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...star of more than 100 Bollywood films; of illegal-weapons possession, stemming from an investigation into the 1993 Bombay bombings that killed 257, the deadliest terror attack in the nation's history; in Bombay. While Dutt had been accused of obtaining an AK-56 rifle and a 9-mm pistol from an alleged conspirator in the bombing, the judge found there was insufficient evidence linking the guns to a cache of smuggled arms used in the Bombay attack. Dutt could still face up to 10 years in jail on the possession charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...killers had waited in the street, two of them scanning the crowd of afternoon shoppers for the young Iraqi they knew to be an informant for U.S. forces. When he appeared, they made their move. Seeing a pistol raised, the informant had turned to run, but too late. Three shots left him dead, blood flowing from wounds in his chest as the gunmen disappeared into the web of narrow streets that form the Shi'ite warren known as Washash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. and Sadr's Army Look Set to Clash | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Maybe that’s why on Oct. 7, those four shots from a Makarov pistol ended her life in a dark, silent elevator. Unsurprisingly, investigators found the weapon next to her. In the assassin guild, workers use their tools only once...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: The Blind Spot | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...Along with images of the charred corpses of individuals killed in explosions, some from an initial batch of 14 videos seem to show Iraqis fraternizing with Australian troops-potentially jeopardizing the locals' safety. Others show soldiers exposing themselves and wielding pistols in apparent breach of safety protocols. In one image, a soldier points a pistol at the head of a kneeling man, possibly another Australian soldier, dressed in Arab robes and headdress. A former Military Police officer who reviewed the videos for Time described their content as not only disgusting but in breach of military procedure and operational security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diggers' Web | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...includes images from U.S. military operations, it chiefly shows Australians on operations and in their barracks-and includes the image of the soldier aiming at a crouching man in Arab dress. Another video, 3 Troop, shows images of a soldier apparently practicing quick-draw techniques with his pistol; the sequence ends with him pointing the gun directly at the camera. While evidence of lax weapons-handling practices emerged at the current military inquiry into Kovco's death, questions remain over whether the commission conducting the inquiry was aware of all relevant soldier-made videos. As well as images of charred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diggers' Web | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

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