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...with the military in the streets. And don't forget that Sadr City is a very big district and [the residents] are almost under siege. They have very few ways to get in and out, and that could cause pressure and drive some of them to fire on a military convoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Peace Hold in Sadr City? | 7/29/2008 | See Source »

...were the loudest and proudest in Hall H, starting a Twilight chant while they waited, shrieking anytime a cast member, Meyer or director Catherine Hardwicke said anything, and asking lots of questions about vampire hotness. After the panel was over, so many Twihards rushed the movie's booth that fire marshals briefly closed it down. Fanboys, don't look back. The fangirls are gaining on you fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comic-Con: And the Winner Is ... | 7/28/2008 | See Source »

...passenger. Last March, he was detained for several days after police found in the car he was driving a gun used in a double homicide. And then came June 22, when Anthony Bologna's car prevented Ramos from turning left at an intersection. San Francisco police say Ramos opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle, killing Bologna and his two sons, Michael and Matthew, who were driving home from a family barbecue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: San Francisco's Sanctuary Dilemma | 7/26/2008 | See Source »

According to a U.S. military press release issued the same day, a car carrying "three criminals" opened fire on a convoy of U.S. troops stopped on the roadside on the way to Baghdad International Airport at 8:40 a.m. "The Soldiers [from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division] returned fire, which resulted in the vehicle running off the road and striking a wall. The vehicle then exploded," read the release. The military statement also said that "a weapon was recovered from the wreckage" and "two MND-B convoy vehicles received bullet hole damage from the small arms fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incident on Baghdad's Airport Road | 7/26/2008 | See Source »

...rate of speed despite several obstructions in the road. Soldiers located at the rear of the convoy perceived the rapidly approaching vehicle as a threat and executed established escalation of force measures. When the vehicle failed to respond to the soldiers' warning measures, it was engaged with small arms fire. Initial statements included information about a weapon in the vehicle; the investigation confirmed no weapon was recovered from the vehicle. The initial statement resulted from the numerous soldier witnesses who strongly believed they were being fired upon from the vehicle, and a misunderstanding that the Iraqi Police arriving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incident on Baghdad's Airport Road | 7/26/2008 | See Source »

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