[blam]

I expect they would already have used them if they had them, huh?

[sam_paine]

May I be the first to discount this report, as all evidence shows that exploding fuel tanks are more likely than AA missule strikes.... </sarcasm>

[d4now]

F.B.I. is in CYA mode.

[onedoug]

But no one thinks of that in connection with TWA 800, or that AA crash into Astoria a few months ago.

Nah. No one at all....

[fire_eye]

The United States supplied shoulder-launched missiles to anti-Soviet Afghan guerrillas in the 1980s. Afghanistan's new interim government has handed dozens of U.S. Stinger missiles back to Washington to try to keep them out of the wrong hands.

I *think* those things have a highly sophisticated battery pack with a limited life span... not sure about that, but I seem to recall hearing that unless the goat-ropers had a source for the batteries (such as from one of Bill Clinton's Treason contractor oops excuse me Defense Contractor friends), the Stinger would be useless by now...

but maybe not...

[Recovering_Democrat]

The FBI has warned law enforcement agencies that al Qaeda may possess shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles...

Afghanistan rebels' weapon of choice was the shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile, right? This is no surprise.

I drive near airports regularly, and if I see someone shouldering an anti-aircraft missile gun near them, they're gonna be greeting the bugs on my bumper REAL QUICK.

[MUDDOG]

I expect they would already have used them if they had them, huh?

Against Israel anyway. I was surprised the Palestinians had nothing against the tanks.

[Spar]

(such as from one of Bill Clinton's Treason contractor oops excuse me Defense Contractor friends), Didn't our forces find some soviet AAA missiles in a cave in Afghanistan?

8 posted on 5/30/02 4:09 PM Eastern by blam

blam! You have a great memory!!

Al-Qaeda got anti-aircraft missiles from Bill Clinton's allies the Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army.

From an article dated November 22, 2001: Al Qaeda trained terrorists for Kashmir: Documents (got anti-aircraft rockets from Albanians - more) One Arabic language article describes how in 1999 bin Laden received Russian anti-aircraft rockets from Bulgaria and how the rockets were smuggled through Pakistan with the help from 'Albanian separatists who are fighting in southern Serbia'.

[SevenDaysInMay]

TWA knows that.

[texlok]

Everybody remember, the Saudis are our friends! No matter what is uncovered in Saudi Arabia, they are our friends!!!

I'm surprised the FBI hasn't released a warning that the Al-Qaeda may have access to automatic weapons.

[snippy_about_it]

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