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July 22, 2004
Terror in the Skies, Again? continued....
It's worse than we thought.
Today's Washington Times reports this morning that "Middle Eastern Men" are staking out airports and are conducting dry runs of hijackings abord airliners. Annie Jacobson's story appears to be only the tip of the iceburg.
Flight crews and air marshals say Middle Eastern men are staking out airports, probing security measures and conducting test runs aboard airplanes for a terrorist attack.
At least two midflight incidents have involved numerous men of Middle Eastern descent behaving in what one pilot called "stereotypical" behavior of an organized attempt to attack a plane.
"No doubt these are dry runs for a terrorist attack," an air marshal said.
Oh this is nice.
The story goes on to relate Annie Jacobson's "Terror in the Skies, Again?" experience. But hers was not the only one. Apparently similar incidents have been occuring. Get this one:
A second pilot said that, on one of his recent flights, an air marshal forced his way into the lavatory at the front of his plane after a man of Middle Eastern descent locked himself in for a long period.I checked the Washington Post, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and did not see any stories on this.
The marshal found the mirror had been removed and the man was attempting to break through the wall. The cockpit was on the other side.
Posted by Tom at July 22, 2004 8:11 AM
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