European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 15, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Are so Fng aboard the Limos in the Aegean sea a at Midnight the greek frigate limn is slips out of port weaving silently behind a minesweeper before thrusting ahead to link with it flotilla at sea. The Long planned exer Cise with some of Greece s nato Al lies faces a hypothetical attack in the Southeastern part of the Aegean sea but for the greek sailors it also comes at a time of new tension with another nato ally Turkey. As on Many other Days greek War planes scrambled several hours earlier to intercept real turkish planes near one of Greece s numerous islands in the Aegean where territorial boundaries have Long been a sore Point. No shots were fired but the neigh Bors and ostensible allies again find themselves eying each other warily. Rumours swept through Turkey i november that Greece would take advantage of provisions of a hew International treaty on use of the seas and double its territorial limit from the cur rent six nautical Miles 6.9 statute Miles. Turkish leaders warned such above would Lead to War saying it would make the Aegean a greek take because of All the greek islands that Dot the sea off has said repeatedly that it does not plan to expand its Waters the government also pointedly will not give up the right to do its warning Turkey re scheduled a military exercise of its own seas is v5s 3wwnfer of Viv or Cwi in Listef s 5 0 w 4 si.0 a " a " so Clits of so in International Waters in the Northern Aegean to coincide with the greek exercise to the South. The Way i see things today the Dis Pute May be drawn out. It will not last one or two Days greek defense min ister Gerasimos Arsenis said. The United states sent a Cruiser tothe Aegean to Monitor the two exercises in an Effort to ease tension be tween its allies. A War Between Greece and Turkey would be disastrous Likely far worse than the fighting in former has about 60 million people and Greece 10 million and the Region in dispute is an important shipping route. Both nations have been arming in recent years gaining from the conventional weapons that were to be scrapped by their larger allies including the United states after the end of the Odwar. Christian greeks and Muslim turks have been enemies since the turks conquered the greek speaking byzantine Empire at constantinople now Istanbul in 1453 and later subjugated Greece and the rest of the won their Freedom in the 1821 29 War of Independence from political strains do not appear Likely to ease soon. So their military forces patrol the Aegean s Crystal Waters and skies sizing each other up an conducting Maneu vers. In the Limos operations room offi cers stare at radar and computer screens murmuring into Mission is to locate an enemy Force that May attack in the Southeast Ern Aegean from the Straits Between the islands of Rhodes and Carpa thousand Between a sos and Crete. There is an impending air attack an the frigate is on full Alert. It is joined by other greek vessels As Well As warship from the United states Britain Italy and Spain. Three f-4 phantom warplane Streak into the Lead frigate s radar Range. The air defense controller tracks their approach. The ships begin to Man Euver rapidly. The Lead ship s guns and missile launchers track the still invisible planes. Somewhere far beyond the horizon pilots state they have fired their weapons. The phantoms burst out of the Thi Blue sky and scream Over the ships. This time the weapons Are electronic and the combatants will have to wait a few Days for the experts to determine if the planes or the ships won the Battle. Sunken French sub reported found Beirut Lebanon a a diver Jias discovered the wreckage of a French submarine sunk by the British Navy Dur ing world War ii off Lebanon a newspaper reported tuesday Walid Upshie an underwater diver told As Safir newspaper in an interview that a very Rich underwater museum was scattered off Lebanon s 130-mile Mediterranean coast. The wreckage of the French world War ii sub so Fleur was resting in 115-foot-deep water off South Beirut s Khalide suburb Noshie told the newspaper. The boat was under the command of France s Vichy government which Side with nazi Germany after the surrender of France to Adolf Hitler. 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