Iraqi militia leader accused of leading at least 18 attacks abroad against Iran war

An Iraqi national has been accused of at least 18 reported terrorist attacks in Europe and Canada against Israeli and U.S. interests in retaliation for the war in Iran.

According to court filings, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al Saadi allegedly firebombed a Bank of New York Mellon building in Amsterdam, attempted to detonate explosives at the Bank of America building in Paris, coordinated an attack against a Jewish synagogue in the United States, and stabbed two people in London.

Al Saadi is a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi militia that serves as a proxy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and threatens U.S. interests across the region, especially in Iraq and Syria. It is a different organization from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, another Iranian-backed militant group.

Since the Iran war started, al Saadi “has directed and urged others to attack U.S. and Israeli interests, including by killing Americans and Jews, in retaliation for the Iranian Military