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NEWS ABOUT: AK-47

AK-47 stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

Tired of Pirate Attacks?
Time to Call Blackwater

US forces aren't coming, Shippers need to hire their own army

Dec 11, 08 6:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Somali hijackers have free rein around the Horn of Africa, and neither the US nor any other nation has a prayer of stopping them with their ineffectual patrols. What to do? Call in the troops—or, more precisely, the fomer troops, writes Peter Hannaford in the American Spectator. Namely,... More »

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Somalia • Blackwater • GPS • pirates • Navy SEALs • security contractors • AK-47

ANALYSIS

 AK-47s Flooding US Cities 

Gun dealers skirt import ban, as assaults with semiautomatics skyrocket

Jul 17, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least one of America’s borders is wide open: Gun manufacturers are selling imported semiautomatic weapons with ease ever since the Bush administration allowed 1994's assault weapons ban to lapse, writes Bruce Falconer for Mother Jones. “We’re being flooded with these AK-47s,” said Miami’s... More »

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Bush administration • ATF • AK-47 • gun ban • assault weapons • guns

Israel Arrests 8 in Yeshiva Attack

Gunman had ties to Hamas; family members detained

Mar 9, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli police have arrested eight people in Thursday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem seminary, including the father, two brothers, and two cousins of the gunman, who was killed by an off-duty soldier during the attack. The gunman was apparently following orders of Hamas leaders in Syria and Hezbollah, Palestinian sources... More »

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Hamas • Hezbollah • gunman • yeshiva • Ala Abu Dehein • Merkaz Harav yeshiva • Jewish seminary • AK-47

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