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He219

04-30-2004, 01:30 AM

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: The Russian 'Soyuz TMA-4' space capsule lies on the ground shortly after landing not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004, bringing back to earth Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kareli, Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers and US astronaut Mike Foale. AFP PHOTO/MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/***** Images)

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers leaves the Russian 'Soyuz TMA-4' space capsule shortly after landing not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004, bringing back to earth Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kareli, Kuipers and US astronaut Mike Foale. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/***** Images)

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kareli (C), Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers (R) and US astronaut Mike Foale (L) are seen shortly after the Russian 'Soyuz TMA-4' space capsule landed not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/***** Images)

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American astronaut Michael Foale gives a thumbs up shortly after landing in Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the international space station near the town of Arkalyk in north-central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kareli drinks tea shortly after the Russian 'Soyuz TMA-3' space capsule landed not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004, bringing back to earth Kareli, Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers and US astronaut Mike Foale. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/***** Images)

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers drinks tea shortly after the Russian 'Soyuz TMA-3' space capsule landed not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004, bringing back to earth Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kareli, Kuipers and US astronaut Mike Foale.

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PATTANI, THAILAND: Thai policemen and soldiers patrol in Pattani province, southern of Thailand, 30 April 2004. Security forces in Thailand's Muslim south were on high alert for retaliatory attacks by Islamic rebels after 108 militants were gunned down in one of the country's bloodiest days. AFP PHOTO/****chai KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read ****CHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 29: A U.S. Marine waves from his seat on April 29, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. While U.S. Marine commanders hold peace talks, marines ready for battle at their base east of the restive city of Fallujah. American forces have been under fire during a year of occupation of Iraq, and casualties have surged for the U.S. Marines, especially around Fallujah, making April the most lethal month yet for U.S. forces in Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 29: U.S. Marine Colonel John Coleman, chief of staff of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, speaks to journalists about Marine negotiating the Fallujah Protective Army to take over security duties in Iraq on April 29, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. The deal to take over security duties in Iraq, would put up to 1,100 former Iraqi soldiers back on the streets of Fallujah, to put an "Iraqi face" on coping with the insurgency, so that U.S. Marines could end their siege. American forces have been under fire during a year of occupation of Iraq, and casualties have surged for the U.S. Marines, especially around Fallujah, making April the most lethal month yet for U.S. forces in Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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SAN DIEGO, CA - APRIL 29: The U.S.S. Boxer (LHD 4) is escorted under the Coronado Bridge by a tugboat en route to it's docking on April 29, 2004 in San Diego, California. The U.S.S. Boxer has just completed a three-and-a-half month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Middle East. (Photo by Donald Miralle/***** Images)

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SAN DIEGO, CA - APRIL 29: Crewmembers wave to their family from the deck of the U.S.S. Boxer (LHD 4) during it's docking on April 29, 2004 in San Diego, California. The U.S.S. Boxer has just completed a three-and-a-half month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Middle East. (Photo by Donald Miralle/***** Images)

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Fijian soldiers carry the coffin of the late former President of Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara after a requiem mass in his honor in Suva, Friday, April 30, 2004. Mara, Fiji's first prime minister after independence from Britain in 1970 and a key ally of the West who worked to prevent communism gaining a foothold in the South Pacific during the Cold War, died aged 83 on April 18. Hundreds of Pacific dignitaries and mourners gathered for a full Roman Catholic mass before Mara's body was sent by sea for interment on his home island of Lakeba. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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A U.S. soldier from the First Battalion 19th Special Forces mans his M-60 machine gun from a Black Hawk helicopter protecting the aircraft from a possible enemy attack en route to Asadabad Fires Base, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, from Bagram, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A US crewman looks out of the window of a Black Hawk helicopter along a mountain riverbed from Bagram Airbase en route to Asadabad Fires Base, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

SiFiOn

04-30-2004, 03:50 AM

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ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers leaves the Russian 'Soyuz TMA-4' space capsule shortly after landing not far from Kazakh town of Arkalyk, some 300 kms from Kazakh capital of Astana, 30 April 2004, bringing back to earth Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kareli, Kuipers and US astronaut Mike Foale. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/***** Images)

Welcome back Andre!

seruriermarshal

04-30-2004, 04:05 AM

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 29: U.S. Marine Colonel John Coleman, chief of staff of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, speaks to journalists about Marine negotiating the Fallujah Protective Army to take over security duties in Iraq on April 29, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. The deal to take over security duties in Iraq, would put up to 1,100 former Iraqi soldiers back on the streets of Fallujah, to put an "Iraqi face" on coping with the insurgency, so that U.S. Marines could end their siege. American forces have been under fire during a year of occupation of Iraq, and casualties have surged for the U.S. Marines, especially around Fallujah, making April the most lethal month yet for U.S. forces in Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

That's danger plan , if Marine let ICDC in Fallujah = lose this fight ......

HELEX

04-30-2004, 09:22 AM

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Parzival

04-30-2004, 10:09 AM

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Too fat cops....

