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Wednesday, August 6. 2008

Iraq to Open New Airport in Hopes to Promote Tourism

Iraq has recently opened a new airport to spur a push to tourism.  While the violence in Iraq has subsided for now, I believe the time for tourism is a little early.  Read more here via Al Jazeera.

A new airport has been opened in Najaf, Iraq's Shiite holy city, with Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, making the inaugural flight.  Al-Hamza airport, formerly a military airport, was opened on Sunday amid hopes of a religious tourism boom in the city.

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