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UK PM says his assessment points to Iran's Revolutionary Guard in Fairford plot

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Parliament Monday that his government's assessment found an alleged plot targeting RAF Fairford, a base used by U.S. B-1 bombers, was "highly likely" coordinated in Iran and "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. had evacuated about a dozen bombers from the base roughly 10 days earlier in response to intelligence indicating an Iranian drone attack, and British forces had arrested several dual British-Iranian citizens suspected of planning an attack.

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