Starmer blocks Trump from using UK bases for Iran ‘obliteration’ plan | World | News
Britain is preparing to block Trump’s access to British bases over his feared ‘four-hour’ campaign of destruction against Iran.
According to The i Paper, Starmer will not allow the US President to use RAF bases for attacks on Iranian bridges or power plants.
Trump’s latest warning threatens to unleash “Hell” on Iran’s basic civilian infrastructure on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
The British Prime Minister has previously made clear that American military access to UK bases should be limited to operations that target Iran’s defense capabilities and could pose a threat to Britain’s interests or its Gulf allies.
US attacks on bridges and power plants fall outside this jurisdiction, and it is believed that access would be denied if Washington made such a request. Mirror.
Trump labels Tuesday ‘Power Plant Day’ (Image: Alex Wong, Getty Images)
Trump called Tuesday “Power Plant Day.”
It is understood that no formal request has yet been made for the use of RAF bases for any of these attacks.
Although Starmer has not changed his stance on the use of UK bases, his refusal to allow Tuesday’s operation to be launched from these locations could deepen the dispute between Trump and the Prime Minister.
According to many legal experts, targeting civilian bridges and power plants could constitute a war crime.
The US President took a fresh crack at Starmer on Monday, suggesting Britain had “a long way to go” and drawing comparisons between the Prime Minister and his predecessor who appeased Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The President said: “We won’t want another Neville Chamberlain, do we agree? We don’t want any Neville Chamberlain.”
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Trump stepped up his threat to hit power plants and bridges, adding that he “won’t go any further because there are other things worse than those two.”
“If I had a choice, what would I want to do? Take the oil. Because it’s something that can be taken. There’s nothing they can do about it.”
“Unfortunately, the American people want us to come home. If it were up to me, I would take the oil, I would keep the oil.” […] “I would make a lot of money and at the same time take care of the Iranian people.”
A Ministry of Defense spokesman said: “The UK has authorized the US to use British bases for defense missions to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities that threaten British people, its bases and our partners in the region.
“The US is using British bases for certain defensive operations to prevent Iran from firing missiles into the region, putting British lives at risk. This is alongside the UK’s defensive action to protect British people across the region.”
“We will not make ongoing comments about our allies’ operations, including their use of our bases.”
Starmer made an announcement on March 1 in which he allowed the US military to use bases at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. He explained: “The only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at their source, their depots, or the launchers that fire the missiles.”
He also stated that it was part of the “collective self-defense of long-standing friends and allies and the protection of British lives” and was “in accordance with international law”.
Britain will host a virtual conference of allied officers on Tuesday to discuss plans to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Donald TrumpThe deadline for Iran to reopen the vital waterway is drawing ever closer.
The US president has given Tehran an ultimatum by 8pm Washington time on Tuesday (1am UK time on Wednesday) to end the blockade of the strait or face being bombed “back to the Stone Age”.
