Iraq-born operative arrested in US over alleged IRGC-linked global terror plots
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US authorities charged Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi with six terrorism-related counts for allegedly coordinating or aiding nearly 20 attacks across the US and Europe on behalf of Iran’s IRGC and Kata’ib Hezbollah, including a firebombing at a bank in Amsterdam and planned attacks against Jewish sites in New York and London; prosecutors say he worked with senior IRGC figures and posted propaganda before his Manhattan court appearance.
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