Air France cancels
Los Angeles flights

Due to concerns about possible al-Qaida infiltration of the airline, Air France has canceled six flights between Paris and Los Angeles scheduled for today and tomorrow.

As WorldNetDaily reported, intelligence sources have said part of possible al-Qaida terror plans for the holidays include using foreign airliners bound for the U.S. as weapons to hit specific targets.

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The cancellations come after officials from the U.S. Embassy in Paris asked the French government to ground the planes, French Interior Ministry representatives said.

"These flights have been canceled for security reasons. It comes out of a disposition given by American authorities in France," said Anna Laban, deputy press attache at the French consulate in Los Angeles, according to Fox News.

Three of the flights were scheduled to depart Wednesday – two from Paris and one from Los Angeles. Air France gave the flight numbers as 68, 69 and 70. The three other flights were scheduled to leave Christmas Day – two from Los Angeles and one from Paris. Those flight numbers are listed by the airline as 68, 69 and 71.

"This measure was taken at the request of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin on the basis of information, currently being checked, which was gathered in the framework of Franco-American cooperation in the fight against terrorism and which was of a nature to threaten the safety of these flights," said a statement from the prime minister's office.

CBS reports the U.S. has intelligence information that at least one of the canceled Paris-to-Los Angeles flights might have been commandeered by al-Qaida and used in a terror attack against the United States.

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The cancellations come almost exactly two years after the arrest of so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

Reid, a British Muslim, was arrested on Dec. 22, 2001, when he tried but failed to detonate explosives in his shoes on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security have been in communication with French officials about possible terror-attack plans.

The Associated Press reports one U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. government had been trying to keep the negotiations with France confidential, "hoping that we would be able to lure some of these people in."

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge had personally been involved in security briefings with French officials, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Brian Doyle said.

"We're talking to our counterparts in other countries about security concerns," Doyle told reporters.

Said an Air France spokeswoman, "Air France is working to take care of its customers and is trying to find the best way to re-route them."