Songs were blaring on a loudspeaker, and young girls and boys were doing a gymnastics performance, their families clapping and cheering for them.

And with that he orders his men into their pickup trucks and with sirens blaring they head for the apartment.

Seconds later a bullhorn blares, signaling the end of the deal, and Arnold is immediately on to the next discount.

“Raise your head high. You are a free Syrian,” blared a voice from a bank of loudspeakers atop a pickup truck parked nearby.

The first explosion came from the direction of Ford Island, but before Fernandez could look, the ship’s alarm started to blare.