I thought to myself that if I heard the sound of guns preparing to fire I would throw myself on the ground.
On Thursday, he was back in the streets with a gun, preparing to join other residents fighting in the central district of Al Mualla.
Mr Chen's hands trembled so much as he gripped his gun preparing to move into the square that he was given a camera instead to record the event.
Early one morning in June, 2003, two dozen police officers drew their guns and prepared to raid a stately three-story brick-and-concrete home on a corner lot in Everest Colony, a quiet residential neighborhood on the outskirts of the Indian city of Jaipur.
Early one morning in June, 2003, two dozen police officers drew their guns and prepared to raid a stately three-story brick-and-concrete home on a corner… LETTER FROM JAIPUR tells about a stay in the princely city of Jaipur, India.
An electrically controlled air raid warning system was set up and ack-ack guns sites prepared.
"How can those with guns and prepared to attack have 25 dead, and those who were unarmed and were defending themselves had only nine people dead.
She said, "Then we've got to build our compounds, get our guns ready, and prepare for the worst".
In a statement to the court, the prosecutor said the government no longer believed that there was a "realistic prospect of conviction," even though Ms. Gun was prepared to admit that she had willfully violated Britain's Official Secrets Act by leaking a top secret e-mail message to The London Observer.
Luckily, because the Retina display iPad has been rumored for a long time and because many developers remember the initial Retina transition, some developers have jumped the gun and prepared the graphics in their iPad apps to be Retina-ready as well.
