伊朗支持的“恐怖分子”从纽约市监狱牢房策划针对英国军事基地的袭击：联邦检方华盛顿 —— 根据周二获得的一份联邦起诉书，一名伊朗支持的特工从他在纽约市的监狱牢房内，通过给伊拉克亲属打电话时使用“暗语”，策划了一起针对英国军事基地美军轰炸机的恐怖袭击阴谋。
Iran ‘terrorist’ orchestrated foiled plot on UK military base from NYC prison cell: feds WASHINGTON — An Iran-backed operative orchestrated a terror plot targeting a US bombers at a British military base from his New York City prison cell — using “coded messages” in phone calls to relatives in Iraq, according to a federal indictment secured Tuesday.
据纽约南区法院的一份替代起诉书称，涉嫌主谋穆罕默德·萨阿迪是伊朗和伊拉克双重国籍公民，5月在土耳其被捕并被移交美国，面临与欧洲近20起其他恐怖袭击有关的指控。尽管被单独监禁在布鲁克林大都会拘留中心，他仍监督了针对皇家空军费尔福德基地美军的袭击阴谋，并给予了最终批准。
Alleged mastermind Mohammad al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi citizen, was arrested in Turkey in May and transferred to the US to face charges related to almost 20 other terrorist attacks in Europe. Despite being in solitary confinement inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, he still oversaw the plot against US forces at Royal Air Force Base Fairford and gave final approval, according to a superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York.
英国警方在皇家空军费尔福德基地安全恐慌后逮捕了七名男子，随后将他们保释释放，此案一直笼罩在谜团中——直到现在。特朗普总统曾公开表示，他认为该事件与伊朗有关。
British police arrested, and then released on bail, seven men following the RAF Fairford security scare and the case had remained mired in mystery until now—though President Trump publicly said he believed the incident was linked to Iran.
新起诉书称，萨阿迪与两名身在伊朗的共同被告合作，利用与母亲和姐妹的电话通话向其他嫌疑人穆赫辛·穆哈杰里和穆罕默德·哈萨尼传递信息。
The new indictment says that al-Saadi, working with two codefendants based in Iran, used phone calls with his mother and sister to pass messages to the other suspects, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad al-Hassani.
据信，这三名男子均属于一个与伊斯兰革命卫队有关联的恐怖网络。周二下午尚不清楚穆哈杰里和哈萨尼是否已被羁押。
All three men are believed to be part of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked terror network. It was unclear Tuesday afternoon whether Mohajeri and al-Hassani were in custody.
检方指控，在6月和7月，萨阿迪在被录音的狱中通话中告诉母亲和姐妹，他欠穆哈杰里钱，并请他们传递关于“工作”的信息。“他们对我们所有旧工作怎么办了？”他据称问姐妹，询问那些工作是否已被取消或暂停。据称，他的姐姐告诉他“并没有取消”。
In June and July, prosecutors allege that al-Saadi told his mother and sister in the recorded jailhouse calls that he owed money to Mohajeri and asked them to relay messages about “work.”“What are they doing about all our old work?” he allegedly asked his sister, requesting an update on whether that work had been canceled or paused. His sister allegedly informed him that “it isn’t cancelled.”
英国警方于9月27日采取抓捕行动前三天，萨阿迪据称曾向家人询问哈萨尼的情况，并被告知其同伙已被转移至“国际部门”。随后，他据称指示亲属“给他[哈萨尼]钱，这样我们才能干”，从而启动了这起企图袭击，起诉书指控称。据称，哈萨尼在接到指令前已奠定基础。
Three days before the Sept. 27 bust by British police, al-Saadi allegedly asked his family about al-Hassani and was told that his comrade was transferred to the “International Section.”He then told his relatives to “give him [al-Hassani] money so we can do it,” putting in motion the attempted attack, the indictment alleges. Al-Hassani allegedly laid the groundwork ahead of the order.
根据法庭文件，8月，他“指挥并支付英国的同伙采取准备步骤并安排后勤”，包括对该基地进行视频监视。
In August, he “directed and paid associates in the United Kingdom to conduct preparatory steps and arrange logistics,” including conducting video surveillance of the base, according to the court papers.
当局指控，这名同一所谓共谋者还支付同伙购置货车、燃油桶和化学助燃剂（包括氯化钾），以及用作炸弹破片的金属——这些货车经过伪装，酷似燃油公司和游泳池业务用车。
The same alleged co-conspirator paid accomplices to acquire vans, barrels of fuel and chemical accelerants, including potassium chloride, and metal for use as bomb shrapnel — with the vans decorated to resemble fuel and swimming pool business vans, authorities allege.
