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weapons stories: 36 news summaries

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 Israel Captures Alleged 
 Iranian Arms Ship 

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says

Nov 4, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were... More »

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Iran • Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Mediterranean Sea • search and seizure • weapons • arms smuggling

NEW REPORT

 Guns Failed 
 US Troops in 
 Afghan Firefight 

M-4, built for extreme conditions, jammed repeatedly in heavy fire

Oct 11, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(AP) - As militants surrounded the remote Afghanistan base of Wanat on July 13, 2008, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M-4 carbine quit firing. The machine gun he grabbed in desperation didn't work, either. When the battle ended, nine US soldiers lay dead and 27 more were wounded. A detailed study of the... More »

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US troops • weapons • automatic weapons • Afghanistan war • Wanat



 N. Korea Fires 
 2 Short- Range 
 Missiles: Reports 

Regime said to fire weapons off east coast

Jul 2, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(AP) - North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports that could not be immediately verified. As the AP reports, North Korea issued a no-sail zone in waters off its east coast through July 10, viewed as a prelude to such missile tests. A South Korean news... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • missile • weapons • test

 N. Korean Ship Reverses Course

Suspected weapons vessel may be headed back home

Jul 1, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The North Korean cargo ship being monitored by the US Navy has abruptly changed course and may be heading home, Reuters reports. The Kang Nam, believed to have been carrying arms to Burma, was being tracked under toughened UN sanctions instituted after the country's recent nuclear test. "We've no... More »

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North Korea • ship • Burma • UN sanctions • US Navy • weapons • Kang Nam

Secret Envoy Paves Way for Burma Visit
by UN Chief

Ban to press for Aung San Suu Kyi release

Jun 26, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(AP) - A UN special envoy began a secret trip to Burma today to pave the way for a possible visit by Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, that would be politically delicate because of the continuing trial of imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Human rights groups are urging Ban not... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Ibrahim Gambari • weapons • Ban Ki-Moon

 Fans Cheer TI at 
 'Bye Bash' Before Prison 

48 hours before prison, Atlanta rapper
sells out arena

May 25, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - TI returned to his native Atlanta to play a sold out "Goodbye Bash" last night, just two days before he reports to a federal prison for a weapons conviction. Many of his fans expressed support for the convicted rapper, whom they described as a role model, reports the Atlanta ... More »

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entertainment • Atlanta • conviction • hip-hop • rap music • weapons • T.I. • Jay-ZTV

 Iran Claims to Launch 
 Long-Range Missile 

Ahmadinejad reports new test of arms that could reach Israel

May 20, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran test-fired a new advanced missile today with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims. The reported launch comes two days after Barack Obama said he would seek deeper international sanctions against Iran if it shunned US attempts to... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • missile • weapons • nuclear arsenal • nuclear test

(Newser) - The tense peace between Myanmar’s military rulers and various armed ethnic groups may fracture into war next year when the government implements a controversial new constitution, the New York Times reports. The constitution requires the rebels to disarm, without granting them the de facto autonomy they currently enjoy in... More »

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civil war • war • constitution • drug trade • Myanmar • Burma • ethnic conflict • jade • weapons • timber

Pentagon to Add 20K Jobs
in Arms-Buying Overhaul

Obama says acquisitions program has 'run amok'

May 7, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Defense Department will add 20,000 jobs over the next 5 years in an overhaul of its $100 billion weapons-buying process, Reuters reports. New regulations will tie compensation more closely to performance, and the Pentagon will require “real, substantial” tax savings in any multiyear deals, a deputy defense... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Defense • arms deal • weapons • job • job creation • Obama administration • arms sales • President Obama

 US Amps Up Planning for Cyber Arms Race  
  

Obama set to announce big steps in digital defense program

Apr 28, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - With daily attacks on both public and private computer systems in the US mounting into the thousands, President Obama is expected to announce an overhaul of US strategy to defend against cyberwarfare—building on a $17 billion program Congress approved last year—and name a White House cyberwarfare boss, the... More »

