According to court documents cited by several American media outlets, the individual in question is Mohammed Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, one of the leaders of the Hezbollah Brigades, a significant Iraqi militia.
US authorities have arrested a man accused of planning attacks in the country, Canada, and Europe, including against Jewish sites, as announced on Friday by their director Kash Patel on the X network.
Based on legal documents aimed at his indictment, cited by several American media outlets, the individual in question is Mohammed Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, one of the leaders of the Hezbollah Brigades (Kata’ib Hezbollah), a major pro-Iranian Iraqi militia.
18 planned attacks
According to the same sources, the man planned to target multiple locations in Los Angeles and New York, and had plotted at least 18 attacks in Europe and Canada.
He was scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, without the circumstances of his arrest and transfer to the United States being known at this stage.
Designated as a “terrorist group” by Washington, the Hezbollah Brigades are part of the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” a pro-Iranian nebula that regularly claims responsibility for drone and rocket attacks on bases hosting American soldiers in Iraq and the Middle East. This group notably held American journalist Shelly Kittelson for a few days between March and April last year.
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