European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 world today Israel to increase Security in Jerusalem s moslem area Jerusalem up1 israeli officials plan to beef up Security in Itic soil Quarter of the willed old City because retired Gen. Ariel Sha Ron has bought an apartment there a newspaper reported tuesday. Sharon  As defense minister in 1983. After a state inquiry found him indirectly responsible for the september 1482 massacre of at least 330 palestinians. The mama arc occurred at the Sahra and shatilla refugee Camps near Cirul during the israeli invasion of Lebanon. Ii said Sharon had not cd moved in to the Home on Hagai Street known As the Winter fold House. It is in the heart of the moslem Quarter of the walled old City Jusi off the via Poloma the Rouzic Jesus took on the Way to his crucifixion. Unidentified investor buys 4.9% Stoke in briton Lilc London a an unidentified investor purchased a slake of almost 14.9 percent in Brit Oit pc on tuesday a brokerage firm said. The brokerage firm Barclays de Zoele Widd lid., acting for a client said it purchased 74 million of Brit Oil s outstanding Ordinary shares for $400 million or $5.40 each. Brit Oil j Stock spurted 12.05 10 55,38 in Early trading on the London Stock Exchange before falling Back to ss.i3. The news follows the kuwaiti government s recent Purchase of More than 10 percent of Brit ish Petroleum co. Pc s Slock. In the latest Purchase. Simon de a oct an official for Barclays de Docte Widd declined to identify the client. Multinational Oil company signs pact with Greece Athens Greece a a Canadian West German and . Oil consortium signed an agreement Wilh the greek government wednes Day avoiding a state takeover following a dispute Over exploration rights in the Northern Aegean. The consortium s plans to Drill in disputed Waters in the Aegean were linked 10 a crisis which brought nato attic Greece and Turkey to the Brink of War earlier this year. The government had passed legislation giving it control of the or firm but said a the time 11 would not implement the Law until a two month negotiating period to solve their differences had elapsed. Minister of Industry Energy and technology Anastasios , said the new agreement reached Wilh the North Aegean Petroleum com Pany gives the state control of every decision that concerns exploration and drilling programs in the Northern Aegean. Argentine Leader arrives in Rome to sign Accord Rome up president Raul Alfonsin of Argentina arrived from Buenos Aires wednes Day for a three Day state visit during which accords will be signed covering is billion of italian investment in Argentina within the next five years. Alconsil s special plane arrived at Rome s top Security Ciampino military Airport Al 11 10 . He was greeted at the Airport by foreign minister Giulio Andreotti and Argentine for eign minister Dante Caputo who arrived from new York tuesday. Also at the Airport was Moi Signor Eduardo Martinez somali the Vatican s Deputy Secretary of state. Alfonsin will have a private audience Wilh Pope John Paul ii on Friday. Infantry unit to play part of enemy Force for training by Tony n All Roth Nurnberg Bureau no Erberti a Usa eur based Tyso Man mechanized infantry battalion will move to Hoyc Neh by 1991 10 permanently play the part of Warsaw pact Shock troops. They will be part of the army s newest concept of training Al the 7lh army training come s evolving combat Man Euver train ing Complex. The Complex s planning director maj. David /. Ozolek said Usa eur already has chosen the unit bul cannot identify it because ii is classified. About $50 million is budgeted to turn the Man Euver raining area into the National training Center of Europe As it is being called. The Cost includes the com plex Al Well As housing and support facilities for the soldiers and their families. The Hohenfels Complex the fort Irwin calif., National training Center and a joint readiness training Center at Little Rock fab and fort Chat acc ark., will make up the army s three combat training centers. The Etc was the first to introduce soldiers to reality in training by using computers professional observer controllers and a sophisticated laser system instead of real bullets. For a facility to be designated As a combat training Center. Ozolek said it must have three things observer controllers whose training and skills go far beyond what is required of controllers found in annual autumn forge or Standard army training and evaluation program exercises. A dedicated opposing Force that looks Maneu vers and thinks like a Warsaw pad motorized infantry regiment. A realistic Battlefield which includes a sophisticated monitoring system. Instead of going on temporary loan from their regu Lar units for the duration of an exercise 55 observer con routers will be assigned permanently to a Mac they will be officers and senior cos who have experience in the area Illey will evaluate Ozol Elc said they will go through a three stage train ing Proem thai will begin at fort leaven onh kan., where they will Leam the Fine Points of observing and controlling. The second stage will upgrade their skills Al the service school which leaches if lose skills. Finally they will go to fort Irwin for hands on experience. Ozolek said the dedicated opposing Force will live and work Al Hohenfels. Presently if a unit wants to train Agi inti an opposing Force ii must use its own troops and equipment. A permanent of for takes thai Burden off inc training unit Orzolek said the Hohenfels Battlefield just 64 Square Miles in sue is dwarfed by the 1,000-Squarc-Imlc. Fort Irwin facility which is roughly equal in size to the country of Luxembourg. Ozok. Who was recently assigned to the Etc did Hohenfels will be limited As fat1 As Large scale combat support exercise play is concerned but in will have the same kind of monitoring system. Transponders similar to the devices in air planes that pinpoint their locations will be mounted in every vehicle on the Battlefield. Their signals will be picked up by an array of Small antennas Over the landscape and relayed Back to a Central computer where analysts can follow the Batic they can figure out where a vehicle is. Who is alive and who is dead How Many rounds arc left and who is firing at whom Ozolek mid. The information is pack aged and presented to the commander of the unit in training so he can identify weak areas that require further train ing. It s not a lest Ozolek said. It s a training evaluation. No commander is going to lose his Job if he docs l do  soldiers assigned to the 1st army div have some experience with this kind of training. In january their exercise Ironstar included several a Mac elements. A division spokesman said monday that Ironstar 88, scheduled from mid March through mid april will take training one Small step closer to full combat train ing Center doctrine. Training Center will give troops q first week of world War Iii Byton Nauroth Nufi Roborg bin can no in Berg soldiers of the 1990s can Cape clot see what one army official Calls the first week of world War 111" when they Man Euver at the Hohenfels training area. By then the area will be designated the combat Man Euver training Complex patterned after the army s fort Irwin calif., National training Center where soldiers train As close to reality As possible with out using real bullets. Soldiers assigned to Usa eur Man Euver battalions will face Ever increasing doses of this reality As the Complex evolve Over the next four years maj. David j. Ozolek said. Ozolek Heads the a Mac planning cell with the 7th army training come in Grafen Flor. Historically the . Army has not done Well in the opening weeks of War Ozolek said. It lakes a while to learn How to fight the combat training centers Are designed to help shorten the learning curve he said. When asked How the training would stack up to realistic combat Ozolek said. He s the Usa eur Soldier going to see the first week of world War  several clicking Points still face a Mac planners. The s50 million needed to put in in place comes at a time when inc defense depart men is facing Tough budget restrictions. Ozolek said however that lop army leaders have made a Mac the highest training priority in the army and have pledged to protect its training dollars. Another problem is jobs. Local workers who suffer from a tack of employment Opportunity thai can be traced to the division of Germany worry about what to expect from the largest employer in the area the . Army. Command spokesman Mai. Duane Wells said the command is not sure How a Mac development will affect jobs until plans Are further along. Ozok said a Mac will employ about 1.000, a num Ber close to thai now employed at Hohenfels. He said Many jobs will be similar 10 current ones. But it s too Early to speculate on the Overall employment picture he said. Another clicking Point is concern about the Environ ment. The command roust ease fears that the number of troops training Al Hohenfels will increase dramatically. It will remain about the same Ozolek said. In fact we have increased the budget for environmental Protection and the troops training Here with be much More closely controlled than Ever  Ozolek and Wells said they still have to work with German communities to ease those fears. Australia will Send mine Clearing divers to Gulf Canberra up for the first time since the Vietnam War the austra Lian government thursday approved the deployment of military forces for a for eign conflict dispatching mine Clearing Navy divers for possible use in the War Lorn persian Gulf. Defense minister Kim Beazley said a team of up to 20 divers will be sent to Britain for training and Ihen. If and when needed would be dispatched to the Gulf to work aboard British Royal Navy warships for mine Clearing operations. Beazley said the deployment which follows an informal approach by the United Stales to prime minister Bob Harlte in october was being made on grounds of strict neutrality and not Al the specific insistence of Washington. He said the australian government would make the final determination on actual deployment of the Navy frogman Wilh advice from other nations on the need for the divers which will depend on the threat to  the last time Australia sent forces overseas for armed conflict was during the Vietnam War. Bra sky said the move was in austra Lia s National interest and for the coun try s Benefit As a major trading nation to protect Gulf lanes for All shipping. The value of australian cargo transported through the Gulf is Worth nearly 12 Bil lion annually