Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was reportedly targeted by an alleged terrorist trained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, is said to have obtained blueprints of Ivanka Trump's Florida home and pledged to kill her in revenge for the drone-strike killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the US in Baghdad in 2020, according to the New York Post.
Details of the Plot
The Post quoted Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attaché in the Iraqi embassy in Washington, as saying: “After Qasem was killed, he [Al-Saadi] went around telling people ‘we need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house.’” Qanbar also said he heard Al-Saadi possessed a plan of Ivanka’s Florida home.
In a post on X with a picture showing the private island where Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner have a $24 million home, Al-Saadi wrote: “I say to the Americans look at this picture and know that neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you. We are currently in the stage of surveillance and analysis. I told you, our revenge is a matter of time.”
Arrest and Charges
Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey on May 15 and extradited to the US, where he faces charges in connection with 18 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) alleges he was behind attacks on US and Jewish targets, including the firebombing of the Bank of New York Mellon in Amsterdam in March, the stabbing of two Jewish victims in London in April, and a shooting at the US consulate building in Toronto. The DoJ also said he had “planned, coordinated” and allegedly took responsibility for attacks against Jewish people, including the bombing of a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, and the arson of a temple in Rotterdam in March.
Ties to Iran and Hezbollah
The Post also reported claims by Qanbar that Al-Saadi had an Iraqi service passport on him at the time of his arrest in Turkey last week, adding that such a document can only be obtained with the consent of the Iraqi Prime Minister. The paper reported that Al-Saadi had been close to general Qasem Soleimani, who had been the head of Iran's Quds force special operations brigade responsible for supporting pro-Iran militias in neighbouring countries. Al-Saadi was in transit to Russia when he was arrested. The suspected terrorist, who is allegedly linked to both the IRGC and Lebanese paramilitary force Hezbollah, is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
