Today's Pic's - Monday, May 3rd

[He219]

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: John Tahuparae (L), a "Kaumatua", or elder, of parliament welcomes Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (R) with a "hongi" Maori greeting upon the latter's arrival at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, 03 May 2004. Lagos arrived 02 May in New Zealand for a three-day visit. AFP PHOTO/Dean TREML (Photo credit should read DEAN TREML/AFP/***** Images)

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (L) picks up a "peace" offering during a Maori "Powhiri", or challenge, with John Tahuparae (R), a Kaumatua, or elder, of parliament upon the Chilean leader's arrival at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, 03 May 2004.

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Maori warriors and maidens prepare to perform a "Powhiri" or challenge for Chilean President Ricardo Lagos upon his arrival at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, 03 May 2004. Lagos arrived 02 May in New Zealand for a three-day visit. AFP PHOTO/Dean TREML (Photo credit should read DEAN TREML/AFP/***** Images)

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Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, center, receives a maori challenge on his arrival at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 3, 2004. Accompanying him is the Government Kaumatua (maori elder) John Tahuparae, right, and his partner Rose White. (AP Photo/Fotopress, Ross Setford)

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (L) is lead to the steps of New Zealand's parliament by a Maori warrior (R) wielding a "taiaha", or spear as part of the "Powhiri", or Maori challenge ceremony in Wellington, 03 May 2004.

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Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, center, accompanied by the Government Kaumatua (Maori elder) John Tahuparae, right, and his partner Rose White as he receives a Maori welcome from a Kapa Haka group on his arrival at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 3, 2004. Lagos is here for a three day visit. (AP Photo/Fotopress, Ross Setford)

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador's Cuscatlan Battalion poses for a photograph in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday May 1, 2004, at the square erected in the memory of Natividad Mendez, who died on April 4. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Thai army soldiers arrive at the Pattani train station on Monday, May 3, 2004.

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Thai army soldiers unloading equipment and backpacks at the Pattani train station on Monday, May 3, 2004. The troops of 700, from northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province, have been dispatched to help maintain security in the southern Thai where last Wednesday more than 100 militants and five authorities were killed in bloody clashes across three provinces.(AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)

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Thai reinforcement army soldiers sit on the back of a truck after arrival at Pattani train station on Monday, May 3, 2004. The troops, from northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province, have been dispatched to help maintain security in the southern Thailand where last Wednesday more than 100 militants and five authorities were killed in bloody clashes across three provinces. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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TANTO, THAILAND: A Thai soldier stands guard near a mosque during a search operation by security officials after overnight violence in the Tanto district of Yala province, southern Thailand, 03 May 2004. Thai troops trained as peacekeepers in East Timor were to be deployed in the Muslim-dominated south to help avert further attacks after last week's bloody clashes which left over 100 dead. AFP PHOTO/****chai KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read ****CHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/***** Images)

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Philippine National Police Special Forces guard ballot boxes on Monday, May 3, 2004 prior to being shipped to nearby polling centers in Manila, Philippines. With the country's presidential elections just a few days away, attention focused on security threats after soldiers and police arrested two Muslim men Saturday with a homemade bomb allegedly targeted for the elections commission headquarters in Manila. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Anti-terrorist police guard a hotel while a group of Filipino demonstrators rally to denounce US occupation of Iraqi while Iraqi Minister for Public Works Nesreen Barwari is giving lecture on Iraq's reconstruction 03 May 2004. The protesters denounced Iraq's Governing Council as US puppet and called on US and Philippine troops to pull out of Iraq. Meanwhile Barwari who earlier met with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo thank the Philippines for its help in rebuilding the war-ravaged country. Manila sent 51 Filipino soldiers and policemen serving with the US-led occupation forces in Iraq. AFP PHOTO JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/***** Images)

