Rockets hit Baghdad airport

Two rockets hit the Baghdad airport complex on Friday but did not cause any damage or casualties, the head of the Iraqi civil aviation authority said.

January 31, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi







BAGHDAD — Two rockets hit the Baghdad airport complex on Friday but did not cause any damage or casualties, the head of the Iraqi civil aviation authority said. The attack on the international airport came a day after militants briefly occupied a building housing a transport ministry state-owned company and took hostages. It comes amid a protracted surge in nationwide violence that has sparked fears that Iraq is slipping back into all-out conflict.”Two missiles dropped on Baghdad airport at about 6:30 a.m. (0330 GMT),” Civil Aviation Authority chief Captain Nasser Bander said. “They did not cause any damage, and they did not affect any departures or arrivals of aircraft. Everything is going well at the airport.” – AFP


January 31, 2014
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