Israel stepped up security at its airports following threats of revenge attacks for last week’s U.S. strikes against targets in Sudan and Afghanistan. The security measures came as Israeli newspapers ran front-page stories that the group led by alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is threatening to attack U.S. and Israeli passenger planes.
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