And the way to deal with “terrorists” is, of course, to release them on bail. Perhaps the Keystone Kops got a bit over-excited?
Major incident declared near RAF Fairford as men held on suspicion of explosives offences
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Arwu@programming.dev to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Yeah the news they were released this morning was surprising.
Only two options I can come up with are a) your suggestion that the UK counter terrorism police are comically inept or b) they were just protesters with more balls than brains
My opinion is that the UK police generally are heavily leaning to the right and hence will only arrest protesters and investigate perceived terrorism if it’s coming from the left. They’re not institutionally incompetent although they are institutionally racist. Point being I don’t think comically inept is a good explanation.
I’m thinking it’s a group who were planning some sort of stupid protest (that was likely to get them shot) like hanging an anti-Iran bombing sign on the airbase wall. Particularly given the supposed explosives in the back turned out to not be
theguardian.com/…/men-arrested-raf-fairford-count…
theguardian.com/…/raf-fairford-uk-bomb-plot-marco…
“An initial examination of the vans led police to suspect they carried explosive materials, with assessments made as to whether they were viable improvised explosive devices. After the suspects’ release it emerged that no explosive material had been found.”
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Lots of chatter online that they were petrol/diesel thieves robbing local farms. The logo on their vans was “Fuel2You” and there appear to be barrels inside the vans.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
We’ve been warned multiple times, it’s no surprise. Won’t stop until Putin is buried and MAGAts and the tech bros pushing it are defenestrated
Nighed@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Could be Iran led, not Russia, I don’t think we have seen anything publicly leading one way or another?
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s a good point. I assumed Russia because they have the pre-existing spy / subversives network and we have been being warned for months they have plans, but the Iranians also have good cause to want to attack a joint UK/US airbase
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Putin is just one in a long line. That’s simply Russia.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Mmm, I’d agree that there’s a larger cultural issue with Russia, but Putain turning up his toes will make a difference, because then they have an excuse to quit a war that isn’t going well for them. Sure, give it a couple of years and who ever replaces the vampire will pull something similar, but in the mean time we get a respite and an opportunity for Europe to swivel away from US dependency and towards self sufficiency.