美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周日表示，美国当局与英国安全部门密切合作，在英国西部的费尔福德空军基地附近逮捕了五名男子。
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that American authorities collaborated closely with British security services to arrest five men near the RAF Fairford air base in western England.
特朗普在抵达美国伊利诺伊州参加高尔夫锦标赛后告诉记者：“他们企图对我们的港口造成重大破坏。”
"They were looking to do big damage to our ports," Trump told reporters after arriving in the US state of Illinois for a golf tournament.
他补充说：“英国的逮捕行动非常出色……我们一直在对他们进行调查”，并指出美国在逮捕前已对嫌疑人进行了长时间的监控。
"The arrest of the UK was fantastic ... We had them under investigation," he said, adding that US had the suspects under surveillance for an extended period before their arrest.
英国当局周日宣布在邻近该军事设施的村庄发生重大事件，警方根据《爆炸物法》拘留五名嫌疑人后，疏散了85户居民。英国反恐警察确认，这些人员因涉嫌准备恐怖主义行为而被捕。
British authorities declared a major incident Sunday in a village adjacent to the military installation, evacuating 85 households after police detained the five suspects under the Explosives Act. UK Counter Terrorism Policing confirmed the individuals were arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism.
该皇家空军基地设有美国空军行动设施，自二月以来在中东更广泛的冲突中一直支持针对伊朗的任务。
The Royal Air Force installation, which hosts US Air Force operations, has supported missions against Iran since February amid the wider Middle East conflict.
此前，英国在七月确认其武装部队已准备好防御潜在的报复行动，此前伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队曾就美国轰炸机从费尔福德起飞发出警告，随后该设施周边的安保措施已加强。
The arrests follow heightened protection measures around the facility after Britain affirmed in July that its armed forces stood ready to defend against potential retaliation following warnings from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps concerning American bombers operating from Fairford.