From: sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.afghanistan
Subject: Some news ...
Date: 2 Oct 92 02:11:48 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
Originator: sehari@vincent2.iastate.edu

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10/01 (DJ) Saudi Forces Sieze Qatari Post In Border Dispute

    DOHA, Qatar -AP- Saudi forces seized a Qatari border post and
expelled its occupants a day after an armed clash at the disputed border
region outpost left two dead.
    The Qatar News Agency said, quoting a source at Qatar's military
headquarters, that after Wednesday's clash Qatari forces at the
al-Khofous post had been ordered not to fight the Saudis and prevent
further bloodshed.
    Qatar denied the Saudi report that today's clash was between Saudi
and Qatar bedouin tribes, the agency said.
    ''The fresh assault on the post this evening completes the intended
objective, which was to evacuate the post of its personnel and to seize
it,'' the agency quoted the military source as saying.
     4:07 PM
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10/01 (DJ) Qatar Suspends Border Treaty With Saudi Arabia

    DOHA, Qatar -AP- Qatar's government suspended a 1965 accord on its
border with Saudi Arabia after an armed clash in a disputed desert
region that left at least two dead.
    The decision came at an emergency session called by Crown Prince
Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the official Qatar News Agency said.
    The fighting took place Wednesday afternoon at the outpost of
al-Khofous, about 130 kilometers south of the Qatari capital of Doha,
according to the Qataris.
    The area has been claimed by both Saudi Arabia and Qatar since
British domination of the Gulf region ended two decades ago.
    The news agency said a Cabinet statement noted that the border
hadn't been demarcated and accused the Saudis of drawing them
''unilaterally.''
    The statement said Saudi Arabia had ignored repeated Qatari requests
to discuss the issue and called for quick negotiations on ''final
borders and their demarcation.''
    The statement described the incident as ''a grave precedent in
Qatar-Saudi relations, and the relations that bind the Gulf Cooperation
Council member-states.''
    Qatar and Saudi Arabia are members of GCC, binding six Gulf Arab
countries in economic and security matters.
    According to Qatari military officials, Saudi soldiers attacked a
Qatari border post, killing two soldiers and taking a third prisoner.
    But a Saudi government spokesmen said Qatari Bedouins had fired on
Saudi Bedouins on Saudi land.
     9:17 AM
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09/30 (DJ) Qatar Says Saudis Attacked Qatar Border Post, Killing 2

    DOHA, Qatar -AP- A Saudi military force attacked a Qatar border post
at al-Khofous today, killing two soldiers and taking a third prisoner,
the Qatar News Agency reported.
    The agency, quoting an unidentified source at the General Comand of
the Qatari armed forces, said a Qatari corporal and an Egyptian soldier
working with the Qatari army were killed in the :30 a.m. EDT attack.
    There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia on the report from
Qatar.
     4:47 PM
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09/30 (DJ) Correct: Boeing In Talks With Iran, Not Japan, Over Sales

    Boeing Co. (BA) is talking with Iran Air and lobbying the U.S.
federal government in hopes of getting a share of the $3 billion in
jetliner purchases that Iran is shopping for, a Boeing spokesman said.
    In an earlier headline, it was incorrectly reported that Boeing is
talking with Japan.
     8:34 AM
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09/30 (DJ) Boeing, Jetliner Sales -2-: Bush Policy Bans Sale To Iran

    SEATTLE -AP- With Iran shopping for $3 billion worth of jetliners,
Boeing Co. (BA) is talking with Iran Air and lobbying the U.S. federal
government in hopes of getting a share of those purchases, a Boeing
spokesman said.
    But a State Department spokesman told a news briefing in Washington
D.C. that the Bush Adminstration continues to bar the sale to Iran of
U.S. planes or planes with many U.S. components.
    Asked about a potential Boeing sale to Iran, State Department
spokesman Richard Boucher said: ''At this point I am not aware that
there is such a sale, but ... I am not aware that we would license any
aircraft from the U.S. or ones with 20% U.S. content.  I don't think
we're allowed to and I don't think we would.''
    The New York Times reported today that state-owned Iran Air has
tentatively agreed to buy 16 Boeing 737-400 jetliners with an option for
four more, a deal The Times said was worth nearly $1 billion if U.S.
policy were changed to allow such exports.
    In Seattle, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group spokesman Mark Hooper
said there is no deal but Boeing is talking with Iran Air about its
airplane requirements.
    ''We're hopeful at some point we might be able to work out a deal
with Iran Air,'' he said. ''Until the government lifts the export ban
there's nothing we can do to consummate a deal.''
    Hooper said that Boeing executives have talked with U.S. Commerce
Department officials in an effort to get the policy changed.
    Hooper said he couldn't confirm the The Times report of a 16 plane
deal because Boeing had no ''firm contractual agreement.''
     8:24 AM
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