Iraqi National Charged With IRGC-Linked Terror Plot Targeting Jewish Institutions Across Three U.S. States

Al-Saadi is a senior Kataib Hezbollah military commander, not merely a sympathizer, and the U.S. plot was preceded by approximately 18–20 completed and attempted attacks across Europe, including synagogue bombings in Rotterdam and Liege, a Jewish school explosion in Amsterdam, ambulance arsons targeting a London Jewish aid organization, and a knife attack injuring two Jewish men in London, all framed as retaliation for the U.S.-Iran war. Kataib Hezbollah conducted the campaign under the pseudonym Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) to obscure organizational attribution. The NYC target was a specific prominent Manhattan synagogue; Al-Saadi transmitted exact photographs and geolocation data to an undercover FBI officer on or about April 3, 2026. He faces six counts of terrorism-related offenses and was ordered detained pending trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court.