Arrest of Iraqi terror suspect with alleged links to Iran’s Quds force is astonishing but not surprising

It has long been suspected the Revolutionary Guards - specifically its Quds force - was responsible for recent terror attacks in London, Canada and across Europe

The arrest by US authorities of an alleged Iraqi commander of an Iranian-backed militia group now accused of responsibility for 18 terrorist attacks in the UK, Europe and Canada since the beginning of the Iran war is an astonishing development - yet not the least bit surprising.

According to a complaint unsealed on Friday in a federal court in Manhattan, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is allegedly responsible for organising - among other operations - a string of recent firebombings of banks and other targets in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, an arson attack against a synagogue and a shooting at the US consulate in Toronto in March, as well as - most recently - a wave of attacks on mainly Jewish targets in the UK including places of worship and charities.