Report: US-bound missiles discovered on Lebanon-Serbia flight

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Report: US-bound missiles discovered on Lebanon-Serbia flight

http://www.albawaba.com/news/report-us-bound-missiles-discovered-lebanon-serbia-flight-816672

Published March 14th, 2016 - 08:30 GMT via SyndiGate.info
 

Serbian authorities said they are investigating reports that a cargo package bound for the US containing two missiles was discovered on a passenger flight from Lebanon to Serbia, The Associated Press reported on Sunday.

Serbian N1 television channel said the package - with two guided armor-piercing missiles with explosive warheads - was found Saturday by a sniffer dog when the Air Serbia flight from Beirut landed in Belgrade.

According to Serbian media reports, documents in the cargo package listed the final destination for the AGM-114 Hellfire missiles as Portland, Oregon. The American-made missiles can be fired from air, sea, or ground platforms.

Air Serbia is assisting in the investigation, saying "security and safety are the main priorities for Air Serbia."

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Missiles from Iran-Allied Territory Intercepted On Way to US

http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262148/missiles-iran-allied-territory-intercepted-way-us-daniel-greenfield

March 13, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
 

This is an interesting, but still very much a developing story.

     Serbia's authorities are investigating reports that a cargo package bound for the U.S. containing two missiles with explosive warheads was found on a passenger flight from Lebanon to Serbia.

    N1 television said the package with two guided armor-piercing missiles was discovered Saturday by a sniffer dog after an Air Serbia flight from Beirut landed at Belgrade airport.

    Serbian media say documents listed the final destination for the AGM-114 Hellfire missiles as Portland, Oregon.

The Lebanon origin is what makes this story somewhat different because the country is currently dominated by Iran and its Shiite terrorist allies. So if this was a terrorist plot, which we don't know that it was, it appears likelier to have originated from Iran than from ISIS. Portland however was the site of a more conventional Sunni Islamic terror plot. But Shiites also have a presence there.

Another twist was the recently "misplaced" Hellfire that ended up in Cuba.

But where would Iran have gotten hellfire missiles? Like most of the US equipment in the hands of Shiite terrorists, Iraq. The US has sold plenty of hellfires to Iraq. And Iraq's government and military these days is controlled by Iran's Shiite puppets.

J.E Dyer, formerly of Naval Intelligence, has more analysis.

    "The interesting thing about this – besides the surreal, live-warhead missile aspect – is that the direct link appears to be to Iran-backed Shias.  At each link in the chain, that is the simplest possibility.

    ISIS and Al-Qaeda are Sunnis – and neither outfit is plugged in directly with a national army that has authorized access to Hellfires.  Nor would a flight from Lebanon be their first choice to move Hellfire missiles to the U.S."

Hezbollah is however involved in major international smuggling operations.