(Telegraph - UK) The missiles fired at an Israeli airliner in Mombasa last week have been linked to an attempt last year to bring down an aircraft carrying then Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres, according to an Israeli intelligence official. Israeli intelligence agents told Yediot Ahronot that the serial numbers on the discarded missile launchers were linked to two similar missile launchers found near a runway at Prague airport in November last year. Czech officials were convinced the missiles were part of an abortive plot to shoot down an El Al airliner carrying Mr. Peres.
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