Thread: Barrack Hussein Obama's BLUNDER: MISSING LIBYAN MISSILES

Barrack Hussein Obama's BLUNDER:

MISSING LIBYAN MISSILES

For 20 years the danger of terrorists armed with surface to air missiles shooting at passenger planes has been the secret fear of many top political leaders. In the late 1990s, a terrorist network was nabbed trying to bring them into Newark Airport, but the airline industry and the government have done nothing to equip passenger airplanes with any defense against these always deadly missiles.

Now Barack Obama has committed the ultimate sin: He has let 20,000 surface-to-air missiles escape from military depots in Libya. According to 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." An estimated 20,000 of these "portable, heat-seeking missiles have gone missing from unguarded Army weapons warehouses."

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

ABC News describes the missing missiles: "Four to six-feet long and Russian-made, (they) can weight just 55 pounds with launcher." They are accurate within a range of more than two miles. That a terrorist could sit on a boat off JFK airport and shoot down a passenger plane as it ascends could now be a real possibility.

In the Iraq War, during the run-up to the 2004 election, there were reports of unguarded U.S. military depots from which insurgents allegedly stole thousands of explosives. The story broke in the week before the election and Kerry took down all his other ads and focused on this issue, first reported in The New York Times. By Election Day, it was proven that the report was bogus, adding to Kerry's woes. Now, faced with this massive blunder and security threat, we hear nothing but the sounds of silence from any of the mainstream media except, to its immense credit, ABC News.

We need to assign a top priority to hunting down these missiles. In Afghanistan, our troops jumped through hoops to corral all the stinger missiles left over from the Russian War. This potential leak of these dangerous weapons is vastly more threatening. Obama needs to face this issue squarely and publicly. And we all need to learn the cost we may pay from having elected a rank amateur as president.

Dick Morris' column is syndicated by Creators Syndicate. Readers may contact him at 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

BOXER ON AIRLINE PROTECTION BILL
WE NEED TO SPEND A BILLION DOLLARS ASAP FOR AIRLINER MISSILE DEFENSE

Barbara Boxer (DEMOCRAT - CALIFORNIA) wants to now spend over half a Billion dollars of taxpayer Money and install missile defense systems on all United States wide body airliners flying overseas.

She said half a Billion Dollars is a drop in the bucket when you consider the size of the Military Budget.

I heard this on the radio yesterday and have yet to find it in print.

Nightmare In Libya: 20,000 Surface-To-Air Missiles Missing – With Video

September 27th, 2011

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,â€

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[size=150][b]“I think we should ensure that the wide-bodied planes all have this protection,â€

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And it could be more practical than trying to round up all the missing Libyan missiles. “Once these missiles walk away from these facilities, they’re very difficult to get back, as the CIA realized in Afghanistan,â€

How can you blame Obama for this U.S. didnt have lead roll or boots on the ground there.U.N.forces where on the ground and in charge of the mission with help from U.S.U.S.or Obama wasnt in charge of looking or securing the missle sites France and British were.But once agaian Obama gets the blame.

Worry over '10,000 lost missiles' in Libya

October 3, 2011 - 1:08AM.

At least 10,000 missiles are unaccounted for in Libya, a senior NATO official has admitted, according to a German media report, amid fears the weapons could fall into the hands of al-Qaeda.

News weekly Der Spiegel reported on its website on Sunday that Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, who chairs the committee of NATO military chiefs, held a secret briefing for German MPs on Monday, in which he expressed the alliance's concerns.

The weapons could end up in other countries and in the wrong hands, the admiral said, according to Spiegel, "anywhere from Kenya to Kunduz" in Afghanistan.

The missiles present "a serious threat to civil aviation", the Italian admiral reportedly said.

The reported comments echoed remarks made by a military official of Libya's new leadership on Saturday.

General Mohammed Adia, in charge of armaments at the defence ministry, told reporters that "about 5000" SAM-7 anti-aircraft rockets were missing.

"Unfortunately, some of these missiles could have fallen into the wrong hands ... abroad," the general told reporters at a former arms depot of ousted Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi.

The United States has said it is working closely with Libya's new interim leaders to secure arms stockpiles, amid concerns over weapons proliferation.

The US State Department has provided $US3 million ($A3.08 million) to help destroy weapons.

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