Thank you Freeperfromnj for pointing to this article and FR thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532880/posts
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http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051202-014717-2951r
Security & Terrorism
"Feds probe SAM fired at airliner report"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- FBI agents and Homeland Security officials have been investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Sources told ABC News in Los Angeles that the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed.
The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit."
Police stop truck carrying missile launchers on Toronto-area highway
TORONTO - The army is looking into a bizarre incident in which a tractor-trailer loaded with anti-aircraft missile launchers was seen rolling down a major Ontario highway.
http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/
MANPADS (SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILES): HOW SERIOUS IS THE THREAT?
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/home.htm