U.S. President: We withdrew B-1 long-range bombers from a British base after detecting threats

Washington, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his country had withdrawn long-range B-1 bombers stationed at a British air base as a “precautionary” measure after detecting threats, without specifying their nature. Trump told reporters at the White House that the transfer of the B-1 aircraft from the RAF Fairford base in the United Kingdom was not a “routine or coincidental” move, noting the existence of “some threats” without identifying them. The U.S. president declined to say whether Tehran had deployed attack drones on British soil, limiting himself to warning that Iran would face “severe consequences” if it did so. U.S. news reports had stated that the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) had withdrawn 12 long-range B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom, days after the British government detained a group of individuals accused of links to an Iranian plot targeting the base. (End) A.M.M. / M.A.H.A.