据称，三辆车于9月26日被开往费尔福德皇家空军基地。两辆在路障处被拦截，次日所有三辆车均被英国当局扣押。
Three vehicles were allegedly driven to RAF Fairford on Sept. 26. Two were stopped at a roadblock and all three were eventually seized by British authorities the following day.
据称，主谋与伊拉克民兵组织“真主党旅”有关联，该组织隶属于伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队指挥。
The ringleaders allegedly are associated with the Iraqi militia group Kata’ib Hizballah, which is under the command of Iran’s IRGC.
特朗普谴责英国官员让七名所谓同伙保释获释。数日后，美军将十余架B-1B“枪骑兵”战略轰炸机转移至其他机场，以降低风险。
Trump condemned British officials for releasing the seven alleged accomplices on bail. Days later, the US military moved a dozen B-1B Lancer bombers to other airports to limit risk.
“存在一些威胁，与其冒险引诱敌人，不如抓住敌人并击败敌人，”特朗普当时表示。“但为什么要把它们留在那里？所以我们把它们稍微转移了一下。” 据称，这三名伊朗支持的策划者在今年2月美以袭击伊朗后，在欧洲组织了18起恐怖袭击。
“There were some threats and rather than tempting the enemy, we’ll capture the enemy and beat the enemy,” Trump said at the time. “But why should we leave them there? So we moved them around a little bit.”The trio of Iran-backed plotters allegedly organized 18 terrorist attacks in Europe earlier this year after the US and Israel attacked Iran in February.
其中七起发生在英国，包括针对伦敦两名犹太男子的刺伤袭击，其中一人为美国公民。该集团还据称企图纵火焚烧阿姆斯特丹的纽约梅隆银行。
Seven of the incidents were in the UK, including a stabbing attack against two Jewish men in London, one of whom is a US citizen. The group also allegedly attempted to burn down the Bank of New York Mellon in Amsterdam.
萨阿迪已作无罪抗辩，在此前的庭审中一直面带讥笑。他试图把自己塑造成一名战俘，以美国与伊朗正在进行的战争为由对美国进行反抗。
Al-Saadi has pleaded not guilty and has smirked through previous court appearances as he tries to cast himself as a prisoner of war fighting back against the US in response to the country’s ongoing war with Iran.
“我不是罪犯……我们的孩子正被你们的火箭杀害，”他在6月的一次听证会上通过阿拉伯语翻译说。
“I’m not a criminal. … Our children are being killed by your rockets,” he said, speaking through an Arabic interpreter, at a June hearing.
司法部上月采取行动，将萨阿迪与家人的通话限制为每月一次，理由是他一直在使用所谓的“暗语”。但科琳·麦克马洪法官敦促政府提供更多细节，说明这名被告恐怖分子据称谈论了什么内容。
The Justice Department moved last month to limit Al-Saadi’s phone calls with family to once per month due to the alleged “coded language” he’d been using, but Judge Colleen McMahon had urged the government to provide more detail on what the accused terrorist had allegedly been talking about.
“政府关于被告在与家人的视频通话中使用暗语，以便与外国恐怖组织同伙联络的论点含糊不清，似乎与具体的犯罪策划或行为没有关联，”麦克马洪在11月4日的裁定中写道，其中使用了“外国恐怖组织”的英文缩写。“本法院需要听取更多信息。”萨阿迪的联邦辩护律师安德鲁·达拉克今天拒绝置评。他在周二下午的一份法庭文件中称，几小时前他们在监狱会面时，这名被告恐怖分子处于一套复杂且限制极为严格的镣铐系统中。
“The Government’s argument about defendant’s using coded language during his video calls with family members to communicate with his FTO confederates is vague and does not appear to be linked to discrete criminal planning or conduct,” McMahon wrote in a November 4 ruling, using an acronym for Foreign Terrorist Organization. “The Court needs to hear more.”Al-Saadi’s federal defender Andrew Dalack, who declined to comment today, said in a court filing Tuesday afternoon that the accused terrorist was in an elaborate and highly restrictive shackling system when they met at the jail hours earlier.
“今天早些时候，我们与萨阿迪先生进行了约两小时的会面，在此期间他全程被脚镣以及固定在缠绕腹部的链条上的前手铐束缚，无法活动手臂或双手，”达拉克及其纽约联邦辩护人办公室的同事写道。
“During our approximately two-hour-long meeting with Mr. Al-Saadi earlier today, he was restrained the entire time by leg irons and through front handcuffs affixed to a chain wrapped around his stomach, which prevented him from moving his arms or hands,” Dalack and his colleagues at the Federal Defenders of New York wrote.