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Baghdad airport closed for two days at least

Baghdad, Iraq - For maintenance and not security reasons

The spokesman of Iraqi Transport Ministry, Ahmad Abdelwahab, declared yesterday that Baghdad International Airport was closed for maintenance operations and that it won’t be re-opened before two days. The spokesman specified that the enclosure has nothing to do with possible security reasons, despite maximum surveillance in Iraq in occasion of Ashura, the most important Shiite religious feast.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 137900
Rome, Italy, 03/21/2006 15:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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