U.S. charges 3 men with plotting multiple terror attacks, including planned attack against U.K. airbase

The U.S. Justice Department has charged three men in an indictment unsealed Tuesday over alleged Iranian-linked terror plots, including a planned September attack on a British Royal Air Force base that houses U.S. military personnel and aircraft. NBC News reports that one of the men helped direct the planned attack while in a U.S. prison, and Axios reports the indictment alleges a leader of the scheme did so, with the reports otherwise describing the base as RAF Fairford.

1. Axios FIRST 9h ago 3 charged with plotting terror attacks in U.S., Europe

   The U.S. charged three individuals in connection with alleged Iranian-linked terror plots, including a September scheme against a British Royal Air Force Base that housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft, per an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The big picture: The indictment alleges that a leader of an Islamic terrorist group attempted to coordinate with his fellow defendants from jail by passing coded messages through third parties. Driving the news: Since early in the year, the three men name

2. NBC News 4h ago U.S. charges 3 men with plotting multiple terror attacks, including planned attack against U.K. airbase

   One of the men helped direct the planned attack against the air base while he was in a U.S. prison, according to a Justice Department indictment.

3. Al Jazeera 48m ago US charges three men for allegedly plotting attack on UK base

   The US has charged three men over alleged involvement in a plot to attack a Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, UK.

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