AGENTS DEFUSE MISSILE SCHEME

New York Post ^ | 8/13/03 | BRIAN BLOMQUIST, JENNIFER FERMINO and ANDY SOLTIS

[kattracks]

August 13, 2003 -- A British arms dealer was arrested in Newark yesterday after he smuggled into the United States a shoulder-fired missile - which he wanted to sell to Muslim terrorists to shoot down a large passenger jet, sources said.

[kattracks]

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Amazing sting. Too bad there was no real buyer we could nab. Makes me think that previous deals may have went down if weapons are this available.

"there was never any danger - because Russian investigators rendered the missile inoperable before it was smuggled across the Atlantic. "

if the weapon was inoperable, is it still a weapon in the eyes of the law?

[At _War_With_Liberals]

[nopardons]

Yes, it is still considered a weapon, in the eyes of the law.

[jocon307]

"Yehuda Abraham, 75,"

Saw this guy on the TV news last night, most definately an Orthodox Jew. What the heck is up with this? It made hubby & me very suspicious. Right in the middle of the diamond district he was arrested.

Now, sometimes these guys in the gem trade get up to no good. I remember some poor fellow years ago was mudered and buried under the floor boards of a building in Bklyn, due to his work in this line. But I can't imagine how corrupt a Jewish person would have to be to be helping the Muslim terrorists.

Something very much not Kosher here.

[Lion Den Dan]

if the weapon was inoperable, is it still a weapon in the eyes of the law?

Yes, it is the intent, unles the radical supremes get a grip on it and then the investigators are likely to spend time in jail.

I kind of favor the death penalty for this Rag Head.

[Cindy]

Related link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/962998/posts

[Cindy]

LINKS OF INTEREST:

FOX NEWS.com: "BRITISH CITIZEN, TWO OTHERS ARRESTED IN MISSILE PLOT" (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

GUARDIAN.co.uk: "BLACK MARKET MISSILES RAISE TERROR FEARS" by Nick Paton-Walsh in Moscow (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In November 2002, Russian experts said tens of thousands of Igla and Strela missiles had leaked into circulation from poorly guarded arsenals throughout the 1990s" "Related articles 13.08.2003: Briton held as missile plot foiled 13.08.2003: Agencies unite against global threat" (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

NewsMax.com: "CHINESE MISSILES TARGET OKINAWA New Red Missile Armed With U.S. Technology" by Charles R. Smith (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The new Chinese missiles were developed as a result of exports from the U.S. during the Clinton years. President Clinton was warned in 1997 by a Rand Corporation report that selling satellite navigation technology to the Chinese military was clearly a threat to U.S. national security.") (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com: "'SMART-BOMB' TECHNOLOGY MOVING TO CHINA Pentagon Brushes Aside Concerns National Security Will Be Threatened" by Sherrie Gossett (August 12, 2003) (Read More...)

[Waco]

While agents strive to stop terrorists here, our "State Dept." and the whitehouse, sad today are encourageing the terrorists who are/have attacked Israel many times.???

[At _War_With_Liberals]

What if they claim they knew it was fake and only intended to defraud.

[Lion Den Dan]

What if they claim they knew it was fake and only intended to defraud.

Would a reasonable person believe that was the intent? Don't think you could sell that to a jury outside of Detroit or California.

[Lion Den Dan]

What if they claim they knew it was fake and only intended to defraud.

Would a reasonable person believe that was the intent? Don't think you could sell that to a jury outside of Detroit or California.