Police nab 5 suspects plotting to bomb RAF Fairford
Things just got real in the English countryside after authorities found explosives near a base used by the U.S. Air Force.
Five guys were caught creeping around RAF Fairford in the middle of the night with vans full of what police suspect are homemade bombs. A local farmer actually stumbled upon the group of masked men and raised the alarm, proving that a neighbor with a flashlight is sometimes better than high-end intelligence.
Tehran has been making threats about this base for months because the U.S. military has been using it for combat missions during the current war. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting is doing that classic politician dance where he refuses to draw a direct link to Iran while simultaneously saying they definitely hate us and want to do us harm.
The kicker is that the U.S. Department of Defense has now bumped up threat levels at multiple bases across the UK. It is a weird world when quiet English villages turn into the frontline of a global conflict.
When the front porch becomes a theater of war, the security alert level is clearly more than just a suggestion.
Source: The Guardian
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