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[bigOz]

Anyone who has not seen the UK Channel-5 program on how the British got RoC created, below is the link to their programs that can be downloaded.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/0 ... 306151.php

[bigOz]

Well...??? Has anyone learned anything new?

[paliometoxo]

damn...

[paliometoxo]

makarios had a little boy and doing things with him.. forced to sign by england... but why wouldent england just say ok enosis and we get clear of cy they could of done that... that cant be true what they say

[bigOz]

makarios had a little boy and doing things with him.. forced to sign by england... but why wouldent england just say ok enosis and we get clear of cy they could of done that... that cant be true what they say

The English colonial system worked on the basis that, after their departure from a former colony there would be continuing trade between th two whereby the new republic would be dependant on UK for its economy!

These colonies always imported British cars and British machinery for their industry and exported their fresh produce to UK. This way, the partnership continued for a very long time whereby cheap produce would be imported from and expensive machinery exported to that new republic.

The only problem with Cyprus was its strategic importance as well - it was necessary for Britain to keep military bases there, hence the sovereign bases of today.

If ENOSIS or PARTITION were to take place, none of the above would have been possible because both Greece and Turkey were under the control of America with close economic ties. Those countries were driving on the right hand side of the road (as in rest of EUROPE) rather than left (as in UK).

So one can see the benefits of Cyprus becoming a republic rather than a part of Greece or partitioned between Greece and Turkey. For that, they had no choice but to blackmail Makarios when the Secret Service discovered his unusual sexual preferences at the time. There would have been no other way, he would have been allowed to continue as a leader, had the British made this discovery public.

So Makarios was forced into accepting the republic - but to his credit, 6-7 years on realised a Cyprus Republic was not such a bad idea after all and changed his views about ENOSIS - and so did AKEL who were gaining popularity all the time. That's what had led to Junta backed EOKA-B attacking him and the rest of the island in 1974...

[Peterc]

why cant i open the video

[bigOz]

why cant i open the video

Microsoft Media Player will not play this link because it is not compatible! What you really need to do is download Windows RealPLayer and use that. For a free download you can go to:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=downloadcom1
Once you've done that you can then play the video with that...

[Peterc]

cheers oz

[cypezokyli]

oz....just out of curiosity, what are you doing surfing in indymedia websites ?

[Peterc]

my favorite bit is at 30 minutes where it says britain wanted out of cyprus. as for makarios being a paedophile, this is typical English Bollo**s. Anything to slander someone dead. Channel 5 should be ashamed