1.  But like all the Americans flying over southern Iraq in the last couple of weeks, the Hornet pilots said they had seen no Iraqi planes.

2.  Even Iraqi military planes remain constricted to a narrow band over central Iraq.

3.  In addition to the sanctions, Britain and the United States enforce no-flight zones over parts of Iraq, where Iraqi planes are not supposed to operate.

4.  In the past, Air Force jets based in southern Turkey have also been used to keep Iraqi planes out of the north.

5.  Most of those violations involved Iraqi planes simply darting into the areas and leaving just as quickly, Bacon said.

6.  One Iraqi plane might have crashed after running out of fuel following the incident, Bacon added.

7.  Renaud assumed that an Iraqi plane had been taken out.

8.  The U.S. jets fired four missiles at the Iraqi planes but missed, Bacon said.

9.  Prince Nayef said the Iraqi plane came via Jordan, but Jordanian officials maintained it did not cross their air space.

10.  A senior official at the airport earlier told The AP that the Iraqi plane would be received and the pilgrims welcomed.