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Philippine Army soldiers escort suspected communist guerrilla leader Rogelio Villanueva (C) after he was presented at a news conference at the Philippine Army headquarters in Manila, 03 May 2004. Villanueva, together with two companions, was arrested 02 May south of Manila. Communist guerrillas have emerged as the biggest threat to the May 10 Philippine national elections by harassing and extorting money from candidates of all stripes, security officials say. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/***** Images)

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BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA: Indonesian troops display a number of weapons detained from Aceh separatist rebels at the air force base in Banda Aceh, 03 May 2004. Indonesian troops have shot dead two separatist rebels in the restive province of Aceh, the military said 02 May, as clashes continue nearly one year after the original armed forces offensive against the Aceh Free Movement rebels. AFP PHOTO/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK (Photo credit should read HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/AFP/***** Images)

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WARSAW, POLAND: French Defence minister Michele Alliot-Marie (C) and Polish counterpart Jerzy Szmajdzinski (R) are seen with Polish army officers during an official welcoming ceremony in the court of the defence ministry in Warsaw 03 May 2004. Alliot-Marie pays a two-day visit to Poland. AFP PHOTO JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/***** Images)

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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA: Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase (L) and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel review an honour guard, at the government headquarters, Victoria's Palace in Bucharest 03 May 2004. AFP PHOTO DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/***** Images)

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: U.S Lieutenant General David W. Barno, Commander of Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan gestures as he speaks during a press comference in Kabul, 03 May 2004. Barno, the top US commander in Afghanistan expressed concerned over Pakistan's amnesty for militants in south Wazirstan, he said there are significant numbers of "foreign fighters" in the Pakistani tribal areas from where they cross border for carrying out attacks against the US-led and Aghanistan targets. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)

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KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Pakistani paramedics transport an unidentified Chinese national at a hospital in Karachi, 03 May 2004, after he was injured in a car bomb explosion. A car bomb in southwest Pakistan killed three Chinese engineers helping to build a multi-million dollar seaport and injured 11 others including two Pakistanis. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/***** Images)

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Injured Chinese workers are transported to a hospital in Karachi, May 3, 2004. A powerful car bomb killed three Chinese workers in Pakistan's southern port city of Gawadar on Monday, police said. *******/Athar Hussain

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - MAY 3: A group of men look at the remains of a man that was allegedly killed by US troops before he is buried at an overflowing cemetery built in a soccer arena, on May 3, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. An estimated 1,300 Iraqis have been killed during the month-long siege of Fallujah and the death toll continues to rise as residents return home to find more bodies. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - MAY 3: People look at rows of graves at an overflowing cemetery built in a soccer arena, on May 3, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. An estimated 1,300 Iraqis have been killed during the month-long siege of Fallujah and the death toll continues to rise as residents return home to find more bodies. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/***** Images)

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A Chinese policewoman looks up during an English lesson in preparations for peacekeeping mission at a school in Langfang, south of Beijing city, China, Tuesday, April 27, 2004. The language class may seem mundane, but the students _ China's future United Nations peacekeepers _ are the lynchpin of a striking new trend in Chinese police work and foreign policy. Though it has long been wary of conflicts abroad, China has in recent yearsembraced United Nations peacekeeping operations as a way to stretch its diplomatic spine as one of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and a rising Asian force. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Chinese policemen study English in preparation for peacekeeping mission at a school in Langfang, south of Beijing city, China, Tuesday, April 27, 2004. The language class may seem mundane, but the students _ China's future United Nations peacekeepers _ are the lynchpin of a striking new trend in Chinese police work and foreign policy. Though it has long been wary of conflicts abroad, China has in recent years embraced United Nationspeacekeeping operations as a way to stretch its diplomatic spine as one of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and a rising Asian force. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Taiwanese authorities have stepped up security for foreign embassies here after diplomatic staff were threatened against attending President Chen Shui-bian's inauguration. Here Taiwanese crack police(AFP/File/Thomas Cheng)

