Copies of this manual. Lying on the floor heap, stack, down a wall, kind of like photocopying, binding materials.
In this case, students in addition to the al qaeda fighters in Mali. A detailed guide manuals, charts and pictures, how to use weapons, especially involving the United States: A surface to air missile can down commercial aircraft.
Arabic by ap in timbuktu in the islamic maghreb "base" organization has occupied buildings recover 26 pages of documents, it is strongly recommended that group now has 7 SA - surface to air missile, known as the holy grail of the pentagon, according to terrorism experts. It confirmed that al qaeda cells actively training soldiers on the use of these weapons, also known as the man-portable air defense systems, or shoulder-launched missile, it might be from former Libyan strongman of colonel qaddafi's arsenals.
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Editor's note - this is the fourth story series in a chance based on thousands of pages by the Associated Press earlier this year in timbuktu, Mali, "base" organization's internal documents.
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"Clearly constitutes" idiots guide "the existence of portable air defense system" is al qaeda in the islamic maghreb missile strong circumstantial evidence, "said the Atlantic council, former U.S. military command in Africa adviser analyst Peter van and American special forces military instructor." Why people too lazy to write a guide, if you don't have a weapon? ...... If al qaeda islamic maghreb has not only advanced man-portable air defense system, but also fighters who know how to use them effectively, "he added," then the effect is significant, not only in the present conflict, but the security across north Africa and west Africa, and possibly beyond. "
If this is the first "base" organization transmitte think there's a shoulder-fired missiles - they cycle in Afghanistan and Iraq, and, more recently, a terrorist group claimed in somalia have SA - 7 video. But the United States desperately want to come out, to keep weapons of al qaeda on the continent of Africa's largest union, based in Mali. Before in the spring of 2011, and even stopped the fighting in tripoli, flew to Libya, the United States team to ensure that qaddafi store thousands of heat-seeking shoulder-launched missiles.
When they arrived there, many had been looted.
"Man-portable air defense system is particularly popular," Peter said to him, human rights watch emergencies minister, Bouckaert catalog without weapons ammunition warehouse and dozens of tag box surface to air missile code can get them.
This manual is considered by osama bin laden's terrorist from encyclopedia editor. It increases the found by the French forces in their land assault in Mali earlier this year, including found SA - 7 battery pack and transmitting tube evidence of weapons, according to the military reports and aviation officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to comment.
Knowledge, terrorist weapons have changed the French for 5 months, in Mali. They use is more fighter jets, rather than a helicopter flew to the range of 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers), from above the ground, although it makes it more difficult to against the jihadists. They also make cargo planes land and take off steeper limit how long they inherit, DHL freight aircraft wing after 2003, SA - 14 similar practices, in Iraq.
They have increased their surveillance in Bamako in Mali international airport, according to air France officials and researchers serval power operation. All three of these conditions on condition of anonymity to speak, because they are not authorized to comment.
"Every day a patrol," said the French army officer. "This is entrusted Mali one of the things we do not have because the risk is high."
First introduced in the 1960 s in Soviet union SA - 7 is designed to be portable. Great sea pipe, it can be packaged into a duffel bag, easy to carry. It can afford, with some SA - 7, at a price of $5000.
Since 1975, at least 40 civilian aircraft was shot in the different types of shoulder-fired missiles, killing about 28 crashes and more than 800 deaths around the world, according to the U.S. department of state.
SA - 7 is the old model, which means that most of the military aircraft equipped with a built-in protection mechanisms to prevent it. But that is not under the condition of commercial aircraft, the threat is one of the biggest civil aviation.
In Kenya, in 2002, suspected islamic extremists of the Boeing 757 plane was carrying 271 holidaymakers fired two SA - 7 back to Israel, but missed it. Militants use of weapons in Iraq, and YouTube video everywhere claims according to Syrian rebels use SA - 7 regime aircraft shot down.
SA - 7 tracks directly towards the light heat, within the plane of the engine itself. It will take time, but, in fact, within the scope of the fire. Jihadists in Mali has hit the plane failure may mean that they will not itself to commercial flights in the airport nearby, or they don't have received comprehensive training, use of missiles.
"This is not a" fire and forget "weapons", said Bruce hoffman, Georgetown university, director of the center for security research." There is a paradox, on the one hand, it is not easy to use, but for any commercial aircraft, there is no defense. This is not possible to prevent it from... If terrorists start training, and learn how to use them, we will be in a big trouble. "
In timbuktu, SA - 7 part of the training course in 'holy war college is located in front of a police station, jean-paul Rouiller said, Geneva, director of the center for training and terrorism analysis, three experts who review the AP manual. It is located in financial YuSuanSi construction manuals from the ministry of education found that less than 3 miles (5 km).
Neighbors said they see every day running circle of foreign fighters, carry out shooting, inhalation and held her breath pipe shaped object on their shoulders. The drill is the standard practice of shoulder carrying missiles, including SA - 7.



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