Bail for RAF base suspects suggests no evidence of ‘terror’, say analysts

When a woman driving home to her Gloucestershire village in England in the early hours of Sunday morning found her driveway blocked by three white vans, she immediately called the police.The call triggered a whirlwind of dramatic events; within 15 minutes, armed officers had swooped on the scene, and a major incident was declared at the nearby Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, a base United States bombers have used to strike Iran.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iran’s Araghchi meets Qatari mediators as US calls for nuclear talkslist 2 of 4Rubio, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister hold talks on Yemen, Hormuz Straitlist 3 of 4US-Iran talks continue, but ‘deal unlikely’ before midterm electionslist 4 of 4Marco Rubio says UK airbase incident involved ‘foreign actor’end of listSome 85 homes were evacuated as a bomb disposal robot picked its way between the vans, and five British men in their 20s were arrested on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.As army explosives experts examined the vehicles and counterterrorism detectives began questioning the suspects, US President Donald Trump, some 5,800km (3,600 miles) away, was already hailing the arrests.“We had them under...