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=== Air transport === [[Iraqi Airways]], the national airline of Iraq, operates out of [[Baghdad International Airport]] in Baghdad.<ref name="AAC-2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.aaco.org/airlines_iraqi.asp |title=Iraqi Airways. |access-date=7 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518015038/http://www.aaco.org/airlines_iraqi.asp |archive-date=18 May 2008 |website=[[Arab Air Carriers Organization]]}}</ref> The airport was opened by Saddam Hussein in 1982 as Saddam International Airport.<ref name="AAC-2008" /> It was closed as result of the Gulf War and subsequent embargo.<ref name="Woznicki-2024">{{Cite web |title=Saddam International Airport/Baghdad International Airport β springerin {{!}} Hefte fΓΌr Gegenwartskunst |url=https://www.springerin.at/en/2003/2/saddam-international-airportbagdad-international-airport/ |access-date=4 December 2024 |website=springerin.at}}</ref> The airport was reopened in August 2000.<ref name="Woznicki-2024" /> The airport adopted its current name after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.<ref name="Woznicki-2024" />
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