Air raid sirens to mark again this month's dark anniversaries of coup, Turkish invasion

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Air raid sirens to mark again this month's dark anniversaries of coup, Turkish invasion

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Air raid sirens will sound at 8. 20am on Friday to mark the start of the coup 48 years ago to overthrow president Makarios. And next Wednesday, July 20, sirs will sound again at 5:30am to mark the start of the bloody Turkish invasion. The coup collapsed after eight days and along with it ended the reign of the military junta in Greece which was the mastermind behind it. ...

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We visit the North on occasions and ive heard it said there many times by both locals and ex pats that it was not an " invasion " it was an " intervention "
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Chaddy wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:17 am We visit the North on occasions and ive heard it said there many times by both locals and ex pats that it was not an " invasion " it was an " intervention "
The UN say differently, But im guessing the Russians call their invasion of Ukraine an intervention as well, :roll:
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I think you will find that the Russians/Putin call it "special military operation"

not an "intervention".
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memory man wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 11:53 am I think you will find that the Russians/Putin call it "special military operation"

not an "intervention".
The Russians can call it what ever they like , it is an invasion.
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