The gun taken from the alleged sniper’s Chevy Caprice is described as a Bushmaster XM15-E2S A3, manufactured by Bushmaster Corp. of Windham, Maine.
The rifle is a custom made, highly accurate AR-15, which is the semi-automatic, civilian version of the military M-16.
Bushmaster rifles are known among serious combat target shooters as the Rolls Royce of AR-15s. [...]
President Saddam Hussein faces no challenger in Tuesday’s presidential election. However, he wishes to garner 100% of the vote. Seven years ago he ran unopposed as well but only gained 99.96% of the vote. A 100% vote would give Saddam a boast in the Arabic world portraying him as having the unanimous support of the [...]
Two Kuwaiti men who attacked a contingent of United States Marines here last week were part of a group of Al-Qaeda trained Islamic militants that planned more strikes on Americans in this Gulf nation.
The cell of terrorists had about 15 people which have been rounded up by Kuwaiti authorities. The terrorist cell was headed by [...]
Secret Test of USA Bio & Chem Weapons
New data has been released on previously top secret field tests of chemical and biological weapons testing by the USA. Code named, Project 112, the United States held open-air biological and chemical weapons tests in Alaska, Hawaii, Maryland and Florida.
In a series of 28 field tests, multiple weapons [...]
A French oil tanker, the Limburg, on fire off the coast of Yemen was hit by a high speed boat possibly loaded with explosives, according to early reports.
A junior officer on board the Limburg reported seeing a small craft “fast approaching” the tanker in the port of Ash Shihr, at Mukallah, 570 kilometres (353 miles) [...]
Reps. McDermott and Bonior Helping Saddam?
Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington and David Bonior of Michigan, both Vietnam War-era veterans just returned from a trip to Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. While on their tour of Iraq, the congressmen pressed President Bush to give U.N. sanctions time to work before launching any military campaign. Mr.McDermott’s position [...]
