Andy Burn­ham says ‘indi­ca­tions’ show Iran ‘played a part’ in Fair­ford air base ter­ror­ism scare and defends sus­pects’ release on bail

British Prime Min­is­ter Andy Burn­ham agreed with the White House about the sus­pect­ed role of Iran in a ter­ror­ism scare out­side an air base in Eng­land.
Five British nation­als rang­ing in age from 23 to 25 were arrest­ed Sun­day on sus­pi­cion of a ter­ror­ist plot near the Roy­al Air Force Fair­ford Base out­side Glouces­ter­shire. White House offi­cials con­fi­dent­ly sug­gest­ed the sit­u­a­tion was an attempt­ed ter­ror­ist attack by a hos­tile for­eign pow­er, despite British author­i­ties warn­ing against “inter­na­tion­al com­men­tary.”

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