The US embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has warned of a possible attack on AIR UGANDA planes. The embassy said it had information that US travellers faced a potential threat between Juba in Sudan and the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The embassy said the "capacity of these extremists to carry out such an attack is unknown" but that the threat was "of sufficient seriousness that all American air travellers should be made aware". But the Sudanese foreign ministry said the threat was "not serious". Other Sudanese officials said they had known of a potential threat for some time. A spokesman for the Ugandan army said he was surprised the US had issued the warning as the intelligence had been known since early December. A Ugandan news agency reported that 1 plane enroute to Juba was diverted today as a precaution. Sudan is on a list of 14 countries where US-bound passengers will be subjected to extra searches following the attempted plane bombing last month.
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