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From: eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick)
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Subject: NorTel Gets US Military Order (and "AT&T" Building in Baghdad)
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Date: 22 Jan 91 17:17:41 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 59, Message 10 of 14


>Whitley, commander of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, told the media
>Friday that the first air strike against Iraq was a 2,000-pound bomb
>dropped squarely onto the "AT&T building" in downtown Baghdad.

>     Not so, says the telecommunications giant.  "We don't even have a
>building in Baghdad," spokesman James Van Orden said.  {Dallas Times-
>Herald}, D1, 1/20.

I heard (on the CBC, I think) that it was a "PTT" building.  I can't
remember what the letters stood for, though.

I also heard (thru the Northern Telecom grapevine) that one of the NT
US switching divisions received an order from the US Military for a
portable switch to fit into a transport trailer, ready to deliver by
this Friday (Jan 25th).  The switch should handle as many lines a
possible.  Plan is to ship it to middle east to "replace damaged
telecom lines".

Dunno if it is a DMS or SuperNode but my guess is it will be brown in
color.

 
[Moderator's Note: PTT frequently means "Post, Telephone, Telegraph"
since in many countries the government agency which operates the post
office also manages the telephone system.   PAT]