Flights Canceled Amid al-Qaida Worries
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By JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Six U.S.-bound flights from England, Scotland and France have been canceled because of security concerns. The U.S. government said it had fresh indications of al-Qaida's continued interest in targeting commercial planes flying to the United States.
U.S. officials have been concerned for some time that al-Qaida wants to use chemical, biological or radiological weapons aboard an airplane. However, the threat information that led to the canceled flights this weekend did not indicate a specific method to bring down a plane or spread an illness such as smallpox, said a U.S. official speaking on the condition of anonymity.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040201/ap_on_re_us/airlines_threat&cid=519&ncid=716What is it with the Smallpox scare again? We haven't heard anything for 6 months or so and now out of the blue they are saying it is a threat. Anyone heard of a confirmed case anywhere?