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Mortars strike Baghdad airport, no casualties

08 Mar 2007 11:13:32 GMT
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BAGHDAD, March 8 (Reuters) - Four mortar rounds crashed into the heavily fortified Baghdad International Airport compound on Thursday, including one which struck the main terminal, but there were no casualties, security sources said.

"Nobody was hurt, two of them landed in an empty area but one of the mortars hit the seventh floor," a security source speaking to Reuters from the airport said.

Attacks on the large airport compound are fairly common but rarely does a mortar round land within the direct vicinity of the terminal building.

Flying out of Iraq offers a relatively safe journey for travellers compared to insecure roads through western Iraq to Jordan or Syria. The airport, in Baghdad's southwestern outskirts, is part of a heavily fortified area that also includes a large U.S. military base.

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