There I was, knee-deep in hand grenade pins…

There I was, knee-deep in hand grenade pins…

The smell of hot brass and questionable decisions lingered in the air. I’d been in some tight spots before — Balkan arms bazaars, West African coup d’états, a particularly treacherous dinner party in Georgetown — but none quite like this. It all started, as these things often do, with a misunderstanding involving a tribal chief,…