Najaf airport to be opened partially in 48 hours – minister

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Minister of Transport Aamer Abduljabbar said on Thursday that the Najaf airport will be partially opened in the coming 48 hours. The Najaf council threatened last Monday (April 12) to declare civil disobedience and to close all the local departments if the central government refused to reopen Najaf’s international airport within 3 days. News depicted that intelligence reports state that there was a plot to use an airplane taking off from the Najaf International Airport to launch a terrorist operation in the style of 9/11. SH (P)/SR 2