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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 5:50:48 PM PST 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; alqaeda; alqaedafrance; alqaida; anitaircraftmissile; antiaircraftmissiles; armsbuildup; chechenmafia; chechnya; formersovietunion; jihad; missile; missiles; sovietunion; terrorism; terrorists; turkey; waronterror
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:50:49 PM PST
by
Tigen
To: Tigen
Well.....Al Quaida sure has a way with the French....or is it the French that have a way with "Al Quaida?"
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:52:38 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(DEMS....40 yrs and $$$dollars for the War on Poverty, but NOT a $$ or minute for the WAR on Terror!)
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To: Tigen
C'est la vie.
Sorry to break the news to y'all in Froggytown, but life is going to get really sh*tty really soon.
Welcome to dhimmitude, cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:55:59 PM PST
by
msf92497
(Uh Oh)
To: Tigen
Sooner or later they will acquire something and/or DO something that will give us political Permission to TAKE THEM OUT totally and completely.
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:04:08 PM PST
by
Vinomori
To: Tigen
And they released this top secret information to... ta da! The World Tribune!
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:04:51 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker!)
To: Tigen
Just because the French leadership (except for Sarkozy) is wimpy doesn't mean every person in France is the same.
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:05:42 PM PST
by
Dark Skies
("Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me...")
To: msf92497
"cheese-eating surrender monkeys"Unfortunately for the French, the only place they had flying monkeys was in Oz.
To: Vinomori
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:07:02 PM PST
by
HHKrepublican_2
(OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
To: Tigen; Dog; TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo
"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..." 
Wouldn't the Chechnyans have used at least **one** of those against an airliner out of Moscow...if they really had them?!
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:09:09 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Tigen
...like the one they used on TWA 800?
To: Vinomori
Sooner or later they will acquire something and/or DO something that will give us political Permission to TAKE THEM OUT totally and completely.Aaaah. How about 9-11? No one on this planet has the guts to make a major move. We CONTINUE to play games with the bad guys.
Pathetic policies only entice more of the same from terrorists.
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:16:50 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Southack
Wouldn't the Chechnyans have used at least **one** of those against an airliner out of Moscow...if they really had them?! My thoughts as well - Then again, al Qeade has oil money backing it to a larger extent, which can afford it bigger and deadlier things -
To: Tigen
Bad news for the Democrats also, if any missiles reach their target.
To: Southack
Weren't there two Russian planes downed by something a year or two ago?
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:24:48 PM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: goodnesswins
Well it's hard to know what to feel about this little bit of intel.......Have we sent Joe Wilson to confirm this?
If we have not....might this be a leak? Maybe the CIA should try to keep this under raps.
To: Solamente
Let's hope they don't use this as an excuse for employing brutal interrogation techniques like sleep deprivation.
/sarcasm
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:33:29 PM PST
by
Da Mav
To: NativeNewYorker
Nah, that was the center fuel tank, didn't you hear?
< /sarcasm >
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:33:43 PM PST
by
CedarDave
(The GOP has adopted the Chirac Negotiation Strategy: Posture, appease, surrender.(attribute to cgbg))
To: MizSterious
Yes there was one just a couple months ago.
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:35:26 PM PST
by
Tigen
(Live in peace or rest in peace!)
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