Lead report from TIME
What happened
British counterterrorism police arrested five men near RAF Fairford, a military base in the United Kingdom used by U.S. forces, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. Bomb disposal teams were deployed to the scene to examine vehicles following the arrests. President Donald Trump praised the operation, stating that some of the suspects had been under surveillance and aimed to inflict major damage.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford on suspicion of a terror plot and explosives offenses, and that the base is used by U.S. forces.
Left-leaning and center outlets such as TIME, The Hill, and Bloomberg focused primarily on the details of the arrests, the police investigation, and President Trump's remarks praising the operation. Right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner, New York Post, and Breitbart News placed greater emphasis in their headlines and excerpts on connections to operations involving the United States and potential links to Iran.
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Trump calls arrests of UK men on suspicion of terror offenses ‘fantastic’
President Trump on Sunday praised law enforcement in the U.K. for its work in arresting five men suspected of planning a terror attack on a U.S. air base. “The arrest in the U.K. was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job,” Trump told reporters in Chicago, according to NewsNation’s Libbey Dean. The president…
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Bomb disposal teams are examining vehicles near RAF Fairford as police investigate suspected explosives offenses.
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President Trump on Sunday praised law enforcement in the U.K. for its work in arresting five men suspected of planning a terror attack on a U.S. air base. “The arrest in the U.K. was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job,” Trump told reporters in Chicago, according to NewsNation’s Libbey Dean. The president…
LONDON (AP) — UK police said Sunday that five men arrested in the middle of the night near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. London’s Metropolitan Police, which takes the lead on potential terrorism activities, said in a…
President Donald Trump said that some of the men arrested Sunday on terrorism charges by the UK near an air base used by the US military were under surveillance and aimed to inflict major damage.
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British police declared a “major incident” near a major Royal Air Force base used by the United States for strikes against Iran, with several men arrested and bomb disposal units on the scene. RAF Fairford, which the United Kingdom authorized the U.S. to use for defensive strikes against Iran, is an important base for the…
President Trump suggested that several of the men who were nabbed and stripped down by British cops on terrorism charges had been under surveillance for some time.
British authorities arrested five men near a military base hosting U.S. forces early Sunday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire in southwestern England, serves as a forward operating location for the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and has recently been used to launch B-52 and B-1 bombers targeting Iran. ...
British counterterrorism police are reportedly investigating possible links to Iran over a suspected bombing plot against a Royal Air Force base used by the United States during its military operations against the Islamist regime in Tehran.
