Security fears close Baghdad Airport

[maddezmom]

Baghdad International Airport has been closed for two days for security reasons, the Iraqi Transportation Ministry said.

Ahmed Abdul-Wahab, ministry spokesman, said the closure was “to avoid any violence during the commemoration of the 40th and final day of mourning for Imam Hussein”.


more:http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=3750795&p=375x8yx&n=3750887

[tanyev]

1. Must be more of that "progress" Bush was talking about.

[Benhurst]

2. They have never been able to secure the short road to the airport,

now they can't even secure the airport itself. What a joke. A sad, sick
joke.

[OhioChick]

3. I thought that

"freedom was on the march?" :sarcasm:

[sinkingfeeling]

4. More progress to go with having 4 hours of electricity in Baghdad each

day.