As Saliyah: US forces have taken control of another airport in Baghdad, the al-
Rashid field in the South East of the capital, US Central Command said on April 8.
"That corner is militarily significant," Brigadier General Vincent Brooks said at
the Command base, as controlling the field would prevent any members of Saddam
Hussein's regime from fleeing.
US forces already control the Iraqi capital's main Saddam International Airport,
outside the city to the South West, which they have renamed Baghdad International
Airport.
Brooks said there was Iraqi "resistance" in the area around the airport and that US
troops were continuing to try to increase "security" at the site.
