UK police arrest 'explosive' suspects near US airbase, key to Iran war

Two miles from RAF Fairford. Explosives Act. Army EOD on the vehicles.

Summary

Fox News reports Gloucestershire Police arrested several men Sunday on suspicion of offenses under the Explosives Act, about two miles from RAF Fairford, a U.K. base that hosts U.S. Air Force assets used in recent Iran-related operations.
Police declared a major incident, evacuated properties in the Whelford area, and said the Army's specialist explosive ordnance disposal team was examining a number of vehicles.
President Trump told reporters the arrest was fantastic, that the suspects had been under investigation, and that they were looking to do big damage to 'our fort.' He did not confirm a reporter's question about whether the suspects were migrants.
Authorities did not name the suspects or say exactly how many were taken. British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said the situation was being dealt with. Prime Minister Andy Burnham thanked police, counter-terrorism units, and the armed forces.

Commentary

A Gloucestershire shift dad still hears jets over wet fields and knows a U.S. bomber pad is supposed to mean a locked perimeter, not a Sunday Explosives Act stop two miles out. He did not pay the levy so a vehicle exam could be the first warning a fort gets.

Two miles. Whelford evacuated. Army EOD on the cars. Trump: big damage to our fort. The vinyl chair in that village hall still holds the household that already bought the watch.

Look every working father who still lives under a bomber path in the eye and answer this: if EOD already had to open those vehicles, who still owns the next two-mile ring around a U.S. pad?

Comments

If EOD already had to open those vehicles, who still owns the next two-mile ring?

u/border_dad · 5h

Sunday. Two miles. Explosives Act. Keep those three stamps.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I stood a pad so a bomber base still meant a lock. A vehicle exam is not a weather report.

u/rule_first · 4h

Whelford evac. Army EOD. Names not released. Print the three.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allied bases still treat an Explosives Act arrest as a breach, not a local nuisance.

u/docket_rat · 3h

Fairford. Iran-related ops. Trump: big damage. File the three.

u/night_shift · 2h

I still smell wet asphalt at 2 a.m. I want the next vehicle empty of a charge.

u/texas_mom · 90m

A two-mile stop is not a vibe. It is a warning the street already paid.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

A U.S. pad next to an EOD call is a second border around every honest village.

u/press_clip · 30m

Fox printed Fairford, Whelford, and the Explosives Act. Argue those nouns.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Hold the perimeter. Finish the exam. A two-mile arrest is not a souvenir.

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