A federal indictment has revealed a sweeping IRGC-linked terror campaign that targeted American service members stationed in Britain and Jewish communities across Europe, with prosecutors saying the alleged ringleader directed attacks from inside a U.S. prison. The Justice Department filed charges in New York against three men tied to a new Iranian proxy group accused of orchestrating roughly 18 terrorist attacks in Europe earlier this year.

The alleged mastermind, dual Iranian-Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, has been in U.S. custody since May. Prosecutors say he never stopped operating. Hiding coded messages in phone calls to family members, al-Saadi allegedly relayed instructions through IRGC contacts in Iran and Iraq to operatives in Britain, who then prepared a strike on RAF Fairford. The plan: load fake fuel trucks with gasoline and destroy American B-1 bombers on the flight line. The plot was disrupted in September when British security services arrested five men at the base perimeter. Iranian citizen Mohsen Mohajeri and Iraqi citizen Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, both believed to remain abroad, are named as co-defendants.

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From Breitbart:

“allegedly orchestrated a terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base… [he] relied on a network of contacts in the United Kingdom… [and communicated] from jail by passing coded messages through third parties.”

“these defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of terrorist organizations affiliated with Iran that targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, and the British military base, RAF Fairford, housing American service members”… “The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical—it is very real”

“… The next day, on or about April 18, al-Hassani participated in another video call with an individual carrying out an attack on a synagogue in London, with the HAYI logo projected on the background of al-Hassani’s screen. During the video call, al-Hassani directed the individual to ‘light it up like a Christmas tree.’ The person on the video then lit an improvised explosive device and threw it at a building.”

The Fairford plot sat inside a much larger campaign. The DOJ says al-Saadi was involved in planning approximately 18 attacks across Europe in March and April, with seven occurring in Britain, more than any other country. Attacks attributed to the group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, or HAYI, include the Golders Green stabbing in April that left two Jewish men, including a dual U.S.-British citizen, near death; the attempted drone strike on the Israeli embassy; arson attacks on synagogues; and the burning of Jewish charity ambulances. The indictment’s most chilling detail is how some of those attacks were run: IRGC handlers in Iran and Iraq watched the violence unfold via FaceTime and issued step-by-step instructions in real time.

The charges include conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, attempted acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, conspiring to bomb a place of public use, and financing terrorism. Following the September arrests at Fairford, security at the base was surged and the American bomber wing was withdrawn, reportedly in a hurry. That dispersal has continued this week, with additional U.S. aircraft relocated from their usual British bases over ongoing Iranian threat concerns.

This indictment is a reminder that the threats American service members and Jewish communities face abroad are live, coordinated, and personally overseen by Iranian officials. Isaiah 54:17 declares, “No weapon forged against you will prevail.” We will stand in that promise and intercede for those in harm’s way.

Let’s pray for the safety of U.S. service members stationed in Britain and Europe; for the Jewish communities in London and across the continent targeted simply for their faith; for the intelligence and law enforcement officers in both nations who disrupted this plot before blood was shed at Fairford; and for justice to reach those who financed and directed this campaign from foreign soil and American jail cells alike.

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(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Artfully79 from Getty Images).