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(Balkans shoulder-launched) MISSILE CELL 'LOST' (as they approached Britain)
sundaymirror.co.uk ^ | Feb 16 2003 | Alan Rimmer

Posted on 02/22/2003 2:08:39 PM PST by Destro

Feb 16 2003

By Alan Rimmer

SECURITY services are desperately trying to trace a gang of terrorists armed with shoulder-launched missiles they had tracked across Europe - but lost as they approached Britain.

Members of the al-Qaeda terror cell had been identified by GCHQ, Britain's secret eavesdropping centre, but when they disappeared the Government ordered the unprecedented security blanket around Heathrow.

Intelligence experts managed to listen into communications between an al-Qaeda activist in the Balkans and a unit based in London.

They learnt that a cargo of four Sam-7 missiles - capable of shooting down a passenger jet - had been driven on a lorry across the Continent and smuggled through Dover.

The security forces also discovered that the terrorists had obtained a consignment of AK-47 machine guns, which can spray hundreds of rounds per minute.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: balkans; campaignfinance; uk
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Kosovo-Bosnia on to London--Blair's-Clinton's Kosovo Albanian/Bosnian Muslim allies pay back the West for its idiocy.

FREE SLOBO AND LET LOOSE THE SERBS!

Enjoying the blowback of helping the Balkan Muslims yet?

1 posted on 02/22/2003 2:08:40 PM PST by Destro
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To: *balkans; vooch; joan; Fusion; Gael
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2 posted on 02/22/2003 2:09:57 PM PST by Destro (Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro
If I were in Britain, I would be horrified. Heads would roll for the idiots who lost track of the thing.
3 posted on 02/22/2003 2:15:46 PM PST by Clara Lou
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To: carvedwood; Clara Lou
Try hanging the mainn Brit responsible for this...BLAIR!! who fought so hard and used America so well into setting up Islamic republics in the Balkans at the expense of the Serbs.
5 posted on 02/22/2003 2:23:12 PM PST by Destro (Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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6 posted on 02/22/2003 2:53:27 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Destro
the terrorists had obtained a consignment of AK-47 machine guns, which can spray hundreds of rounds per minute

Impossible.

Everyone knows these things are banned in Britain!

7 posted on 02/22/2003 2:59:08 PM PST by Gritty
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To: Destro
When the idea of a shoulder fired missle came up re:TWA800 it was nixed. Now it exists ?????
8 posted on 02/22/2003 3:00:30 PM PST by VRWC_minion ( Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: carvedwood
"Like the Roman, I see the River Tiber foaming with much blood" Link to Enoch Powell's speech (Microsoft Word document)
9 posted on 02/22/2003 3:01:04 PM PST by tictoc
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To: Destro
Opps....we lost 'em boss.
10 posted on 02/22/2003 3:04:51 PM PST by SeeRushToldU_So ( Something witty, etc, etc....)
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To: Destro
"The West will not remain proud of what it has done to the Serbs. Certainly now that you are heading for serious problems with Islamic terrorists. We will no longer protect Europe against Islamic terrorism. Let them go, to Europe [the Bosnian Muslims]. They look like Europeans. And they take pride in the fact that with their European appearance they are exceptionally efficient terrorists. Europe wanted an Islamic country here. Let them have it!"

Dr. Radovan Karadzic (a couple of years ago)

After enduring 500 years of muslim occupation and oppression, the Serbs know about the real intentions of islam, the religion of peace.

11 posted on 02/22/2003 3:21:11 PM PST by DestroyEraseImprove
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To: VRWC_minion
Most of the mititary powers have some form of shoulder mounted anti aircraft missle. They never said the missles didn't exist, only that missles were not used to down the plane.
12 posted on 02/22/2003 3:26:46 PM PST by Clean_Sweep
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To: Clean_Sweep
That isn't what was reported. It was clearly reported that no shoulder fired missle could reach 10,000 feet.
13 posted on 02/22/2003 3:33:21 PM PST by VRWC_minion ( Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: carvedwood
"I just can't figure out why so many of my ancestors died for Britain , only to have their throats cut by the New British."

My favorite moment in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT comes when the "lads" are harassing Paul's (I think) Grandpa- he becomes agitated and tells them "We fought The War for you!"- whereupon Ringo says "Ain't you sorry you won, then?"

