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Britain charges two men in a suspected Iranian plot at RAF Fairford, a base used by U.S. forces in the Iran conflict
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service charged two London men, both 24, under the National Security Act after a counter-terrorism investigation into an incident at RAF Fairford, a staging base the U.S. military uses for operations connected to the Iran conflict, Fox News reported. Mohmed Abdulkarim is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, which U.K. officials identified as Iran, and Nouman Essghir with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the U.K.; both were due in Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
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- Fox NewsIran talks Middle East security, urges region to get US influence out (live updates, Oct. 27)