Two passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines jet had stolen passports. Some Sept. 11, 2001 attack planning was done in Malaysia-NY Times

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3/8/14, "Passport Theft Adds to Mystery of Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet," NY Times, by Keith Bradsher and Eric Schmitt

"Investigators trying to find out what happened to a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared somewhere over the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday morning were examining the usual causes of plane crashes: mechanical failure, pilot error, bad weather. But the discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the unsettling possibility of foul play....

Malaysia has not been targeted in terrorist attacks in recent decades, although the 1977 crash was attributed to a hijacking. But some of the planning for the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States was done in Malaysia, which has a relatively lax visa policy. The country is a major trading nation and a natural meeting place for a variety of groups involved in illicit activities. In addition, the main planner of the bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2002, Riduan Isamuddin, is Malaysian and is currently being held at Guantánamo prison."...


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