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Man charged with assisting ‘foreign intelligence service’ after incident at UK base used for Iran strikes
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Man charged with assisting ‘foreign intelligence service’ after incident at UK base used for Iran strikes

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FAIRFORD, ENGLAND - JULY 25: A B1 Bomber at RAF Fairford on July 25, 2026 in Fairford, England. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

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The U.K. has said it had charged a man with an offense of assisting a "foreign intelligence service" over an incident at a military base used by the U.S. for strikes on Iran.

Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, has been charged under the country's National Security Act "following an incident involving RAF Fairford," an air base in west England, prosecutors announced on Tuesday .

Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 28, Abdulkarim is alleged to have engaged in "conduct that would likely materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out U.K.-related activities", the Crown Prosecution Service added.…

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