Terror Attack Imminent in Kenya
Charles Johnson
Thu May 15, 2003 at 11:40 am PDT • Views: 180
U.K. Suspends Kenya Flights on Warnings.
NAIROBI, Kenya - Britain on Thursday suspended its flights to and from Kenya, after an al-Qaida suspect wanted in three terror attacks reportedly returned to the East African nation and the United States warned its citizens to postpone visits there.
It was not immediately clear if the warnings were directly linked to the apparent return of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who is wanted in 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings and attacks on the Kenyan coast last November, and is on the FBI’s list of most-wanted terrorists. But both the United States and Britain warned of new attacks.
Britain’s Department for Transport said “the threat level to U.K. civil aviation interests in Kenya has increased to imminent,” and suspended flights after 6 p.m. EDT.
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