Een grote slag gewonnen tegen Al Qaeda! Brit gevangen genomen! SAM proberen verkopen aan de terroristen! Boe!!
Of misschien toch niet:
“Here we have a sting operation on some kind of small operator ? who’s bought one weapon when actually, on the gray and black market, hundreds of such weapons charge hands,” said military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer.
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The missile shipped into the New York area last month was not a real missile ? just a mockup ? also arranged entirely by the government. The government also arranged the meetings at a New Jersey hotel and elsewhere, where Lakhani allegedly told undercover agents posing as al Qaeda terrorists about his support of bin Laden.
“One would have to ask yourself, would this have occurred at all without the government?” said Gerald Lefcourt, a criminal defense attorney.
In London today, Lakhani’s neighbors described him as a quiet man who worked in the garment industry and had faced serious financial problems.
“I would have hoped the United States is thwarting real terrorism and not something manufactured because here all they’re doing is stopping something they created,” said Lefcourt.
[ABC News]