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. 1996 Index
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Iraq Communications 1996
632,000 telephones; reconstitution of damaged telecommunication facilities
began after the Gulf war; most damaged facilities have been rebuilt
the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links
2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 GORIZONT (Atlantic
Ocean) in the Intersputnik system, and 1 ARABSAT earth station; coaxial
cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait
line is probably non-operational
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