They Want to Bring NATO into the War Against Iran via Cyprus and Greece

05/03/2026

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos

Very strange and highly contradictory statements have so far been issued by the Cypriot, Greek, and British authorities regarding the drones and missiles from Iran, because of which Greek and other NATO forces rushed—or are rushing—to the island.

1. The British Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, announced on Sunday morning that two Iranian missiles were launched toward Cyprus and were intercepted, adding that he does not know whether they were aimed at the British bases. The Cypriot government spokesman denied this:

“In relation to statements and reports referring to the launch of missiles toward Cyprus, it is clarified that this is not the case and there is no indication that there was any threat to the country. The competent authorities are closely monitoring the situation on a continuous basis.”

Earlier, the British Defence Secretary had noted that Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter jets took off from bases in Britain heading toward Cyprus and Qatar in order to protect those countries from possible Iranian attacks.

“We are not sure whether they deliberately targeted our bases in Cyprus,” Healey clarified in an interview with Sky News.

2. At least four drones were indeed recorded by weather cameras striking the shelter of the base at Akrotiri, which caught fire. This is the only confirmed fact. https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1782140/kameres-kairou-stin-kupro-kategrapsan-ta-drone-sti-vretaniki-vasi-sto-akrotiri/

3. The Two Greek F16 (with a flight cost of $20,000 per hour) took off from Cyprus in order, as it was said, to intercept flying objects over Lebanon, which according to Cypriot and Greek media they did intercept. In the end, however, it was proven that these objects did not exist—and since they did not exist, they were not intercepted.

One wonders at this point: what was all the fuss about? And how exactly would the aircraft that were sent have intercepted them? By launching missiles worth six hundred thousand dollars each?

Was there an attempt, without any reason, to increase tensions around the issue of possible strikes on Cyprus? We will see what the benefit of all this commotion ultimately was.

Could it be, judging from the outcome, that the Greek aircraft were “training”—if they were not actually carrying out operations in favor of the supposed “strategic ally,” Israel—under the pretext of unidentified flying objects that disappeared as quickly as they appeared?

I read in the site of the Greek newspaper To Vima on March 4:

“The Minister of National Defence, Nikos Dendias, categorically denied the scenarios claiming that unmanned aerial vehicles had headed from Lebanon toward Crete, in a television interview on Alpha. At the same time, the British Ministry of Defence clarified that the drone that struck the Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri in Cyprus was not launched from Iran, without however revealing the origin of the attack.”

They may have enthused the population of Cyprus, but we fear that the forces sent to the island will unfortunately contribute neither to its security nor to its interests.

Turkey certainly constitutes a major threat to Greece and Cyprus. But in the postwar period Turkey has acted against the Greeks only with the encouragement of the West. A greater problem than Turkey is the totalitarian empire of globalization and, of course, Israel itself, which threaten to “suck out” the substance of the two Greek states, reduce the Greek population, and preserve only the “shell” of the two states—turning them into a space for plunder, a leisure ground for Northerners and Israelis, and a disposable military base of imperialism.

It is a plan that bears some resemblance to Hitler’s plan for Greece, as described by Churchill in his Memoires: to disperse the Greeks across the Middle East and turn Greece into a leisure ground for the Aryan race.

Nothing but sadness can fill any decent person at what the leaderships and the majority of the political class of Greece and Cyprus are doing. We are the people who gave humanity ancient Greek civilization, the country that resisted the Axis for seven months when others capitulated in a matter of days. Cyprus once brought the British colonial empire to its knees, winning the admiration of all humanity.

Is it possible that we now support genocides and illegal invasions?

Is this the future we want for our children?

And since someone may once again begin talking about alleged alliances and strategic relations with Israel, we invite them to point to one (No. 1) concrete benefit from our pro-Israeli policy of the last almost twenty years.

Who Benefits from the Crime

We do not have radar or satellites to know what happened with the drones or the missiles. What we do know is what happened afterwards:

With remarkable speed and precision—something we are not accustomed to—Athens sent ships and aircrafts to Cyprus. Let us recall that Greece is expected by Israel and the United States to play an important role in the war. Otherwise, why did Rubio urgently summon Foreign Minister Gerapetritis two days before the attack, after which he came out boasting that “we are co-shaping developments”? Obviously, we are not co-shaping them. But it seems they have assigned us a role in their dreadful play, leaving the local proconsuls sailing in seas of happiness that they have yet another opportunity to serve their Masters.
As soon as the incident became known, articles appeared on pro-Israeli “defense websites” (the vast majority of them is pro-Israeli) explaining that the Greek and British governments should activate Article 5 of the NATO Charter, invoking an attack on British territory. In other words, to activate the Atlantic Alliance’s mutual defense clause and involve it officially in supporting Israel and the United States in their unprovoked attack against Iran.
Washington asked Nicosia for the immediate concession of a base and the installation of American troops, supposedly to provide humanitarian aid to the inhabitants!!! At the same time, according to diplomatic sources, it exerted unbearable pressure on London to request activation of Article 5, as well as on all NATO partners to send forces to Cyprus.
A series of “false alarms”—which led to sirens sounding or to the closure of Paphos airport for no reason—as well as a travel advisory issued by the United States for Cyprus, contributed to increasing the tension.