European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 Turkey denies its planning strikes in Iraq by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington turkeys ambassador to the United states on wednesday Dis missed rumours that his country was preparing to launch military strikes inside Iraq but warned that officials Are losing patience with terrorist attacks coming across their the turkish people have come to the Point where enough is said Nabi who has served As ambassador since january if the govern ment feels it has the right to intervene in Iraq to protect itself to fight then Turkey should be Able to protect its coun try from the activities of these terrorist or sensor downplayed but would not Rule out military incursions into Iraq to Deal with members of the Kurdistan workers or which turkish officials have blamed for a series of recent bomb Ings and years of terrorist attacks inside turkeys turkish officials have pushed Mili tary leaders to take a More Active role in the fight against the group since the War in Iraq including pushing Iraq to classify the group As a terrorist but the which has Long advocated for an Independent kurdish state in North Ern Iraq and Southern remains a popular political and social Force with Kur dish sensor said the group is get Ting Aid from those in some cases passing supplies along to pkg fight that does not mean the is support ing these he but we know they now have sophisticated expo and in some cases other weapons of last week Iraq foreign minister Hishyar himself a said Turkey has gathered More than troops along its Border in preparation for military but both turkish and officials dismissed those sensor said Border patrol numbers have increased in recent but he would not give specific he also said officials do not want to enter Iraq for fear of destabilizing that and would prefer the use More of its in fluence to Stop the kurdish support of the the has leverage with the sensor if the army is Strong enough to go anywhere in the world to fight it would be very difficult to turn to the turkish people and say the United states is doing everything but they Are not Able to influence the Northern Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said officials Are working with Turk ish military leaders to address the pkg but weve also made it Clear that any sort of military action into Iraq would be very reporters Jeff Schogol and Lisa Burgess contributed to this email Leo Shane at  John Pershing who died in a crash in july is seen sixth from Perrin conquer your future on your own Troy University is proud to be a education partner and to offer degree programs to soldiers serving we enable eligible soldiers and officers to work toward College degrees and certificates anywhere1 Troy University brings convenience and experience to its degree look for Troy on the web site and have a future of University a future of 062218681016 Couch 19683@Troy.edu Click on the Earmy link to Honor Wii fighting Ace Pilot stayed with crippled plane to save town by Wayne Parry the associated press Atlantic Stan Ley Jones recalls standing outside his Home in watching As an american warplane arced to Ward the ground behind a plume of its engine alternately sputtering and the plane was one of thou Sands of american aircraft swarming Over Britain in july 1944 to fight in world War it passed out of and seconds later an explosion Shook the town of Jones ran to the crash site and found a wheat Field strewn with soldering wreck he won dered who was the Pilot what happened to him and Why didst he Parachute to safety on air Force John Pershing Perrin will be honoured in Britain for saving the town by staying with his Crip pled p51 Mustang rather than abandoning the fuel Laden plane to crash into Homes and because it was Noth ing was reported of the said now 70 and living in years went by and every now and again wed talk about my Brothers and i and family and the Acci Dent was mostly he but it stayed in before Perrin lived with his parents in Atlantic at age he was already certified As an Ace having destroyed at least five enemy air he was also awarded the distinguished flying Cross and the air medal with three Oak Leaf on the Day he Perrin had been assigned to Fly the Mustang from an air base in Lan to another one about 160 Miles it should have been a routine 40minute although he was i think it was a True moment of Stanley Jones an englishman who As a boy saw the plane go Down Perrin had never before flown a Mustang with an extra 85gallon fuel tank that could make it Tricky to sometime after the plane began leaking fuel from the right Side of the in front of the according to air Force the cockpit began to fill with smoke and fuel but Perrin apparently chose to stay with the stricken plane in an Effort to reach the nearest land ing strip or crash land in a a Force officials Perrin had ample time to get said air Force Jeff the Assis Tant air attache at the embassy in London and a Veteran Pilot who will speak at per ring memorial but the initial inclination of an aviator is to stay with the if you still think its in laudable that what you try to what finally doomed Perrin was an explosion of fuel vapor that shattered the cockpit Cano either killing him immediately or knocking him unconscious before the plane the investigation it was a very courageous Deci Sion to stay with his to accept the worsening risk of an explosion in the cockpit rather than bail Jones he was skimming Over houses and people untold others in the going about their daily kids walking Home from and this the pilotless would be crashing among i think it was a True moment of Jones at wednesdays representatives of the British and american As Well As several of Perrins will gather at the crash site to dedicate an 8foot Stone Monument etched with the image of a mus