SIX MARINES JAILED IN WEAPONS THEFTS FROM MILITARY BASE.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Six Marines based in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , including a captain, were arrested Thursday on federal charges of trying to sell machine guns, anti-personnel mines Anti-personnel mines are a form of mines designed for use against humans as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles. This type of land mine is normally designed to injure—as opposed to killing—as many enemies as possible in order , rocket grenades, plastic explosives and other weaponry stolen from military stocks, law enforcement officials said. In a search conducted as part of the investigation at a house in rural Massachusetts, authorities found detonating cord A waterproof, flexible fabric tube containing a high explosive designed to transmit the detonation wave. and 40 pounds of C-4 explosive, an amount that officials said is sufficient to set off a massive blast. Within hours of the arrests, Defense Secretary William Cohen For other persons named William Cohen, see William Cohen (disambiguation). William Sebastian Cohen (born 28 August 1940) is an author and American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ordered a 30-day review of security procedures for weapons at all U.S. military bases. ``It's very worrisome that such an event was able to take place, that explosives and weaponry were able to be stolen,'' said Kenneth Bacon, the Pentagon spokesman. The type and amount of material stolen is troubling, Bacon said. ``C-4 was taken, which is highly dangerous and used by terrorists.'' |
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