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David James

UK Military baffled after drone attack on Cyprus base ‘did not originate from Iran’, speculation builds on who’s responsible

Something fishy is going on with drones in the Middle East. On the weekend, an explosive drone hit a British Royal Air Force Base in Cyprus. The attack took place during the Iranian retaliation strikes after the US/Israeli bombardment of Iran, though it raised eyebrows as the United Kingdom isn’t involved in Trump and Netanyahu’s campaign.

That said, the UK and Iran have long been enemies, so it wasn’t overly surprising that the British base be attacked. Then the plot thickened, the British Ministry of Defence launched an investigation, quickly discovering that the drone “was not launched from Iran”.

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