European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 9, 1990 the stars and stripes Page arms broker wants fee for iraqi bomb Deal of t a a of t a _ a Pluri to army of .1. Miami apr a Florida arms Bro Ker is suing to collect More than $30 million he claims is owed to him for arranging the Sale of Cluster bombs to Iraq. The timing his lawyer admits May be a Little awkward. Nasser Beydoun 47, of Coral Springs said he masterminded a 1983 Deal that enabled chilean industrialist Carlos Carden to sell the Baghdad government at least $467 million Worth of Cluster bombs and other military equipment. In a lawsuit filed with the circuit court in Dade county Beydoun claims that Carden often referred to him As a a Golden key to the Middle East arms Market. A when i opened the Market he crossed the Bridge and he burned it leaving me behind a Beydoun said. Carden 48, made a Fortune Selling military ordnance and weapons to Iraq during its eight year War with Iran the Miami Herald reported saturday. Beydoun said he hooked up with Carden in 1982, when he was appointed the exclusive sales representative of explosives Carden Ltd. In Iraq Lebanon and saudi Arabia. Beydoun claims in court papers that he gave up a lucrative food and cigarette exporting business to work for Carden whose Carden industries operates a weapons factory in Chile. Carden signed a a letter of agreement and Protection that authorized Beydoun to be his exclusive agent in Iraq court papers say. Beydoun a Job was to sell 500-Pound Cluster bombs to the iraqi air Force at $6,500 apiece. He was to receive $500 ipe own Money to Fly Back and Forth to. Api for each bomb sold. Beydoun said he spent $285,000 of his Baghdad. The iraqis eventually agreed to buy 3,000 Cluster bombs at $7,230 each he said. Carden sent the bombs overseas on iraqi airways jets from Santiago or by ship out of the chilean port of Iquique Beydoun says in court papers. That Sale put $21 million into carafe no a Bank accounts in Dade county and elsewhere the lawsuit says. The iraqis later purchased More bombs a bomb factory and machinery Beydoun claims in the suit. In All Carden sold at least $467 million in War materials the suit says. Beydoun claims he is owed commis Sions of $35.9 million but has collected Only $5.3 million. Beydoun a attorney Hendrik Milne said his client tried to Settle the dispute this summer. Card Ocny a lawyers have rejected the claims Milne told the Miami Herald. With iraqis invasion of Kuwait and the buildup of . Troops in saudi Arabia a Florida july might find it difficult to Side with someone who supplied bombs that could be used against americans Milne said. It s not a popular Case on either Side a he said. On the other hand he said a who Are they going to prefer the bomb maker who kept All the Money or the broker who should have been paid and Wasny to chess championship opens on Broadway re the new in rat time i a. A a new by the new York times York a Broadways latest production opened monday with no actors no script Ana a $100 top ticket Price. Thousands of chess enthusiasts in new York and across the country Are expecting a spectacular show from the landmark Hudson theater at the new hotel Macklowe on West 44th Street Over the next five weeks the first half of the scheduled 24-game world chess championship an event last played in new York City in 1907. The second half of the match will be played in Lyons France. The match with games scheduled at 5 30 . On mondays wednesdays and fridays pits 27-year-old Gary Kasparov the fiery Champion and the highest rated player in chess history against Anatoly Karpov 39, the ice water in the veins challenger who held the world title for a decade until Kasparov snatched it away in 1985. The match promises a Tough fight with Kasparov a sacrificial slash attack style biting on the Granite of the Karpov defense which often melts into an endgame Serpent for the slow strangulation of an opponent. Some experts say Kasparov with a 1-Point Edge in 120 previous title games Between them is a slight favorite. What a More the match will be Laden with ideological symbolism. The contestants both atypically Rich and world travelled soviet citizens Are competing for $3 million in prize Money a $1.9 million for the Winner $1.1 million for the loser a a chess record and a wondrous object lesson in free Enterprise for the people Back Home. And Kasparov a native of the Azerbaijan Republic who has been an ardent foe of Gorbachev an communism will play under the russian republics Flag while Karpov who has often been portrayed As a Dutiful party apparatchiks will Fly his customary soviet colors. A Chance to enjoy the match will not be limited to paying customers at the theater. A computer network will transmit the moves As they Are made to thousands of people at scores of chess clubs across the country where members and guests will follow the action often wit analysis and commentary by chess experts. Why pay up to $100 to sit for hours in silence watching two men move pieces the answer chess enthusiasts say is that the Patron gets much More analysis and commentary from experts and the High drama of the game itself a clash of the worlds Best chess minds. Former world chess Champion Anatoly Karpov of the soviet Union watches Donatello of the teenage mutant ninja turtles make a move during a Friendly match in new York on sunday. Karpov opened his Challenge for the world chess championship title against current Champion Gary Kasparov also of the soviet Union on monday. To capture that three Large closed circuit television screens have been set up Over the stage a two focusing on the players faces and one showing the game position. The audience far from being strapped into their seats May go out to lecture and analysis rooms and refreshment and Concession stands in the hotel next door. A there will be six grandmaster commentators several analysis and lecture rooms a constant explanation of what a going on a said Joel Benjamin one of the  denies headboard Cost new York $11,500. York apr the City is paying $11,500 for an elaborately carved headboard for mayor David Dinkins bedroom Newsweek reported sunday. But Dinkins spokesman said the Magazine grossly inflated the projects Cost. Newsweek said the headboard was deliver to Gracie mansion the May thl 0 a residence in the same week ? a yer proposed a hiring freeze and us the Prospect of laying off 15,000 City workers. Dinkins spokesman Albert scar to Linns materials for the headboard Cost Mam and were for to die Gracie mansion conservancy a private nonprofit a animation that normally pays for the mansion s decoration. A a it a More than just watching. Its really learning and understanding. On the outside there Isnit As much to see As in a typical sporting event. But most people understand there a a terrific mental and psychological Battle going on. People can feel it see it written on the faces of the players. It can be very  ticket sales have not been brisk organizers of the match concede though mondays opener was nearly sold out. And Many chess enthusiasts complain that the prices a even $50 loge or $25 Balcony seats a Are too High. Labor costs should amount to an extra a few Hundred dollars at most a Scardino said. He quoted Dinkins As saying the $11,500 figure was a absolutely  Newsweek said Anthony Russo a Carpenter with the City a human resources administration submitted Bills for 266 hours of labor at a Cost so far of $6,484.12. It quoted sources As saying the Complete Job is expected to total 500 hours a at a Cost of $23 an hour or $11,500. Newsweek quoted another mayoral spokesman Lee Jones As saying the conservancy paid for the Wood but the labor was done by Era because such a project a can be done More efficiently and cheaply by the City work  to -0$ in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 9, 1950 a reinforced patrols of the . Army a 1st Cav div crossed the 38th parallel for the first time and moved six Miles into North korean territory.30 years ago today. Oct. 9,1960 a the . General Assembly overrode soviet opposition and shelved for the 10th successive year the question of seating red china.20 years ago today. Oct. 9,1970 a president Nixon proposed a standstill cease fire in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos immediate release of All prisoners and a broadened peace conference to seek a settlement of conflicts throughout All of indochina.7 0 years ago today. Oct. 9, 1980 a iranian f-4 phantom jets struck Baghdad setting huge fires in the North of the iraqi capital that apparently blacked out much of the City. Iraq said other iranian jets struck the Northern Oil Center of Kirkuk and Sulaim Aniyah in the Northeast but were driven off after inflicting Only Light casualties