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CIA and Turkey's MIT planning secret air base to monitor the Middle East

Aerial view from inside a C-130 Hercules. The CIA is trying to discreetly acquire this type of aircraft to operate in the Middle East.
Aerial view from inside a C-130 Hercules. The CIA is trying to discreetly acquire this type of aircraft to operate in the Middle East. © Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AFP
To keep a closer eye on the Middle East, the US and Turkey's foreign intelligence services are planning to collaborate more closely from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The CIA is on a mission to acquire, through brokers, unmarked C-130 transport aircraft to carry out covert operations. [...]
Reading time 2 minutes Grégory Priolon, Théo Sou

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