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Monday, August 02, 2010

Taliban don't have stinger missiles: Gates


US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed reports that Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan use anti-aircraft stinger missiles similar to those directed against Soviet forces in the 1980s.

"I don't think so," Gates told CNN's "State of the Union" program in response to a question on the matter.

Documents released by whistleblowers' website WikiLeaks one week ago suggested Taliban insurgents had the shoulder-fired, heat-seeking, surface-to-air missiles.

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