Posted on 01/28/2023 8:40:16 AM PST by nuconvert
A New York federal court on Friday unveiled an indictment charging three men on murder-for-hire and money laundering charges for plotting the assassination of a U.S. citizen targeted by the Iranian government.
All three men, associated with an Eastern European criminal organization, are in custody and will stand trial in the U.S., Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed.
The Department of Defense has not named the victim, though Fox News confirmed the individual is Masih Alinejad, who was the target of a 2021 kidnapping plot that was foiled by the FBI.
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Contract killing fail. Has got to be bad for future business.
How did they get into the country?
Were their names Mohammad, Mohammad, Mohammad.
I don’t know...try the State Dept
Close.
>Rafat Amirov, 43, of Iran, Polad Omarov, 38, of the Czech Republic and Slovenia and Khalid Mehdiyev, 24, of Yonkers, New York were all named and arrested in carrying out the plot.
As if we didn’t have enough problems, we keep importing more.
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The more problems we have the greater the need for more government. /sarc
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