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Mo Jan 24 -

GO FLY A JIHAD -

*Heavy fighting outside Baghdad International Airport prevented two Jordanian passenger planes from landing Monday, the airline spokesman said.

Royal Jordanian's planes made quick turns over Baghdad, where the airport's control tower denied the aircraft permission to land because of heavy fighting nearby, a spokesman said on condition of anonymity.

Royal Jordanian is one of three airlines running a regular passenger service to Iraq.

One of the others, Iraqi Airways, operated its afternoon flight from Iraq to Jordan on Monday.*

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