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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20030901-0838-nicaragua-missiles.html Nicaragua says it has 2,000 anti-aircraft missiles ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:38 a.m. September 1, 2003 MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaragua's army chief, urged by Washington to destroy surface-to-air missiles, says his country has 2,000 of the missiles worth more than $100 million. In remarks published Monday by the newspaper La Prensa, Gen. Javier Carrion McDonough expressed understanding of U.S. concerns about such weapons in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. "It is said that there are between 200,000 and 500,000 missiles around the world in the hands of armed forces or whatever," he...