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Internet • cyberwarfare • malware • weapons • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama wants to add muscle to America’s promise to curb the flow of weapons to Mexico’s drug cartels. After meeting with Mexican leader Felipe Calderon today, Obama said he would push the Senate to ratify a decade-old treaty on the matter, the Washington Post reports. President Clinton... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Senate • weapons • Organization of American States • arms trafficking • guns • President Obama • smuggling

 Taliban Flouts 
 Deal to Disarm 
 in NW Pakistan 

Critics see signs that nascent deal won't quell violence

Apr 16, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban's refusal to disarm in Pakistan's Swat province—believed to be a provision of the recent deal that officially brought Islamic law in the area—raises doubts about the prospects for peace, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The strict cleric who brokered the Swat deal agreed to the weapons... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Asif Ali Zardari • weapons • Swat Valley

New Sniper Rifles Boost Range, Accuracy

Pirate standoff calls attention to classified Pentagon project

Apr 16, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The M107 sniper rifle is enjoying its pirate-fueled moment in the sun, but don't get used to it: Firearms being developed in a super-secret Pentagon program will extend snipers' range from 800 or so meters to more than 2,000 without losing accuracy, Time reports. What's more, bullets created... More »

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military • Pentagon • US Army • pirates • US Navy • weapons • sniper • defense contractors • sharpshooter

Obama Moves to Halt 'River' of Guns, Drugs to Mexico

Adds top cartels to 'drug kingpin' list

Apr 16, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of an important meeting with Mexico’s president, President Obama yesterday imposed sanctions against the top Mexican drug cartels in a move intended to slow cross-border drugs and weapons trafficking, the Washington Post reports. After speeding up a process that normally takes a year, he added three... More »

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drugs • Mexico • drug cartel • weapons • border • arms trafficking • drug traffickers • President Obama



 Should Ship Crews be Armed? 

Piracy danger raises old questions

Apr 13, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the latest wave of piracy off Somalia, experts are once again questioning whether commercial ships’ crews should be armed, the New York Times reports. Ship owners had been against the idea, fearing liability and worrying that armed crews might be killed by pirates, rather than taken hostage. But increased... More »

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Somalia • piracy • arms • pirates • weapons • crew members • Richard Phillips

Israel Suspected of Jan. Bombing in Sudan

39 died in raid by foreign military, but no confirmation

Mar 26, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan said today that foreign fighter planes carried out an attack in January on 17 trucks carrying weapons to Gaza, amid reports that the Israeli Air Force was behind the bombardment. The strike killed 39 people near the Sudan-Egypt border soon after the start of the war in the Gaza... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Sudan • Egypt • weapons • airstrike • Israeli Air Force

 Drug Cartels Winning 
 Mexican Arms Race 

Traffickers using military-grade weapons to take on police

Mar 14, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police are finding themselves hopelessly outgunned by drug cartels with military-grade weaponry, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities say the arms race is escalating rapidly as the cartels, competing with each other as well as with security forces, acquire grenade launchers, anti-tank rockets and other heavy weaponry of the... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • arms race • drug cartel • weapons • grenade

Somali Pirates Score $3.2M 
Ransom, Release Arms Ship

Pirates receive $3.2M ransom after September hijacking

Feb 5, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Crime does pay—to the tune of the $3.2 million ransom that Somali pirates collected today in exchange for releasing a Ukrainian ship they hijacked in September, reports the BBC. The pirates had initially sought $20 million for the arms-laden MV Faina, which had been en route to Kenya.... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • ship • piracy • Ukraine • pirates • weapons • ransom

Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

Jan 29, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • George Mitchell • smuggler • weapons • Gaza blockade • Obama administration

Details Emerge on Belgian
Baby Killer

Thousands march to honor dead; worker praised as a hero

Jan 25, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Details of a Belgian daycare stabbing spree emerged today as thousands marched to honor three dead and 12 wounded in the attack, the Telegraph and AP report. A photo has surfaced of suspect Kim de Gelder, a loner who sniggered during police questioning and refused to cooperate. Police believe he... More »

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Belgium • crime • baby • toddler • stabbing • daycare • killings • weapons

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