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Baghdad International Airport - Window on Iraq

20/01/2011

BBC World Service - Assignment, Baghdad International Airport - Window on Iraq

A snapshot of Iraq as seen through the prism of its main airport

A snapshot of Iraq as seen through the prism of its main airport.  For Assignment, Gabriel Gatehouse talks to the travellers and workers who pass through Baghdad international airport each day.

A recent bombing in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which killed at least 45 people, was a reminder - if one were needed - that Iraq remains an unstable and dangerous place. But amid the almost daily violence, there are signs of improvement. 

For Assignment, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse has been taking the national temperature at Baghdad International Airport.

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