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A South Korean monk shaves the head of one of 11 children during a service to celebrate Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 26 at the Chogye temple in Seoul Monday, May 3, 2004. The 11 children entered the temple to have an experience of monks' life for a month. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 3: A child rubs his head after having it shaved by a Buddhist monk during the "Children Becoming Buddhist Monks" ceremony at a Chogye temple on May 3, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. The children will stay at the temple to learn about Buddhism for 30 days. According to historians, Buddha was born approximately 2,545 years ago, though the exact date is unknown. Buddha's official birthday is celebrated May 26. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/***** Images)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 3: A child pulls a face as Buddhist monks attempt to burn incense on his skin during the "Children Becoming Buddhist Monks" ceremony at a Chogye temple on May 3, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. The children will stay at the temple to learn about Buddhism for 30 days. According to historians, Buddha was born approximately 2,545 years ago, though the exact date is unknown. Buddha's official birthday is celebrated May 26. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/***** Images)

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South Korean children play after their heads were shaved by monks during a service to celebrate Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 26 at the Chogye temple in Seoul Monday, May 3, 2004. Eleven children entered the temple to have an experience of monks' life for a month. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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[Rantanplan]

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Unusual Pics Today He219.

[He219]

Those monk pic's were too funny! I had to share my amusement, especially after the gruesomeness of other pic's ....

:lol:

[Rantanplan]

Yeah, Buddhist Monks are the shiznit. Praise Buddha!

[Marmot1]

Where is military on those monks pics??? p-)

Great pics...

BTW any pics of King of France by any chance? ;) rofl

[He219]

C'mon. Never hear of the 'Shaolin Buddha finger'?
;)

Sorry, No pic's of the King of France ....

[insert photo of Chirac as Cardinal Richelieu here]

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Four Martinis later, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2ndL) arrives in Munich. Wen is on a 4-day official visit to Germany.(AFP/DDP/Johannes Simon)

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MUNICH, Germany: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and King of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber shake hands, late 02 May 2004 in Munich, during a reception. Wen is on a four-day official visit to Germany, part of a European tour. AFP PHOTO DDP/JOHANNES SIMON GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JOHANNES SIMON/AFP/***** Images)

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao(R) and King of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber wear protective goggles during a tour of the Audi automobile factory in Ingolstadt, Germany May 2, 2004. (Michaela Rehle/*******)

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao(R) and King of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber during a tour of the Audi automobile factory in Ingolstadt, Germany May 2, 2004. (Michaela Rehle/*******)
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A U.S. Army sniper looks through the scope of his sniper rifle after an attack on a U.S. military base in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, May 3, 2004. *******/Their Al-Sudani

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Indonesian soldiers inspect weapons confiscated from members of the Free Aceh Movement at their base in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, May 3, 2004. Since launching its offensive against separatist guerrillas in last May, the Indonesian military has killed more than 1,800 suspected separatist rebels in the troubled province. (AP Photo/Str)

[Marmot1]

Good pics He219... at least king of Bavaria.... :lol: ;)

[SiFiOn]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



Who said bayonnet fighting is not of these days anymore?

Would like to have this cpl as my buddy, another true hero!

[Vance]

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rofl rofl

[Marmot1]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



Who said bayonnet fighting is not of these days anymore?

Would like to have this cpl as my buddy, another true hero!

BTW does anybody know something more about this incident???

[caleb]

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao(R) and King of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber wear protective goggles during a tour of the Audi automobile factory in Ingolstadt, Germany May 2, 2004. (Michaela Rehle/*******)

rofl rofl rofl rofl OWNED!!!!!!

[HELEX]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



Who said bayonnet fighting is not of these days anymore?

Would like to have this cpl as my buddy, another true hero!

Well, getting in Situations like this one shows a lot of whats going on there.... :roll:

[ikurinturbiini]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



Who said bayonnet fighting is not of these days anymore?

Would like to have this cpl as my buddy, another true hero!

Me too. But that's not a switchblade. More like a Buck 110 or some similar lockback folder. Jeezh, what is it with media and blades?

