U.S. Air Force bombs AT&T !!

[Stephen B. Brown]

>From article <21583 at netcom.UUCP>, by jbreeden at netcom.UUCP (John Breeden):
>> (San Jose Mercury News, Jan 17th, 1991)
>> SHOT HEARD ROUND THE GULF HIT AT&T SITE
>> IN SAUDI ARABIA (AP) - ... 2,000 pound bomb dropped squarely into
>> the AT&T building in downtown Bagdad ...
In article <1991Jan22.182709.23158 at cbnewsm.att.com> myamin at cbnewsm.att.com (m.yamin) writes:
>AT&T says they don't have a building in Iraq; the report must refer
>to something else.  Maybe MCI?

(According to National Public Radio:) The building was the Iraqi PTT
(Public Telephone & Telegraph) headquarters.  It was referred to by
an Air Force officer as an AT&T building in the generic sense, i.e.,
a phone company building.  The reference to AT&T was widely reported
in the media.  I assume AT&T disapproves of this use of its trademark,
as well as the unintentional publicity.
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Steve Brown                   sbbrown at magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu