17.06.2013, 07:54
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16:19 | 2013-06-16
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia plans to supply the Syrian opposition with anti-aircraft missiles to counter President Bashar al-Assad's air force, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday.
The article, citing a classified report received by the German foreign intelligence service and the German government last week, said Riyadh was looking at sending European-made Mistral-class MANPADS, or man-portable air-defense systems.
Der Spiegel noted the shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles can target low-flying aircraft including helicopters and had given mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan a decisive edge against Soviet troops in the 1980s.
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Nur zu, ... allerdings würde ich nicht ausschleßen, dass diese nach Beschlagnahmung in "Falsche Hände" geraten.