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| | Many MANPADS manufactured during the [[Cold War]] have an extremely long shelf-life of decades, and are fully operational given proper storage conditions. | | Many MANPADS manufactured during the [[Cold War]] have an extremely long shelf-life of decades, and are fully operational given proper storage conditions. |
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| − | During the [[Libyan War|effort by rebels]] to oust the United States' [[War on Terror]] [[ally]],<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref> [[Libya]]n dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], more than 20,000 Soviet-constructed MANPADS went unaccounted for and fell into the hands of radical [[Islam]]ic [[terrorist]] groups, and remain unaccounted for.<ref> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199#.UZ4nrYdwrng | + | During the [[Libyan War|effort by rebels]] to oust the United States' [[War on Terror]] [[ally]],<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref> [[Libya]]n dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]], more than 20,000 Soviet-constructed MANPADS went unaccounted for and fell into the hands of radical [[Islam]]ic [[terrorist]] groups, and remain unaccounted for.<ref> https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199#.UZ4nrYdwrng |
| | Libyan missiles on the loose, By David Ignatius, Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012 | | Libyan missiles on the loose, By David Ignatius, Washington Post Opinion writer, May 8, 2012 |
| | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd | | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd |
| − | http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/48427738 | + | https://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/48427738 |
| | Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization? Hot Air website.</ref> Amb. [[Christopher Stevens]] was put in charge of the covert operation to locate and buy back unaccounted MANPADS at the time of the [[Benghazi massacre]]. | | Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization? Hot Air website.</ref> Amb. [[Christopher Stevens]] was put in charge of the covert operation to locate and buy back unaccounted MANPADS at the time of the [[Benghazi massacre]]. |
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