WTF went on at RAF Fairford?
The News Agents

WTF went on at RAF Fairford?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202653 min
  • Interview

It's still not clear what happened at Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning. Or why the five suspects arrested in connection with the incident were released on bail - a move even Donald Trump has criticised. But it is increasingly clear that Iran was involved. The News Agents sat down with the Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, for an exclusive interview about the growing threat posed by Iran on British soil, the rise of extremism and foreign-sponsored terror on our streets, and whether Palestine Action should have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation.<...

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This is a global production. There is indeed a strong indication that Iran played a part. This remains though a complex and very serious police investigation. So I can't say anymore at this stage.

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People will know though it's consumed quite a considerable amount of my time here in Liverpool this week. I did chair Cobra on Monday. We have been waiting to confirm what we could say, but we can now confirm our belief that

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Iran played a part. There have been many big stories this week, but perhaps the most mysterious has been the events at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where as part of a terror investigation, five men have been arrested and Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, has confirmed that it is the

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