SiFiOn

04-30-2004, 10:29 AM

Some more from Andre Kuipers.

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Gringo

04-30-2004, 10:46 AM

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Too fat cops....

Police Chief Wiggum

Ian H

04-30-2004, 11:07 AM

How do the politics work with the Russian Soyuz vehicles coming down in Kazhakstan? Do the Kazhaks just let the search team roam around till they find it, or do they help?

Great pics, thanks.

SiFiOn

04-30-2004, 11:08 AM

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Too fat cops....

Police Chief Wiggum

I guess that even the chick-cop is getting bored by the stories of her fellow-cops... ;)

He219

04-30-2004, 12:04 PM

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A nightscope photo shows a U.S. marine during a night patrol near the Iraqi town of Falluja, April 29, 2004. U.S. forces handed control of Falluja to a former general in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s feared Republican Guard on April 30 in a bid to end a month-long siege that killed hundreds in the city and infuriated Iraqis. (Oleg Popov/*******)

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Smoke billows up from an U.S. airstrike as Navy Corpsman Michael Meaney, mans a gun position on the roof of the home that he and Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, occupy in northwest Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

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Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

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Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

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Iraqi Major General Jassim Mohammed Saleh (R) is saluted after arriving in Falluja, April 30, 2004. U.S. Marines handed control of Falluja over to Saleh in a bid to end a month-long siege in which hundreds have been killed in the city and infuriated Iraqis. Saleh served in the 1980s in the Republican Guard and in the 1990s as the commander of the 38th Infantry Division in the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). *******/Akram Saleh

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 30: Major General Jassim Mohammed Saleh (2ndRight), a veteran of Saddam's Republican Guard, consults with local Fallujah leaders prior to a similar meeting with U.S. coalition leaders on April 30, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. Saleh has been chosen to lead a proposed 1,100 member Iraqi security force called the Fallujah Protective Army that will replace the U.S. Marines as they begin a withdrawal from the flashpoint city that they have occupied for more than 3 weeks. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)

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Iraqi Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh gestures from his car as he leaves Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004 after U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work out details of a deal aimed at lifting the month long siege of the city. Saleh served in the 1980s in the Republican Guard and in the 1990s as the commander of the 38th Infantry Division in the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 30: Iraqi security personnel and local citizens cheer Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh's convoy as it leaves the city of Fallujah for a meeting with U.S. Coalition officials April 30, 2004 in Iraq.

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Residents of Fallujah celebrate with the Iraqi national flag at a checkpoint leading into Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004. U.S. troops started to remove the checkpoint clearing the barbed wire and roadblocks away as U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work out details of a deal aimed at lifting the monthlong siege of the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Leader of the Fallujah Protective Army Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh is greeted by the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment Col. John Toolan on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 30, 2004. Saleh, a veteran of Saddam's Republican Guard, will lead a 1,100 member Iraqi force which has begun taking over Marine positions in Fallujah. The force will be all volunteer and consist of former Iraqi soldiers from the Fallujah area who are vetted by U.S. authorities, the official said. (AP Photo/John Moore)

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Leader of the Fallujah Protective Army Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh speaks to reporters after meeting the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment Col. John Toolan, right, on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq Friday, April 30, 2004.

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U.S. Army troops clear rolls of razor wire from the main entrance to Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004 as U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work out details of a deal aimed at lifting the month long siege of the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US bullodozer clears the highway linking Baghdad to the restive city of Fallujah 30 April 2004.

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U.S. Army military vehicles drive away from the U.S. military checkpoint at the entrance of Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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U.S. Marines strike a pose aboard their light armor vehicle near the Iraqi town of Falluja, April 30, 2004. Marines will maintain some positions in and around Falluja as an Iraqi battalion takes over the restive town, a Marines statement said on Friday. 'Until the battalion's units demonstrate a capability to man designated checkpoints and positions, Marines will continue to maintain a presence in and around Falluja,' the statement said. Photo by Oleg Popov/*******

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U.S. Marines mounted on Amphibious Assault Vehicles(AAV) move out of their position near the town of Falluja April 30, 2004. U.S. Marines handed control of Falluja to a former general in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s feared Republican Guard on Friday in bid to end a month-long siege that killed hundreds in the city and infuriated Iraqis. (Oleg Popov/*******)

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Colonel John Coleman, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Chief of Staff, speaks to the press in the military base near the town of Falluja, April 30, 2004. U.S. Marines handed control of Falluja to a former general in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s feared Republican Guard on Friday in bid to end a month-long siege that killed hundreds in the city and infuriated Iraqis. *******/Oleg Popov

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 30: A hooded Iraqi detaineeis led away after receiving U.S. military medical treatment for a wounded left arm on April 30, 2004 in Fallujah. U.S. forces say they have reached a deal to pull back from the encircled city of Fallujah, enabling a new Iraqi force - led by a former Saddam Hussein general - to control insurgents there.

