11.   The entire celebration was opening Thursday with a show that included a military flyover and a parachute drop onto the mall.

12.   The entire celebration opened Thursday with a show that included a parachute drop by six paratroopers onto the mall and a military flyover.

13.   The Royal Jordanian Air Force put on an air show which included a parachute drop.

14.   He told AFP that food and water parachute drops would be too risky as small packets would not suffice and heavy drops would kill the refugees.

15.   Western countries have ruled out the use of parachute drops due to the presence in the pocket of anti-aircraft batteries that make such operations too dangerous.