[Peach]

For once, Schumer has a good point.

[RightWhale]

Wow! Five missile intercepts in one day!

[small_l_libertarian]

"The threat facing commercial airliners from shoulder-fired missiles here in the United States is no longer theoretical," Schumer said in a statement.

"The White House ought to be providing homeland security with the money it needs to begin protecting civilian aircraft with jamming devices immediately, before it's too late."

Dear Senator Chuckie:

The White House has no power to provide money for anything. It's the Congress that provides money for Homeland Security. So, hop to it.

Love,

small_l

[AnnaZ]

One suspect, a British citizen, was arrested in Newark, New Jersey, trying to smuggle the Russian-made surface-to-air missile into the country.

 

...

 

The British Broadcasting Corporation, which first reported the story with ABC News, said the suspect was a British arms dealer who successfully imported a Russian Igla missile into the United States and believed he was selling it to a Muslim extremist.

 

So which is it?

 

Then later:

 

The FBI said it knew the missile, disguised as medical equipment, was shipped from Russia to Baltimore, Maryland, the BBC reported.

Did it arrive?

[concerned about politics]

New York Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record) said....

Damn it. Bush scores again.

[Reactionary]

Ah, shades of Flight TWA 800.

[PhilDragoo]

[Cindy]

FOX NEWS.com: "British Citizen, Two Others Arrested in Missile Plot" (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

LINKS OF INTEREST -- Around The World...

NY POST.com: "AGENTS DEFUSE MISSILE SCHEME" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two others accused in the plot were seized in Manhattan following a sting operation by FBI, Secret Service and British and Russian agents. The alleged smuggler was identified by The Times of London as Hekmat Lekhani. He is a British national of Indian descent in his 60s who thought he was selling the state-of-the-art missile to terrorists, sources said. Lekhani allegedly promised that he could eventually get 50 of the lethal missiles for the buyer - who was really an undercover FBI agent.") (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

CNN.com: "THREE ARRESTED IN MISSILE-SMUGGLING CASE" (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

BBC NEWS: "THREE HELD OVER U.S. 'MISSILE PLOT'" (August 13, 2003) (Read More...)

ISLAM ONLINE.net - Muslim Heritage: "MUSLIM ROCKET TECHNOLOGY" (Read More...)

[1Old Pro]

"The threat facing commercial airliners from shoulder-fired missiles here in the United States is no longer theoretical," Schumer said in a statement.

What an ass. Perhaps he should ask his union dock workers to increase the non-existent security on our docks. That's how they will be imported.

[N3WBI3]

jamming devices immediately, before it's too late

Ok chuckie you come up with a practical way to jam a **HEAT Seeking** missle on the us Commercial fleet of airliners and well do it.

Jamming the heat of those engines is much harder than jamming radar guided ones..

[HairOfTheDog]

This was one hell of a great arrest.... This guy was wanting to sell 50 more?

Good job.