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A US soldier guarding his position at the Abu Gharib prison, west of Baghdad. The White House denounced the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US forces, saying the United States 'will not tolerate' such behavior and vowing that those responsible will be punished.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

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**FILE** Army Spec. Theresa Lynn Flannery runs for cover as the Spanish base comes under attack outside Kufa, Iraq, near Najaf, in this April 4 2004, file photo. Along with a Bronze Star with a "V" for valor recommendation, Flannery, 26, from Kentucky, is also receiving a Purple Heart for an injury she received while under fire during a battle at Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez, File) SPAIN OUT EFE OUT

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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during Friday prayers in Kufa, near the Shi'ite Holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr run through the streets of Kufa, outside the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004. Talks were underway Friday between Najaf police and tribal leaders over a proposal under which radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr followers would hand over security to the Najaf police and Sadr's Mahdi army would leave the city. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraqi worshippers, on top of an ancient leaning minaret, call on the authorities to maintain the current version of the Iraqi national flag (C) during a protest in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, April 30, 2004. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen

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Soldiers of the Slovak presidential guard hoist the EU flag during a ceremony marking the enlargement of the European Union (news - web sites) in Bratislava, Friday, April 30, 2004. (AP Photo/CTK, Peter Mayer)

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Women in Slovene national costumes offer candies in front of the border stone during a celebration of Slovenia's accession to the EU, in Kranjska Gora, the border point of Slovenia, Italy and Austria. April 30, 2004. *******/Srdjan Zivulovic

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Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel (L), Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop, (2nd L), Enrico La Loggia, Minister for regional affairs of Italy, and Austrian politician Jeorg Heider (R) join hands during a celebration of Slovenia's accession to EU, on the bordes of Slovenia, Italy and Austria in Kranjska Gora, April 30, 2004. *******/Srdjan Zivulovic

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A girl from Latvia stands next to the European Union (news - web sites) flag in central Prague's Wenceslas Square, April 30, 2004, during the Czech Republic's celebrations of the country's entry to the European Union. Europeans began celebrations on Friday to mark the reunification of their continent on May 1, as former Warsaw Pact states join one-time Western foes in an expanded European Union of 450 million people. *******/Petr Josek

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A lone figure walks past the flags of the countries of the European Union (news - web sites) (EU) in Dublin, April 30, 2004. Europeans began celebrations on Friday to mark the reunification of their continent on May 1, as former Warsaw Pact states join one-time Western foes in an expanded European Union of 450 million people. *******/Yves Herman

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Youth from the EU joining countries release balloons in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, during a cultural festival for the the EU extension, April 30, 2004. Festivities around Europe accompany the ten mostly eastern European countries joining the EU at midnight on May 1, 2004. *******/Fabrizio Bensch

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Jacek Szczepanski decorates a building with Polish and EU flags hours before Poland joins the European Union (news - web sites), in Warsaw, Poland Friday April 30, 2004. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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LUECKENDORF, Germany: A Czech border policeman (L) looks together with two German colleagues at a map at a border crossing near German town of Lueckendorf 30 April 2004. The cooperation between German and Czech border patrols will continue after 01 Mai 2004, when ten new member states will be admitted from the former Eastern Block thus unifying Europe peacefully for the first time in history, but customs checks will drop out.

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Soldiers from the Irish army are deployed near Farmleigh House in Dublin, the venue of the enlarged EU's first summit, April 30, 2004. The military and police have enhanced security as they prepare for the arrival of the heads of state of the European Union (news - web sites), which will be officially enlarged from 15 countries to 25 on Saturday. *******/Paul McErlane

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DUBLIN, IRELAND: Members of the Irish Army gather at Farmleigh, where the EU family photo of the 25 heads of state will take place for the EU expansion, in Dublin 30 April, 2004.

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A skull is unearthed in Kravice near Srebrenica in 1996. The Bosnian Serb government has disclosed for the first time the location of six new mass graves containing remains of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 7,000 Muslims, an official told AFP.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)

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Graphic with 3-D map locating the Srebrenica massacre.(AFP)

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An unidentified member of the Jewish community looks at Nazi signs painted on headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim, eastern France, Friday, April 30, 2004. About 100 headstones have been desecrated in the cemetery and the French government quickly condemned the attack. In the past few years, France has suffered a wave of violence against Jewish schools, synagogues and cemeteries that coincided with new fighting in the Middle (AP Photo/Gil Michel)

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US astronaut Mike Foale wearing a traditional Kazakh outfit at Kostanay airport. The spacecraft's landing was greeted with cheers at the Mission Control Center in Korolyov, near Moscow, where Foale's wife and son attended the event.(AFP/Maxim Marmur)

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KOSTANAY, KAZAKHSTAN: Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kareli (C), Dutch astronaut of the European Space Agency Andre Kuipers (R) and US astronaut Mike Foale, wearing traditional Kazakh outfits, smile during a press conference at Kostanay airport 30 April 2004.

