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Nightmare In Libya: 20,000 Surface-to-Air Missiles Missing

20,000 Surface-To-Air Missiles On The Loose In Libya
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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.

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