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To: NickSE who wrote (31018)	6/17/2002 8:29:32 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Odyssey Into the Shadows msnbc.com June 24 issue — It was the usual transatlantic flight: nine hours of fidgeting to get the pillow right, first-run movies flickering mutely on small screens, an indigestible flow of starchy food and drinks. Bound for Chicago from Zurich on the morning of May 8, the passengers of Swiss International Air Lines Flight 8 saw nothing amiss. Certainly they didn’t know they were on the front lines of a global war being waged under their drooping eyes. But the crew knew it. THEY HAD BEEN WARNED that a major terrorist suspect was scheduled to fly on the plane, according to an official of the Swiss airline pilots union. And a scattering of very wakeful men in nearby seats knew it: they were actually a small squad of FBI agents and a separate team of Swiss Special Forces commandos, all carefully positioned around the suspect, all warily watching his every move. For nine hours.

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