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From left : ESA Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers, American astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Karel smile shortly after their arrival to Star City, outside Moscow, Friday, April 30, 2004. After returning to Earth from the international space station on Friday, the crew was flown to Star City, the cosmonaut training center near Moscow, where they arrived in the early afternoon. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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A U.S. soldier stands next to a sick girl at a clinic set up by the Special Forces at a base in the remote area of Asadabad, Afghanistan (news - web sites), about 63 miles southeast of Kabul April 29, 2004. U.S. soldiers say they have won friends among locals in a region where Taliban and al Qaeda militants, possibly even bin Laden, are believed to be hiding, by providing free modern medicine. Picture taken April 29, 2004. (Ahmad Masood/*******)

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Cortege for former President of Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara passes women mourning on the roadside near Government House in Suva, Friday April 30, 2004. Mara, Fiji's first prime minister after independence from Britain in 1970 and a key ally of the West who worked to prevent communism gaining a foothold in the South Pacific during the Cold War, died aged 83 on April 18. Hundreds of Pacific dignitaries and mourners gathered for a full Roman Catholic mass before Mara's body was sent by sea for interment on his home island of Lakeba. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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Fijian soldiers carry the coffin of the late former President of Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara as they arrive at a requiem Mass in his honor in Suva, Friday, April 30, 2004. Mara, Fiji's first prime minister after independence from Britain in 1970 and a key ally of the West who worked to prevent communism gaining a foothold in the South Pacific during the Cold War, died aged 83 on April 18. Hundreds of Pacific dignitaries and mourners gathered for a full Roman Catholic Mass before Mara's body was sent bysea for interment on his home island of Lakeba. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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The coffin of the late former President of Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisesei Mara is escorted by members of the military, traditional warriors and relatives as it leaves Government House for a requiem Mass in his honor in Suva, Friday, April 30, 2004.

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Chinese navy sailors stand in formation aboard People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy warships as people attend a welcoming ceremony held at the Chinese naval base in Hong Kong on Friday, April 30, 2004. The Chinese navy has sent eight warships for a port call to Hong Kong in its biggest show of military might since this territory was returned from Britain in 1997. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)

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In this photogrpah released by the U.S. Air Force, Robosaurus, a 40 foot tall, 30 ton mechanical robot breathes fire after eating a car during a demonstration at Airfest 2004 in this recent undated photograph taken at the March Air Reserve Base, in Riverside, Cali. The two day air show which took place April 24-25, 2004 features both military and civilian aerial and ground demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force /Tech. Sgt Joe Zuccaro, HO)

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LAAGE, Germany: Two soldiers chat as a new Eurofighter lands 30 April 2004 from the military airport of the eastern town of Laage, where the German Luftwaffe officially put its first five Eurofighter jets into service. The Eurofighter is a multi-role combat jet with a range of 2,500 kilometres and is built by a four-nation consortium involving the French-Spanish-German group EADS, Britain's BAE Systems and Italy's Alenia. AFP PHOTO DDP/TORSTEN SILZ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/***** Images)

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LAAGE, Germany: A new Luftwaffe Eurofighter takes off 30 April 2004 from the military airport of the eastern town of Laage, where the German air force officially put its first five Eurofighter jets into service. The Eurofighter is a multi-role combat jet with a range of 2,500 kilometres and is built by a four-nation consortium involving the French-Spanish-German group EADS, Britain's BAE Systems and Italy's Alenia.

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HELEX

04-30-2004, 12:11 PM

The two-seat version of the Eurofighter looks a bit ugly. :roll:

Seoulstriker

04-30-2004, 12:12 PM

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Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

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Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

reminds me of this photo:

http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/special-forces1786.jpg

same guys possibly?

Threelions

04-30-2004, 12:14 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595171

Another great series of photos! I love these Fijian uniforms, they are so odd!

Cheers

RomanS

04-30-2004, 12:36 PM

MolliG

04-30-2004, 12:41 PM

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7260/7260630.jpg

Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

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Iraqi Counterterrorism Force Soldiers, who cover their faces to hide their identities in order to protect themselves and their families, talk about their role of working with U.S. Army Special Forces advisors to help put down the insurgency in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/North County Times, Hayne Palmour IV)

They seem very well equiped, is this just because who they work with (SF/SOF) or otherwise?...

He219

04-30-2004, 12:49 PM

MolliG, yeah, those Iraqis are well equipped exactly because they are trained and advised by Special Forces. Not many other Iraqi units are equipped with US equipment but are rather issued traditional Soviet style small arms. These guys work together with ours.

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FLARE RELEASE — A Royal Air Force GR4 Tornado releases flares during a combat mission over Iraq, April 22, 2004. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II

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ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea (NNS) -- USS George Washington’s (GW) (CVN 73) aircraft exerted pressure on anti-Iraqi forces in the Iraqi city of Fallujah April 28, with repeated bombardments from Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) 136 and VFA-131, and Fighter Squadrons (VF) 11 and VF-143. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7’s F/A-18 Hornets and F-14 Tomcats dropped 13 GBU-12 guided bomb units on enemy positions, helping U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force defend their positions against insurgent attacks.

