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...handlers to get a van driver's license. Ansari then allegedly scoped out more targets in Mumbai: a long list of prominent buildings from the U.S. consulate to the state legislature building. According to the official dossier on his case, the van was meant to ferry AK-47s and hand grenades. But "the delivery of weapons could not materialize and the plan was postponed," Ansari told investigators. He and Ahmed, who had helped him cross into India without a passport, were both arrested in February 2008. Plan A had fizzled...
...Human Touch Kamarullah, 43, once carried an ak-47 assault rifle through this forest. Today, he grips four fireworks in one hand and a disposable lighter in the other, to scare off wild elephants. Kamarullah, who goes by a single name, is a lithe, taciturn man who spent eight years fighting for GAM; one of his five daughters was born in hiding in the jungle. How many enemy troops did he kill? "I didn't count," he says, grinning shyly...
...terrific non-lethal weapon," and said cargo ships plying those waters should also use other means - slippery foam and barbed wire around ships' entry and exit points - to ward off pirates. But kinder, gentler techniques have their limits. "At the end of the day, if your opponent has an AK-47, the LRAD is not quite as effective as that AK-47," he said. "A well-placed round from an M-16 is far more effective than that LRAD...
...There's also the psychological impact of living under constant stress, worrying about whether family members will be stopped by security forces. For a visitor to Kashmir, the number of checkpoints and bunkers, all manned by soldiers carrying AK-47s and sometimes just feet apart, is hard to ignore. But more unsettling are the curfews, called during major protests, elections or any time authorities see fit. They are unpredictable, and breaking curfew can mean arrest. So Srinagar tends to empty out after dark; some shopkeepers who used to keep late hours have simply given up, pulling down shutters before...
...down with his wife, who wore big boots and a blue bandanna that tied back long kinky hair. "We should secede," she said, almost to herself. Over her jungle-camo jacket she strung a bandolier that held what looked like the 7.62 mm rounds for her AK-47, the rifle she calls "my baby" because "it kicks just a little bit and has a deep sound." But there was nothing deadly about her ammo: the shell casings were affixed with pencil points. "The point being," the novelist explained, "that we should make our pencils our bullets...