5 suspects arrested and charged under their explosives act and with terrorism charges...recently released on bail. 😮

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Laurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state.

It's very strange. No 'explosives' in the vehicles. Fuel thieves are a thing but all the OSINT dudes tracking them show very strange movements for your typical fuel thieves and there weren't any tanks in the area they were in. Dry run?

1 hour ago, uhhello said:

It's very strange. No 'explosives' in the vehicles. Fuel thieves are a thing but all the OSINT dudes tracking them show very strange movements for your typical fuel thieves and there weren't any tanks in the area they were in. Dry run?

Saw a talking head today throw out there these may be just criminals (low functioning) hired by Iranians, seems reasonable as they could have used several layers of separation to keep attribution deniable at least publicly

Throw some money out there see what happens, gather intel on how well your networks are surveilled / compromised even if it doesn’t happen, maybe…

Edited September 29Sep 29 by Clark Griswold

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/04/us-b1-bombers-uk-base-security-concerns/92095345007/

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12/12 jets evac'd short notice.. guess there was still something concerning going on

Considering the released the dudes they caught last time, I'd be concerned too.

1 hour ago, Inertia17 said:

Considering the released the dudes they caught last time, I'd be concerned too.

Lots of confusing info. The first guys caught were quickly released and it was suggested they might have simply been trying to steal fuel. Now they arrested an Iranian and people are paying more attention.

5 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Lots of confusing info. The first guys caught were quickly released and it was suggested they might have simply been trying to steal fuel. Now they arrested an Iranian and people are paying more attention.

Trump also said they "were looking to do big damage" and they "had been under joint surveillance by U.S. and British authorities for a long time."

Except from what's been reported it looks like suspicious activity was noticed and called in by some random local farmer and then turned out just to be fuel thieves?? Also you don't just up and move 12x bones in 24 hours without max effort of everyone involved. I'm sure they were jumping through their assholes to make that happen. Seems like some potential new threat caught them by surprise or we're not being told everything about the original dudes.

But who knows. At this point this is the kind of scattershot messaging retardation we've come to expect from this admin.

At least it's a win for the crews though, now they get to be at home with their families to watch the 69th round of [negotiations -> oh wait nevermind we're threatening obliteration again -> nevermind back to negotiations] rather than flying once a month and watching paint dry at a forward operating location

8 minutes ago, Pooter said:

Trump also said they "were looking to do big damage" and they "had been under joint surveillance by U.S. and British authorities for a long time."

Except from what's been reported it looks like suspicious activity was noticed and called in by some random local farmer and then turned out just to be fuel thieves?? Also you don't just up and move 12x bones in 24 hours without max effort of everyone involved. I'm sure they were jumping through their assholes to make that happen. Seems like some potential new threat caught them by surprise or we're not being told everything about the original dudes.

But who knows. At this point this is the kind of scattershot messaging retardation we've come to expect from this admin.

At least it's a win for the crews though, now they get to be at home with their families to watch the 69th round of [negotiations -> oh wait nevermind we're threatening obliteration again -> nevermind back to negotiations] rather than flying once a month and watching paint dry at a forward operating location

Correct me if I am wrong but I thought there were TWO incidents?

The possible fuel thieves that were released then the Brits arrested an Iranian late last week with ties to a possible operation against the bombers.

After Operation Spiderweb I would rather they act on the side of caution.