judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Louis J. Judice 23-Jan-1991 1634) (01/25/91)
I was just listening to an interview with Ed Turner, VP News for CNN. (No relation to Ted Turner, BTW). He indicated the four-wire circuit has indeed been out for days, and that Inmarsat is currently being used (in his words, "Arnet sets it up in the hotel lobby and puts $4000 in quarters in it" :) ) Iraqi Ministry of Information people are there to kill the connection if he deviates from the pre-approved report he's sending. He also indicated that while CNN would definitely never offer to have shared the four-wire line, that the story about Iraq demanding it be shared or cut is not true. ljj