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"US had knowledge about possible attack in Glasgow: report"
Saturday, June 30, 2007
US Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago
By Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz
ABC News
U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago
warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport
infrastructure or aircraft," a senior US law enforcement official tells the
Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The intelligence reports also warned that airports and aircraft in the Czech
Republic could be the targets of al Qaeda-connected terrorists.
The warnings were kept secret for operational reasons, according to
officials. In public, the White House and Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff have continued to maintain they know of no specific or
credible threats involving the United States, even though the intelligence
reports specify US aircraft as possible targets.
A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the
assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow
and Prague.
Air marshals had been added to flights into and out of Germany late last
month, based on similar warnings.
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