Agents Uncover Plot to Hijack Plane
From Times Wire Reports
Intelligence agents have uncovered a plot by a small band of terrorists to hijack and possibly blow up a plane bound for the United Arab Emirates, prompting Pakistan to put its airports on “red alert,” Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said.
He said there was no indication when the plot was due to be carried out. A senior official at Pakistan’s intelligence agency said authorities were not sure who the men were.
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