On patrol with the sheriff's "Peacemaker"
Patrol cars weren't adequate in keeping order in the land, Sheriff Leon Lott decided. So off to the army he went, to ask for an armoured vehicle fitted out with a machine gun. "It shall be called The...
View ArticleMcKenzie, the 11-year-old who can field strip and reassemble a rifle in 53 secs
This video may prove shocking if you're not accustomed to seeing children handling guns. On the American blogosphere however, 11-year-old McKenzie has attracted great admiration. The video of an...
View ArticleYet another student brags on YouTube before going on a killing spree
These videos were posted on YouTube by a student who killed ten people in a shooting spree in a school in Finland this morning. Matti Juhani Saari, 22, got his arms license in August. The police...
View ArticleSci-fi tanks meet prehistoric rockets in Gaza
While Hamas is throwing rockets by hand, the Israeli military is unveiling high-tech weaponry like the new "Iron Fist", capable of exploding a missile before it's even reached its target. Will...
View ArticleExclusive raw video: through the wardrobe… into Gaza
This exclusive video shows one of the famous tunnels linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt. The underground passage begins...inside the wardrobe of a Rafah bedroom. This document was sent to us by one of...
View ArticleObama boosts joystick funding for war on terror
© U.S. Air Force The Obama administration has just handed over five billion dollars to the armed forces to buy more robots. The country's ongoing "War on Terror" employs more unmanned aerial vehicles...
View ArticleChildren in hunting ads - shocking?
Our Observer Alberto Celani alerted us to this PR campaign from Italian hunting association Federcaccia. Not everyone is delighted with the idea - should we be encouraging children to hunt, and even...
View ArticleFrench aviation company congratulates 'brother and leader of the Libyan...
Photo from Bakchich. It's not unusual for companies in Libya to publicly well-wish "Brother and leader of the Revolution", Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Except when it's... French military aviation company...
View ArticleYou got a problem? I’ve got an AK-47
The CCTV footage of a shooting outside a restaurant in north Lebanon has made its way onto the net. The attack was not fatal, but nevertheless, the images reveal that almost 20 years after the Lebanon...
View ArticleSyria’s media war: are the protesters peaceful or violent?
Over the past few days, Syria’s state television, as well as YouTube channels linked to the government, have been showing videos of people they say are protesters taking up arms. This, if true, would...
View ArticleSyria dodges armoured vehicle ban by… painting them blue
Under increasing pressure from the Arab League, Syria promised early November to halt its deadly crackdown on opposition protesters. Part of the deal meant no more of the military's armoured vehicles...
View ArticleFree Syrian Army soldier: "We lack weapons”
Omar is a member of the Free Syrian Army, made up of military deserters who have joined the ranks of the opposition. The group attacked a Syrian surveillance centre in Damascus on Tuesday. Omar...
View ArticleFacing superior firepower, Free Syrian Army resorts to homemade weapons
One of the major challenges facing Syria’s rebel force, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), is that it lacks the fire power to take on the well-equipped regular army. With Syria’s borders more or less closed,...
View ArticleMutinying infantry wreaks havoc in Yemeni city
In Yemen, the smallest spark could tip the country into armed conflict. In the country’s southeast, already weakened by separatists and al Qaeda, the mutiny of an infantry group on Saturday caused a...
View ArticleCelebratory gunfire at wedding ends in bloodshed
The incident, which was caught on video, took place during a wedding celebration in Taiz in southwestern Yemen. As wedding guests dance to the Korean pop song “Gangnam Style”, one of them takes out a...
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