1.   Fighters were routinely dispatched to intercept them.

2.   Government officials said the destroyers dispatched to intercept the vessels fired warning shots into the water near both of the boats.

3.   Government officials said destroyers dispatched to intercept the vessels fired warning shots into the water near both of the boats.

4.   Later the Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef, told a news conference that two Saudi jet fighters were dispatched to intercept the Iraqi plane.