U.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase – PBS

U.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase  PBS

U.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, NEW 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. READ MORE: British police rearrest 2 men on suspicion of assisting Iran over suspected plot at a U.S.-run air base 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 Jamie McDonald in New York 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 the attempted September terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, United Kingdom, where U.S. bombers and troops had been stationed. "These defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of terrorist organizations affiliated with Iran that targeted Jewish