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AT SEA - APRIL 29: Seen in this U.S. Air Force handout photo Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Lauren Carr from Atlanta, Georgia puts a switch on a 2,000 lbs MK-84 general-purpose bomb in a weapons magazine aboard USS George Washington April 29, 2004. (Photo by Jason R. Zalasky/USAF via ***** Images)

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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Master Sgt. Tim Tyvan patrols an area here April 26. He is a tactical air control party Airman from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)
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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Scott McDaniel patrols an area here April 26. He is a tactical air control party Airman from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)

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A Chinese PLA soldier has sweat wiped away by a colleague at the Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base in Hong Kong, April 30, 2004. China will expand the membership of the military's top decision-making body to "suit the needs of modern warfare" if Taiwan declares independence. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy task group visited Hong Kong for a six-day stop over. The group includes two guided missile destroyers, four guided missile frigates and two submarines, in its biggest show of military force since the former colony's 1997 handover from Britain. *******/Kin Cheung

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DUBLIN, IRELAND - APRIL 30: The Irish army deploy in a field ahead of the EU enlargement ceremony April 30, 2004 in Dublin, Ireland. Ten new nations, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will tomorrow become members of the EU, in the biggest expansion of the Union since it began. (Photo by Ian Waldie/***** Images)

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HERRLISHEIM, FRANCE: A French gendarme films, an anti-Semitic inscription written in German "Jews Out" at a Jewish cemetery 30 April 2004 in Herrlisheim, in eastern France, where 127 graves have been desecrated. A German flag was left draped over two tombstones with writing in German "one people, one state, one leader'. AFP PHOTO FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/***** Images)

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A boy holds his lamb as he chats with a girl at the Jewish Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim, April 30, 2004. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is heading toward defeat in a vote by his right-wing Likud party over his Gaza pullout plan, new opinion polls predicted on Friday. Netzarim is one of the settlements that supposed to be removed according to Sharon's plan. *******/ Nir Elias

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Staff Sgt. Rodney L. Pfeifer, a motor transportation mechanic with 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, speaks to an Iraqi child during a visit to a village west of Fallujah in the Al Anbar province of Iraq April 22, 2004. Members of the battalion made the visit to the village to provide the children shoes and school supplies, as well as give them basic medical check-ups. The shoes and school supplies were donated by friends and family members of the battalion's Marines and sailors. The battalion provides security for the 1st Force Service Support Group at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, and has conducted several visits to surrounding communities in hopes of building a positive ******* with the local population. Pfeifer, 36, is from Aurora, Neb. (Photo by Sgt. Matt Epright)

Hydro

04-30-2004, 12:49 PM

The two-seat version of the Eurofighter looks a bit ugly. :roll:

Yeah, I was scrolling down quickly, and I glanced at the pic, and thought it was initially an Alpha jet :)

Undo

04-30-2004, 01:10 PM

Shrap

04-30-2004, 01:11 PM

Thanks for the pics. Quite sad to see that nazism is still strong.

He219

04-30-2004, 01:11 PM

http://www.luftwaffe.de/C1256E5F0045A90F/vwContentByKey/56D8CD52B31B4FE6C1256E8600419E26/$file/20040430_702R_G.jpg

http://www.luftwaffe.de/C1256E5F0045A90F/vwContentByKey/56D8CD52B31B4FE6C1256E8600419E26/$file/20040430_701B_G.jpg

GenLt Stieglitz, StS Eickenboom und Oberst Hauser (v.l.) - "A new Era has begun" (http://www.luftwaffe.de/C1256C770036FFC3/vwcache/C1256C770036EDF3-q-Anonymous-Lw_Tr_Q_Nachricht_OutFormopen&q=56D8CD52B31B4FE6C1256E8600419E26) (in German)

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J-10

04-30-2004, 01:17 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190

Maybe they win.

He219

04-30-2004, 01:26 PM

Undo

04-30-2004, 01:32 PM

J-10

04-30-2004, 01:42 PM

J-10

04-30-2004, 01:52 PM

http://www.luftwaffe.de/C1256E5F0045A90F/vwContentByKey/56D8CD52B31B4FE6C1256E8600419E26/$file/20040430_703R_G.jpg

Nice pic's

Is the two-seat version of the Eurofighter mainly used for training pilot?

Javehn

04-30-2004, 01:57 PM

He219 , can you please translate what "Raus" means ?
I feel urge to flight over to France . And to to take a trip on Ellise .
If they have balls to deal with dead ones , let's see how they deal with live one .

American Patriot

04-30-2004, 02:00 PM

raus = out.

He219

04-30-2004, 02:02 PM

He219 , can you please translate what "Raus" means ?
I feel urge to flight over to Germany . And not to visit Reign .
If they have balls to deal with dead ones , let's see how they deal with live one .

