ABC Audience and Consumer Affairs
January 3, 2004

Dear Amir

Thank you for your email of 3 January 2004.

It is ABC practice to refer to this area as the Persian Gulf. ABC reporters
and producers have been reminded of the correct terminology.

The ABC regrets this error.

Yours sincerely

Kieran Doyle
ABC Audience and Consumer Affairs

From: "Amir Naghshineh-Pour" <abibis@msn.com>
To: webmaster@your.abc.net.au, newseditor@your.abc.net.au,
comments@your.abc.net.au
Cc: pgtf@iic.org
Subject: Persian Gulf
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:27:13

Dear editor @ the ABC,

In reference to your article "US claims Al Qaeda drug bust in Arabian
Gulf http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1019597.htm I am deeply
disappointed to see that a credible news organization such as you has
used the wrongful name "Arabian Gulf" to refer to the historic and correct
name "Persian Gulf". You are indeed in violation of international norms and
standards in this matter.

Please be advised that using the terms "Arabian Gulf" and "Gulf" follows
the path of revisionists such as Saddam Hussein who only tried to acquire
identity and self interests by encouraging others to use these bogus
names. I hope your news organization understands this fact and prevents
future errors in its reports and articles.

Amir Naghshineh-Pour
Public Relations
Persian Gulf Task Force, San Diego Chapter, CA, USA
http://www.persiangulfonline.org/