things are already looking up in Iraq…
BBC 25 June 2005
Baghdad airport has been closed indefinitely in a dispute over payment for security.
The British company that provides security to the airport, Global, has withdrawn its services in what it says is a contractual dispute.
Military flights, however, are not affected.
Travelling out of Baghdad airport is hazardous enough at the best of times but now it is not possible at all, at least on civilian flights.
It is understood that Global has not been paid by the Iraqi government for three months.