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		<title>Missile Watch: Global Update (April &#8211; October 2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/missile-watch-global-update-april-october-2009.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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Missile Watch
A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project
Vol. 2, Issue 2
October 2009
Written by Matt Schroeder and Scoville Fellow Matt Buongiorno

&#160;
Table of Contents:
Honduras/Mexico: Alleged arms trafficker offered to sell &#8220;17 or 18 surface-to-air missiles,&#8221; claims US informant
Kenya: MANPADS threat affects US air travel to Nairobi
Russia: 20 MANPADS seized from militants in North Caucasus region
Sri [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documents obtained by FAS shed some light on Viktor Bout case, but key questions remain</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/documents-obtained-by-fas-shed-some-light-on-viktor-bout-case-but-key-questions-remain.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Schroeder
Documents provided to the Federation of American Scientists by the US Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Southern District of New York provide additional details about the case against alleged arms trafficker Viktor Bout, but many important questions remain (publicly) unanswered. Below is a brief summary of these documents and their significance.
Background
Viktor Bout and an alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securing Venezuela’s Arsenals</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/08/securing-venezuela%e2%80%99s-arsenals.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Schroeder 

The recent discovery of Swedish AT-4 anti-tank rockets sold to Venezuela in a Colombian rebel arms cache raises serious questions about Venezuela’s ability to safeguard its arsenal of modern weaponry, including dozens of advanced SA-24 shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles.  Given the potential threat posed by these missiles and other weapons in Venezuela’s rapidly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Missile Plot had Little Chance of Success, but ‘Stinger Stings’ are Valuable Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the FBI thwarted an alleged terrorist plot to shoot down a military cargo plane with a Stinger missile.  According to a criminal complaint obtained by the New York Times, four men were arrested on charges of conspiring to use “a surface-to-air missile system to destroy military aircraft at the New York Air National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch #4: Global Update (January – March 2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan
In March, the Sunday Times of London reported on the Taliban’s alleged acquisition of Iranian-supplied SA-14 missiles, which the Afghan insurgent group reportedly wants for a “spectacular” attack on coalition forces. The accusation reportedly came from unidentified “American intelligence sources.” According to the Sunday Times, “…coalition forces only became aware of the presence of SA14s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch #3: Black Market Missiles Still Common in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a million dollar buyback program and hundreds of raids on illicit weapons caches, US and Iraqi forces are still finding surface-to-air missiles in insurgent stockpiles.  US military press releases and media reports reveal that, since October 2006, at least 121 such missiles have been recovered, along with 4 additional launchers and various components.  These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch No. 2: Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/09/missile-watch-2-somalia.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN and AFP are reporting that the Shabaab, a militant wing of a Somali insurgent group, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), has threatened to treat “as an enemy combatant” any plane that attempts to land at Mogadishu  Airport.  According to AFP, the threat, which was posted on the Internet, was confirmed by Shabaab leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch: Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/missile-watch-somalia.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its on-going efforts to track and call attention to the illicit trade in shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles, the FAS is launching a new e-newsletter called “Missile Watch.” Subscribers will receive periodic updates on the black market trade in shoulder-fired missiles, stockpiling and use of these missiles by non-state groups, and related topics. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Igla missiles “available immediately” to Victor Bout, claims associate</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/03/igla-missiles-%e2%80%9cavailable-immediately%e2%80%9d-to-victor-bout-claims-associate.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/03/igla-missiles-%e2%80%9cavailable-immediately%e2%80%9d-to-victor-bout-claims-associate.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, famed arms merchant Victor Bout was arrested at a Thai hotel on charges of selling weapons to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a 40-year-old insurgent group known for drug trafficking and terrorist attacks. In recent years, Bout and his affiliates have been accused of arranging illicit arms transfers in Africa, Latin America, Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAS Obtains DHS Report on Programs to Counter the Shoulder-fired Missile Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/10/fas_obtains_dhs_report_on_prog.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the FAS, the Department of Homeland Security has released a December 2005 report to Congress on the status of DHS&#8217;s efforts to counter the threat from man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) to commercial airliners.
The report, which Congress required as part of the Intelligence Reform [...]]]></description>
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