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	Baghdad
		Baghdad is the most important centre of learning in Iraq with the University of Baghdad (established in 1957), al-Mustansiriyya University (established in 1963) and the University of Technology (established in 1974).
		Baghdad was, prior to the wars of the 1980's and 90's, one of the leading cultural centres of the Arab world.
		Baghdad was in 836 abandoned to Turkish chiefs, and when it later returned to being the capital of the Muslim world, the city was rebuilt on the eastern bank of the Tigris.
	i-cias.com /e.o/baghdad.htm (1705 words)

	Baghdad International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saddam International Airport was constructed with the assistance of French firms between 1979 and 1982 at a cost of over nine hundred million dollars.
		However, the airport's perimeter is regularly threatened by Iraqi insurgents; aircraft taking off and landing at the airport climb and descend in a spiral pattern directly over the airport in order to avoid coming within range of small arms and missiles on the ground.
		The main road from the airport to downtown Baghdad, nicknamed "Route Irish," is infamous as one of the most dangerous routes in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baghdad_International_Airport (759 words)

	Baghdad
		Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the center of air, road, and rail transport in the country.
		Baghdad was the seat of the Abbasid caliphate from the 9th to the 13th centuries.
		Baghdad was at the height of its commercial prosperity during the 8th and 9th centuries AD, and between the 8th and 12th centuries, Baghdad was a flourishing center of Arab civilization.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/baghdad.htm (879 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Empty Baghdad airport full of potential (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BAGHDAD — At Baghdad International Airport, formerly known as Saddam International, Terminal C has been completely refurbished to its gleaming former self.
		Coalition officials want to reopen the airport as a symbol that the country is returning to normal and to give its economy a boost.
		The airport's fl-marbled Terminal C looks as if it was frozen in time, circa 1990, before invading Iraqi forces were driven out of Kuwait and the U.N.-imposed sanctions that halted most commercial flights into Iraq.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003/10/20-baghdad-airport.htm (758 words)

	Baghdad on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Baghdad was founded (762) on the west bank of the Tigris by the Abbasid caliph Mansur, who made it his capital.
		Baghdad was captured by the British in 1917, and in 1920 it became the capital of the newly constituted kingdom of Iraq.
		With the onset of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), however, Baghdad became a target for Iranian attacks; its economic development stagnated as the oil industry was affected by the war.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Baghdad.asp (1014 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baghdad International Airport
		Wikinews has news related to this article: Several hundred killed after stampede in Baghdad A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad For other meanings see Baghdad (disambiguation) Baghdad (Arabic:) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province.
		An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world.
		Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) (sometimes referred to as Glasgow Abbotsinch International Airport), located 13 km (8 miles) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is the largest international airport in Scotland, and number five in the UK.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baghdad-International-Airport (1944 words)

	Baghdad International Airport [BIAP], formerly Saddam International Airport
		The airport is served by a Class I runway 13,000 feet long and a second runway on the military side of the airfield measuring 8,800 feet.
		The French-designed airport Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war, although it had also fallen into disrepair as a result of UN-imposed sanctions..
		Accorcing to a September 7, 2004 Army News Story, control of Baghdad IAP was returned to the government of Iraq from coalition forces on August 25.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/saddam-iap.htm (2515 words)

	Only Light Resistance At Baghdad Airport
		Reuters correspondent Nadim Ladki said huge explosions shook central Baghdad throughout the night while flashes and artillery fire at the airport could be seen and heard throughout the city.
		Baghdad's Saddam International Airport is about 12 miles southwest of the center of the city of five million.
		U.S. and British political and military leaders fear urban warfare in Baghdad could be prolonged and bloody and they refused to be drawn on when they might authorize a final push to capture the city of five million people.
	www.rense.com /general36/bbhg.htm (938 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iraqis to regain control of the renovated Baghdad airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BAGHDAD — Iraq's new leadership will take control of a rehabilitated Baghdad International Airport in the next few weeks.
		Although the French-designed airport is only 22 years old, it had fallen into disrepair.
		In advance of the June 30 turnover of sovereignty to the Iraqi government, the U.S. military is handing back the airport's 40 service buildings and 35 acres of land.
	usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-06-16-baghdad-international_x.htm (559 words)

	Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in the Baghdad airport
		Baghdad International is such a cluster that anyone coming into there knows there is no chance of Iraq ever getting their act together.
		The only way I got out of this airport was that I am a fairly large guy, and had five friends with me. We forced our way past the other five hundered people that DID NOT have tickets for that flight.
		I simply went to the airport 6 hours in advance as I thought my flight was departing in the morning rather than the scheduled late afternoon.
	www.sleepinginairports.net /mideast/Baghdad.htm (451 words)

