HIGH ALERT: Foiled UK Terror Plot could Change Security at US Bases Worldwide, Expert Says
Five men arrested near a key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday may have planned a “complex,” coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S. intelligence official warned.
As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump will ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the “trail leads to Tehran.”
The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S. Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.
“We had them under investigation,” Trump told reporters in Chicago. “They were looking to do big damage to our fort.”
“It may have been Scotland Yard. I don’t know. We worked with a lot of them. We had them under view for a long time, and we got them,” Trump added. (Read more from “HIGH ALERT: Foiled UK Terror Plot could Change Security at US Bases Worldwide, Expert Says” HERE)
