1. But, Beit Jala has been getting hit by heavier weapons in the exchange, from machine guns to rockets to a few tank shells. 2. For the next two hours the center of the city echoed with the sounds of stun grenades, sniper fire, and heavier weapons. 3. They also discussed buying heavier weapons like the Red Parakeet missile, it said. 4. Weapons are provided as rites of passage, with boys and girls working their way up to heavier more powerful weapons. 5. Besides, the renegade federal officers are armed with heavier weapons than the pistol-equipped city police. 6. But facing stiff resistance that killed at least eight South African soldiers, the intervention force announced Wednesday the peacekeepers would use heavier weapons and would shoot to kill. 7. Heavier weapons fire crashed in the distance, while a Senegalese prop-engine spotter plane buzzed overhead. 8. It tapered off after a few hours, then picked up again with the boom of heavier weapons. 9. It tapered off after a couple hours, then picked up again with the boom of heavier weapons. 10. Popovitch said settlers asked the army for machine guns and heavier weapons, but they have not been delivered. |