From TFA:

> It is understood the attempted air strike occurred before the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to hit Iranian sites targeting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

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spaghetdefects 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's incorrect:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-dieg...

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nozzlegear 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think the article you linked disagrees with what I've quoted from the BBC, does it? Aircraft being present at the airbase isn't the same as aircraft launching for an attack from the airbase.

	▲	wongarsu 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		True on technicalities. If it isn't useful to the operation of the bombers in the region, why did it happen? And if it is useful that sounds like a UK base participating in the war

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GordonS 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Except that Starmer was lying - there have been photos of bombs being loaded onto US bombers going around for at least several days now.

	▲	nozzlegear 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What photos? And what reason would Starmer have to lie about it?