FBI team raids Boston hotel

BOSTON, SEPT. 12. As Logan International Airport officials defended their security system, investigators on Wednesday began tracing the hijackers who boarded two airliners at the airport and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center.

Two suspects flew to Boston from the Portland, Maine, airport, the Maine Governor, Mr. Angus King, said on Wednesday. He said they left behind a rental car that had been impounded, and police said cigarette butts found near the car would be tested for DNA.

Shortly after noon, a heavily armed FBI team searching for suspects in the terrorism attacks swept through a Boston hotel. No details were immediately disclosed by authorities.

Law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity said they were investigating whether a group of hijackers crossed the Canadian border at a checkpoint and went to Boston's airport.

The officials also confirmed that a car believed to belong to the hijackers was confiscated in Boston and contained an Arabic language flight manual.

The Boston Herald, quoting an anonymous source, reported that five Arab men had been identified as suspects, including one who was a trained pilot. It said two of the men, including the pilot, were brothers with passports traced to the United Arab Emirates.

- AP

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