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2026-10-05 Britain

US Air Force removes all bombers from RAF Fairford, Pentagon says, because of unspecified threat from Iran

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [188 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

1 Is this because Iranian proxies dunnit, or because of English carelessness about security when Moslems are involved?

Because US wanted to do it for some time, and finally got the excuse?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-10-05 03:05|| 2026-10-05 03:05|| Front Page Top

2 Is this because Iranian proxies dunnit, or because of English carelessness about security when Moslems are involved?

Yes.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-10-05 06:53|| 2026-10-05 06:53|| Front Page Top

3 Park them in Greenland

Posted by Airandee 2026-10-05 07:15|| 2026-10-05 07:15|| Front Page Top

4 No need to have potential hostages in the Londonstan Caliphate.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-10-05 08:14|| 2026-10-05 08:14|| Front Page Top

5 Greenland provides very short 'great circle' polar routes to all of Asia.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-05 09:49|| 2026-10-05 09:49|| Front Page Top

6 because of unspecified threat from ~~Iran~~ Britstan

Posted by Mercutio 2026-10-05 12:31|| 2026-10-05 12:31|| Front Page Top

7 I was going to comment "a likely story", but Mr. Thunder, grom, beat me to it.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-10-05 13:37|| 2026-10-05 13:37|| Front Page Top

8 #7 actually grom comes from gromgoru which is from The Demon Breed is a 1968 science fiction novel by James H. Schmitz. Means unknown, and possibly supernatural, danger.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-10-05 15:32|| 2026-10-05 15:32|| Front Page Top

9 and he wasn't reflective, either

Posted by Frank G 2026-10-05 18:55|| 2026-10-05 18:55|| Front Page Top

10 grom is the Russian word for thunder.

Posted by badanov 2026-10-05 19:15|| 2026-10-05 19:15|| Front Page Top

11 English carelessness about security? Not when Mahmoud the Home Secretary, in charge of MI5 and domestic security in general, is on the job.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy 2026-10-05 21:27|| 2026-10-05 21:27|| Front Page Top

12 thunder

or gas?

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-05 23:44|| 2026-10-05 23:44|| Front Page Top

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