Man held by FBI over 'missile terror plot'

A British man was appearing in a US court today after being arrested by the FBI over an alleged plot to smuggle into the United States a shoulder-fired missile capable of taking down a commercial airliner.

The suspected arms dealer was arrested in New Jersey after agreeing to sell a sophisticated Russian SA-18 Igla missile to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Muslim extremist, according to a US government law enforcement official.