Royal Wings suspends only commercial flights to Baghdad

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AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan's Royal Wings has suspended the only commercial flights to Baghdad after a plane belonging to international express courier DHL was hit by a missile over the Iraqi capital, an official told AFP.

The airline will decide on Tuesday whether it will restart its service to the war-battered city, he said.

"The flights of tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday are cancelled. After November 25 the company will decide if it will restart its flights to Baghdad or not," said the official from the airline's parent company Royal Jordanian.

He confirmed the decision was taken because of the near miss suffered earlier in the day by the DHL plane, which was forced to make an emergency landing after being hit by a SA-7 surface-to-air missile.

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[leftchick]

1. near miss = hit by SAM-7?!?

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[Barrett808]

2. Operation Eisenhammer really deterring the insurgency n/t

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