Key phrase was: "in vicinity of"
BBC Reporter Andrew Gilligan @ 1513GMT
"Within the last 90 minutes I've been at the airport. There is simply no truth in the claims that American troops are surrounding it.
We could drive up to it quite easily. The airport is under full Iraqi control.
There is normal civilian traffic on the road to the airport and the soldiers defending it looked pretty relaxed.
They certainly weren't in defensive positions. They were standing around casually on the side of the road."
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