Former CIA Philip Giraldi: 50 CIA agents on Syrian-Turkish borders
Philip Giraldi, former intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, said that about 50 high-ranking intelligence agents among them Americans, French, German and British officers are on the Syrian-Turkish borders.The Turkish Newspaper of Hurriyet quoted Giraldi as saying that there are about 15 to 20 US agents at the Turkish borders.“There would be paramilitary agents, they would be based at the Consulate in Adana or the Incirlik Air Base,” Giraldi said.The former CIA Agent said that the agents would not cross into Syria but would direct intelligence operations from within Turkey in collaboration with Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency.He added that there would be numerous spies working under the high-ranking spies and ‘many’ informants working under them.Giraldi stressed that the Turkish and US intelligence agencies have been working so closely on the Syrian issue.He added that the U.S. provided Turkey with photos including satellite pictures and sensitive technical information it normally would not share with anyone.Giraldi was the head of the CIA team in Istanbul between 1986 and 1989 during his intelligence career of 18 years. Continue reading →

[ED NOTES:KNEW THIS ALREADY,ANYWAY LIKE I SAID THIS SINCE DAY ONE,MANY GROUPS ARE ENGAGING IN SYRIA DETSBILIZATION..ONE GROUP WICH ALSO SHOULD NOT BE DISCOUNTED,ALONGSIDE THESE ARE THE OVERHELMING NUMBER OF PRIVATE MERCENARIES STILL IN IRAQ(OVER 100 THOUSAND!!!) TEHSE ARE NOT HANGING OUT SIPPING TEA BTW,THEY ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING TRAINING AND GUIDING MANY EXTREMIST GROUPS,NOT TO MENTION TAKING PART PERSONALLY THEMSELVES..REMEMBER THESE MERCENARIES EVEN DRESS UP AS ARABS SETTING OFF BOMBS IN ORDER TO FUEL SECTARIAN WAR AND CHAOS