Breaking: British forces have requisitioned RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Fairford. Around 1,150 US personnel have been disarmed and confined to base housing. Seventeen US aircraft seized.
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@BBCBreaking · 11 Feb 2026 · 08:20
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Everyone in this thread has an opinion about international law and I have an opinion about Marcus, who is 24, from Ohio, and who fixed my generator for free in the storm two winters ago.
He is behind a fence this morning. That is all the law I have got in me today.
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The word being used is "internment," and it is the correct one. These are the armed forces of a state now in armed conflict with the host state, on the host state's territory.
Eleven days ago they were allies with base passes. The law changed the moment the missiles hit Keflavik, not this morning.
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·11 Feb 2026 · 08:20
Breaking: British forces have requisitioned RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Fairford. Around 1,150 US personnel have been disarmed and confined to base housing. Seventeen US aircraft seized.
What was happening
11 February 2026 · in the recordLakenheath, and the combined commandBritish sappers cut the barrier interlocks at Gate 2 and 1,150 American airmen are interned in their own base housing. Paris activates Article 42.7. A second Vanguard leaves Faslan…