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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 SA14s [...]]]></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>New Information on Somali MANPADS</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_information_on_somali_manp.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_information_on_somali_manp.php#comments</comments>
		<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 Belarusian [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/video_shows_somali_insurgent_w.php#comments</comments>
		<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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/01/somalia_dont_forget_about_the_.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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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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		<title>Arms to Somalia: Déjà vu</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/11/arms_to_somalia_dj_vu.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/11/arms_to_somalia_dj_vu.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest report from the UN group that monitors the arms embargo on Somalia has caused quite a stir, generating extensive news coverage and eliciting vehement denials from governments accused of violating the embargo.  But, as underscored by declassified US intelligence documents from the 1990s, such disregard for the embargo is nothing new.
The documents, [...]]]></description>
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