Dia mengatakan bahwa penutupan terutama untuk mengizinkan penempatan secara perlahan pasukan tambahan di Baghdad, dimana pasukan AS dan Irak telah meningkatkan operasi untuk menstabilkan ibukota yang bergejolak itu.
He said the closure was mainly to allow for the smooth deployment of additional security forces in Baghdad, where U.S. and Iraqi troops have stepped up an operation to try to stabilise the violent capital.