Al Qaida acquires Russian surface-to-air missiles
WORLD TRIBUNE ^ | Friday, November 11, 2005 | WORLD TRIBUNE
Posted on 11/13/2005 8:50:48 PM EST by Tigen
LONDON — Western intelligence sources said Al Qaida-aligned cells have procured the SA-18 anti-aircraft missile from the former Soviet Union. The sources said the missiles were smuggled into Turkey and acquired by Al Qaida-aligned cells in the Middle East."These are serious missiles and represents a step up in Al Qaida capability," an intelligence source said.
On Oct. 28, the French daily Le Figaro reported that Al Qaida-aligned cells have obtained SA-18s for attacks against French airliners. The daily said the cells acquired the missiles in 2002 from the so-called Chechen mafia.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521493/posts
Great minds and all that.
I was just going to post that article.
THANKS Davey Crockett.
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Al Qaida acquires Russian surface-to-air missiles
WORLD TRIBUNE ^ | Friday, November 11, 2005 | WORLD TRIBUNE
Posted on 11/13/2005 8:50:48 PM EST by Tigen
LONDON — Western intelligence sources said Al Qaida-aligned cells have procured the SA-18 anti-aircraft missile from the former Soviet Union. The sources said the missiles were smuggled into Turkey and acquired by Al Qaida-aligned cells in the Middle East."These are serious missiles and represents a step up in Al Qaida capability," an intelligence source said.
On Oct. 28, the French daily Le Figaro reported that Al Qaida-aligned cells have obtained SA-18s for attacks against French airliners. The daily said the cells acquired the missiles in 2002 from the so-called Chechen mafia.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521493/posts
Thanks for the link......
Not a surprise that the terrorists have missiles, there are several suspect airliner crashes, that some thought were hit by missiles.
There is the missiles fired into Jordan at our ships only a
month or so ago.
I am sorry that I did this google.......
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=missiles%20that%20have%20hit%20airliners
Lots on the Jordan missiles, but keep going, I forgot the
missile fired at the Cruise Ship and there are others here.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=missiles%20fired%20at%20U.S.%20ships