RAF Fairford: Labour’s deputy leader states ‘I trust our police’ following Trump questions decision to bail suspects – latest updates

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Lucy Powell’s comments come following US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, also expressed concerns and states foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind plot Rubio states foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot Iran has previously stated it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target. The report also notes that But Iran’s embassy in London yesterday strongly rejected any speculation linking the country to the arrests of the five suspects near RAF Fairford. The Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh , has looked into the claims of a possible Iranian link to the alleged RAF Fairford plot. Here is an extract from his analysis : RAF Fairford is the European home for US air force bombers, essentially an American base on British soil. It has been used by the US in its bombing campaign against Iran, following the former prime minister Keir Starmer agreed to allow American strikes on Iranian missile launch sites in the war Donald Trump started in the spring. The base has also been a source of explicit interest to Tehran. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on 23 July, as the US carried out a 13th day of consecutive bombing attacks. It stated that any bases used by the US to attack Iran, including Fairford, were “legitimate targets” …

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