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...gangsters may be more likely to resort to strong-arm tactics as they fight for scraps. "The Nagasaki shooting is a harbinger of what's to come," says Mitsuhiro Suganuma, a former high-ranking agent with Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency. "Their activities will become a lot more violent, and a lot more dangerous...
CONTEXT The U.S. plan to build walls around at least 10 violent regions in Baghdad has drawn widespread criticism in Iraq--especially from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who thinks walls will aggravate sectarian violence. But the military insists that these "communities," in which U.S. troops will use fingerprint scanning to monitor residents, reinforce safety...
...Pulling the Plug I was happy to read that at last public opinion and the authorities in the United States are recognizing the havoc being wreaked by its atrocious stream of intolerably violent movies and television programs [April 9]. These images are not confined to the U.S. and brutalize the consciousnesses of children around the world. Why should they pay to increase the profits of cynical U.S. filmmakers? Karan Singh, New Delhi...
...specifically the elimination of gun-free zones like college campuses—could have reduced the likelihood of such a killing spree. We believe, however, that having fewer guns in school zones specifically and in the public arena at large will make for a safer and less violent society. To work towards this goal, states must work more closely with the federal government to ensure that federal gun regulations are correctly enforced. Gun control laws that states misinterpret or ignore do little to make America safer. But federal and state governments need to do more than simply ensure that their...
...never get much sleep at a patrol base at night. In Ramadi, where Marines man several combat outposts amid the inner city, darkness often brings fear as Iraqi security forces come and go, leaving some Marines wondering whether they are among friends or enemies. In Ghazaliya, a violent neighborhood in western Baghdad with similar combat outposts, nearby gunfire cracks through the inky blackness outside seemingly every time you drift off. And in Diyala Province, where nine U.S. soldiers died Monday, troops stand watch on rooftops overlooking stretches of palm groves where they know insurgents dwell, waiting for the right moment...