Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Thousands Of Surface-to-Air Missiles Missing In Libya


Nightmare In Libya: Thousands Of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted For -- ABC News

The White House announced today it planned to expand a program to secure and destroy Libya's huge stockpile of dangerous surface-to-air missiles, following an ABC News report that large numbers of them continue to be stolen from unguarded military warehouses.

Currently the U.S. State Department has one official on the ground in Libya, as well as five contractors who specialize in "explosive ordinance disposal", all working with the rebel Transitional National Council to find the looted missiles, White House spokesperson Jay Carney told reporters.

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My Comment: My gut has this terrible feeling that some of these missiles are going to end up in the hands of people who want to do great harm to us .... and they will try their best to succeed.

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