Britain's Daily Mail reported that an examination of items found in the commercial vehicles of the suspects in the attempted attack on the Fairford Royal Air Force base in Britain, from which American bombers took off for strikes on Iran during the war, revealed no usable explosives. According to the report, police are investigating the possibility that the five were actually involved in an Iranian-backed 'ruse,' a 'diversionary operation' or possibly a 'preparatory exercise' for a potential future terrorist attack.