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Hajj begins in Mecca
(AFP/AP/Reuters)
Updated: 2005-01-15 08:48
Iraqi Kurdish pilgrims wait at Arbil's
International Airport before getting on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia
for Hajj, in northern Iraq , January 3, 2005. Some 6000 Iraqi Kurdish
pilgrims will be assisted by Kurdish regional government to reach Muslims
most Holy sights of Mecca in the next few days for Hajj. For the first
time Kurdish people had a chance to embark on the planes in Iraqi
Kurdistan for direct flights to Saudi Arabia and symbolically launch Arbil
airport as effectively international one. Picture taken January 3, 2005.
[Reuters] |
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