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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1048865/posts "Russia's shoulder-fired surface to air missiles: Now an Islamist terrorist threat"
WorldTechTribune ^ | 30 December 2003 | Christopher Holton
Posted on 12/30/2003 12:06:41 PM PST by LSUfan
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Originally designed to threaten U.S. and allied military aircraft in the event of conventional war, today these Russian weapons – and their Chinese knock-offs – pose one of the greatest terrorist threats in the hands of Al Qaida.
Shoulder-fired surface to air missiles, sometimes referred to as MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems), are not new, but they have emerged recently as one of the major worries for counter-terrorists around the globe for two primary reasons:"