Israel’s bus companies are on high alert for Palestinian hijacking plots. Security sources said Thursday that the Egged and Dan bus companies, whose guards have been on the lookout for suicide bombers since the Palestinian intifada began three and a half years ago, had been instructed to prepare for attempts to hijack buses and take them into Palestinian areas.
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