Raus! means 'Get out', Javehn. The event ocurred in France. There are all kinds of freeks and haters out there, especially in France ;)

You typically don't see this in Germany because they have strong laws banning any Nazi symbolism. Remember when US and British War graves were vandalized by French Islamists in Normandy last year?

The acts of a few Fruitcakes vandalizing Graveyards hardly represents a resurgence in Nationalsocialism.

J-10, yeah the two-seaters are for training pilots for the future Typhoon equipped squadrons of the Luftwaffe.

p-)

Javehn

04-30-2004, 02:02 PM

And if you check upper on my post , you will see France ;) . The crest got me for a second .

You typically don't see this in Germany because they have strong laws banning any Nazi symbolism. Remember when US and British War graves were vandalized by French Islamists in Normandy last year?

Yes , remember .

Uninen

04-30-2004, 02:03 PM

Thanks for the pics. Quite sad to see that nazism is still strong.

Kids or stupid people (and their numbers are few, just like the number of Americans after 9/11 that fell its now ok to nuke the rest of the planet.....), they arent "going strong".... but whatever.....

TheJedi

04-30-2004, 02:08 PM

Is the two-seat version of the Eurofighter mainly used for training pilot?

That's correct. The EF is designed for one-person operation, so usually the interface doesn't need a radar or weapons operation officer. The JG 73 will be the place where all future German EF pilots will be trained, so it's logical that they get the two-seat version first, as it is thought and needed for pilot training.

Edit: I'm too sloooow. ;)

J-10

04-30-2004, 02:08 PM

J-10, yeah the two-seaters are for training pilots for the future Typhoon equipped squadrons of the Luftwaffe.
p-)

Thank you! :hug:

millhouse

04-30-2004, 02:10 PM

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A U.S. soldier from the First Battalion 19th Special Forces mans his M-60 machine gun from a Black Hawk helicopter protecting the aircraft from a possible enemy attack en route to Asadabad Fires Base, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, from Bagram, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A US crewman looks out of the window of a Black Hawk helicopter along a mountain riverbed from Bagram Airbase en route to Asadabad Fires Base, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)[/quote]

Could you post these high-resolution please?

He219

04-30-2004, 02:17 PM

I would if I had them, millhouse. If they stumble across my path, I'll be sure to forward them to you. I have'nt forgotten about the other request for images in the past by other viewers. I post what is within my reach.

;)

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HERRLISHEIM, FRANCE: Minister of the Interior Dominique De Villepin (C-R) arrives with the president of the Israelite consistory of Haut-Rhin, Pierre Dreyfuss (C-L), 30 April 2004 at the Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim, where 127 graves were desecrated overnight with nazi and anti-semitic graffiti. AFP PHOTO FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqis at a hotel in Baghdad view Qatari based al-Jazeera satellite channel showing a supposed hooded Iraq prisoner with wires attached to his hands standing on a box. US President George W. Bush reportedly expressed "deep disgust" at the images, saying the US military would punish those responsible. The pictures, reportedly taken at a Baghdad prison and later broadcast on US television, show US troops posing with naked, alleged Iraqi detainees, and sometimes simulating ***. (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)

The acts of a few idiots is hardly a reflection of national ideology ..
:|

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Members of the 'Fallujah Brigade'move into Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, April 30, 2004 as U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work out details of a deal aimed at lifting the month long siege of the city. (AP Photo/Abdel Kader Saadi)

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U.S. Marines burn their fortifications on front line positions in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 30, 2004 before pulling out of the city. The Marines are turning over authority to the newly-created Fallujah Protective Army which will consist of former Iraqi soldiers from the Fallujah area. (AP Photo/John Moore)

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U.S. Marine tanks withdraw from Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 30, 2004 as part of an ongoing pullout of Marines from the city. The Marines are turning over authority to the newly-created Fallujah Protective Army which will consist of former Iraqi soldiers from the Fallujah area. (AP Photo/John Moore)

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Leader of the Fallujah Protective Army Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh Fallujah, center, is surrounded by U.S. Army soldiers in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, April 30, 2004. Saleh, a veteran of Saddam's Republican Guard, will lead a 1,100 member Iraqi force which has begun taking over Marine positions in Fallujah. (AP Photo/Abdel Kader Saadi)

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U.S. Marine tanks withdraw from Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 30, 2004 as part of an ongoing pullout of Marines from the city. The Marines are turning over authority to the newly-created Fallujah Protective Army which will consist of former Iraqi soldiers from the Fallujah area and be led by a former Republican Guard general under Saddam. (AP Photo/John Moore)

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catdat

04-30-2004, 02:29 PM

He219, et al

It was a British Cemetery that was desecrated. They painted slogans which were both anti-british and anti-american as well as swastikas.
It looks to me like the same people. Look at the capital "R" and the nicely done print. I'm not a "handwriting" (er, spraypainting?) expert but it looks very similiar.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038351_cemeteryafp203story.jpg

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10304301324.france_anti_semitism_str103.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2907701.stm

Shrap It's not Nazism that you need to worry about it's Facism and it comes disguised in all kinds of ways. Patriot Act anyone?

