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Iraq
Basra Airport Halts Flights, Citing Security
2007-04-18
Another IraqiSlogger post.
Basra, Apr 17, (VOI) - The director of Basra International Airport said that the airport stopped flights on Tuesday for security reasons, while eyewitnesses said that the British base in the airport was rocketed.

"Flights were halted at the airport on Tuesday afternoon for security reasons," Director of Basra airport Razzaq Qassem told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) over the phone.

However, eyewitnesses living near the airport said that it was attacked by Katyusha rockets. "One of the rockets landed on the runway and caused some damage," Nedal Jaber, a technician at the airport, told (VOI).
Posted by:Steve White

#1  I think it is safe to say that rocket attacks fall into the 'security reasons' category.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-04-18 14:08  

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