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Pay dispute shuts down Baghdad airport

By Steve Negus, Iraq Correspondent

Published: September 10 2005 03:00 | Last updated: September 10 2005 03:00

Baghdad's international airport, the Iraqi capital's main link to the outside world, was closed yesterday for the second time this year after the British company responsible for guarding it stopped operations following a pay dispute.

"We've been waiting for payment for the last seven months, seven months outstanding," said Giles Morgan, a spokesman for Global Strategies Group, the London-based security company guarding the airport.

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