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SOF Weekly Newsletter - 7 March to 11 March, 2011

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PROJECT GUNRUNNER EXPLODES
SOF has coverage of the controversy over ATF's Project Gunrunner. For full coverage, go to http://www.sofmag.com/gun-rights!

CBP FORCED TO USE BEANBAG ROUNDS
CBP Agents were required to use bean-bag rounds in the early stages of the violent incident in which agent Brian Terry was killed.
http://www.sofmag.com/cbp-agents-forced-use-bean-bag-rounds

IRANIAN-MADE ROCKETS SEIZED FROM INSURGENTS
Coalition forces seized 50 Iranian-made 122mm rockets from Taliban forces.
http://www.sofmag.com/western-officials-iranian-made-rockets-seized-tali...

CREW RESCUED FROM PIRATES
The destroyer USS Bulkeley rescued 24 crewmen of a Japanese ship from Somali pirates.
http://www.sofmag.com/uss-bulkeley-frees-ship-and-crew-pirates

CADETS RECEIVE LESSONS LEARNED
Combat veterans from Afghanistan pass the lessons learned to cadets at West Point.
http://www.sofmag.com/afghanistan-combat-officers-share-lessons-learned-...

TAKING OUT AN EXPLOSIVE-FILLED HOUSE
Soldiers took out a house filled with explosives in Afghanistan.
http://www.sofmag.com/soldiers-destroy-explosive-filled-house

COAST GUARD RESCUES 2
Check out this video of the US Coast Guard rescuing crew members from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.sofmag.com/coast-guard-rescues-2-after-platform-fire

PRIVATE ANTI-PIRATE FORCES?
Insurance companies are reportedly planning to fund a private security force to help escort commercial merchant ships in areas threatened by Somali pirates.
http://www.sofmag.com/private-anti-piracy-forces

MAJOR TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN, U.S. MILITARY TO ASSIST
U.S. military forces are preparing to render assistance in the wake of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan.
http://www.sofmag.com/military-gears-help-japan

FROM RETIREMENT TO HEROISM
A retired Army pilot returned to service after eight years of retirement - then in Afghanistan, he became a hero.
http://www.sofmag.com/once-retired-tf-viper-pilot-receives-dfc

SEATTLE'S LOW MURDER RATE
Dave Workman discusses the low murder rate in Seattle, and what it means in the debate over Second Amendment rights.
http://www.sofmag.com/seattles-low-murder-rate-frustrates-anti-gunners