In Syria, battle for the capital is also waged in suburbs A chaotic passageway through blasted walls, blood-spattered floors and bullet-pocked rooms leads to the narrow stairway where a teenager pokes his Kalashnikov rifle into a sliver of light slicing through the sandbags.
Aug. 1, 2013 - Stars and Stripes
In Syria, battle for Damascus is also waged in suburbs In Yarmouk, a settlement for Palestinians, the Syrian military and allied militias are trying to rout the rebels, many of them also Palestinians. DAMASCUS, Syria — A chaotic passageway through blasted walls, blood-spattered floors and bullet-pocked rooms leads to the narrow stairway where a teenager pokes his Kalashnikov rifle into a sliver of light slicing through the sandbags.
July 30, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Mikhail Kalashnikov in Forbes I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence,Kalashnikov said Friday at a ceremony marking the birth of the rifle, whose initials stand for "Avtomat Kalashnikov."
Vladimir Putin in International Herald Tribune The Kalashnikov rifle is a symbol of the creative genius of our people,President Vladimir Putin said in a statement read to Kalashnikov at the ceremony in the Central Russian Army Museum.
Jeremy Bowen in Al-Ahram Weekly Bowen wrote: "The fighter who emptied his Kalashnikov into the desk of Mohamed Dahlan, until that day the Fatah strongman in Gaza, yelled 'this is the fate of traitors like the scumbag Dahlan' as he pulled the trigger, and it was recorded and put on...