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“Chinese Official: Flight Crew Prevented Planned Terrorist Act Aboard Jetliner”
Sunday, March 09, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BEIJING — A Chinese official says a flight crew prevented an apparent attempt to crash a Chinese jetliner last week.
The incident occurred Friday morning shortly after the China Southern Airlines flight left the far western city of Urumuqi at 10:35 a.m., said Nur Bekri, the governor of the sprawling western Xinjiang region.”
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7286028.stm
Last Updated: Sunday, 9 March 2008, 10:29 GMT
“Chinese ‘foiled airline attack’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Chinese officials say a plane crew prevented an apparent attempt to crash an airliner making a flight from western China to Beijing.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He said the crew responded and brought the plane to an emergency landing in the city of Lanzhou, in neighbouring Gansou province, with no damage or injuries.
Reuters quoted an anonymous source saying inflammable material was found in the plane’s toilet, and that at least two passengers on the flight were taken into custody.
There was no confirmation of this.
Meanwhile, a top Communist Party official from the Xinjiang region said that suspected separatists killed in a raid in Muslim-dominated north-west China earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympic Games.”
Meanwhile, a top Communist Party official from the Xinjiang region said that suspected separatists killed in a raid in Muslim-dominated north-west China earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympic Games.”
Interesting.
Well, breaking news keeps breeeeaaaakking....
Note; The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516791,00.html
Chinese official says foiled terror plot targeted Beijing Olympics Games
Published: 03.09.08, 13:01 / Israel News
Chinese police captured and killed alleged Islamic terrorists plotting attacks targeting the Beijing Olympic Games, a senior Communist Party official said Sunday.
Wang Lequan, the top official in the far western region of Xinjiang, said materials seized in the Jan. 27 raid in the regional capital, Urumqi, suggested the plotter’s purpose was to “specifically to sabotage the staging of the Beijing Olympics.” (AP)