CAUTION!! - AT 8:57 A.M. ET:  From Britain's Sky News:

Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on the Air France flight which crashed with the loss of 228 lives, it has emerged.

This may get some play today, but it's a story to be read very carefully.  When you scroll down below you get this:

Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.

COMMENT:  The same name does not mean the same person.  There are common Arabic names, the equivalent of John Smith.  This story is premature.  If the identities are confirmed as two people actually linked to Islamic terrorism, there's a real story.  Even then, it might be a bizarre coincidence.  And I find it difficult to believe that two people on a watch list would fly under their own names, when false papers are easily obtainable.  Let's wait on this one.

June 10, 2009