An Iraqi man accused of plotting to bomb a New York synagogue, as well as other Jewish establishments across the country, appeared in federal court Friday, smiling as prosecutors laid out allegations tying him to Iranian-backed militant groups.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, was planning on “targeting the heart of our Jewish community” in NYC last month, police commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said Friday in remarks made hours after federal prosecutors said they had disrupted the alleged plot before it could be carried out.
