[JYO] The Transportation Security Administration has warned aircraft owners...

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By  Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Transportation Security  Administration has 
warned aircraft owners and airport managers that Muslim  extremists 
may be targeting private American jets and urged them to boost  
security.

"On April 13, 2006, a message posted in Arabic on an  Internet forum 
explained how to identify private American jets and urged  Muslims to 
destroy all such aircraft," the TSA said in an advisory issued on  
Thursday and obtained by Reuters on Friday.

The TSA quoted the Arabic  message as saying: "We call upon all 
Muslims to follow and identify private  civilian American aircrafts in 
all airports of the  world."



"It is the duty of Muslims to destroy all types of  private American 
aircraft that are of the types Gulfstream and Lear Jet and  all small 
aircraft usually used by distinguished (people) and businessmen,"  it 
quoted the message as saying.

It said the message explained how to  identify private U.S. jets and 
also provided the tail number of a private  plane believed to be used 
by the CIA.

The TSA and other law  enforcement organizations regularly issue 
advisories when they have  information of a potential threat though 
there have been no major incidents  since the September 2001 hijacked 
plane attacks on New York and Washington  in which about 3,000 people 
were killed.

The TSA urged airplane  owners and operators to boost security 
measures and secure unattended  aircraft and verify identification of 
crew and passengers.

"Be  alert/aware of and report persons masquerading as pilots, 
security  personnel, emergency medical technicians or other personnel 
using uniforms  and/or vehicles as methods to gain access to aviation 
facilities or  aircraft," the TSA advised.

It said the theft of any private airplane  should immediately be 
reported to law enforcement and  TSA.

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