bill cobbett wrote:YFred wrote:halil wrote:People are keep saying that during the coup that there was no danger for TC's ..... below writing is taken out from the UNICYP web sides. It says very clear that in 15 july there was a gun fire towards the Turkish sector of the Nicosia ! UN claims that we were well protected .... I hope they were right !
On 15 July, as soon as the coup d'état was reported, UNFICYP was brought to a high state of readiness. Additional liaison officers were deployed at all levels, and increased observation was maintained throughout the island in all areas of likely intercommunal confrontation. Special measures were taken to ensure the security of the Turkish Cypriot community. A few cases of firing into the Turkish enclave north of Nicosia were reported; the firing was stopped through liaison with the National Guard.http://www.unficyp.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_ ... ic&lang=l1
Did I hear somebody mention a few shots, they lined up the tanks to wipe out Lurucina, Who are you people trying to kid, that sampson had no intention to hurt TCs.
If it wasn't so serious it would be hilarious.
How many shots were fired into Lurigina by these lined up tanks?
I don't mean to gloat but none. They were taken out by the Turkish airforce. Sorry.
Slight mis-information, they wern't lined up. They were in a line approching from Gossi which is where they were taken out.
Its a bit hazey, its a long time ago and I was in london at the time.
But the incedent is true, half my family were there.