🇵🇸 U.S. spies have ‘wide range’ of facilities on UK’s Cyprus base near Gaza—and share material ‘daily’ with Israel | Declassified UK
US spies have widespread access to Britain’s bases on Cyprus and share information ‘daily’ with their Israeli counterparts, leaked top secret documents show.
The British so-called Sovereign Base Areas (#SBA) on Cyprus, which comprise 3% of the island’s landmass, sit just 200 miles from #Gaza. The bases are said to be the largest British #intelligence facilities outside of the #UK, although they have never been officially acknowledged.
“Cyprus hosts a wide range of UK and US intelligence facilities”, notes a top secret document from #GCHQ, Britain’s largest spy agency. The document adds: “#Cyprus collection facilities are acknowledged by #NSA as important assets”.
The main US spy agency working on the British territory in Cyprus is the National Security Agency (NSA).
#Palestine #OPT #Intel #IOF #Israel #WarCrimes #Complicity #Genocide #5Eyes #Nato
04/12/2023
US spies have widespread access to Britain’s bases on Cyprus and share information ‘daily’ with their Israeli counterparts, leaked top secret documents show.
The British so-called Sovereign Base Areas (#SBA) on Cyprus, which comprise 3% of the island’s landmass, sit just 200 miles from #Gaza. The bases are said to be the largest British #intelligence facilities outside of the #UK, although they have never been officially acknowledged.
“Cyprus hosts a wide range of UK and US intelligence facilities”, notes a top secret document from #GCHQ, Britain’s largest spy agency. The document adds: “#Cyprus collection facilities are acknowledged by #NSA as important assets”.
The main US spy agency working on the British territory in Cyprus is the National Security Agency (NSA).
#Palestine #OPT #Intel #IOF #Israel #WarCrimes #Complicity #Genocide #5Eyes #Nato
04/12/2023
🇵🇸 Britain has flown 50 spy missions over Gaza in support of Israel | Declassified UK
The UK military refuses to tell Declassified what #intelligence it is sharing with #Israel as we reveal the extraordinary number of surveillance flights #Britain is undertaking over Gaza from its base on #Cyprus
The #UK military has flown 50 #surveillance missions over Gaza since December, it can be revealed.
The flights have taken off from Britain’s controversial air base on Cyprus, #RAF #Akrotiri, and averaged around one a day since the beginning of December.
When asked the UK government refused to provide the number of spy flights, but Declassified has analysed flight tracking records.
The #British plane used is the Shadow R1, which is known as an intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (#ISTAR) aircraft.
Video : Spying on Gaza, Bombing Yemen: Colonial British Base Angers Cypriots
Initial post on UK Base in Cyprus
#Gaza #Genocide #Sigint #Nato
#Complicity #ComplicityOfGenocide
18/01/2024
The UK military refuses to tell Declassified what #intelligence it is sharing with #Israel as we reveal the extraordinary number of surveillance flights #Britain is undertaking over Gaza from its base on #Cyprus
The #UK military has flown 50 #surveillance missions over Gaza since December, it can be revealed.
The flights have taken off from Britain’s controversial air base on Cyprus, #RAF #Akrotiri, and averaged around one a day since the beginning of December.
When asked the UK government refused to provide the number of spy flights, but Declassified has analysed flight tracking records.
The #British plane used is the Shadow R1, which is known as an intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (#ISTAR) aircraft.
Video : Spying on Gaza, Bombing Yemen: Colonial British Base Angers Cypriots
Initial post on UK Base in Cyprus
#Gaza #Genocide #Sigint #Nato
#Complicity #ComplicityOfGenocide
18/01/2024
🇵🇸 UK has sent 74 war planes from Cyprus to Lebanon since March | Declassified UK
Britain has sent over 80 military transport planes to Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, since the bombing of Gaza began, Declassified can reveal.
All the flights have gone from RAF Akrotiri, Britain’s sprawling air base on Cyprus which has long been a staging post for bombing missions in the Middle East. It sits 150 miles, or 45 minutes flight time, from Beirut.
There has been a steady stream of flights since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in October, but the number rose dramatically in April with 25 flights going from Akrotiri to #Beirut.
May saw the same number of flights, with another 14 so far this month.
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #UK #Nato #Cyprus #RAF #Lebanon
Britain has sent over 80 military transport planes to Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, since the bombing of Gaza began, Declassified can reveal.
All the flights have gone from RAF Akrotiri, Britain’s sprawling air base on Cyprus which has long been a staging post for bombing missions in the Middle East. It sits 150 miles, or 45 minutes flight time, from Beirut.
There has been a steady stream of flights since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in October, but the number rose dramatically in April with 25 flights going from Akrotiri to #Beirut.
May saw the same number of flights, with another 14 so far this month.
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #UK #Nato #Cyprus #RAF #Lebanon
🇵🇸 UK covers up Gaza spy footage from day of aid worker massacre | Declassified UK
Britain’s Ministry of Defence holds video surveillance footage of Gaza from the day that Israel killed seven international aid workers but is refusing to publish the tape.
Among those killed in the World #CentralKitchen convoy on 1 April were three British military veterans: John Chapman, James Kirby and James ‘Jim’ Henderson.
The footage was taken by a Royal Air Force (#RAF) surveillance plane which spent approximately five hours above #Gaza that day.
It seemingly returned to base in #Cyprus minutes before the airstrikes were launched.
The RAF may therefore have collected footage of events leading up to the tragedy, which could provide clarity over Israeli claims that “Hamas gunmen” were seen near the convoy.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence holds video surveillance footage of Gaza from the day that Israel killed seven international aid workers but is refusing to publish the tape.
Among those killed in the World #CentralKitchen convoy on 1 April were three British military veterans: John Chapman, James Kirby and James ‘Jim’ Henderson.
The footage was taken by a Royal Air Force (#RAF) surveillance plane which spent approximately five hours above #Gaza that day.
It seemingly returned to base in #Cyprus minutes before the airstrikes were launched.
The RAF may therefore have collected footage of events leading up to the tragedy, which could provide clarity over Israeli claims that “Hamas gunmen” were seen near the convoy.