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Mon Jan-05-04 05:37 PM
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Portugal refuses US request for armed guards on flights

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Portugal's civil aviation authority said it would not allow Portuguese airlines to carry armed sky marshals as requested by the US, preferring instead to cancel any flight if officials deem there is a terrorist threat.

"We will not authorise loaded guns on Portuguese planes, therefore we will not allow armed guards," INAC security director, Joaquim Carvalho, told AFP.

"If there is specific information about a particular flight which justifies having armed guards on board, what we would consider is cancelling the flight."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1020777.htm

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