An Iraqi national allegedly plotted to attack a prominent New York synagogue and other Jewish institutions in the United States, federal prosecutors said.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, appeared in court in Lower Manhattan on charges including conspiracy to provide material support to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata'ib Hizballah. Prosecutors said he is a commander for Kata'ib Hizballah and had been involved in planning attacks in Europe and Canada since March 9 in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli actions in Iran. Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and brought to the United States on Thursday. He is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
