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MILITARY1d agoSenators briefed on Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to restart war on IranAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARY2d agoExclusive: Fired general admitted to leaking classified Iran and Ukraine info, report saysAxios
MILITARY4d agoBritish duo charged in alleged Iran-linked RAF Fairford plot to appear in courtCBS News
MILITARY4d agoUK charges 2 men in suspected Iran-linked incident at RAF Fairford after US bombers pulledTwo men face charges under the U.K.'s National Security Act after a September incident at RAF Fairford, a key base for U.S. military bombers.Fox News World
MILITARY4d agoTwo men charged with helping Iran over RAF Fairford incidentFive British men were arrested outside the base in southwest England last monthIrish Times World
MILITARY4d ago2 men charged in UK with helping Iran over air force base incident⁠Two men were charged ⁠on Tuesday under Britain’s National Security Act ⁠following last month’s security incident at the RAF Fairford military base, with prosecutors accusing one of them of trying to assist Iranian intelligence operations in Britain. RAF Fairford had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, but they were withdrawn ‌on security grounds shortly after five British men were arrested outside the base in southwest England in the early hours of September 27. The...South China Morning Post
MILITARY4d agoTwo men face UK national security charges following an incident near RAF Fairford, with police suspecting Iranian state involvementDW News [en]
MILITARYBREAKINGOct 20UK rearrests duo on suspicion of aiding Iran in alleged plot at US-run airbaseSouth China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 202 men rearrested for alleged spying for Iran in U.K. air base incidentCBS News
MILITARYOct 16What The Army’s Pacific Commanders Are Learning From Ukraine And Iran ConflictsBattles far away are informing major changes to how the Army trains, equips and operates in the vast Pacific. The post What The Army’s Pacific Commanders Are Learning From Ukraine And Iran Conflicts appeared first on TWZ.The War Zone
MILITARYOct 13UK spy chief says Iran is stepping up targeting of military basesAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 12UK: Iran 'highly likely' to be behind RAF Fairford incidentDW News [en]
MILITARYOct 12RAF Fairford incident ‘almost certainly’ directed by Iran’s security force, Burnham saysThe Iranian ambassador to the UK has been summoned to make clear that “Britain will not tolerate threats on our soil”, foreign secretary Ed Miliband also saidThe Independent World
MILITARYOct 8Pentagon barred Qatar base access to hide Iran war damage, US senator claimsSen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was denied access to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, during a recent Congressional Delegation trip in what he calls a "cover-up."Military Times
MILITARYOct 8Pentagon barred Qatar base access to hide Iran war damage, US senator claimsSen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was denied access to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, during a recent Congressional Delegation trip in what he calls a "cover-up."Defense News
MILITARYOct 8UK airbase plot expands fears of Iran's military capabilitieswfla · united states of america
MILITARYOct 6Philip Ingram sees Russia, China and Iran stepping up ‘gray zone’ activities across UK and EuropeFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.France 24 [en]
MILITARYBREAKINGOct 6US withdrew its bombers from Fairford base due to possible drone attack from IranClarín
MILITARYOct 5US bombers moved from UK airbase due to Iran-linked threats, Trump saysUS President Donald Trump said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran ⁠had prompted the removal of American B-1 bombers from a British airbase. The planes had been stationed at RAF Fairford, the preferred European base for US bombers, and had recently been used in US strikes on Iran. Last week, five British men were arrested near the base – which Iran’s Revolutionary Guards previously said was a legitimate target – on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. “We had an idea that there might be a...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 5US pulls bombers from UK base: Is Iran manoeuvring Trump’s war plans?The withdrawal means the US lost a convenient launchpad, not its underlying strike capability, said an expert.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 4U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base after attack threats from IranThe U.S. military evacuated a dozen B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairford airbase in the UK over the weekend, the Pentagon said. President Trump said in Monday the threat came from Iran. Why it matters: A U.S. official said the base was under threat of attack by Iran. The latest: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that there are "regular rotations" of U.S. Air Force assets around the world and that the movement of the bombers was not directly tied to the Iranian threat. "We have confidence in the security of all of our bases. All of our bases could be threatened theoretically Axios
MILITARYOct 4US withdraws B-1 bomber aircraft from UK’s Fairford base amid Iran fearsAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 3British-Iranian citizen, free on bail for alleged attack on US-managed military baseUn joven de 25 años, con ciudadanía británica e iraní, fue liberado bajo fianza tras ser arrestado en Londres por un incidente en una base militar.Cinco hombres, previamente detenidos cerca de la base RAF Fairford por delitos relacionados con explosivos, también fueron liberados bajo fianza.Clarín
MILITARYOct 3Dual UK-Iranian national released on bail over suspected plot against US-run military base - AP NewsAP News