Word: 47s
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...time when its president behaves like another authoritarian leader sitting on vast fossil fuel reserves—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Furthering his “Bolivarian” revolution and profiting from his oily dollars, Chávez is buying military equipment from Spain and AK-47s (guess where from) for his growing “security forces.” As the Bush administration turns its eyes away from Latin America, Chávez buys influence in the region by aiding Caribbean economies and helping his Argentine “brother” President...
Security was lax at the Olympic Village. Wearing sweat suits, eight men simply climbed over a 6-ft. barrier around the village at 4:10 a.m. Armed with AK-47s, they rounded up 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and a referee, shooting two dead early on. The terrorists demanded the release of 234 prisoners from Israeli jails. Negotiations were ruled out by the Israelis, but the Germans began fake ones to buy time. In the afternoon, the Black September commander, distinctive in his white hat, insisted that his team and the hostages be flown to Cairo...
...chartered by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) to ship aid to Africa's neediest. The pirates hooked a small metal ladder to the ship and scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," remembers Mahalingam. The boarders were barefoot but carrying pistols, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge where, in halting English, they demanded to see the captain; they quizzed Mahalingam and his nine-man crew-eight Kenyans and a Tanzanian-about their religion and told them they were being taken hostage. "The pirates were very calm," says...
...Ethiopia to escape the vicious civil war between Sudan's Christian south, where he was born, and the Muslim north. In Ethiopia, the boys were given books and English lessons, but when the aid agencies weren't looking, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (spla) gave them AK-47s and uniforms and sent them into battle, first in Ethiopia and then in southern Sudan. Jal, a 9-year-old officer with the passion of a freedom fighter, rarely saw the face of his enemies, who mostly attacked the child fighters with gunships and shells. "Young people are so brave when...
...about the time that the shooting stopped at Leonardo da Vinci, three men in dirty pants and combat jackets ran up the steps to the second-floor departure area at Vienna's Schwechat Airport. They opened fire with AK-47s. Passengers waiting to check in for E1 A1 Flight 364 to Tel Aviv threw themselves on the floor or leaped over ticket counters in panic. Police and E1 A1 security guards returned the fire, but the terrorists managed to get within 30 ft. of the counter. They rolled three hand grenades across the floor like bowling balls toward their victims...