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[supporttheunderdog]

yes and the EU recognises the legal existance of the SBA too.

They should however be abolished and the control handed to the ROC.

[kurupetos]

yes and the EU recognises the legal existance of the SBA too.

They should however be abolished and the control handed to the ROC.

The SBAs should be handed to the CNG and transformed into a WMD development facility.

[repulsewarrior]

Yeah but the british recognize the RoC. Its rights as a sovoreign EU state.
unlike the terror state.

...right, supra militarise Cyprus. minimise the Interlocutors' influence by the International basis of the RoC's defence, and its External Affairs; let's have NATO here, and the UN as partners with their Armed Forces, against Ignorance, and the plunder that follows.

...here we are, before complete demilitarisation, if Turkey stays, it will be not as an Occupying Army, but by recognising and respecting a Cypriot Sovereignty as Allies; how else can we arrive at the unusual circumstance of Peace?

[repulsewarrior]

...all military out of Cyprus, let's not forget, is normal.

...but, like the Falkland Islands, like navels of a greater body, it seems they are too important to be left in the hands of any one Nation, or State. regretfully i believe that normal is not possible with the Proxy Wars that swirll around them, centers too important to ignore.

[wyoming cowboy]

British Foreign Minister Alistair Burt, giving evidence to a House of Lords Select Committee regarding Iran's nuclear programme, has warned that the country already has weapons which could hit British forces in Cyprus and Afghanistan, and was now seeking to acquire the nuclear bomb..

Burt also highlighted concern over Iran's missile programme after Prime Minister David Cameron said last week it appeared to be seeking an intercontinental ballistic missile force in the Middle East with 200-300 medium range missiles, including the Shabab 3 that has been tested to hit targets at a distance of 2,000 km.

''To put this into perspective, Cyprus and UK troops in Afghanistan fall within that range with Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia,'' he said.

Iran, he concluded, is taking a ''grave risk'' if it does not end its banned nuclear programme and show the world it is not seeking to acquire the bomb.

He said UK authorities were on alert for possible terrorist activity of Iranian agents against British targets.

http://famagusta-gazette.com/iran-may-h ... 843-69.htm

Could Cyprus become a target of Iran because of the British bases? We know Cyprus is within the range of their missiles and I doubt their missiles are accurate enough to hit just the bases! They might aim for the bases but their missiles could land on Cypriot population

its been said their missiles cant go further then 200km

[supporttheunderdog]

yes and the EU recognises the legal existance of the SBA too.

They should however be abolished and the control handed to the ROC.

The SBAs should be handed to the CNG and transformed into a WMD development facility.

They already have Mari for that!

[Robin Hood]

Yeah.....let’s sling the repressive Colonial British forces out of Cyprus. We don’t need them and they have done nothing but cause problems for Cyprus in the 100 years they have been here. Good riddance and close the door behind you!

Then what ................... hmmmmmm

I know! Lets get those nice friendly Israeli’s to take over Akrotiri for the IAF so they can protect us as we don’t have an air force, turn Episkopi into a settlement for the Israeli military(IDF) because they will need people to protect their people from threats. Of course they would need to take over the power station at Moni to ensure the countries electrical supplies were in safe hands when the Israeli State brings the cable ashore and also the port so that the Israeli gas/oil from their off-shore fields was also secure. They would need for ‘Security Reasons’, to restrict the Cypriots using or extending the oil/gas fields which are in their zone ........ (well at least for the time being) and as such the Cypriots would need to get a licence to drill or build facilities from the Israeli Administration. The highway would need to be controlled for Israeli access only with check points at every access point for the locals to cross when authorised by the Israeli border security.

They would obviously need to take over the best residential areas, ‘relocate’ the present population , move them into Limassol, bulldoze the old villages into the ground, rename them all and build whole new settlements for Israeli’s only. Then to prevent attacks from the Cypriots who foolishly think the land belongs to them just because they have the title deeds and have lived on it for hundreds of years, they would build a 25ft high reinforced concrete wall with fortified watch towers enclosing all the best bits between Moni and Secret Valley and any other desirable bits they fancy in between. Any aggression acts like throwing stones at IDF Forces, from the Cypriot population could be easily contained by reasonable force from gun-ships and F-16’s. based at Akrotiri.

They would then need to blockade the Port and take over the air traffic control zone (that will teach those Turks to mess with us!) to prevent the population bringing into the country anything deemed by the Israeli administration as illegal good’s ..... that’s just about anything the Israeli’s say is ‘not allowed’ or basically anything you could think of. To keep cost down and to demonstrate who is the boss, they would have to restrict water and electrical supplies to a couple of hours a day, maybe two or three times a week, for Limassol and it’s population, which unfortunately could be a bit concentrated by now, in that confined area.

If any Cypriot politician says anything the Israeli’s don’t like they would be ‘removed’ with a strategically aimed missile fired in retaliation against their aggression to the Israeli security forces. This would be a minimal response and specifically aimed to cause as little collateral damage to the population as possible but casualties will be inevitable and unavoidable.

Cyprus would have no problem’s then because they would have the protection, not only of Israel but the USA as well. Of course any attempt to complain about this being against your human rights, accusations of war crimes or breaches of the Geneva Convention should be submitted in writing through the Secretary General of the UN for action by the Security Council. Any unwarranted moves through UN Resolutions to restrict or limit Israel occupying forces, will get vetoed anyway, so don’t bother and consider that you are now all very fortunate that you have Israel and the US looking after your interests!!!


Mmmmmm - On reflection, having considered the options, had time to assess the situation rationally and with all due consideration .................. maybe those British bastards aren’t so bad after all!!

[Sotos]

Mmmmmm - On reflection, having considered the options, had time to assess the situation rationally and with all due consideration .................. maybe those British bastards aren’t so bad after all!!

Only if the other option you consider is imagined bullshit If we were to make any deal with another country that deal would be mutually beneficial ... not like the British that they keep our land and give nothing back for it!

[GreekIslandGirl]

yes and the EU recognises the legal existance of the SBA too.

They should however be abolished and the control handed to the ROC.

The RoC already exercises joint control over the Base Areas and the BA's 'sovereignty' is not recognized in the way their naming might suggest. For example, the UK could not object to the the joint declaration of EEZ over Cyprus' continental shelf, with Egypt, which traverses the sea around the Base Areas. It's purely a matter of time before the UK relinquishes all/any control over someone else's territory.

[Robin Hood]

Mmmmmm - On reflection, having considered the options, had time to assess the situation rationally and with all due consideration .................. maybe those British bastards aren’t so bad after all!!

Only if the other option you consider is imagined bullshit If we were to make any deal with another country that deal would be mutually beneficial ... not like the British that they keep our land and give nothing back for it!

Of course its hypothetical bullshit but I think a Palestinian would find it very close to reallity!

As for the Brits, surely they are not THAT bad, are they? After all, if they did move out, just how much of that land would go back to the oridinary Cypriot? Most of it would further line the pockets of the elite for 5 star exclusive hotels and huge Russian villas with fine sea views and Curium beach would fill up with tatty tavernas and bars ...... even 'Gentlemens' clubs. As it is at the moment at least some body is looking after it as it is about the only place around here that is not used as a rubbish tip or his been concreted over by developers!