US terror case sheds light on RAF Fairford arrests mystery

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According to a report by the Guardian written by Dan Sabbagh, despite the May arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and his extradition to the US, a newly released Department of Justice indictment shows his network has continued attempts to foster fear and chaos in the UK. Al-Saadi, who identified himself as a prisoner of war in a Manhattan court, is accused of leading a group named Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (Hayi) and commanding Kata’ib Hezbollah. The indictment states that from a New York jail, al-Saadi passed coded messages to two associates in Iran, including one named Ali, identified as Mohammed Ali al-Hassani. British officials, including Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, previously stated that the IRGC was almost certainly behind the September incident at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The updated US details indicate that al-Hassani, a 35-year-old Iraqi, and Mohsen Mohajeri orchestrated a series of arson attacks against Jewish and British targets in London earlier in the year. British courts will determine the full details of the Fairford plot.