http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad_International_AirportFind stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad International Airport from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:11:29 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.arrest/tztop.sudani.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Baghdad_International_Airport14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Baghdad International Airport from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/iraq.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's former trade minister, who resigned this month amid accusations of corruption, was arrested by security forces as he was trying to leave the country, officials confirmed to CNN.Sat, 30 May 2009 15:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. soldier fired on his fellow troops at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, U.S. officials said, killing five people in the worst such attack of the six-year-old Iraq war.Wed, 13 May 2009 17:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/12/worst.airports/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/12/worst.airports/index.html#cnnSTCTextIdentifying the world's finest airports is easy. Hong Kong International Airport, Singapore's Changi and Seoul's Incheon have topped the ranks of airport awards for the last decade.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military will reduce the number of troops in Iraq this month as violence has dropped and Iraqi security forces have shown vast improvements, senior military officials said Wednesday.Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iraqi panel that oversees the activities of former Baathists is denouncing the arrest of one of its senior members by the U.S. military, which says the man is an Iranian-backed Shiite militant involved in a bombing that killed four Americans.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextLebanon's prime minister paid a visit to Iraq on Wednesday -- the first such visit by a Lebanese leader in the post-Saddam Hussein era -- and he and his Iraqi counterpart discussed issues including oil exports and investment.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/28/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/28/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators have determined three Iraqi civilians were unarmed and attacking no one when U.S. soldiers fatally shot them in western Baghdad last month, the U.S. military said Sunday.Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe deaths of a bank employee and two women, apparently shot by American soldiers, has incited a wave of Iraqi angerSat, 26 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824993,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824993,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Democrat's visit is generating little attention in the Iraqi media -- and little expectation of policy changeMon, 21 Jul 2008 15:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813936,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813936,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs negotiations proceed to permit U.S. troops to remain in Iraq, no issue is more contentious than America's insistence on arresting and incarcerating Iraqis at willThu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732227,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsShi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731583,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731583,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAssociated Press photographer Bilal Hussein was reunited with family and colleagues Wednesday, ending more than two years in U.S. military custody after Iraqi judges dropped all legal proceedings against himWed, 16 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716805,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsExtremists fired an explosive barrage Saturday into the capital's heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America's diplomatic and military mission in IraqSun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/25/italy.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/25/italy.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Italian judge Thursday acquitted a U.S. soldier accused of killing an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Italy has no jurisdiction in the case.Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.reconstruction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.reconstruction/index.htmlPoor construction, improper design, substandard materials and lack of maintenance have brought into question the usefulness of seven of eight U.S.-funded Iraq reconstruction projects.Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/26/officer.charged/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/26/officer.charged/index.htmlA U.S. Army officer who was commander of a military prison in Iraq has been charged with giving a cell phone to suspected insurgents who were detained there, a charge described as "aiding the enemy," according to the U.S. military.Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/07/iraq-italy.US/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/07/iraq-italy.US/index.htmlAn Italian judge Wednesday indicted a U.S. soldier on homicide charges for the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent participating in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq nearly two years ago.Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/index.htmlAmbushes killed 10 people in the Iraqi capital Monday, including a family, as a powerful Shiite leader called for "iron fist" security to protect Shiites from "Saddamist Baathists."Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/31/whitbeck.baghdad/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/31/whitbeck.baghdad/index.htmlAs the Royal Jordanian Airlines passenger jet began its spiral approach into Baghdad International Airport, the empty feeling in the pit of my stomach reminded me of other times I had embarked on this same trip.Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/17/soldiers.missing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/17/soldiers.missing/index.htmlIraqi witnesses say they saw two U.S. soldiers who survived an attack at a checkpoint near Baghdad being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars, The New York Times is reporting in its Sunday edition.Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/24/saddam.russia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/24/saddam.russia/index.htmlAs American troops moved toward Iraq, Saddam Hussein was receiving information about U.S. battle strategy and troop movements from a Russian ambassador, according to a Pentagon report released Friday.Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.canada/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.canada/index.htmlU.S. forces in Baghdad accidentally shot at the car of the Canadian ambassador to Iraq, John Holmes, but no one was injured, a State Department official said.Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/30/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents in Iraq struck again on Saturday, whisking away an Iraqi government official at gunpoint and killing at least 11 people in various bombings and ambushes, including one that again targeted foreign diplomats.Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.contractors/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.contractors/index.htmlSeven Blackwater USA employees, all Americans, died Thursday in Iraq, the company said.Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/missing.soldier.promoted/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/missing.soldier.promoted/index.htmlSpc. Keith Maupin, one of two Americans missing since their convoy came under attack near Baghdad International Airport in 2004, has been promoted to sergeant, the Army said Saturday.Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/11/hostage.visibility/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/11/hostage.visibility/index.htmlThe car carrying a freed hostage and three Italian security agents was rounding the bend of an entrance ramp to the road to Baghdad International Airport when U.S. soldiers opened fire, a senior U.S. military official has said.Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.britishplane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.britishplane/index.htmlU.S. and British investigators were seeking the cause of a deadly crash of a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane as two separate claims of responsibility surfaced -- one including video of what appeared to be the aircraft's wreckage.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/australia.embassy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/australia.embassy/index.htmlAustralia has relocated its diplomatic staff in Iraq to inside a U.S. military base in Baghdad after the embassy was attacked by a suicide bomber earlier this month.Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/01/25/aircraft.protection/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/01/25/aircraft.protection/index.htmlIt would cost $11 billion to install anti-missile systems on America's 6,800 commercial airliners, and billions more to maintain the unproven systems, a study said Tuesday.Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/25/news/economy/anti_missile/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/25/news/economy/anti_missile/index.htmIt would cost $11 billion to install anti-missile systems on the nation's 6,800 commercial airliners, and billions more to maintain the unproven systems, according to a RAND study, which says the government should postpone a decision on installing the devices until they are more economical and reliable.Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.diplomat/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.diplomat/index.htmlA U.S. security official, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, was killed on Sunday by a mortar attack on a U.S. Army base near Baghdad International Airport, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said.Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/27/iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/27/iraq/index.htmlIn Baghdad today, as an American, the list of what you can't do is a lot longer than the list of what you can.Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.troops.return/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/04/iraq.troops.return/index.htmlThe largest and longest-serving unit of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is heading home after a 15-month deployment.Sun, 04 Jul 2004 08:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saddam.palace/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saddam.palace/index.htmlSaddam Hussein faced an Iraqi judge Thursday on the grounds of one of the sprawling presidential palaces he built in Baghdad.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/iraqi.prison.abuse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/iraqi.prison.abuse/index.htmlThe U.S. military began a hearing Thursday for one of seven U.S. soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners as guards at the Abu Ghraib facility near Baghdad.Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.abuse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.abuse/index.htmlA military judge Tuesday denied a motion that sought a new Article 32 hearing into allegations that Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib.Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.main/index.htmlAs hundreds of detainees were released from Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, a senior U.S. official Friday confirmed that a previously undisclosed U.S. military interrogation facility at or near Baghdad International Airport does indeed exist.Fri, 21 May 2004 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/02/cheering.hamill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/02/cheering.hamill/index.htmlThe wife of American contractor Thomas Hamill told reporters Sunday that her husband was "fine" and looking forward to seeing his family after escaping captivity in Iraq.Sun, 02 May 2004 22:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.missing.intl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.missing.intl/index.htmlThe armed militants who appear to have taken an American civilian hostage in Iraq said Saturday that their captive may face harsh treatment if U.S. forces don't leave Fallujah within 12 hours.Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.missing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.missing/index.htmlA 10 p.m. ET deadline set by the armed militants in Iraq, who have taken hostage a man who appears to be American, has passed with no word on whether he has been released.Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/18/iraq.war.booty/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/18/iraq.war.booty/index.htmlA year after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq, items touted as having come from Saddam's palaces have turned up for sale on the auction Web site eBay.Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/18/soldiers.killed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/18/soldiers.killed/index.htmlTwo U.S. service members died in separate mortar attacks that also wounded 10 of their colleagues, military sources said Thursday.Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/05/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/05/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlIraqi Governing Council members adjourned negotiations over an interim constitution late Friday and will resume talks Monday, a council spokesman said.Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:20:00 EST