Are U.S. Anti-aircraft missiles in the hands of al-Qaeda?

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Are U.S. Anti-aircraft missiles in the hands of al-Qaeda?

Klein raised the question, due to reports today, that Islamic Jihadist militants in Yemen had shot down a Yemeni army helicopter flying over the al-Qaeda stronghold of Wadi Ubida, killing all aboard and that such weapons may now be in possession of al-Qaeda
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http://www.examiner.com/article/are-u-s-anti-aircraft-missiles-the-hands-of-al-qaeda

A different threat.

Al Qaeda May Have Developed Highly Undetectable Liquid Explosive believed to have been developed by Ibrahim al-Asiri, al-Qaeda's bomb maker in Yemen
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/4972...-al-qaeda-explosive-scanners.htm#.UgGox22QT6M
 
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No worries this is why we have the tsa
 
ClimbnSink said:
No worries this is why we have the tsa
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:dunno:

TSA misconduct rises, but should travelers worry?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20130805,0,589870.story

TSA not collecting accurate threat assessment data on job applicants
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ment-data/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

The TSA Is Expanding Its Reach Far Beyond Airport Security
http://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-vipr-teams-security-searches-2013-8#ixzz2bFm91kes

TSA expands role beyond airports amid growing cases of misconduct
http://rt.com/usa/tsa-expands-beyond-airports-141/
 
ClimbnSink said:
No worries this is why we have the tsa
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I'd be more concerned if TSA had anti-aircraft missiles.

FWIW remember that OBL was our friend before he was out enemy as was Saddam Hussein. We gave shoulder launched stinger missiles to OBL and his partisans decades ago. There may still be some that were not fired. But even if there aren't does anyone really think that in the global arms business you cannot buy whatever you like?
 
You are more likely to die from choking on your own vomit than a terrorist attack.


Just saying.
 
e.pie said:
You are more likely to die from choking on your own vomit than a terrorist attack.


Just saying.
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Then we need to get the tsa into the anti vomiting business. Oh yeah twa 800.:lol: Non sarcastically there was an article a few years ago saying cough if cough obl and friends happened to have stinger missiles that they found laying around the desert the internal battery would hopefully have run down by now. Hasn't there been a few cases of large weapon stashes going missing in our recent desert field trips?
 
ClimbnSink said:
obl and friends happened to have stinger missiles that they found laying around the desert the internal battery would hopefully have run down by now.
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I was skeptical when I heard that story also. Batteries can’t be replaced/substituted?

While I would be skeptical that those missiles would still be effective as old as they were, I wouldn’t rule them out either.

ClimbnSink said:
Hasn't there been a few cases of large weapon stashes going missing in our recent desert field trips?
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Insurgents keep on finding them and bringing them back. In Iraq, several years back, several of our soldiers were attacked with chemical weapons that we were told were not a threat and nonexistent.

Despite soldiers having protective gear and atropine, the "no-existent" "non-threatening" WMDs hospitalized our soldiers.

Tests Confirm Sarin in Iraqi Artillery Shell
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/05/19/tests-confirm-sarin-in-iraqi-artillery-shell/
 
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