Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel noise device. A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked Monday with 28 North Korean crew members on board had died of wounds. ...more

November 18, 2009

Somali pirates have attacked and damaged an American ship carrying humanitarian aid, but the ship and crew are safe under Navy escort. ...more

April 14, 2009

James Sutton's primary business is the manufacturing of automatic weapons for law enforcement. ...more

February 20, 2009

The grinding urban battle unfolding in the densely populated Gaza Strip is a war of new tactics, quick adaptation and lethal tricks. ...more

January 12, 2009

No city can be prepared for the kind of killers who struck Mumbai over the past three days. About 30 well-armed men carried out coordinated attacks on hospitals, tourist hotels, upscale restaurants, a train station and a Jewish center. ...more

November 29, 2008

An Indian warship destroyed a suspected pirate vessel Tuesday off the Horn of Africa. It was the second time in a week that India has used force to fight piracy off the eastern coast of Africa. ...more

November 29, 2008

An Iraqi soldier Wednesday sprayed automatic weapons fire at U.S. soldiers at an Iraqi military base in Mosul, killing two and wounding six before he died in a hail of bullets, a U.S. general said. ...more

November 13, 2008

In a methodical execution-style attack, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan's volatile northwest region. ...more

November 13, 2008

It was like a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Several deputies - wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and carrying automatic weapons - ducked behind vehicles parked near the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse late Thursday morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

Misapplied Skills Regarding "Weapons Automatic For The People, But Not Government," June 21: ...more

June 27, 2008