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Three Arrested in U.S. Missile Smuggling Plot
yahoo.com ^
| Aug 12th, 2003
| By Ellen Wulfhorst
Posted on 08/12/2003 4:46:00 PM PDT by Gabrielle Reilly
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested three people on Tuesday in a sting operation that foiled a plot to smuggle a missile into the United States that could be used to shoot down a commercial airliner, officials said.
One suspect, a British citizen, was arrested in Newark, New Jersey, trying to smuggle the Russian-made surface-to-air missile into the country. Two others were arrested in New York, officials in Washington said.
The Briton believed he was selling missiles to would-be terrorists, but he was nabbed in the international sting by the FBI (news - web sites), British and Russian authorities, officials said.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, which first reported the story with ABC News, said the suspect was a British arms dealer who successfully imported a Russian Igla missile into the United States and believed he was selling it to a Muslim extremist.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia; US: New Jersey; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: missile; njmissileplot; smuggling; sting; terror
To: knighthawk; BOBTHENAILER; TexKat; null and void; Ernest_at_the_Beach
ping.
To: Gabrielle Reilly
The original story was that one person (a Brit/Indian arms dealer) was arrested. So who're the other two?
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posted on
08/12/2003 4:49:51 PM PDT
by
Ex-Dem
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Gabrielle Reilly
Wow! This is the 3rd missile plot today! Busy day for the cops, bad day for terrorists.
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posted on
08/12/2003 4:51:12 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Gabrielle Reilly
That (unprintable) Schumer managed to get his 2cents in again !
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posted on
08/12/2003 5:05:39 PM PDT
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: Ex-Dem
So who're the other two?I heard on the radio they were busy today in New York's diamond district seizing financial records.
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posted on
08/12/2003 5:07:00 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: Gabrielle Reilly
When SAM's are banned, only criminals will have SAM's.
Wait a minute...there are already laws on that! This couldnt have happened! This story is a hoax!
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posted on
08/12/2003 5:23:56 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
To: Gabrielle Reilly
Instant execution.
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posted on
08/12/2003 5:51:42 PM PDT
by
yooper
To: RightWhale
You think they catch more than ten per cent?
They are not even looking.
To: Gabrielle Reilly
Fox just reported that the missile was a dummy. It looked pretty real in the photo though.
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posted on
08/12/2003 6:11:28 PM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: genefromjersey
The most dangerous place in the world is the space between Shumer and any camera.
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