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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; November 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/12/missile-watch-november-2010.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; June 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; February 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 3, Issue 1 February 2010 Editor: Matt Schroeder Contributing Author: Matt Buongiorno Graphics: Alexis Paige Contents: Global Overview Afghanistan: No recent discoveries of shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles in insurgent arms caches Eritrea: UN slaps arms embargo on major missile proliferator Iraq: Fewer public reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch #4: Global Update (January – March 2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/04/missile-watch-4-global-update-january-%e2%80%93-march-2009.php</link>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch No. 2: Somalia</title>
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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 Mukhtar [...]]]></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>New Information on Somali MANPADS</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_information_on_somali_manp.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest report from the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia contains additional information about the shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles used by Islamic insurgents to shoot down a Belarusian cargo aircraft in March. Below is an excerpt from the UN report: On 23 March 2007, at approximately 1700 hours, an IL-76 cargo plane belonging to Transaviaexport, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Shows Somali Insurgent with Sophisticated SA-18 Missile</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/video_shows_somali_insurgent_w.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the Washington Post posted an Associated Press story with a video still of a man in civilian clothes holding what appears to be an advanced SA-18 Igla man-portable air defense system (MANPADS).* To date, the only MANPADS reported to be in the arsenals of the Somali insurgents were the less sophisticated SA-7.** The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Shoulder-fired Missiles in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/05/update_shoulder-fired_missiles.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 20:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article on the resurgence of Islamic rebels in Somalia, Associated Press reporter Chris Tomlinson provides new information on the shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles allegedly supplied to Somali Islamists last year. Tomlinson claims that the Shabab &#8211; the military wing of the Council of Islamic Courts &#8211; received 200 shoulder-fired missiles from Eritrea, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: Don&#8217;t Forget about the Missiles&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/01/somalia_dont_forget_about_the_.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the war against Islamist fighters drawing to a close, Somalia’s transitional government and its foreign allies now face several Herculean tasks: bringing to heel the warlords and militias that have terrorized the country for fifteen years, winning over the various clans and sub-clans that dominate Somali politics, rebuilding the nation&#8217;s devastated infrastructure, etc, etc, [...]]]></description>
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