Incident at US air base in UK involved foreign state, Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the alleged thwarted attack on a U.S. air base in the United Kingdom “clearly” involved a foreign state. Rubio, during an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity," said the Sunday arrests of five men suspected of planning an attack on Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in England were “very...
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have voiced criticism of British counterterror police's handling of a potential plot targeting a U.K. air base utilized by U.S. forces. Rubio described the incident as "very serious" and suggested it involved a foreign actor, while Trump indicated it might be linked to Iran. Five British nationals, aged in their mid-20s, were arrested in an English village near RAF Fairford on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.
They were released on bail on Monday, with authorities noting they remain under investigation. Speculation has arisen as to whether the men were fuel thieves, given the rise in diesel and gasoline prices due to the ongoing Iran war. British authorities have not found any explosives or weapons in the suspects' vehicles. Iranian authorities have condemned the unfounded speculations linking Iran to the incident, but the U.K. government has previously implicated Iran's elite Quds Force in similar attacks across Europe.
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