Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that a recent thwarted terror plot near a United Kingdom military base used by the United States involved a "foreign actor," linking the incident to global threats from adversaries such as Iran."What happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the U.K.over the weekend is a very serious situation," Rubio told Fox News' "Hannity" on Monday night.
"It's one that clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor.""I won't get into great detail about that yet."RUBIO QUESTIONS ‘POINT’ OF NATO AFTER ALLIES BLOCKED US FROM USING BASES DURING IRAN CONFLICTRubio added there would be "repercussions" for threats against U.S.interests.Secretary of State Marco Rubio told 'Hannity' on Monday night that the thwarted attack in the U.K.
appears to have come at the hands of a 'foreign actor.' (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP)"I think it ties us to the reality here, and that is, we are dealing with elements in the world, and in the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally," he continued."We're going to always take that very seriously.
There will be repercussions for that, if it ever were to happen or even attempted."Rubio thanks the partners in the U.K.for helping thwart the "very series threat" of an attack.TRUMP WARNS US WOULD 'DECIMATE AND DESTROY' IRAN OVER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT"I want to thank the U.K.
for their cooperation and their help on it," he said."There's a lot more news that will come out on this in the days to come.
But there's only so much I can say right now at this point about it, other than this was a very serious thing and it was responded to appropriately."British police declared a major incident at the RAF Fairford base in western England following the arrests early Sunday, and the government held a national emergency meeting.Police, however, released the five on bail Monday, but said the investigation was not over and they were examining whether individual...