The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It also links different parts of Baghdad to the Airport and connects neighbouring areas to …

2022年6月12日 · Once dubbed “the world’s most dangerous road,” the 7.5-mile stretch from Baghdad’s Green Zone to the airport was called “Route Irish” during the American-led occupation of Iraq. It was a fitting introduction to the country during the height of the war.

2022年2月1日 · If you served during the Iraq War, you knew about Route Irish and did what you could to avoid the area. It was a hellhole. This four-lane divided highway ran alongside dense residential area was where some of the most notorious Iraqi insurgents and international terrorists plied their deadly trade.

2005年5月29日 · "Route Irish is commonly referred to as 'the deadliest road in Iraq' by journalists, soldiers and commanders," the command declared recently, in a report that underscored the stresses...

2005年6月8日 · He eases the car towards the on-ramp and plants his foot, whipping the Nissan till it is nudging 140kmh as we enter Route Irish - the most dangerous stretch of highway on earth. At the city end is the Green Zone, the fortress-like government, military and diplomatic quarter in the heart of Baghdad.

The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP).

2004年12月14日 · With near daily attacks, the highway linking Baghdad's Green Zone with the airport has become Iraq's most dangerous road. U.S. troops call it Route Irish and have devised new tactics to...

2004年7月1日 · BAGHDAD, Iraq—The highway to Baghdad International Airport is called "Route Irish" on military maps. But it's better known as "Ambush Alley" to most people catching a flight these days.

2011年3月10日 · While Ken Loach has his own film called Route Irish, which deals with “the most dangerous road in the world” (aka Baghdad Airport Road), coming out later this month in the UK, Irish film-maker, Eamonn Crudden made his own Route Irish …

2008年10月9日 · The MRAP convoy rolled westwards to Camp Victory along Route Irish, once dubbed, “the most dangerous road in Iraq.” Not so anymore; that distinction likely belongs to some other Main Supply Route up in northern Iraq, near Mosul.