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In a recent publication of wikileaks uk has protested against the secret US spy flights taking place from the UK's Cyprus airbase. I read in an article that, American officials swept aside British protests about secret US spy flights taking place from the UK's Cyprus airbase, the leaked diplomatic cables reveal. Labour ministers said they feared making the UK an unwitting accomplice to torture, and were upset about rendition flights going on behind their backs. The use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for American U2 spy plane missions over Hezbollah locations in Lebanon – missions that have never been disclosed until now – prompted an acrimonious series of exchanges between British officials and the US embassy in London, according to the cables released by WikiLeaks. The then foreign secretary David Miliband is quoted as saying, unavailingly, "policymakers needed to get control of the military". If you know more about this news you can share tat with me here. I want to know the further details about the news.
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Yes I have also read about this cable by wiki leaks and the cables also disclose that along with the Lebanon missions, U2s from Akrotiri were also collecting intelligence over Turkey and northern Iraq. The information was secretly provided to the Turkish officials in an operation codenamed Highland Warrior. The British protested that "in both cases, intelligence product is intended to be passed to third-party governments". I know this much about wikileaks this particular cable. There must be some more information about this cable which you can find on the website of wikileaks. Best of luck
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