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jacksdad
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Posted: November 30 2013 at 11:58am |
Wonder where these were headed?
Jamaican Authorities Seize 3,300 WarheadsKINGSTON, Jamaica November 29, 2013 (AP)
Police in Jamaica say authorities have seized 3,300 missile warheads and a machine to make missiles and bullets. Deputy Police Superintendent Steve Brown said Friday that custom officials discovered the weapons late Thursday aboard a ship at Kingston Wharf. He declined to say where the shipment originated from or its destination. No one has been arrested. Brown told reporters that police are seeking helping from international agencies after their findings. He said it was the first time authorities had made such a discovery. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jamaican-authorities-seize-3300-warheads-21049996 |
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Johnray1
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Do you know where these war heads are being to? Johnray1
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Johnray1
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Jacksdad and everyone else,does any one know where these warheads were being sent to.? Johnray
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jacksdad
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Nope - all I could find was the same article with the same wording on all the media outlets I checked. Bizarre story.
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Johnray1
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jacksdad,I have also checked the media outlets and it is all the same release of no information, I wonder if they were headed for the many Terrorists that have been crossing out of Mexico into this country for a long time now. They disappear into cells as some as they get across the boarder and many stay in Mexico.But there are many already in this country and Canada.Maybe things are going to start to get exciting?Johnray1 P.S. When I say there are many already in this country,I mean thousands,not a dozen or two.The sacry thing is that I do not believe that our Homeland Security knows its butt from a hole in the ground.
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jacksdad
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Johnray1 - kind of weird that a story that could well have terrorist connections isn't getting more press. Maybe we'll learn more in the next few days.
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Seawolfe
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It would good to know what type and size were discovered. Something with an IR seeker head could bring down aircraft. HE stuff could be for RPGs. Any of them in the wrong hands are dangerous.
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3,300 warheads, missile machinery found at Jamaican port
The unauthorized arms shipment was discovered Thursday afternoon in a police and customs operation carried out at a berth of Kingston Wharves, the RJR News site reported. A high-level investigation has been launched, and Jamaican police have asked for assistance from international law enforcement, the news service said. It was unclear from any of the reports of the seized ordnance how large the warheads were, what type of launch device they were intended to arm or whether the shipment's end destination was Jamaica or another country. Jamaica has long been rife with gang violence and local drug wars, but arms intended for more wide-scale conflict haven't previously been intercepted in the Caribbean country, Deputy Superintendent Steve Brown of the Jamaica Constabulary Force told the Gleaner newspaper. "It's the first we are seeing something like this," Brown said. Gun ranges in Jamaica have applied over the years for permits to make weapons and ammunition, but the government has always refused, Brown said, out of fear that the equipment could get into the wrong hands. Authorities declined to disclose the origin of the shipment but identified a Jamaican from the town of Manchester whom they are seeking in the belief that he can assist in the probe, Brown said. http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-jamaica-port-3300-warheads-found-20131129,0,6285493.story#axzz2mBkw8KuP |
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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Johnray1
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jacksdad,we have to learn more about it in the near future.If these missiles are meant to used in terrorist attacks or any kind of attacks it could be a big thing. They did not say what kind of warheads they were. I know the RPG and I fought against them in Vietnam,3,300 of these things in our country would be terrifying. ------There are known to be several thousand missiles that are missing and they are shoulder fired and heat seekers to bring down airplanes,this would be even worse.There are known to be well over ten thousand of these types of missilise that are missing from Libya. Some one has them and they have not been used any where,so it could be them. I wonder how many shipments have made it through,or if this is the first shipment. Johnray1
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Hello DrJohn - it is good to see you again.
I am searching as well and I did find this. It may be the same story. This is AP actually... http://bismarcktribune.com/news/world/jamaican-authorities-seize-warheads/article_3637e2cd-3558-5e44-a3b5-a37f18fb6e5a.html Considering many people may not know where Jamaica is - I have included this as well. http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/jamaica/index.html Good to see you again. Medclinician |
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