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Bangladesh
Tales from the Crossfire Gazette
2006-06-09
An alleged terrorist and extortionist was killed in crossfire during a shootout between his cohorts and the metropolitan police in the city early today (Thursday). Police arrested Ashikur Rahman Rinku, 30, of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddho) at Sonadanga in the city on Wednesday night.
Another day, another soon-to-be-dead commie
Son of Mohammad Aminul Islam Master of Sonadanga, Rinku was wanted in six criminal cases including two for murder, police said.

Police arrested the terrorist from Sonadanga bypass road at about 10-30 pm yesterday (Wednesday) with one pipe gun and two bullets, said SI Hayat.
"Hey Bob, forget signing out the shutter gun. Rinku brought his own."
Police sources claimed that acting on his statement, police along with Rinku went to raid a hideout near a graveyard in Basupara area of the city to recover illegal arms and nab his accomplices.
Our story now moves to the deserted graveyard.....
Sources added that when the law enforcers reached near the Basupara graveyard, his accomplices who were hiding opened fire on them, prompting a gunfight between the two sides. During the gunfight, Rinku tried to escape but bullets hit him and he died on the spot.
"Feet, don't....BANG...BANG..erp,....rosebud...."
RinkuÂ’s accomplices managed to flee the scene, leaving behind one pipe gun and three bullets.
Posted by:Steve

#9  Wait, do you mean theses crossfires are not really crossfires? I'm crushed. And I had so much esteem for the RAB and their agents who bounces bullets off their foreheads.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-06-09 15:17  

#8  Many years ago they had a Superman Series on TV (Black and white) we always thought it odd that the bad guy would empty his gun into Superman's chest while Superman just stood there and let the bullets bounce off, but whenever the Villan threw his now empty revolver at Superman, Superman would duck.

Took me many years to realize that the revolver would hurt, that's why the actor would duck.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-06-09 15:11  

#7  So was mine, lol.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-09 15:07  

#6  Thanks, Sea. They read just like a Louis L'amore novel, chapter 3 and the last one always have the gunfight. Count on it. (PS first post was done w/ sarc tag cloaked)
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-06-09 14:36  

#5  I love the Crossfire Gazette because it is as stylized as a Greek tragedy or your favorite bedtime story. You know how it is going to end, you just can't wait to get to the good parts.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-06-09 14:16  

#4  Is a pipe gun a single shot shutter gun?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-06-09 14:12  

#3  Perhaps another 300-400 or so of these Sto-o-ories and you'll be able to noodle your way through, USN.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-09 14:09  

#2  There is an aspect to these continuing sto-o-ories that has me deeply perplexed: how is it that the captured criminal is able every time to communicate to his accomplices where he is leading the RAB to, and what time he is going to be there? It is uncanny in that it never fails that the RAB in the process of defending themselves always seem to shoot the bad guy in the trademarked Crossfire, and almost amazingly enough, never is one of the hidden accomplices hit. It reminds me of the old Saturday Morning serials where the bad guys ALWAYS runs out of bullets and after several tries, realizes it and throws the now-empty gun back at the hero, but never is the Lone Ranger (or his trusty horse Silver, for that matter) struck. I stay awake at night wondering about these things. Or maybe its the chili....
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-06-09 14:06  

#1  Accomplices moved so fast out of the graveyard you'd think they weren't even there.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-06-09 11:07  

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