1.   Police cut a fence and sent pilgrims through a field.

2.   However, Saddam decided to send the pilgrims to the Arar border anyway, Farhoud, the official, said.

3.   Iraq sends hajj pilgrims on plane to Saudi Arabia, apparently violates sanctions.

4.   Last year, Libya sent pilgrims via camel to Egypt in a demonstration against the flight ban.

5.   Saddam decided to send the pilgrims to the Arar border nyway, Farhoud said.

6.   The new Muslim republics of Central Asia have joined the ranks of countries sending pilgrims.

7.   The operation to send pilgrims to Mecca will begin in the first week of March, and will last for about one month.

8.   Kadhafi has vowed to challenge the air embargo by sending Moslem pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia aboard Libyan aircraft for the annual pilgrimage in May.