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...land which had learned to expect an eye for an eye. Panicky Jews prepared to flee from Natanya. British troops grew sullen, angry, dangerous. That night, in Tel Aviv, British soldiers on foot and in armored cars lashed out in an unsoldierly demonstration. They smashed windows, beat Jews, fired Sten guns into a crowded bus. Five Jews were killed, 15 wounded. Next day, at the funeral for the five dead, mourners and police clashed again. The toll: 33 Jews injured. Said one resident of Natanya: "This cancels out the two sergeants...
Army uniforms got out. Three, armed with Sten guns, ambled upstairs. Outside the council chamber one man knocked a guard sprawling while another burst into the room. There, around a large table, sat Burma's interim Cabinet. Four bursts from the assassin's Sten gun sprayed the room. Most of the ministers were hit in the chest. Six slumped to the floor, dead. Two were mortally wounded. As ministerial blood trickled into a secretary's office next door, the gunmen strolled from the building, got in the jeep, drove away at 5 m.p.h...
...Weeping People. The night after the Cabinet massacre, police raided that house. After a gun duel, U Saw and 19 followers surrendered. Police found a cache of arms, and a green jeep holding a Bren gun, a Sten gun, and a hand grenade. U Saw was taken under heavy guard to Rangoon's central prison...
While Standley's first messages were crackling along the Gulf Coast, the hams of STEN (South Texas Emergency Network) were given a red alert, went on the air to monitor the messages along to their destinations. In Washington, FCC hastily authorized STEN to use emergency frequency bands. Amateurs all over the U.S., Bermuda and Puerto Rico stood by to pick up and relay the messages...
...days before Dday, Violetta Szabo made her fourth parachute jump. The Germans spotted her. She fought them off with a Sten gun, but was captured by the Gestapo, tortured, killed...