Yankee Go Home and Take Me With You!

Catdat out

thatguy96

04-30-2004, 02:34 PM

The acts of a few idiots is hardly a reflection of national ideology ..
:|
Try telling that to people who are not exactly predisposed to looking at the situation rationally, and already hate your guts for reasons you can't readily change...terrorist organizers live for this kind of ****, because its so easy to make a reflection of the US as a whole. These few idiots have done more damage than they could possibly realize.

He219

04-30-2004, 02:36 PM

Interesting how HELIX is mysteriously quiet with the Nazi pictures posted over the press.

"I told you so" ....

;)

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040430/capt.sge.mdu41.300404182133.photo04.default-380x270.jpg

Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Iraqi civilians wave their national flag as they greet Iraqi Major General, Jassem Mohamed Saleh, who will command the newly-formed Fallujah Protection Army.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)

Rantanplan

04-30-2004, 02:41 PM

Frenchman dreaming of a greater Germany? Silly World.

Rantanplan

04-30-2004, 02:43 PM

Better then an Ayatollah

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.bag10804301711.iraq__bag108.jpg

Operation Ivy

04-30-2004, 02:51 PM

GP woot

He219

04-30-2004, 03:15 PM

Thanks, Operation Ivy!
:D

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50788755.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DED4A2B41912F2A22C07B00D7D920EC452

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NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Actor Ronald Keilly (R), playing George Washington, stands with New York Masons during a re-enactment of George Washington's inauguration on the steps of Federal Hall April 30, 2004 in New York City. The ceremony was performed by members of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of New York. Washington was inaugurated as the nation's first President April 30, 1789 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/***** Images)

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NEW YORK - APRIL 30: A man takes a photgraph as New York Police Department Emergency Service Unit officers look on during a re-enactment of George Washington's inauguration on the steps of Federal Hall April 30, 2004 in New York City.

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ZITTAU, Germany: Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) stands with Saxony's Premier Georg Milbradt in front of the European flag 30 April 2004, in Zittau, a German town at the triangle where Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic meet. Zittau will mark the EU enlargement in presence of the German, Polish and Czech leaders, Gerhard Schroeder, Leszek Miller and Vladimir Spidla on 01 May 2004. AFP PHOTO DDP/UWE MEINHOLD GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read UWE MEINHOLD/AFP/***** Images)

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: A giant European flag pictured in front of star balloons during a ceremony for tomorrow's official enlargement of the European Union to 10 new countries, 30 April 2004 in Brussels. BELGA PHOTO YVES BOUCAU (Photo credit should read YVES BOUCAU/AFP/***** Images)

to free the oppressed

04-30-2004, 03:52 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190

Maybe they win.
rofl Yea the day that happens is when I become God.

HELEX

04-30-2004, 04:14 PM

So tell me, how many people are neccesary to do something like this?

One.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10304301324.france_anti_semitism_str103.jpg

MaDuce

04-30-2004, 04:33 PM

So tell me, how many people are neccesary to do something like this?

One.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10304301324.france_anti_semitism_str103.jpg
Ya you should know.

S'13

04-30-2004, 04:35 PM

So tell me, how many people are neccesary to do something like this?

One.

Incidents of antisemitic violence in France in 2003: approximately 400

http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2002-3/france.htm

Is this the work of one person?

ibstolidude

04-30-2004, 05:51 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190
"I'm crushing your head!"

Undo

04-30-2004, 06:23 PM

ROFLMAO!

Pooga

04-30-2004, 06:36 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190
"I'm crushing your head!"
Or,

"You have failed me for the last time…"
:cantbeli:

One?

04-30-2004, 07:29 PM

Undo

04-30-2004, 07:34 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190
"I'm crushing your head!"

aren't they cheering because the Iraqi army entered the city? Whats so wrong about that...

Its nothing to do with politics. It was a joke about the position of the guys fingers and the other guys head. Don't take it seriously. It has nothing to do with anything.

ChuckThunder

04-30-2004, 07:50 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190
"I'm crushing your head!"

rofl

Kids in the Hall!

ibstolidude

04-30-2004, 08:14 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190
"I'm crushing your head!"

rofl

Kids in the Hall!
about time.

Steve Railsback

04-30-2004, 08:31 PM

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7261/7261298.jpg

"Hey, how much for all the women ? How much?"

mustamato

04-30-2004, 08:49 PM

Iraqis need to take charge of their own affairs.

As for this the US forces will obviously still "make visits in Fallujah to see that the Iraqi
soldiers do what they are supposed to do". Letting this old general back is a sign of
desperation, and the reports that they will still have soldiers in Fallujah occasionally
says to me that they don´t trust the Iraqis at all. "Taking charge of their own affairs"
requires in the first place that the occupation forces allow them to do so?