14 posted on 02/22/2003 3:34:52 PM PST by RANGERAIRBORNE
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To: Destro
President of Bosnia, father of the Bosnian mess and author of the Islamic Declaration: A program for the Islamization of the Muslims and the Muslim Peoples (Sarajevo, 1990).


In this treatise Izetbegovic offers his "vision" for Bosnia and the Muslim world. Here I will selectively quote few passages from the 1990 edition (which he never renounced) on issues that the western press choose to ignore, perhaps fearing that the American people might understand why the Serbs fight on.

"The Islamic movement," Izetbegovic assured us, "can and should take over power as soon as it is morally and numerically strong enough to be able to overturn not only the existing non-Islamic government [of Bosnia] but also to build a new Islamic one." (p. 56). For the Serbs this meant that when Muslims reach 51% percent of the population in Bosnia in short six years, given their birth rate and other means. The Islamic order which would follow this overturn is defined as " a unity of religion and law, upbringing and power, ideal and interest." (p. 26). In this new order citizenship, too, is given an Islamic bend. "In the Muslim world," Izetbegovic admonishes, "there is no patriotism without Islam." (p. 64) In short, in this ideal state, the only way left for the Serbs to be considered full citizens and "patriots" would have been conversion to Islam. That is what their ancestors did in 16th century to please the Sultan and earn the right to own Orthodox Christian serfs and append the suffix "-bey" to their last names. Finally, in Izetbegovic's "Islamic order" separation of doctrine and faith from politics has no place. "There can be neither peace nor co-existance between the Islamic religion and the non-Islamic social and political institutions." (p. 30)

Alija Izetbegovic: his background and philosophies BALKAN RESEARCH CENTRE MEMBERS BRIEF A briefing paper produced for Members for the 1992/3 Session of the British Parliament Monday 21 December 1992


The Islamic Declaration

Alija Izetbegovic is a dictator: His presidential term expired in December 1990. Then he broke the (valid until 1995) constitution of Bosnia according to which President of Presidency changes after one year, with longest term beeing two years.

15 posted on 02/22/2003 4:30:40 PM PST by DestroyEraseImprove
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To: DestroyEraseImprove
Thank u -- When I read that in the 90s I could not understand why it was ignored--and still is...
16 posted on 02/22/2003 5:38:35 PM PST by Destro (Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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fyi
17 posted on 02/22/2003 5:43:48 PM PST by Destro (Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro; Incorrigible; Kate22; tonycavanagh; Ranger; Gael; MarMema; Archie Bunker on steroids; ...
While the SA-7 is an effective MANPADS missile versus a lumbering passenger jet, it still lacks the sophistication of American third generation Stinger missiles -- the preferred weapon for knocking down planes. Where the SA-7 excels is in shooting down choppers -- Chechen freedom fighters having perfected a tactical doctrine that employs multiple launches triangulated around pre-set vectors.

The Chechens have had many successes versus the Russians the last few years with this approach. The Brits need to be on alert for chopper-borne senior military or high-ranking political leaders being shot down by this Islamic entente team. Heat flares and evasive maneuvers have been ineffective against this crude missile when fired in the "Chechen hook" combination.

Tony Blair's chopper security very simplistic in Britain. The Prime Minister's security team seems to forget that these missiles can be employed from tall buildings with great effect -- thus increasing the danger zone for perimeter security defence.

Tony Blair the most critical component of the Anglo-American alliance now. If the Islamic entente shoots him down it will be a catastrophe, and with four near-simultaneous shots they will succeed if in the right place at the right time -- regardless of pilot training or advanced ECM. The Prime Minister's security team should suspend Blair's chopper travel until this assault element is neutralised.

Amazingly -- with a week before the balloon goes up -- the Islamic entente holds a stronger hand in World War III than a month ago. The US is managing to fritter away a tremendous early advantage -- president Bush must launch the "Hasty Mobilisation" attack scenario per schedule...

Otherwise the war may be lost before the West pulls the trigger...

The forces of freedom on the move. Europe trembles.

18 posted on 02/22/2003 6:35:04 PM PST by Fusion
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But shoulder-fired missiles go about as fast as rifle bullets, and they most certainly can reach 10,000 feet.
19 posted on 02/22/2003 10:26:37 PM PST by coloradan
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