http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1025443/posts "U.N. details al Qaeda threat"
CNN.Com / U.S. ^ | Thursday, November 20, 2003 Posted: 1:12 AM EST (0612 GMT) | From CNN's U.N. Producer Vivienne Foley
Posted on 11/20/2003 12:10 AM PST by Bobby777
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Some members of al Qaeda most likely possess portable surface-to-air missiles and may use them to target military transport planes, a U.N. report says.
The threat was among several findings detailed in the report by the United Nations' al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee which also cited a shifting of the terror network's strategy, a move towards "softer" targets and a warning the group was working towards a biological or chemical attack.
In regards to the missile threat, al Qaeda may now move away from targeting commercial air transport because of heightened security at facilities, said Heraldo Munoz, the Chilean ambassador to the U.N. and head of the sanctions committee.
The terror network may try to target sea routes, "ports, sea ports" and may be "looking for targets of opportunity," Munoz said.
"The panel of experts that work with our committee have insinuated that the possession of the surface-to-air missiles, these portable shoulder missiles, is a very clear danger," Munoz added."