{"id":2603293,"date":"2026-05-15T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-militia-leader-accused-of-leading-at-least-18-attacks-abroad\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:54:48","slug":"iraqi-militia-leader-accused-of-leading-at-least-18-attacks-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-militia-leader-accused-of-leading-at-least-18-attacks-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi militia leader accused of leading at least 18 attacks abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firaqi-militia-leader-accused-of-leading-at-least-18-attacks-abroad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Iraqi man identified as Mohammad Baqer Saad dawood al Saadi is accused in court filings of involvement in at least 18 reported terrorist attacks in Europe and additional attacks in Canada, targeting Israeli and U.S. interests in retaliation for Iran. The allegations include firebombing a Bank of New York Mellon building in Amsterdam, attempting to detonate explosives at a Bank of America site in Paris, coordinating an attack on a U.S. Jewish synagogue, and stabbing two people in London.<\/p>\n<p>Saadi is described as a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia that threatens U.S. interests in the region. The complaints claim he directed others to attack Americans and Jews and that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-kurdistan-presidents-house-targeted-in-drone-attack\/\" title=\"Iraqi Kurdistan president&#039;s house targeted in drone attack\">group claimed obligation<\/a> for multiple attacks across Europe and canada. The article also notes that Kataib Hezbollah captured U.S.journalist Shelly Kittleson earlier this year; she was released after about a week and returned to the United States uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>it highlights that Kataib Hezbollah is part of Iran\u2019s broader \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d while a U.S. central Command official says the group did not cause significant injuries to U.S. forces and that the militia threat has not affected U.S. objectives in Iran amid ongoing,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fragile ceasefire negotiations involving<\/a> the U.S., Israel, and Iran.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"101\">Iraqi<\/a> national has been accused of at least 18 reported <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorist-attack\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5480\">terrorist<\/a> attacks in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"81\">Europe<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"366\">Canada<\/a> against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"671\">U.S.<\/a> interests in retaliation for the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to court filings, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al Saadi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/iraqi-national-arrested-and-charged-providing-material-support-iranian-backed-terrorist\">allegedly firebombed<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4570876\/israel-lebanon-ceasefire-extend-45-days-continue-talks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 45 days for continued talks<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4570341\/merz-not-recommend-kid-move-us\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Merz says he would \u2018not recommend\u2019 his kids to move to US<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4570217\/latvian-government-collapses-fallout-two-ukrainian-drones-crashing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Latvian government collapses over fallout from two Ukrainian drones crashing in its territory<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Al Saadi is a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, an\u00a0Iraqi militia that serves as a proxy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and threatens U.S. interests across the region, especially in Iraq and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/syria\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"109\">Syria<\/a>. It is a different organization from\u00a0Lebanon\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\">Hezbollah<\/a>, another Iranian-backed militant group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since the Iran war started, al Saadi \u201chas directed and urged others to attack U.S. and Israeli interests, including by killing Americans and Jews, in retaliation for the Iranian Military Conflict and to further the terrorist goals of Kata\u2019ib Hizballah and the IRGC,\u201d the complaint alleges, adding that \u201cAl-Saadi and his associates have planned, coordinated, and claimed responsibility for at least 18 terrorist attacks in Europe as well as two additional attacks in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the group captured award-winning U.S. journalist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4511003\/us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-baghdad-iraq\/\">Shelly Kittleson<\/a>,\u00a0who was reporting on regional developments in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>Kittleson was returned uninjured to the United States after approximately a week in captivity. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4558854\/gulf-countries-reliance-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war\/\">GULF COUNTRIES SEEK TO WEAN THEMSELVES OFF STRAIT OF HORMUZ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kataib Hezbollah is part of Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4498796\/us-troops-fighting-iran-backed-militias-iraq\/\">\u201cAxis of Resistance\u201d<\/a> to attack U.S. troops in the surrounding region. The militant groups did not cause any \u201csignificant injuries\u201d to U.S. forces in or near Iraq, according to a U.S. Central Command official\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4519157\/captured-us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-free-deal-iraq-militia\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4519157\/captured-us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-free-deal-iraq-militia\/\">statement<\/a> to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. The official added that the threat posed by the militias has had \u201cno impact\u201d on U.S. goals in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., Israel, and Iran have negotiated on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-issues-new-counsel-to-israel-on-hamas-on-saturday-get-ready-for-all-hell-to-break-loose\/\" title=\"Trump Issues New Counsel to ... on Hamas: On Saturday, Get Ready for &#039;All Hell to Break Loose&#039;\">shaky ceasefire<\/a>, as permanent peace talks have struggled to take off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraqi accused of 18+ Europe\/Canada attacks on Israeli\/U.S. targets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2603294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kataib-Hezbollah.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[79762,17259,79760,79761,6039],"class_list":["post-2603293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-international-attacks","tag-iraq","tag-iraqi-militia","tag-militant-accusations","tag-terrorism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kataib-Hezbollah.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603297,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603293\/revisions\/2603297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}