America begins using British bases in operations "Defensiveness" Against Iran
The government announced United Kingdom Saturday that The United States began using British bases in "Defensive operations" Against Iran in the ongoing conflict in Middle East.
It was stated in a statement by the British Ministry of Defense on the XN platform "The United States has begun using British bases in specific defensive operations, in order to prevent Iran from launching missiles into the region, which puts British lives at risk."
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer angered US President Donald Trump by refusing to get involved in the ongoing conflict between the United States and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other, which began on February 28.
Specific defense goals
But Starmer later agreed to the United States’ request to use two military bases. "For specific defensive purposes"The two bases are Fairford in the county of Gloucestershire in southwestern England, and Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
An Agence France-Presse photographer reported on Saturday that an American B-1 bomber had landed at the Fairford base, and an American C-5 Galaxy plane could also be seen on the runway of the base, in the vicinity of which an anti-war protest movement was organized.
And between Five to six thousand people marched against the war in London, a police official told the British News Agency "BA".
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