-Caveat Lector- Jumbo jet blown out of sky? Details of crash in England kept secret from public ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- By David M. Bresnahan © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com A 747 cargo jet was blown from the sky by an apparent terrorist bomb, but details of the crash have been largely kept secret from the public, according to intelligence and military sources. A Korean Air 747 cargo plane crashed into a field Dec. 22 just after takeoff from Stansted Airport in Essex, killing a crew of four. Witnesses reported that it exploded violently in mid-air only minutes after rising into the air. Intelligence sources confirmed to WorldNetDaily that a terrorist bomb is the most likely cause of the crash, and Osama bin Laden's forces are the key suspects. "There was a large flash followed by a large bang," eyewitness Neil Foster told the BBC. "There was a big explosion and huge flames in the sky," Annette Brooke-Taylor described. "It was a sort of mushroom shape. An incredible sight. It lit up the sky. There was a tremendous noise. There were lots of flaming particles in the sky and then it went very quiet and then we realized something terrible had happened." The crash took place only hours after the 11th anniversary of the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, with the loss of 270 people. Using the Jewish calendar, the dates of the two crashes were exactly 11 years apart -- 13 Tevet. "Dates are very important to these people. You have to believe there is a message here," said the intelligence source. The cargo plane is said to have contained NATO military equipment headed for Italy, but official sources have not confirmed what freight was contained on the plane. Military and intelligence officials say the attack may be an indication bin Laden is making good on his pledge to mount "pitiless and violent" attacks against U.S. and other targets worldwide. The hijacking of India Air flight 814 with 160 passengers on board was cited as "just the beginning of bin Laden's plans," according to several foreign papers attributing a U.S. intelligence source. The reports have not linked the two events, but there appears to be evidence which ties the two events to bin Laden. Media around the world have given significant attention to the hijacking of India Air flight 814, but virtually no coverage has been given to the crash of the Korean cargo plane. Hijackers said to be tied to bin Laden took control of the India Air passenger plane and demanded the release from prison in India of Malauna Masood Azghar, the leader of a Kashmiri militant group, Harkat al Mujahideen. He was convicted for the kidnap and murder of five western tourists in 1995. Azghar has camps in eastern Afghanistan near bin Laden's base of operations. He receives training and funding from bin Laden, just as many similar groups receive assistance from him. The hijacked jet arrived first in the southern Afghan City of Kandahar. It sat on the runway for many hours, just a short distance from one of bin Laden's hideouts, according to the intelligence source. The terrorists appealed for asylum, but Afghanistan declined. They were provided with food and fuel but still refused to leave for many hours while still negotiating to stay in Afghanistan. They threatened to crash the plane if a safe landing was not permitted elsewhere. If the ties to bin Laden are true, the terrorists may have expected those ties to help them with their agenda to free Azghar. They did not succeed. The downing of the Korean Air cargo flight and the hijacking of Indian Air flight 814 are seen by some U.S. intelligence and FBI sources as possible first strikes in a long-expected assault as part of bin Laden's declared jihad (holy war) against the U.S., Israel, and India. The FBI has ordered a security crackdown at all international air and seaports. FBI spokesmen have confirmed to the media that they are concerned a hostile group may try to bomb U.S. power plants, including nuclear plants. Police in New York City have been reported checking the extensive sewer system below Times Square where a major New Years Eve celebration will take place. The FBI recently issued a warning to Americans to be cautious of packages mailed from Frankfurt, Germany. Ahmed Ressam, a suspected terrorist trained by bin Laden, was captured driving a car loaded with explosives into Washington state. The State Department has issued warnings to Americans that it is dangerous to attend large events during the holiday period. It also evacuated over 800 U.S. diplomats from foreign assignments as a precaution. Very tight security and a red alert have been placed in effect at all U.S. embassies around the world. Another suspected terrorist, Lucia Garofalo, was stopped at the Vermont border. The FBI claims she has ties to Algerian Islamic groups supported by bin Laden. Her car did not contain explosives, but it did test positive for traces of explosive materials. Various news reports, including NBC television, have reported that the FBI is watching at least six terrorist cells already operating within the U.S. "I can't confirm how many there are because it's not my assignment, but you're right. There are far more than six that are being watched very carefully," said one FBI source who spoke with WorldNetDaily. "You can't quote me directly because I'm not a spokesman. It's not my assignment and I can't talk about it officially," he added. Planning for the current terrorist strikes may have begun in August 1996 at a "terrorist summit" in Tehran. Syria, Libya and Iran sent surrogates to the meeting and formed the "Movement for Islamic Change," according to published reports at the time. Since then the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been admitted to the group. The meeting took place shortly after the attack on U.S. barracks in Dhahran, and the downing of TWA Flight 800. The New York Times reported that it was this very group that claimed responsibility for both events, quoting a State Department source July 19, 1996, just after the TWA crash. The Movement for Islamic Change is tied to bin Laden's organization, The International Islamic Front for Holy War Against Jews and Crusaders -- an alliance of extremist organizations dedicated to the destruction of the U.S., or "the Great Satan." Bin Laden claims as many as 5,000 followers who are members of various militant, religious extremist organizations. They are said to operate in all parts of the world in small cells. Those 5,000 agents were ordered by bin Laden in August 1998 to prepare for "the great war." A fax sent to the London support group al-Muhajiroun was leaked to the press and contained bin Laden's orders to his forces. The fax said that some forces had already been mobilized to act against their enemies and others would soon be called upon to do the same. Recipients were told to prepare to "bring down their airliners, prevent the safe passage of their ships, occupy their embassies, and force the closure of their companies and banks." The faxed orders did not specify how to achieve the objectives, nor did it state when the attacks would take place. It did say the attacks would be "pitiless and violent." The orders were leaked to the press in London and Jerusalem just after the failed attempt by President Clinton to bomb a bin Laden training site. Abu Haq, who acted as a spokesman for bin Laden, was quoted in a London paper, the Al-Quds al-Arabi, as confirming that bin Laden was tipped off before the missile attack and evacuated his forces. 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