DOJ Charges Iraqi Militia Leader in Nearly 20 Plots as Expert Warns of U.S. Terror Risk
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Updated · Fox News · May 20
DOJ Charges Iraqi Militia Leader in Nearly 20 Plots as Expert Warns of U.S. Terror Risk
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 20
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a senior Kata’ib Hizballah member, was arrested and charged after U.S. authorities said he directed attacks and threats tied to U.S. and Jewish targets.
Nearly 20 alleged plots across Europe and public threats against President Donald Trump and his family drove the case, which the Justice Department says shows Iran-backed networks can project violence beyond the Middle East.
Lora Ries said the threat extends inside the United States because weak vetting, immigration fraud and broad entry pathways can be exploited by jihadist sympathizers and operatives.
11 Iranian nationals arrested by ICE in the past year — including a former IRGC member with Hezbollah ties — were cited by Ries as evidence that more operatives may already be in the country.
The case adds to warnings in recent U.S. threat assessments about Iran’s use of surrogate networks and is likely to intensify calls for narrower immigration benefits and deportations focused on terror suspects.
With Iran's terror network degraded, why do its operatives still successfully plot attacks on U.S. soil?
Are America's wartime allies from Iraq and Afghanistan now viewed as a major terror threat to the homeland?