	Strike Closes Baghdad Airport
		Security contractors at Baghdad Airport went on strike on Friday as part of a contract dispute between their British employer and the Iraqi government, shutting down most of the country's civil aviation.
		One side of the airport, a vast complex on the western outskirts of Baghdad, is dedicated to military use, with a separate runway and air traffic control.
		Commercial flights in and out of Baghdad have been suspended in the past, either for security reasons or because of bad weather, but it is the first time a contract dispute has threatened to close the airport.
	news.airwise.com /story/view/1119618563.html (405 words)

	Easy Sailing Along Once-Perilous Road To Baghdad Airport
		BAGHDAD -- It used to be the most dangerous highway in Iraq, five miles of bomb-blasted road between Baghdad International Airport and the capital cityscape.
		To reach Baghdad or leave it, you had to survive the airport road first.
		An Iraqi private, Thalid Mahmood Ahmed, guards a stretch of the Baghdad airport road, where attacks had long been a symbol of the U.S. failure to secure Iraq.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110302600.html (697 words)

	9 workers killed near Baghdad airport - Boston.com
		Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying workers to the airport on Monday, showering them with bullets and killing nine people, a paramedic said.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq --Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying workers to the airport on Monday, showering them with bullets and killing nine people, a paramedic said.
		The victims were mainly Shiite Muslims from Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, and were attacked before reaching the main checkpoint at the airport's entrance, the official said.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/08/9_workers_killed_near_baghdad_airport (143 words)

	DHL Plane Hit By Missile In Iraq
		A plane operated by international courier DHL made an emergency landing at Baghdad's airport on Saturday after being hit by a surface-to-air missile, airport officials said.
		A DHL official at Baghdad Airport said the plane suffered an engine fire after take-off from Baghdad and returned to the airport.
		Airport officials, however, said initial indications suggested a missile had hit the plane.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2003/11/1069497490.html (286 words)

	New York Daily News - World & National Report - 3rd Infantry bags Baghdad airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the airport, troops discovered a tangled underground tunnel system with at least one passageway leading 10 miles back to the Tigris River in the city.
		Earlier in the day, Baghdad was plunged into darkness as a new round of allied air strikes shook the sidewalks.
		About three hours before the airport assault, BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan was taken to the facility 10 miles from the city center.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/wn_report/story/72731p-67352c.html (1052 words)

	IRAQ: DHL Plane Lands at Baghdad Airport on Fire after hit by rocket, 11/22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was the first time that a plane using Baghdad airport had been hit by a missile although eight previous firings had been reported.
		The threat has prevented the reopening of Baghdad airport to scheduled civilian flights throughout the seven months since it was occupied by US troops.
		Airport officials said the plane may have been hit by a missile and the U.S. Army said it was investigating.
	agonist.got.net /yabbse/index.php?board%3D1%3Baction%3Ddisplay%3Bthreadid%3D14254 (2262 words)

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		Airport access has been tightly controlled by the US military ever since April, when Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled.
		Various airport officials say the number of daily passengers quickly overwhelmed the small waiting area in the cargo terminal.
		All aircraft coming into Baghdad International Airport take off and land through airspace controlled by coalition troops, which entails a tight spiral off the runway to an altitude high enough to be out of range of SAMs, or a tight spiral down.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=37499&SelectRegion=Iraq_Crisis&... (979 words)

	Alcohol Banned in Baghdad Airport
		BAGHDAD, July 29 -- Iraq's transportation minister, a Shiite Muslim, has ordered a ban on alcohol sales at Baghdad International Airport, declaring that the facility is "a holy and revered" piece of Iraq, a spokesman said Friday.
		An airport official said Maliki ordered the airport alcohol ban after flying into Baghdad's heavily guarded airport and noticing the shelves of whiskey, wine and other alcohol on display.
		Although Maliki has traveled through Baghdad's airport numerous times, the airport official said the minister objected only after he participated in the government trip to Iran, where the government enforces prohibitions on alcohol as part of a legal code based on Islamic law.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072901961_pf.html (609 words)

