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*BREAKING:* British counterterrorism police arrested five men in a suspected plot to attack RAF Fairford, a major U.S. Air Force base in Britain, after three large white vans were spotted heading toward the base shortly after midnight. Explosives were reportedly discovered, with investigators examining a possible Iranian connection to the plot. Reuters reports. Armed police intercepted the suspects near the base, while British Army bomb-disposal teams were brought in to examine the three vans. Around 85 nearby homes were evacuated and a 400-meter security cordon was established.