Taiwan Receives Warnings of Al-Qaeda Attacks

Jan. 6, 2004

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: A top intelligence official confirmed for the first time yesterday that Taiwan had been targeted by Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network and had beefed up security, according to the Associated Press.

'Through international information cooperative channels, the National Security Bureau has four times received warnings saying Taiwan's airports could come under attack by the Al-Qaeda network,' the bureau's deputy chief Huang Lei told parliament.

The National Police Administration (NPA) recently increased surveillance of airports, seaports, foreign embassies and representative offices, an official had said last week.

The Civil Aeronautics Administration also planned to deploy air marshals on passenger and cargo flights as part of its security plans, an official said. The Taipei-based China Times, citing unidentified NPA officials, had said Al-Qaeda operatives could hijack Taiwanese planes to attack the US and its close allies.

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