Posted on 08/13/2003 9:58:05 AM PDT by Ex-Dem
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian authorities Wednesday are praising a Russian-U.S. operation that resulted in the arrests of three in an alleged attempt to smuggle a missile into the United States.
The FBI arrested the suspects Tuesday in a federal sting at the port in Newark, New Jersey. During the yearlong undercover operation, U.S. agents, aided by Russian officials, posed as Muslim extremists trying to buy a shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile, U.S. government sources said.
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