Excuse me, has anyone seen my missing Boeing 727...?

Interesting, isn't it, how mum the US media has been about the 727, stolen from the Luanda (Africa) airport on May 25th?

A quick LexisNexis search revealed only 2 US stories, here in the Washington Post and an 84-word brief in the LA Times (no link: you have to pay).

The UK Independent, while saying the incident could be a theft for smuggling or a financial gain, also details US worries that he aircraft could be used in a future 9/11-style terrorist attack against US targets in Africa:

...The CIA has activated spy satellites in a continent-wide search for the plane, recently converted from a passenger jet into a fuel tanker. Airstrips are being scanned while US embassies across Africa are enquiring for other clues.

The search had turned up few leads so far, Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman, admitted yesterday. "We don't have any reliable assessments about what this portends, what it could be, who may be behind it," he said.

I'm surprised they're not blaming Saddam Hussein.

Complete story here.