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Iraq: kidnapped the Director of Basra International Airport

Baghdad, Iraq - No details have been disclosed yet

Abdul Razak Kassem, the Director of Basra International Airport, in Southern Iraq, was kidnapped yesterday by unknown gunmen outside his house. On the matter no details have been disclosed yet. British troops pulled out of Basra on September 2nd-3rd, 2007, but fears for a possible war in Shiite territory remain. Currently, about 5,200 units of British Armed Force are deployed at Basra International...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1080560
Rome, Italy, 10/10/2007 19:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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