NEW on RAF FairfordInvestigators still consider a plot potentially involving proxies for the Iranian state as the most l | Hanami
NEW on RAF Fairford
Investigators still consider a plot potentially involving proxies for the Iranian state as the most likely explanation for the incident at the airbase on Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter
The five arrested men were not fuel thieves, the people said, dispelling online speculation that the police operation to detain them could have been a misunderstanding
They caution that they are keeping an open mind during a live investigation and other possiblities remain on the table
The UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing confirmed earlier they had found no explosives at the scene but had recovered quantities of petrol
They defended bailing the men as an investigative decision after criticism from Trump
The development that investigators still consider an Iranian proxy plot the likeliest motive suggests Marco Rubio’s comments yesterday blaming a “foreign actor” were correct