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...statistics are better than ours. We are not known for defense, we are known for offense. Of late we are playing good defense, so hopefully we can put both of those ends of the court together.” Harvard has been dominant all season with its run-and-gun offensive system. The Crimson is an offensive powerhouse, averaging 69.5 points per game. However, Harvard will need a solid performance all around to keep Dartmouth at bay. “I think it will come down to playing strong defense, boxing out, all those simple little things we need...
...houses is easier than finding a job in 'Pindi," says Imran Asghar, a crime reporter for the English-language Daily Times. But to rob a house, Qasab needed weapons. So on Dec. 19, 2007, an important Muslim holiday, he set out for Raja Bazaar, a congested boulevard crammed with gun shops and decorated with hand-painted billboards portraying men hoisting AK-47s. Seeking guns in Raja Bazaar was an amateur move (even in 'Pindi, without a license, you won't get a gun from a shop), but it led Qasab to a LeT stall that had been...
Killing for Paradise The organizers at Muridke, however, had different plans for Qasab. After his initial training in the philosophy of jihad, he was sent to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, where he finally got the opportunity to handle a gun. "We were taken in a vehicle to a place called Mansera, [where] we were given training of all weapons for 21 days," Qasab says in his confession. In the subsequent four months of training, Qasab learned to fire AK-47s, studied the Indian security agencies and was trained in the "handling of hand grenade, rocket launchers and mortars, Uzi gun, pistol...
...Phoenix U.S. Guns On Trial? Jury selection began March 3 in the trial of George Iknadosian, an Arizona gun-shop owner accused of knowingly selling weapons to buyers working for Mexican drug cartels. Federal authorities estimate that nearly 9 out of every 10 guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes can be traced to U.S. gun shops. Iknadosian faces a sentence of up to 250 years if convicted. Last year alone, more than 6,000 people were killed in Mexican drug violence...
...currently lives under the Italian government’s police protection.Garrone takes us inside five fictionalized stories of ordinary people whose lives and professions are attached to the city’s far-reaching organized crime problems. There’s Totò, the boy who hides a gun and bag of drugs during a police raid and is rewarded with initiation into a local gang, only to be sucked into the violence of neighborhood gang warfare. Franco is a waste management official who oversees the Camorra’s side business of illegally dumping toxic waste, poisoning the local...