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[MrH]

How on earth could either the Greek or Turkish CYPRIOTS ever expect a Solution when Britain regards its bases as being such an important, high priority region! Let's put my current query this way: The Cyprus problem doesn't end with only a handful of Greek and Turkish Cypriot people......but.....much, much more! A THREE State: the GC-ROC, TRNC and British area(s) is the only practical solution that can ever come out after the Two Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders fail in their negotitions year after year - what a coincidence!

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REUTERS REPORT
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13:29 15Dec2011 Britain to retain its two Cyprus military bases

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Britain will retain both its military bases in Cyprus following the completion of a review of their operations, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday.
He confirmed Britain's "enduring commitment" to the bases, saying they had proved their worth during air operations in Libya and as a logistic hub for activities in Afghanistan.
"The sovereign base areas are in a region of geo-political importance and high priority for the United Kingdom's long-term national security interests," he said in a written statement to parliament. Britain has two extensive bases on the Mediterranean island, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which it kept when Cyprus won independence in 1960.
The bases would also play a role in the withdrawal of British military operations from Afghanistan, Hammond added, as Britain brings back its 9,500 troops by the end of 2014.
The Cyprus review, announced in May, followed an extensive examination of defence needs, which has led to plans for sharp cuts in military personnel and equipment over four years.
The RAF base at Akrotiri and the army barracks at Dhekelia cover 98 sq miles (254 sq km) or around 3 percent of Cyprus's landmass.
Britain has previously offered to return around half the territory if rival sides of the ethnically split island reached a peace deal.
The United Nations has been trying for years to reunite Cyprus, divided between its Greek and Turkish Cypriot populations in 1974 after a Turkish invasion of the north of the island prompted by a brief Greek-inspired coup.
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council threw its weight behind a push by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to clinch a Cyprus deal, urging the rival parties to speed up talks and be more constructive. [ID:nN1E7BD0O1]

(Reporting by Tim Castle)
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 13:29:24RTRS [nL6E7NF2UF] {C}ENDS

[Cap]

"The sovereign base areas are in a region of geo-political importance and high priority for the United Kingdom's long-term national security interests,"

Have been saying this for years.
Exactly the same applies to the terror state

[kurupetos]

"The sovereign base areas are in a region of geo-political importance and high priority for the United Kingdom's long-term national security interests,"

Have been saying this for years.
Exactly the same applies to the terror state

The only way forward is to develop WMD. These pointless Cyprus problem negotiations is a waste of time. It's time for some action.

[humanist]

It's all cool Britain has began its road to its own isolation from the Community it joined. But it is not surprising that the Brits will behave this way. Perhaps they are behaving in such way because they know that they cannot expect turkey to move out if they want to stay.

[Bananiot]

The bases are a direct result of our stupidity in 1955. Just like most of our problems. Blaming every body else except ourselves will not help us.

[Get Real!]

The bases are a direct result of our stupidity in 1955. Just like most of our problems. Blaming every body else except ourselves will not help us.

I can’t see how blaming ourselves will help us either...

[georgios100]

I posted several threads proposing the removal of the SBAs from Cyprus soil. These bases are a pain in the ass!

The only way to get rid of them is to demonstrate outside the gates till they get the f**k out.

If they don't then we torch them.

All these might sound too drastic but it's the only way the Brits understand - violence & brute force - exactly what they used against us during the dark years of their colonial era.

We might suffer losses but remember Kenya, approx 1 million died during their struggle for independence from the Brit occupation.

Anyone has a better idea?

[bill cobbett]

I posted several threads proposing the removal of the SBAs from Cyprus soil. These bases are a pain in the ass!

The only way to get rid of them is to demonstrate outside the gates till they get the f**k out.

If they don't then we torch them.

All these might sound too drastic but it's the only way the Brits understand - violence & brute force - exactly what they used against us during the dark years of their colonial era.

We might suffer losses but remember Kenya, approx 1 million died during their struggle for independence from the Brit occupation.

Anyone has a better idea?

No mate, not one but two much better and far more peaceful ideas...

1. Be wise enough not fall for what was a blatant and obvious bit of provocation by MrH. one designed to solicit reactions of the worst kind

2. At the appropriate time, press for a change of status to end the sovereign nature, to a leasehold tenure, with a maximum length of lease of say 99 years. CY has every right under the UN Charter to end the remnants of colonialism but let's be clever enough to do it in an achievable, not to mention non-violent, way.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Cyprus will get the chance to force them out soon. Next Labour government and their attempts to regain a footholdback back into the EU decision making club will be our chance. Their reasons for being here cannot be justified. They are a political nuisance tantamount to the enforced harbouring of illegal immigrants or sheer terrorists.

[Kikapu]

I posted several threads proposing the removal of the SBAs from Cyprus soil. These bases are a pain in the ass!

The only way to get rid of them is to demonstrate outside the gates till they get the f**k out.

If they don't then we torch them.

All these might sound too drastic but it's the only way the Brits understand - violence & brute force - exactly what they used against us during the dark years of their colonial era.

We might suffer losses but remember Kenya, approx 1 million died during their struggle for independence from the Brit occupation.

Anyone has a better idea?

The only problem is, you cannot do these things as long as the north is occupied by Turkey, and the UK knows that all too well. If you did do that however, the British will allow itself to be replaced in the middle of the night by the Turkish Army in Dhekelia Base and split the southern Cyprus into two parts, just to give some "payback" to the GCs, as they did with the 1960 constitution and once again in 1974.