	Bill dispute shuts Baghdad airport - The Boston Globe
		BAGHDAD -- A standoff over a multimillion-dollar security bill owed by the Iraqi government shut down Baghdad International Airport yesterday and severed Iraq's last safe route to the outside world, highlighting disarray in the country's administration and security forces and spurring US troops to step in to maintain security.
		Global, which is based in Britain, shut down airport operations for 48 hours in June in a dispute over the same contract.
		Yesterday, Global's security contractors maintained their posts around the airport but turned back would-be travelers -- shutting down travel without actually leaving unguarded either the airport road, which was one of Iraq's most-bombed routes until US military greatly intensified its presence there, and the airport, which insurgents have not managed to hit.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/09/10/bill_dispute_shuts_baghdad_airport (805 words)

	ipedia.com: Baghdad International Airport Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The airport is Iraq's largest air facility and is fit to receive planes of all sizes; however, it has been all but deserted since 1991.
		On December 25, 1986, an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 flying from this airport to Amman, Jordan was hijacked.
		The no-fly zone imposed on Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom has also been a problem for this airport, as the zone is the main reason Iraqi Airways has only been able to continue domestic flights for limited periods.
	www.ipedia.com /baghdad_international_airport.html (421 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. captures, renames Baghdad airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The attack on the airport a mere 10 miles southwest of central Baghdad began at dusk Thursday with units of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division moving in to seize the main, 13,000-foot runway.
		Brooks added that the electricity outage in Baghdad was "a matter of some concern" to the coalition due to the impact on local inhabitants.
		Near Numaniyah, southeast of Baghdad, Marines manned a checkpoint Friday on a highway leading to the capital and said they were seeing a steady flow of young men they suspected were Iraqi soldiers trying to rejoin their shattered units.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-04-03-swarm_x.htm (1448 words)

	Pay flap idles Baghdad airport
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Baghdad International Airport, Iraq’s only reliable link to the outside world, was closed today in an embarrassing pay dispute between the government and a British security company.
		The airport is located about 10 miles west of Baghdad, linked to the city by a four-lane highway that is notorious for insurgent attacks and is described by the Department of State as one of the most dangerous roads in the world.
		During the March 2003 invasion, U.S. troops seized the airport quickly as they approached Baghdad, then used it as a staging ground for their final sweep into the capital.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Sep/20050909News012.asp (472 words)

	Baghdad International Airport information - Search.com
		Saddam International Airport was constructed with the assistance of French firms between 1979 and 1982 at a cost of over nine hundred million dollars.
		However, the airport's perimeter is regularly threatened by Iraqi insurgents; aircraft taking off and landing at the airport climb and descend in a spiral pattern directly over the airport in order to avoid coming within range of small arms and missiles on the ground.
		The main road from the airport to downtown Baghdad, nicknamed "Route Irish," is infamous as one of the most dangerous routes in the world.
	www.search.com /reference/Baghdad_International_Airport (1173 words)

	Allies 'seize most of Baghdad airport' - 5th April, 2003
		The airport assault was led by a combination of special operations forces and the 82nd Airborne.
		At almost the same time as the airport was being attacked yesterday, explosions detonated in Baghdad's two main power stations one on each side of the Tigris river depriving the city of all electrical power for the first time since the Anglo-American invasion two weeks ago.
		The most horrifying reports came first from the village of Furat on the airport road, where dozens of bodies were said to be heaped in a hospital mortuary after a missile attack; hundreds were also recorded by a witness to have been wounded.
	www.robert-fisk.com /articles210b.htm (882 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > War with Iraq -- First U.S. aircraft lands at Baghdad airport as Iraqi forces test defenses
		OUTSKIRTS OF BAGHDAD, Iraq – A giant C-130 transport plane landed at the Baghdad airport Sunday, the first known U.S. aircraft to arrive in the Iraqi capital since the airfield fell into U.S. hands.
		The airport, captured in an all-night battle last week, is expected to be a major resupply base for American forces and a key to channeling aid to Iraqi civilians.
		The airport troops belong to a 101st unit known as the "Iron Rakkasans" because of strips of burlap connected to their helmets that they call "iron hairs." It distinguishes them from other fighters in the division.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20030406-1345-war-baghdadairport.html (530 words)

	Force protection for Baghdad International Airport FA Journal - Find Articles
		Highway 10, which is a four-lane divided highway, leads directly from the airfield to downtown Baghdad and is the major avenue of approach for vehicle traffic entering and exiting the airport.
		The Div Arty mission was to command and control all airport force protection operations, coordinate with outside agencies for assistance and supplies, work in conjunction with the US Air Force security forces to secure the airport's two runways and interact with tenant units regarding force protection issues.
		Their tasks were to evaluate and rebuild the airport's infrastructure, restore utilities and coordinate space for units arriving at the airport.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_5_8/ai_110732264 (881 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Airport a 'perfect base'
		Seizing control of Baghdad's airport could provide coalition forces with a key base to fly in troops, weapons and aid on the doorstep of the Iraqi capital.
		Like an island surrounded by outlying fields, the airport is just 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the southwest of Baghdad with an approach road that runs straight to the heart of the capital.
		The airport's main runway, at about 13,000 feet, is long enough to land the military's biggest transport aircraft, as well as civilian jumbo jets.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2916251.stm (693 words)

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