Airport and security employees assist returning pilgrims

Airport and security employees assist returning pilgrims to the airport terminal upon the arrival of the initial return flight from the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at the Mosul Airport, Mosul, Iraq, Dec 28. The 2007 Hajj flights from Mosul were the first from the city in 14 years. More than 140 passengers returned on the initial flight.