3 charged for plotting terror attacks in UK airbase

The US has charged three men with plotting terror attacks including a planned assault on a UK airbase used by the US Air Force in September this year.

US authorities charged three Iranian and Iraqi nationals with plotting a campaign that consisted of close to 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the US, as well as British military base RAF Fairford.

This as US Attorney Jamie McDonald in New York said one of the suspects who is currently in custody had earlier coordinated with his co-defendants in the days leading up to a September terrorist plot at the Fairford base.

The incident led to the US military withdrawing its bombers from the facility.

McDonald noted the trio worked for terrorist organisations affiliated with Iran.

One of the suspects was jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn.