European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world monday december 5,1994 aboard the Kitty Hawk a As their tiny Island country is invaded by Sonoran troops the Ginger islands Call on the United states for help. The situation deteriorates and crisis becomes con flict... Americans on the islands Are evacuated  Force planes begin bombing runs. Marines Are ready to land. It s a Good Messy scenario i . Rear  c. Blair commander of the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk Battle group said of the fictional crisis. His comments came As the biennial tandem thrust Maneu vers moved toward their Climax sunday off the real Pacific islands of Guam and Tinian. Blair said a major feature of this year s exercises which involve 14,500 service members is a More Inte grated approach. The Navy  Force army a up Cess Rines and coast guard Are All participating a con sequence of tighter budgets and continued cuts in the size of the Mih tary. We be had a 40 percent budget Cut so we be Learned to look to other services for some of the things we used to do ourselves he said. Nowhere is the new attitude of cooperation reflected better than in a cramped set of operations rooms aboard the Kitty Hawk whose Crew and  Wing adds up to 5,550 service members. Specialists from the different branches of the Mili tary coordinate their  missions against the imaginary  that command Center crammed to overflow ing with maps message boards arid state of the Art computers roughly 210 sorties Are planned each Day i some dropping live ordnance on a Small Island firing Range on the Edge of the Maneu vers. So far it s been working magnificently Well said rear adm. Herbert a. Browne or. Ii head of the exercise s joint  command. Navy spokesmen stressed that the exercise which began nov. 26 and ends thursday is not planned As a preparation for hostilities with any particular nation but is instead a composite of potential threats and responses. The exercise also has been designed to emphasize the kind of hot spot tension that has become More common since the end of the cold War. As the Maneu vers Progress simulated political arid diplomatic activities Are also under Way giving an additional dimension of uncertainty to the Mission. Turkey weighing new m by the new York times Istanbul Turkey As they Survey the stirrings of peace in the Middle East turkish diplomats Are pondering whether their own country might not be poised to revive some of its former glory As a regional Power. Yet when prime minister Tansu filler voyage through the Region in november she quickly discovered the kind of pow Der Keg that could confront Turkey. An Impromptu visit to Libya inspired Western worries that she was legitimizing col. Moa mar Qadhafi. In palestinian run Gaza she raised eyebrows and ire by speaking of Israel As Thel promised land of the jews. And she provoked a juror on the israeli right by calling on palestinian leaders in East Jerusalem because the visit was viewed As symbolic recognition of a would be palestinian state. While her journey puzzled commentators Back Home it underlined what might be a Crossroads for a land of 60 million with an Imperial past that feels it de serves More attention but is constrained by that same history from projecting itself too forcefully. Turkey for example is crucial to the . Effort to maintain the embargo on neighbouring Iraq. And its geography pro Vides one vast land Bridge Between the Balkans Central Asia and the Middle East. Yet since the cold War ended and stripped away Ankara s defining task As nato s easternmost bulwark against the soviet Union Turkey has been striving to find a new International role. Two years ago Turkey looked toward the turkic states of Central Asia to spread its influence said a Western dip Lomat in Ankara but enthusiasm has  the overtures produced suspicions in Russia and Iran that the Modem turks were dusting off the Imperial dreams of the ottoman sultans. But president Suleyman Demirel has denied this. We As the turkish Republic do not regard the geographical Region that is created by our countries As a future area of influence or a Region of Competition Demirel told a meeting of Central asian turkic states in Istanbul in  turkish diplomats weigh a pos sible role in the Region reconciliation among Turkey s Arab neighbors holds out Many dividends for Ankara in at least two areas first if Iraq s recognition of Kuwait leads to the lifting of the . Embargo on Baghdad one of Turkey s gateways tothe persian Gulf will reopen Oil will re sume flowing through Iraq s pipelines across Turkey and Trade will revive. This is of vital importance to Turkey said Odem san Berk the foreign ministry s ranking Diplomat in Ankara. Second if Syria joins the Middle East Ern peace Effort Ankara Hopes this will give turkish traders Access to a Rich new Market from Israel to saudi Arabia. The turkish government is also hoping that a peace minded president Hafez Assad of Syria will draw his support away from the kurdish separatists who have been waging War in Southeastern Turkey for decade  Garmisch the Early Bird ski special take advantage of the last weeks Hajji Msj Jih Ipi i i i i ply ii Liljeh Iii i i i Mph your five Day Early Bird ski special includes o ski instruction o lift pass for appropriate ski slope o equipment and clothing o local transportation to from slopes get jump on the season dates dec. 11-16 Early Bird skiers must be registered guests in one of the arc hotels during the entire week. For reservations Call Dan 4402-575, Cit 08821-79081 fax. 08821-3942 of Paris a the parents brother and Cousin of a turkish girl were sentenced saturday for strangling the 15 year old after they claimed she Lishon ored the family name by becoming to westernized. The family members were sentenced to terms ranging from 20 years to life in prison in a dramatic Case that riveted France and underscored the isolation of immigrant families from mainstream so piety. -.".  it also called into question islamic ten ets about the family. A senior Muslim Clergyman testified that koranic Justice did not Sanction the family s actions. Abdullah Ilik Pinar 22, was convicted by a court in Colmar Eastern France of strangling his teen age sister Nazmiye in August 1993 with the help of his Cousin identified by Media Only As Lufti 20. The girl s parents looked on. Ilik Pinar confessed to strangling his sister while his Cousin held her and kept her from screaming i the family acknowledged plotting to kill Nazmiye because she had a French Boyfriend had run away from Home Sev eral times and had asked to be placed in an adolescents Home to escape abuse from her brother. The Mother and brother also were de scribed by the court As obsessed Over whether Nazmiye had lost her virginity. Ilik Pinar and his Cousin were charge with premeditated homicide while Ilik i Narv father  53, and Mother Elife 44, were charged with complicity inner murder Abdullah Ilik Pinar was sentenced to life imprisonment. The other three were Given 20-year sentences. _ can we find any excuse in favor of the accused none prosecutor Myriam vender said in closing arguments Friday. Nothing can excuse the murder of a child and there exists no cause no Law no religion that can allow  _ Italy vehicle list listed below Are the names of service members whose privately owned vehicles Are available for pickup at the 1321st medium port come s vehicle processing Center at leghorn army depot Italy. Numbers indicated Are the last four of social Security numbers. R _ Battle d.r.h83 Buchanan . 8572 Eri is. 9393 Craig . 7226 doepkerlm75197 _ durdenlm.3798"  2811 fennerc.m.6199" Gentry . 7014 Haeffner . 0957 Harris . 6280 Hatton . 4959 herskovitzr.l7346 Higginbotham d. 7826 Jackson  7169 . 7597 Mccloskey cd. 8852 neald.t.5834 flickering . 5837 j . 7411 . 1085 Santos . 9847 " Schultz . 0943 Smalls a. 7004 Smith . 6704stark a 4324 sumerixw.l1181 Tyler v. 4866. Vasalech . 6038