Posted on 10/14/2011 9:32:56 AM PDT by blueyon
Some of the thousands of surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing since the collapse of the Gadhafi regime in Libya have now turned up just miles from the Israeli border.
U.S. officials say there were 20,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in Libya before the uprising, and thousands have disappeared in the looting of Moammar Gadhafi's arm caches. According to the Washington Post, many of those Russian-made anti-aircraft weapons are being sold in Egyptian black markets, and so many are available the price has dropped from $10,000 to $4,000.
Egyptian officials told the paper they have intercepted looted Libyan weapons, including anti-aircraft guns, missiles and artillery, on the road from Libya into Egypt, in black markets on the Sinai Peninsula, and in the smuggling tunnels between the Sinai and Gaza.
The heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles, most of them shoulder-fired, have a range of two miles and would pose a threat to Israeli helicopter and planes on either side of the Israel-Gaza border.
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Fast and furious goes global.
Isreal thanks you for your's, Obama. Nice work, Hillary.
Israel
Indirect funding and support by the current US administration. US military happily enjoys warring, no matter where it is. Seems like we have been in constant war since this country’s founding.
Whenever I hear the term ‘black market’ I am a little bummed to realize that there is no actual, physical black market. I’ve been shopping all my life, and I’ve never been down the aisle with the heat-seeking missiles.
More seriously, however, this was a problem with the air-only support for the rebels. There was nobody on the ground who could be trusted to keep these weapons out of terrorists’ hands.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
The article claims that there are 20,000 anti aircraft missles captured by rebels in Libia that are on their way to Gaza.
Question if Quadaffy had these missles why didn’t we hear of any NATO aircraft being shot at by these missles?
Not a single NATO plane was shot down with an anti-aircraft missle.
We heard you the first time...../jk ;-)
not just Israel.
Those missles will be the AfPak theatre in no time.
You might want to check the sear pin in that mouse.....
It was a slam fire. Six times.
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