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Malek Fouda

Trump says US moved their B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford airbase after additional threats were made

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from a British airbase because of unspecified threats that he believed were linked to Iran.

The Pentagon confirmed earlier that the bombers had left the RAF Fairford airbase – used by the United States to launch ‘defensive’ strikes on Tehran – even as the British government insisted the site was safe.

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