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Northwest Airlines Awaits Approval to Begin Service to Iraq.

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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Byline: James W. Brosnan

May 31--WASHINGTON--Northwest Airlines soon could receive government permission to begin service to Baghdad, following Friday's announcement the United States is ending its nearly 13-year ban on flights to Iraq.

If approved, Northwest would begin DC10 service an undetermined number of times a week from Detroit to Amsterdam to Baghdad, said Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch.

Detroit is a Northwest hub, and its metropolitan area has the largest concentration of Muslims in the United States.

Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta said ending the ban is "a necessary step, albeit intermediate, in the process of ...

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