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The Soufan Center14 OctArticle

Drones Are Threatening U.S. Assets Overseas, but Their Threat to the U.S. Homeland is Higher

The recent arrest of five men near RAF Fairford Airbase in the United Kingdom as part of a suspected Iranian terror plot against the base and an “unspecified new threat” to use drones to attack U.S. assets stationed at Fairford prompted the United States to remove all 12 of its B-1 Lancer bombers from the […] The post Drones Are Threatening U.S. Assets Overseas, but Their Threat to the U.S. Homeland is Higher appeared first on The Soufan Center .

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The Soufan Center9 OctArticle

France’s Student Protests Test a Fragile Government

France is facing its largest student-led protest movement in decades, in which over 500 schools have been closed, with demonstrations beginning in late-September over insufficient school conditions, increasingly challenging the federal government. As of October 6, an estimated 71,500–266,000 protestors — including —14,500-56,000 in Paris — are protesting France’s lycées, or high schools, according to […] The post France’s Student Protests Test a Fragile Government appeared first on The Soufan Center .

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