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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Nightmare in Libya: 20,000 Surface-to-Air Missiles Missing - ABC News

Nightmare in Libya: 20,000 Surface-to-Air Missiles Missing - ABC News: "U.S. officials had once thought there was little chance that terrorists could get their hands on many of the portable surface-to-air missiles that can bring down a commercial jet liner.

But now that calculation is out the window, with officials at a recent secret White House meeting reporting that thousands of them have gone missing in Libya.

"Matching up a terrorist with a shoulder-fired missile, that's our worst nightmare," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D.-California, a member of the Senate's Commerce, Energy and Transportation Committee."

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