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7261/7261298.jpg

Iraqi Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh gestures from his car as he leaves Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 30, 2004 after U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work out details of a deal aimed at lifting the month long siege of the city. Saleh served in the 1980s in the Republican Guard and in the 1990s as the commander of the 38th Infantry Division in the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

big_les

04-30-2004, 08:52 PM

Re: the desecrated graves.. I always thought 'Rosbif/rosbeef' was a pretty pathetic national slur. We come up with 'Frog' because we saw the French as weird for eating frog's legs (which is pretty unusual in the world) and what's the best they can muster in response.... 'roast beefs'. Genius. Yes, we eat roast beef, as does much of the developed world (at least). What's their point? :)

Now, if a perturbed neo-fascist Johnny Frenchman were to say to me 'your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries' I might be worried...

'Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time..."

One?

04-30-2004, 09:34 PM

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7261/7261298.jpg

"Hey, how much for all the women ? How much?"

that general is still behaving as if saddam was still in power.

@Undo sorry I didn't notice the hand until you told me, and its pretty funny.

usa320

04-30-2004, 09:55 PM

Fukcing nazis, didn't we finish them all in 1945

I think the stupid pricks want another go at it. maybe we should kick there asses again?

the_spec

04-30-2004, 10:35 PM

Good luck, they're all over the place. It's not like there aren't neofascist groups in the US.

AFG

04-30-2004, 10:47 PM

Good luck, they're all over the place. It's not like there aren't neofascist groups in the US.

yea we got little ****s like the KKK still here :(

Midav

04-30-2004, 11:16 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10104301316.france_anti_semitism_str101.jpg

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10304301324.france_anti_semitism_str103.jpg

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040430/capt.str10204301326.france_anti_semitism_str102.jpg

WTF MAN
Fukcing nazis, didn't we finish them all in 1945? Sons of bitches. No respect for the dead. ARGHHHHH just give me 4 minutes with one of those fukcs who spray painted the gravestones. My blood is boiling.

I second that with my whole heart.

However, you'll have to beat me getting to those mother f*ukers first, Permskii ;)

budanski

04-30-2004, 11:36 PM

seruriermarshal

04-30-2004, 11:38 PM

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=595190

Maybe they win.

Allies are Iraq's friends , not enemy . Long time , Saddam lie to Iraq people , so they hate allies , war will hard , but allies will win .

Midav

04-30-2004, 11:40 PM

No difference to me.

If they were Muslim extremists, kick their ass then serve 'em spolied pork chops.

el_kab0ng

04-30-2004, 11:43 PM

Maybe they win.
The Iraqis need to win their sovereignty and establish order through just and representitive governance. That is the final mission of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The goal is not to flatten Fallujah or enact Tiananmen Square style repression. Iraqis need to take charge of their own affairs.

Saddam is gone, time to reconstitute the Iraqi Army and revert security back to the Iraqis with coalition assistance and oversight. Then we all win.

Well said.

I have a feeling there's more going on than we realize. By empowering an ex-Saddam regime member to take "control" over Fallujah, I bet we see the insurgent scene dry up in a hurry, and most likely in a discreet disposing manner. IIRC, this guy is a Sunni...taking control over a Shi'ite area...probably not going to be pretty. Chances are we'll never hear about it.

Lest we forget why Saddam's regime was toppled to begin with...and no it has nothing to do with WMD's. :bash:

J-10

05-01-2004, 12:12 AM

http://wwwi.*******.com/images/2004-04-30T113739Z_01_HKG63D_RTRIDSP_2_HONGKONG.jpg

A Chinese PLA soldier has sweat wiped away by a colleague at the Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base in Hong Kong, April 30, 2004. China will expand the membership of the military's top decision-making body to "suit the needs of modern warfare" if Taiwan declares independence. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy task group visited Hong Kong for a six-day stop over. The group includes two guided missile destroyers, four guided missile frigates and two submarines, in its biggest show of military force since the former colony's 1997 handover from Britain. *******/Kin Cheung

Good PLA soldiers with firm discipline. :D

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13586

http://pic.tiexue.net/origin/2004_4/2004_4_30_62270.jpg

SiFiOn

05-01-2004, 04:53 AM

http://pic.tiexue.net/origin/2004_4/2004_4_30_62270.jpg

Look at all these neat men and especially this neat sub. I has to be new, or otherwise it wouldn't be that shiny. Is it new, J-10?

J-10

05-01-2004, 05:14 AM

[quote=J-10]

Look at all these neat men and especially this neat sub. I has to be new, or otherwise it wouldn't be that shiny. Is it new, J-10?

Yes, new navy uniform and new submarine type 039A. :D

Haiw

05-01-2004, 06:19 AM

weedman

05-01-2004, 06:21 AM

Just call'em anti-semites, and stop insulting Muslims generally.

Haiw

05-01-2004, 06:25 AM

Either way, whoever it was deserves to re-enact Pointe du Hoc.... without a rope....and the other way around. And a helluva lot quicker than the Rangers. :D

elguapo

05-02-2004, 12:26 AM