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Flights From Paris to U.S. Cancelled
MSNBC | December 24, 2003

Posted on 12/24/2003 10:41:16 AM PST by cyncooper

MSNBC just announced that three flights from Paris to the U.S. have been suddenly cancelled due to "security concerns". The first flight was scheduled to depart Paris heading for Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airfrance; erniealert; france; lax; nocheeseforyou; orangealert4; terrorism; threat; usembassy
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To: TomGuy
AQ's MO is to have a multi layered attack.....there has to be other componets to this plot.
561 posted on 12/24/2003 2:06:42 PM PST by Dog (Twas' the night before Christmas and all thru Iraq not a Fedeyeen was stirring ....)
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To: cyncooper
Way to go Homeland Security. Steve Emerson just reported on MSNBC just reported that more flights may be cancelled on Friday.
562 posted on 12/24/2003 2:07:49 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Dog
I'm sure there are other levels. Stay tuned.
563 posted on 12/24/2003 2:07:54 PM PST by livius
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To: arasina
LOL!

I'm typing in the dark here....I should turn the light on...:-)

564 posted on 12/24/2003 2:08:12 PM PST by Dog (Twas' the night before Christmas and all thru Iraq not a Fedeyeen was stirring ....)
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To: Dog
AQ's MO is to have a multi layered attack.....there has to be other componets to this plot.

So, does the failure of one part of it mean that the rest gets called off?

565 posted on 12/24/2003 2:08:19 PM PST by aristeides
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To: MEG33
"We never know what we prevent when this kind of alert is raised,then people complain because nothing bad happens!

Thank you to all who stand duty, covering our backs."

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I agree. We should be very grateful to those who are working very hard to prent the attacks -- many of which we never hear about.

The reason we haven't had any attacks the past few years, thank God, was not because AQ hasn't been trying, it's because we have been able to prevent and foil those attacks, with enhanced vigilance and a lot of hard work.
566 posted on 12/24/2003 2:09:20 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion
Strange that AQ wants to hit LAX so badly....wonder what is up with that.
567 posted on 12/24/2003 2:09:44 PM PST by Dog (Twas' the night before Christmas and all thru Iraq not a Fedeyeen was stirring ....)
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To: doug from upland
"We're spending Christmas in Oak Harbor with our daughter and Navy husband. I much prefer summers up here."

What's wrong with the winters here? Do you have a problem with six consecutive months of clouds and rain? :-)
569 posted on 12/24/2003 2:11:17 PM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: ravingnutter
I'm on my way out of the house right now for the same...*ugh* is right. They're both flaming liberals...
570 posted on 12/24/2003 2:11:25 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
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To: aristeides
Three flights today were cancelled....three tomorrow.

There is the plot....a first strike today....and a follow on tomorrow.

571 posted on 12/24/2003 2:12:02 PM PST by Dog (Twas' the night before Christmas and all thru Iraq not a Fedeyeen was stirring ....)
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To: Steve_Seattle
Being in S. Cal since I was 5, this is a little different.
572 posted on 12/24/2003 2:13:59 PM PST by doug from upland (Hillary would get 100% of the Islamist Terrorist vote)
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To: Dog
There is the plot....a first strike today....and a follow on tomorrow.

More likely we don't know which flight will be the strike. If they attack today, the airspace would be shut down tomorrow.

573 posted on 12/24/2003 2:14:29 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: FairOpinion
First of all there are a lot of non-liberals in CA - that's how we elected Arnold. :)

Second of all, CA is on high alert, especially LA -- with the serious, credible threat to LAX

You're right. I'm from California, and I know that it's not nearly as liberal as it is painted by the rest of the country. I also know that most Californians are very self absorbed and a bit dim on their understanding other states, much less the outside world. (Except for Vegas, of course.)

I think that a major terrorist attack would affect the psyche of Los Angeles (or San Francisco) far more than it did the psyche of New York. That's just my assessment of the local cultures and mood. People who are reflexively emotional and self centered would react very powerfully to a 9/11 type attack.

574 posted on 12/24/2003 2:14:35 PM PST by Steel Wolf (The Original One Man Crusading Jingoist Imperialist Capitalist Running Dog Paper Tiger himself)
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To: Steel Wolf
Don't underestimate us! We're tougher than you think.



Now, I sincerely PRAY that we never have to prove it.....

Merry CHRISTMAS, Steel Wolf.
575 posted on 12/24/2003 2:17:32 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Happy Birthday, Jesus!)
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To: aristeides
I would suspect the air attack would be the trigger for follow up attacks using other methods. Drop a jet into a significant target, then follow up with suicide bombings and a dirty bomb panic.

IMHO, the goal is to goad the US into a horrific counterstrike which will start the real jihad.
576 posted on 12/24/2003 2:18:56 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Brad's Gramma
I know you are! Merry Christmas to you, Brad's Gramma!
577 posted on 12/24/2003 2:18:59 PM PST by Steel Wolf (The Original One Man Crusading Jingoist Imperialist Capitalist Running Dog Paper Tiger himself)
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To: Dog
There is the plot....a first strike today....and a follow on tomorrow.

I thought the same then I heard 3 and 3 over 2 days. But, immediately after the events of 9-11 became obvious, all flights were grounded. Thus, if the 3 flights for day#1 strike were successful and the planes were the actual instruments, the day#2 planes wouldn't get off the ground anyway.

So, something else is in the works. Maybe day#2 flights were intended as "missiles" and day#1 was positioning personnel (land and deplane in LAX, possibly with specific "contents" on board) for bio/chem.

We can only hope the authorities (HS, FBI, CIA, etc.,) have much more information about the nature of the potential plot.
578 posted on 12/24/2003 2:19:18 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: relee
They specifically mentioned carriers coming in from

Mexico

. Here is the latest on the Air France story:

LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Air France canceled several flights to the United States after U.S. officials, on heightened alert for terror attacks over the holiday, passed on "credible" security threats involving passengers scheduled to fly to Los Angeles on flights from Paris, U.S. and European officials said Wednesday.

U.S. officials were in intense security talks with officials from several other countries, too, as intelligence concerns about possible plans by the al-Qaida terror network to use aircraft to attack American targets again intensified.

A spokesman for French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said the decision to cancel the six Air France flights came early Wednesday after American authorities notified France that "two or three" suspicious people, possibly Tunisian nationals, were planning to board the flights.

A senior U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said "people were going to be on the flights that they (French officials) did not want entering the country."

The French Interior Ministry said the flights were canceled at the request of the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

French television station LCI reported that American authorities believed members of al-Qaida may have been planning to board the planes. The Interior Ministry declined to comment on whether any al-Qaida members figured into the incident.

The FBI (news - web sites) was taking the potential threats "very seriously," LCI said.

The United States handed French authorities the names of suspicious people who may have intended to board the flights but no people by those names went through airport security checks, the Interior Ministry said, adding that no arrests were made.

579 posted on 12/24/2003 2:19:18 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: Dog
Strange that AQ wants to hit LAX so badly....wonder what is up with that.

To make up for past failure, perhaps. Still, I don't know if LAX was the target...or something on theway there.

580 posted on 12/24/2003 2:20:36 PM PST by Shermy
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