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PARIS, Oct 28 (AFP): French Islamic extremists planned to attack passenger airliners with shoulder-launched missiles, and were possibly the reason British authorities issued a red alert for Heathrow airport in 2003, newspaper Le Figaro reported Friday.
"Terrorists planned to attack aircraft in France" with two smuggled Russian-made surface-to-air SAM-18 missiles, the daily said.
Without giving sources for the report, the newspaper said French authorities learned of the plot from a "high-ranking jihadi (fighter following a holy cause) imprisoned in Amman, Jordan."
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