UK used Cyprus base to βsecretlyβ move βsensitive equipmentβ
Declassified files raise further questions about the role of Britainβs Cyprus base in supporting Israelβs genocide in Gaza Britain has used its major air base on Cyprus to move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, declassified files show.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) wrote in a formerly secret 1993 file that RAF Akrotiri plays a βkey role in support of the Priority 1, Category A intelligence and communications effortβ on Cyprus.It added that βthis secure airhead enables MOD and OGD [other government departments] to move sensitive equipment to and from Cyprus secretly and without scrutiny.β Cyprus is βone of the few areas where the…

