Bush and Putin swap praise over terror missile sting

United States President George Bush called Russian President Vladimir Putin today to swap praise over the international sting operation which foiled an attempt to sell a shoulder-launched missile to terrorists in the US, the Kremlin said.

The sting earlier this week resulted in the arrest of an alleged arms dealer from Britain who is accused by the US of arranging to sell the weapon, which could have been used to shoot down an airliner.