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| Sudan Suspect Fired Missile at U.S. Warplane |
| 2002-06-13 |
| Authorities in Sudan have arrested a suspected al Qaeda thug who claims to have fired a shoulder-launched missile at a U.S. military aircraft in Saudi Arabia. The man was captured recently in Sudan after the burned-out launcher of a Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile was found in May just outside Prince Sultan air base in the Saudi desert. The man claimed to be head of an al Qaeda cell and that he said he had fired a missile at an American military jet using the base last October. The discovery of the empty but scorched launcher at Prince Sultan was announced by the U.S. Central Command and prompted the FBI to issue an intelligence alert that terrorists might try to shoot down an American commercial aircraft with shoulder-fired missiles. Doesn't sound like he's a very good shot, since no one seems to have noticed... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |