Word: weaponeering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...free-lancers who include loyalists of the former ruling Baath Party, Fedayeen militiamen, former Republican Guard and intelligence agents, foreign jihadis, professional terrorists, paid common criminals and disaffected Iraqis. Men, in fact, like the well-educated, English-speaking fellow who appears on TIME's cover displaying a cherished weapon he is learning to use. American analysts generally believe that former regime loyalists, who stand to lose the most in a new Iraq, are calling the shots, while a diverse group of fighters are heeding the call. It has taken months for lines of communication to open among them...
...most frightening plans involve his desire to employ unconventional weapons. His most prized possession, he says, is a cache of 82mm mortar rounds. Mohammed displays one of the rounds and proclaims, "This is a chemical mortar." Encased in a green storage tube with a flip-lock lid, the weapon has liquid sloshing inside a bulbous head reeking with a putrid odor that burns the nostrils. The Russian markings on the weapon identify it as a TD-42 liquid, high-explosive mortar. It's impossible to know what is really in the device or if the boasts...
Ohio authorities are clearly hoping to avoid the leaks and red herrings that marred the investigation of last year's deadly shooting spree in the Washington area. The Franklin County sheriff's office has released no details about the weapon, suspect profiles or even the reasons for believing all the incidents are connected, fearing that doing so would hinder the search. No note has been found near the shootings--at least nothing has been announced--leaving people in the area struggling to figure out motives and methods. Helena Young, 26, has to drive along 270 several times...
...Without a firearm, machete or any physical weapon, you caused the death of thousands of innocent civilians." NAVANATHEM PILLAY, presiding judge of a U.N. tribunal that convicted Ferdinand Nahimana of using his Rwanda radio broadcasts to incite the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi minority...
Harvard hopes to stymie the high-scoring Minutemen with its most potent weapon to date: junior netminder Dov Grumet-Morris. Ranked fourth in the nation with a 1.67 goals against average and fifth with a .941 save percentage, Grumet-Morris has only increased his level of play as the season has progressed...