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Home » Airport Engineer's Battles Continue 6/9/2003
Ali Mousa Kashmar responded to the checkpoint guard's challenge: "I want to see my house. It's inside the airport. I havent seen it since before the war. I want to see whats happened to it."
The date was April 10. Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) had fallen into American hands five days before. Saddam Hussein had ordered everyone living at the airport to leave as the Americans approached.