High Alert for Travel 06-23-01
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AIRJET AIRLINE WORLD NEWS -- AJN 23JUN2001 23:00 UTC
*** U.S. Airlines may be a terror risk over next 3 days
WASHINGTON - 23JUN2001 (AirlineBiz.Com) With U.S. Gulf forces
already on high alert, the U.S. State Department is expected to
issue a travel advisory shortly warning Americans traveling
overseas to be on their guard.
Videotapes allegedly show Osama bin Laden threatening to attack
U.S. interests in the region. Indictments against 13 Saudi
nationals and one Lebanese, charging them with killing 19 US
servicemen at a military base in Saudi Arabia in 1996 appears to
be the catalyst.
With the announcement of the indictments, U.S. Attorney General
Ashcroft noted how terrorists are targeting the United States.
"Americans are a high-priority target for terrorists," he said.
In recent years, U.S. citizens have found themselves the target
of several attacks by the terror network of Osama bin Laden. One
such attack involved a plot to destroy 12 U.S. airliners in
Asia.
A jury found Ramzi Ahmed Yousef the alleged mastermind of the
scheme, and two other defendants, guilty on all counts. Yousef
is also the alleged mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World
Trade Center and is also linked to schemes to assassinate
President Clinton and the Pope.
Just prior to the attack of the Saudi military base, officials
uncovered the plot to blow up 12 U.S. airliners on January 6,
1995 when a fire broke out in a Manila apartment.
During the trial a Secret Service agent testified that Yousef
boasted during his extradition flight to New York that he would
have blown up several jumbo jets within a few weeks if his plan
had not been discovered. The government said the defendants even
devised a name for their airline terror plot named, "Project
Bojinka."
Tapes played in court showed the defendants talking about how
much they enjoyed killing Americans. In a test run, a bomb was
placed on a Philippine Air Lines 747 flight to Tokyo. It
exploded, killing a Japanese passenger.
The Arabic satellite television channel MBC has reported, "the
next two weeks will witness a big surprise."
A reporter of MBC said, "A severe blow is expected against U.S.
and Israeli interests worldwide." MBC said the reporter met with
Osama bin Laden two days ago in Afghanistan.
"There is a major state of mobilization among the Osama bin
Laden forces. It seems that there is a race of who will strike
first. Will it be the United States or Osama bin Laden?" the
correspondent said.
June 25 is the fifth anniversary of the 1996 bombing of the
Khobar Towers bombing which killed 19 U.S. servicemen. Bob
Monetti, President of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 said, "I
hope the airlines are watching this situation closely."
Mr. Monetti, who lost his son Rick on Pan Am 103 is also a
special advisor to the FAA on security related matters. Monetti
is hopeful about the progress that has been made since the
bombing of Pan Am 103.
However, Monetti expressed serious concern about the abilities
of the airlines to stop a terrorist organization from carrying
out their plans as promised. Monetti noted that Osama bin Laden
has had several terrorist targets over the years and not all of
them have been military.
"The airlines are at risk -- They need to take all appropriate
measures and counter-measures to ensure the safety of their
passengers," Monetti said.
Airline News Wire:
http://AirlineBiz.com/wire
United Sued for WTC Hijacking Attack
Thursday December 20 12:52 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The widow of a New Hampshire man who was a
passenger on the United Air Lines flight that slammed into the
World Trade Center filed on Thursday what is believed to be the
first suit against an airline stemming from the Sept. 11
attacks.
The wrongful death suit, filed in Manhattan federal court,
alleges that United breached its duty to care for the safety of
the passengers on Flight 175. The suit filed by Ellen Mariani,
whose husband, Louis, was killed in the attack, seeks
unspecified damages.
The Nolan Law Group, the Chicago firm that filed the suit, said
it believed this was the first action against an airline seeking
to hold it liable for the hijacking.
Louis Mariani, a 59-year-old retired sales coordinator at H.P.
Hood, died when the plane hit Tower Number Two of the World
Trade Center. The suit alleged that he suffered severe fright
and terror before dying in the crash.
A spokesman for United said the airline does not comment on
pending litigation.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011220/bs/attack_lawsuit_dc_1.html
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Re: CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
Sat Sep 22 17:45:41 2001
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Subject: Re: CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:28:37 -0800
From: "AirlineBiz.Com"
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To: apfn@apfn.org
Everyone was warned but life went on as normal -- That
is until September 11, 2001. Airline CEOs who boosted
their bonuses by NOT providing adequate security are
to blame. The FAA's lack of oversight is to blame. Now
we will all pay the price.
American Patriot Friends Network wrote:
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