[ALBSA-Info] British Press

[Agron Alibali]

Daily Star 
December 12, 2001 
NEWS; Pg. 23 

GREEKS PUT JET SECRETS ON THE NET. . . 
 by JERRY LAWTON 

GREEK military chiefs holding 12 British plane-spotters for alleged spying are advertising their nuclear fighter jets worldwide over the internet. 

The astonishing website lifts the lid on detailed specifications of their most advanced aircraft. Punters who log on can buy 24 Mirage F-1 fighters. The Greek Embassy site states the jets are in "full operational condition". 

The French-built single-seater planes can carry nuclear weapons. The website says: 

"Information concerning the detailed condition of the aircraft and their engines - including flight hours and maintenance data - will be available to those interested." 

Last night relatives of the dozen Brits who face 20 years in jail for spying on air force jets were stunned by the ad. 

A member of plane-spotter Mike Bursell's worried family said: "How can they get away with such hypocrisy?" 

Mike, 47, from Swanland in Hull, East Yorks, has been languishing in a Greek jail for 35 days after he and 11 other plane-spotters were arrested at a military base. 

But the Greek Embassy's Washington bureau website - discovered by the Daily Star - blows their air force's deepest secrets. 

As well as advertising the jets, it reveals Greeks plans to buy 60 new fighters and upgrade their air defences. 

A senior British military source said: "They are revealing the very secrets they are apparently seeking to protect." 

Judges deciding whether to prosecute the plane-spotters put off their decision for at least another day. 


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