US Prosecutors Charge Iranian Operative Allegedly Responsible for UK Air Force Base Attack
New indictment claims Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian and Iraqi national, plotted while in US custody
TL;DR
- An Iranian operative, Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, jailed in New York, is accused of plotting an attack on RAF Fairford in the UK.
- Al-Saadi allegedly used coded messages from prison to direct two co-conspirators to gather materials for the attack.
- The attack was reportedly planned as retribution for the US war in Iran and targeted a base used by US B-1 bombers.
- Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in September in connection with the foiled plot.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had previously identified RAF Fairford as a legitimate target.