A few days ago nobody outside intelligence circles had heard these names. Now two men sit in British custody, accused of plotting an attack on a US military base, and President Trump is calling the joint operation fantastic. He says American and British security services had been tracking the suspects for a long time before moving in. No word yet on charges or what specifically was planned, but the language is clear: this was treated as a serious, active threat to a US installation on foreign soil.

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