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Eurofighter Target for Terrorists?

Posted on: Mar. 2nd, 2006 || www.thesun.co.uk

The Sun reports British police have launched a 'major inquiry' amid fears the fighter aircraft could have been a target for terrorists.

"Special Branch officers swooped after book pages in ARABIC and a pair of BOLT CUTTERS were found close to the plant where the warplane is built."

An empty boat was seen on a river near the airbase, which contained the bolt cutters. A makeshift campsite was found on the river bank, where a search uncovered the Arabic pages.

The campsite was put up on land alongside the Eurofighter assembly factory, where camping is strictly forbidden.


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