Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
2 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The US military evacuated aircraft from a second airbase in Britain on Monday after a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing people familiar with the matter, weeks after Washington withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.
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Washington → evacuate → incident
Two US refuelling tankers that were using the RAF Mildenhall military base diverted to Germany earlier on Monday, while several other tankers at the base were moved to Germany and other locations later in the day, the WSJ report said.
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report → refuel → day
The precise nature of the threat to RAF Mildenhall remains under discussion among US officials, it reported.
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it → remain → officials
The US upgraded the security posture at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, the report said, citing a US official familiar with the matter.
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report → upgrade → matter
The posture was upgraded to Force Protection Condition (FPCON) Charlie, which is the second-highest defensive threat level in the US Department of Defense’s security system and occurs when intelligence indicates that a form of terrorist action is likely.
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form → upgrade → action
“We do not routinely comment on the activity of other nations.
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We → comment → nations
Aircraft and other assets move regularly according to operational requirements,” a British Ministry of Defence spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → move → Defence
A US Air Force spokesperson declined to provide the WSJ with details about the movement of assets, but said US aircraft rotate between installations and operating locations for a variety of reasons.
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aircraft → decline → reasons
Reuters could not immediately reach the US Air Force, while the White House, the Pentagon and the US European Command did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
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House → reach → hours
Five men were arrested outside RAF Fairford airbase in south-west England in September over a security incident with two others arrested later on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence.
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others → arrest → intelligence
The circumstances of the incident, which remain largely unexplained, attracted huge international attention, coming at a time of heightened concern about the security implications for western states of the war between the US and Iran, and prompted the US to remove its B-1 bombers from the Fairford airbase on security grounds.
RAF Fairford had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran.
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Fairford → remain → Iran
British prime minister Andy Burnham said last month that the activity at RAF Fairford was likely to have been coordinated in Iran.
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activity → say → Iran
While Tehran’s ambassador to Britain has denied accusations that it was involved in any plot against the airbase, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in July that the Fairford base and any other base used to launch attacks against Iran were legitimate targets.
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base → deny → Iran
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