Pan Am has filed papers in U.S. federal court seeking to prove that Israeli agents warned U.S. authorities of a planned terrorist attack on Flight 103 a day before a bomb blew up the jet, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

The Independent said Pan Am and its security firm also were taking action to prove West German police had warned U.S. officials of suspicious activities in the baggage area at Frankfurt 90 minutes before the flight left there.It said Pan Am believes a videotape exists of the suitcase containing the bomb being loaded in Frankfurt onto the Boeing 727 that flew to London on the first leg of the New York-bound flight.

The newspaper quoted lawyers for families of Flight 103 victims as saying Pan Am was on a "fishing exercise" to try to shift blame for the disaster.

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