UK investigates if arrests near US-run base prevented Iran-linked attack

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

British police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a US-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detectives investigated whether the arrests foiled an attempted attack linked to Iran. The men were detained early on Sunday after three vans were spotted near RAF Fairford, a UK-owned base that has been used by American bombers during decades of conflict in the Middle East. Investigators have not concluded whether the incident is a state-backed..