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| Iraq |
| Baghdad airport receives first batch of Iraqi refugees from Egypt |
| 2008-08-12 |
| (VOI) - The first batch of Iraqi refugees seeking to go home arrived in Baghdad's International Airport on Monday coming from the Egyptian capital Cairo at the expense of the Iraqi government, according to al-Iraqia satellite television. The official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) had said earlier that the first plane carrying Iraqi refugees is arriving at the Baghdad International Airport from the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday. "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had taken a decision to carry Iraqi refugees from Cairo, Egypt, aboard his presidential airplane for free," Maj. General Qassem Atta told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "This flight will be followed by other weekly flights with the aim of facilitating the process for displaced Iraqis to return to their land," Atta added. Maliki had instructed in early August 2008 to activate his 83rd decree to give occupants of houses belonging to displaced families one month to evacuate them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Most of the refugees must have returned already from nearby Syria, Lebanon and Jordan if they are starting to bring back those in Egypt. Surely this must mark some sort of quagmire. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-12 08:25 |