Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah denied on Monday any affiliationwith Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer al-Saadi, who was arrested by US authoritiesover alleged plots targeting Americans and Jews in Europe and Canada.
In a statement, the Iran-aligned armed faction describedal-Saadi as “a supporter of the resistance,” stressing that he would “return tohis homeland with dignity.”
According to a US federal criminal complaint, al-Saadi wascharged with coordinating at least 18 attacks across Europe and planning twoattacks in Canada. Some US media reports identified him as linked to KataibHezbollah, which Washington designates as a foreign terrorist organization.
The groupalso warned against possible US and Israeli plans to target leaders of the“Islamic resistance” and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), astate-sanctioned coalition of mostly Shiite armed factions in Iraq, threateningretaliation against American interests if Iraqi factions were attacked.
It furtherclaimed that most US and Israeli reconnaissance operations linked to potentialattacks inside Iraq were being launched from Jordan, warning Amman that its“patience is running out.”
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