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<http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v7/344a/0/0/%2a/t;44306;0-0;0;13461702;31 -1/1;0/0/0;;~sscs=%3f> Click here to find out more! <http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/reuters.com.dart/printerfriendly;type=sponso r;sz=1x1;taga=aaaaaaaaa;ord=4732?> US plane turned back to Amsterdam Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:22 AM ET By Nicola Leske AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for Mumbai was turned back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday accompanied by Dutch fighter planes due to worrying passenger behavior, officials said. "Northwest flight number 42 from Amsterdam to Mumbai with 149 passengers returned to Amsterdam when a couple of passengers displayed behavior of concern," said Northwest spokeswoman Kristin Heinmets, speaking from Minneapolis. A Dutch air traffic control spokeswoman said the plane was in German airspace when it turned back. A spokeswoman for Schiphol said the pilot had taken the decision. "We are cross-examining witnesses, passengers and crew," a Dutch police spokesman said, adding no arrests had been made and the passengers were being questioned near the craft, a 273-seat DC10-30 plane. Security has been increased at airports worldwide after British police said on August 10 they had foiled a plot to blow up planes in the mid-Atlantic using liquid explosives disguised as drinks. British prosecutors announced on Monday they were charging 11 people after police found bomb-making equipment, suicide notes and "martyrdom videos". No decision has yet been taken on whether to charge another 11 people who are still being held. As many as 17 more people, including at least two British nationals, are being held in Pakistan over the suspected plot. Last month serial bomb blasts hit commuter trains in Mumbai, killing more than 180 people. Indian police said on Tuesday they had foiled another possible attack in the city after they shot dead a suspected Pakistani national. A spokeswoman for Dutch counter-terrorism said the level of security alert had not been changed at Schiphol airport -- Europe's third largest cargo airport and fourth biggest passenger hub -- at midday on Wednesday. The Netherlands' security alert level has been at "substantial" since bombings in London last year, the second highest in a four-stage warning system. An Iberian Airlines flight bound for Madrid was turned back to the Netherlands in April after a woman raised the alarm about a passenger she thought was acting suspiciously. The passenger was later cleared of any wrongdoing. The Dutch secret service AIVD warned in March that the war in Iraq and the presence of Dutch troops in Afghanistan acted as motivation for possible attacks and for recruitment of home grown Islamist militants. The 2004 murder of a filmmaker critical of Islam by a Dutch Moroccan shook the country and highlighted the activities of home grown militants. Nine young Muslim men were sentenced to jail this year on the charge of belonging to a terrorist group. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
