ITALIAN REPORTS SUSPICIOUS PLANE OVER ROME BEING ESCORTED TO LAND (Update: No bomb found)

Fox News | April 8, 2005

[CitizenM]

Reporting now on FOX. Italian sources are suspecting a bomb on board. Story coming in fast.

[Miss Marple]

Intercepted coming from the Balkans area. May have explosives on board. Intercepted outside the restricted air space off the Adriatic Coast.

[Rokurota]

"... the whole world will certainly take up some action against terrorism."

Yup. They sure would.

World: "It's the U.S. and Israel's fault!!"

[WestCoastGal]

There was a report about 1/2 hour ago from AirForce One, so he's on his way back.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Maybe just some Albanian friends of Bill.

[CitizenM]

I hope, if there is something going on, they let the Mafia at these guys/this guy first. The Mafia doesn't take hostages!

[dfwgator]

It's Jimmy!

Must be rabbits in the area.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Being escorted to land? Willingly? Can't be too dangerous. Terrorists would have blown themselves up.

[Petronski]

Nasty.

[Dscott_FR]

Please tell me it's not Governor Fletcher again!

[Rutles4Ever]

That's what I was thinking. It's probably nothing. Otherwise, they'd nose it into the ground.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Some fat-cat in a Lear.

[jackbill]

I believe that Air Force One left Rome about an hour ago. Fox was reporting on a report from the plane in which the President said that Pope John Paul II definitely would not have a "mixed legacy". Take that Clintooon.

[el_doctor2]

There is still thousands mingling in the square. To Bomb the funeral with all the World Leaders and Millions of faithful be (excuse the pun) Suicide...The World would be after Al Qaeda until there was no more of it.

[jwalburg]

the whole world will certainly take up some action against terrorism

Except France

[Miss Marple]

Brigitte on Fox says she was reading on the wire some comments from President Bush on AF1, so he is already safely in the air. However, she points out, many of the dignitaries are still there.

Plus, there are millions of regular people still there.

[dead]

Ready, aim ... anti-aircraft missiles, part of the Italian defence system, are displayed near Rome for the funeral of
the Pope. Italian authorities readied anti-aircraft rocket launchers and took other security measures to protect the
dignitaries converging on Rome for the funeral. Photo: AP

[hoosiermama]

Thought maybe they DID leave WJC behind to find his own way home....But he's not innocent so it couldn't be him.

[CitizenM]

I would like to believe that too. This is confusing. But weren't those terrorists who took over the school in Russia from the Balkins (Chesnia - sp?)

[YaYa123]

No bomb aboard the plane, just reported by MSNBC.