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Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria
AP ^ | October 12, 2012 | BEN HUBBARD and ZEINA KARAM

Posted on 10/12/2012 12:23:12 PM PDT by maggief

BEIRUT (AP) - Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base in northern Syria on Friday, according to activists and amateur video.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; shadowwars; syriamissilebase; threatmatrix
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To: maggief
If they were able to figure out how to launch those from a cargo ship they could to mid-ocean on any air route and shutdown intercontinental air travel.
21 posted on 10/12/2012 5:06:29 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,)
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