The US files an indictment against Kataib Hezbollah fighter held in New York for plotting against US forces in Britain.

The US files an indictment against Kataib Hezbollah fighter held in New York for plotting against US forces in Britain.

The US Department of Justice said that Muhammad Bakir al-Saadi, a Kataib Hezbollah fighter, tried to coordinate from a prison in New York an attack on the Fairford air base, where American forces were stationed, which was foiled in September. According to the indictment, he passed coded instructions to his accomplices in phone calls to family members in Iraq, even though he had been in federal custody since May.