U.K. Base Would Be Ambitious Target for βGig Economyβ Warfare NYT - World By: Neil MacFarquhar 4 October 2026 at 09:03 The U.S. war in Iran unleashed small-scale attacks by local criminals or disenfranchised young men hired anonymously to target Jewish and American sites in Europe and North America, experts say. Β© Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesA roadblock outside R.A.F. Fairford base in England on Sept. 27, as the counterterrorism police investigated a murky plot.