First European flight in 17 years lands at Baghdad airport

Baghdad airport has seen it's first commercial flight in 17 years from Europe land in the country. UN sanctions were imposed after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait." The first commercial flight between Europe and...

Iraqi rebels turn airport sprint into a blood sport (Sun-Sentinel)

BAGHDAD -- Abbas Khalil's daily commute on Iraq's most notorious road has become a point of friction in his marriage. Each morning when he leaves for work with an Iraqi construction company at the Baghdad International Airport, his wife begs him to quit his job.

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