Those indicted yesterday were accused of participating in a scheme to funnel $8.6 million in reconstruction contracts to an American businessman in exchange for cars, $3,200 Breitling watches, plane tickets, $3,000 Toshiba laptop computers, weapons and stolen money.
Newspapers, watches and jewelry, maps, sports equipment, police equipment, cell phones, computers, weapons, paintings the actors may pretend to work on - all of it".
Coltan (or columbite tantalite) is a mineral essential for the manufacture of the tiny capacitors that make things like smart phones, computers, weapons, and aeronautical equipment work.
In the decade between the end of the Star Trek television series and the film, many of the futuristic technologies that appeared on the show electronic doors that open automatically, hypodermic injections, talking computers, weapons that stun rather than kill, and personal communication devices—had become a reality.
I mean, you're never supposed to bash in a computer with weapons.
Indeed, in today's world, acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests but from a few key strokes on the computer — a weapon of mass disruption.
The soldiers barged from room to room, yanking open drawers, rustling through closets, hunting for the computers, cellphones, weapons and caches of documents that military intelligence officials had said were in the house.
Andrew Pratt, who manages more than $200 million in the Montgomery U.S. Focus and Montgomery Growth funds, holds shares of Raytheon, which makes computer-guided weapons and surveillance equipment, and General Dynamics, a maker of military vehicles and advanced communications systems.
Obama alluded to such a scenario in his speech when he said: "Indeed, in today's world, acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests but from a few key strokes on the computer – a weapon of mass disruption".
