| U.S. officials fear that commercial aircraft from Europe and Latin America will be hijacked and used to attack targets in the United States, a high-level European official said Tuesday. "They are concerned about several specific flights -- not just flights from Europe but also from Latin America," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday that U.S. officials had information indicating that "Al-Qaeda seeks to use aircraft as weapons in suicide-type attacks" similar to those carried out on September 11, 2001. But he told reporters that the United States has also "shared information with our international partners so that they can enhance aviation security and address the threats that we face out there." |