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Bayonets may have been made for hunters in Europe sometime in the sixteenth century. They were introduced as military weapons in France in the next century, with their earliest recorded use being1642. The bayonet at first was simply a dagger with a...
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A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife- or dagger-shaped weapon designed to fit on or over the muzzle of a rifle barrel or similar weapon, effectively turning the gun into a spear. It is a close-combat or last-resort...


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Ex-South Korean hostages say some were pressured to convert to Islam during Afghan ordeal
9/12/2007: 579 words, approx. 2 pages
The 21 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the insurgents used bayonets and beatings to pressure some of them to convert to Islam, but that a few were relatively well treated by their captors."We were beaten by them many...
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Former SKorean hostages recount ordeal
9/12/2007: 579 words, approx. 2 pages
The 21 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the insurgents used bayonets and beatings to pressure some of them to convert to Islam, but that a few were relatively well treated by their captors."We were beaten by them many...
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Cartoonist Doug Marlette killed in crash
7/10/2007: 379 words, approx. 1 pages
Doug Marlette, the North Carolina-born cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize and created the popular strip "Kudzu," was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning in Mississippi, authorities said. He was 57.Marlette, who joined the Tulsa (Okla.) World last year, was the passenger in the...
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Marine charged in Iraqi soldier's death
8/15/2007: 307 words, approx. 1 pages
A Marine reservist has been charged with murdering an Iraqi army soldier as the pair stood watch together before dawn on New Year's Eve in Fallujah, an attorney said Tuesday.Lance Cpl. Delano Holmes, 21, of Indianapolis, is accused of stabbing Munther Jasem Muhammed Hassin at...
 


 

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