11.   Trucks started coming to Bilma about five years ago, proving more efficient than the camel caravans.

12.   Islamic financing actually has its roots in the camel caravans that used to ply the Arabian deserts.

13.   It was the route by which silk and spices were carried by camel caravan from East to West.

14.   Its camel caravans left Baghdad for Arabia and Central Asia, laden with coral, textiles and ivory.

15.   Last year, he organized a camel caravan to Mecca.

16.   Last year Gadhafi dispatched a much publicized camel caravan to Mecca in which pilgrims actually traveled part way in vehicles.

17.   Last year, Gadhafi dispatched a much publicized camel caravan to Mecca in which pilgrims actually traveled part way in vehicles.

18.   Last year he dispatched pilgrims in camel caravans that held news conferences at several stops en route to Saudi Arabia.

19.   The gunmen escaped leaving behind the camel caravan, they said.

20.   The monastery was so isolated that only a monthly camel caravan supplied it.