Except they didn't know where to look for their hostile.
He remembered that the military emergency channel was
121.50 megahertz. He punched it in, then unhooked the black mike and switched to transmit. The green diodes blinked to red.
7:09 a.m.
Jean-Paul Moreau, who had perfect command of English, was catching the BBC on a small Sony ICF-PR080 in Command Central, keeping abreast of the news. The World Service was just winding up its morning broadcast, circumspect as always.
". . . A reminder of the main story: there are unconfirmed rumors emanating from the southern Aegean that an American naval vessel, the USS Glover, was attacked by a helicopter gunship late last evening, with considerable damage and loss of life. It is said the gunship was Israeli. No confirmation or denial of this report has yet been issued by the government in Tel Aviv. And that's the end of the news from London. . . ."
"Guess we had a hit." He laughed, then switched frequencies and started monitoring the military channels.
Ramirez had also heard the broadcast, with satisfaction. The attack would soon blossom into a world event, with accusations flying. After that had played its course, he would drop his bombshell.
Now it was daylight. Time to begin phase three of the operation.