Most notably perhaps, al-Saadi, 32, is accused of involvement in the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London in April. The detailed complaint provides no details of the London attack but cites recorded conversations between al-Saadi and an FBI informant and an undercover FBI agent, in which he appeared to have referred to operations in Europe while trying to set up new attacks on Jewish targets in the US."
"Al-Saadi also allegedly posted claims of responsibility for attacks on Snapchat and Telegram in the name of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), a supposed Islamist militant group, the complaint said. He was reportedly detained in Turkey, though the details are unclear. In a development few observers anticipated, the individual allegedly responsible for a wave of frightening if nonlethal violence across a dozen countries is now in solitary confinement in a federal jail in Brooklyn."
"That a senior official in an Islamist militia in Iraq—which was formed and supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—is the prime suspect is also no huge revelation for investigators and analysts. It has long been suspected that the IRGC—more specifically its Quds Force, which specialises in c"
US authorities arrested Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an alleged commander of an Iranian-backed militia, accused of responsibility for 18 terrorist attacks across the UK, Europe, and Canada since the start of the Iran war. A complaint unsealed in Manhattan alleges he organized firebombings of banks and other targets in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, an arson attack against a synagogue, and a shooting at the US consulate in Toronto in March. The complaint also alleges involvement in stabbing two Jewish men in north London in April, citing recorded conversations with an FBI informant and undercover agent. It further alleges he posted claims of responsibility on Snapchat and Telegram under the name Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. He is held in solitary confinement in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
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