The ISIS Gambit by Brad Carlson

Author:Brad Carlson [Carlson, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998259444
Publisher: Bradley T Carlson
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia

2:20 PM Local Time

“Daniel, Jim Carmichael. What the hell’s going on in Cyprus?” Carmichael said into his phone, addressing the CIA Station Chief in Nicosia, Daniel Lopez.

“Well, it would seem that the Greeks decided to take advantage of the turmoil in Turkey to unite the island.”

“That’s what I’m beginning to think. How did we miss this? I haven’t seen any intel on a possible move by Greece on Cyprus.”

“Jim, we totally missed it. The Greeks have very subtly increased their military presence here. We saw the troop rotations but there was nothing alarming about it. We didn’t realize that more were coming in than were rotating out. At the same time, the Turks have drawn off their own forces for their war on ISIS and the Kurds. The Greeks didn’t hold any exercises. They didn’t have any PR campaigns. They didn’t do anything to tip their hand. This took everyone by surprise, even the local populace, which, of course, is completely ecstatic this evening.”

“What’s your read on any possible role Athens played in the two bombings in Turkey?”

“Are you kidding? That was all ISIS. Both of those took Athens, as well as everyone else, completely by surprise. I think the Greeks put everything into high gear after the attack on the air force high command but I’m sure the attack on Demirel this afternoon took them, as well as everyone else, by complete surprise. There was some loose talk among the locals that if another coup like 2016 developed, that the Greeks might make a move here but we never had any confirmation of this. I think everyone kind of thought this was more wishful thinking than anything else. Looks like there was more to it than anyone realized. My guess is that since these two bombings were so close together—and at very significant targets—that Athens wanted to move right away rather than waiting to see what might happen.”

“That’s kind of what I’m beginning to see. An opportunity presented itself, and they jumped at it.”

“That’s the way I see it,” Lopez confirmed.

“Okay, I’m going to call Athens to see what they have to say.”

“Well, you’ve got my opinion. Let me know if you need anything else.”

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