Counter terror police investigate possible Iran link to Fairford RAF bomb plot

[achristmaswish]

Fairford latest: Counter terror police investigating if Iran is linked to RAF base bomb plot, Sky News understands | UK News | Sky News https://share.google/cU4wjxGZBYQtIb3sx

I couldn't find a thread on this breaking news. How awful for everyone involved.

This country doesn't have a functioning army and nobody would want to join up and risk being prosecuted by a human rights lawyer when they come back.

@whereisthelover same. I thought something would have happened earlier this year when the heavy missiles were taking off from there

Apparently no such intelligence was from the USA, a member of the public called it in. Full marks for their observation skills!!! It proves that many eyes is key

Be interesting to see Polanski's response

@hotmumshit hopefully not but it has got me thinking about all the stock up for a few days that's been everywhere recently.

Are you saying we shouldn’t be helping Ukraine?

Some sources I'm reading are saying the station's security state escalated at some point on Saturday and there was an increased presence of local police.

If that's true then it looks like intelligence picked up something.

However if MSM reports are true it looks like the member of the public was probably the first to actually spot anything physical going on...

BTW as far as that photo goes, unconfirmed reports have it coming from a local resident, a member of the public who sent it to an individual who posts on defence matters on X.

The agencies/MSM picked it up from there..looks like details have been redacted on later versions of the image.

Perhaps we should just wait and see, rather than speculating based on what random people post of social media.

This all makes sense.

Agree. This is a consequence of agreeing to that. They’re trying to fight their war and this location is part of it.
The government was really weak to allow this.

Appeasement has never gone well.

@Hedgerowmanager no that's not what I was saying. I've already answered the same question you have asked.

We should certainly not be interfering in the Ukraine.

But by helping Zelensky we are pissing off Russia.

I’m not sure I agree that this particular mess is down to us?

So you don't think thats a potential factor?

Did the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "turn out well"?

The UK is in deep, deep shit.

When you read the eye witness account it’s not so much keen eyes but bloody obvious something dodgy was going on.

@zoeslim my point was that doesn’t mean they came over on a boat…

@MissyB1I don’t understand your response to my post. Are you saying the closure of the Strait doesn’t impact us?!

@MissyB1I don’t understand your response to my post. Are you saying the closure of the Strait doesn’t impact us?!

Link please… photo I have seen they look very white

@fatsausages Melodramatic much? I’m much more afraid of the threat from the US. Don’t forget they started this ‘not a war’ against Iran when they murdered over 50 of the Iranian government when the US and Israel, those bastions of democracy, decided it was time for ‘regime change’. They’ve been busy threatening Armageddon for Iran while bombing their infrastructure, schools etc. Iran has retaliated by hitting US bases in the region. The US has been using their bases here to assist in bombing raids so that should make them a target. But why dont the Iranians just send over some of these long range missiles we keep hearing about that could take the base out definitively? Or are these weapons of mass destruction just like the Iraqi ones….that didn’t exist?
Wars make money - and who benefits? Look how many billions Trump has coined in during this unbelievably corrupt presidency? I’m definitely more afraid of him than any mullah in Tehran.

They knew if was under threat of attack but it was actually the member of the public who stumbled across them and said where they were. She /he should be publically commended the USA

I'm saying we shouldn't facilitate a war that resulted in the closure of the strait and the resulting impact on us. You do realise it was the actions of the US and Israel thst have resulted in the closure of the strait?