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FRANCETerror fears ground airliners The French government Dec. 24 canceled six Air France flights between Paris and Los Angeles after U.S. intelligence warned that as many as half a dozen passengers on one flight might be al-Qaeda or Taliban terrorists, authorities said. Top U.S. security officials said the cancellations may have foiled a Christmas Eve attack on an unspecified target in Los Angeles. Details remained cloudy, but U.S. counterterrorism officials said their investigation is focusing on the "informed belief" that about six men on Air France Flight 68, from Paris to Los Angeles, may have been planning to hijack the plane and crash it near Los Angeles, or along the way. But French justice and law enforcement officials Dec. 25 said they found little evidence to support the scenario and released seven men -- one French, one American and several Algerians -- after briefly questioning them.
The Japan Times Weekly: Jan. 3, 2004 |
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