[HELEX]

Jeezh, what is it with media and blades?

What is it with media and Firearms? :lol:

[ikurinturbiini]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Traditional headgear rules. I especially like the horse-tail helmets worn by the guards at the Palace where the king of France lives.

http://www.irna.ir/occasion/france/gif/jaq2.gif
I mean these guys, there behind the King and the dude with a towel in his head.

[Eddie]

Nice pics He!

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Mon May 3, 7:15 AM ET
British soldiers inspect a car in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The Daily Mirror, which published pictures apparently showing British troops abusing an Iraqi detainee, denied suggestions that they are fakes.(AFP/File/Hani Al-Obeidi)

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5/2/2004 23:35 EDT
Spc. Kurt Stumpf of Indianapolis holds a family photo of his five children and wife at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Stumpf is a member of the Edinburgh-based 1413th Engineer Detachment that is comprised of trade workers with plumbing, electrical and other construction skills. Stumpf and other soldiers wait prepared at Camp Atterbury for a plane to take them to combat. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Mon May 3, 7:10 AM ET
A Blackhawk helicopter flies over Baghdad. As more soldiers died and a prison scandal widened, the US-led coalition celebrated the daring escape of a US civilian from ruthless insurgents in the one bit of good news for America after its deadliest month in Iraq.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)
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Mon May 3, 6:11 AM ET
US soldiers on patrol after a petrol tanker was destroyed near Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed when they came under fire from US troops as they planted a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)
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Mon May 3, 7:30 AM ET
A U.S. soldier sits atop of an armored vehicle in the centers of the Iraqi capital, May 3, 2004. The U.S. military has reprimanded six senior commissioned and non-commissioned officers in connection with the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday. *******/Faleh Kheiber

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US military Doctor Stener treats a serviceman wounded in a mortar attack 02 May 2004 at the military hospital in Camp Fallujah, outside the city of the same name. Six US servicemen were killed and 30 wounded in a mortar attack on a military base near Ramadi in the restive western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, the US military said. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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Mon May 3, 6:22 AM ET
Japanese troops on patrol in the southern Iraqi town of Samawa. Japanese soldiers in southern Iraq have fully resumed the humanitarian mission which was halted by a mortar attack last month.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)
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Mon May 3, 6:25 AM ET
Iraqi youth greet a Japanese soldier in the town of Al-Khudor near the city of Samawa in southern Iraq May 3, 2004, after Japanese troops started a water supply project in the town. *******/Mohammed Ameen

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Mon May 3, 7:48 AM ET
A North Korean navy soldier stands guard at a communication room in the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo, on a river in Pyongyang May 3, 2004. The spy ship was seized by the North Korean navy with 83 crew in 1968. The 82 survivors were freed after nearly a year of tense negotiations. About 300 South Korean workers completed on Monday a four-day trip to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean May Day celebration. *******/Lee Jae-Won

[He219]

A few more of the USS Pueblo:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040503/i/r27741166.jpg

North Korean four-star general Park In-ho (64), who participated in a battle to seize the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo in 1968, briefs visitors in front of the spy ship, on a river in Pyongyang May 3, 2004. The spy ship was seized by the North Korean navy with 83 crew in 1968. The 82 survivors were freed after nearly a year of tense negotiations. About 300 South Korean workers completed on Monday a four-day trip to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean May Day celebration. *******/Lee Jae-Won

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South Korean workers visit the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo on a river in Pyongyang, May 3, 2004. The spy ship was seized by the North Korean navy with 83 crew in 1968. The 82 survivors were freed after nearly a year of tense negotiations. About 300 South Korean workers completed on Monday a four-day trip to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean May Day celebration. *******/Lee Jae-Won

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A North Korean navy sailor stands guard on the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo, on a river in Pyongyang May 3, 2004.

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The flag of the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo and a U.S. naval uniform are displayed at a room in the spy ship, on a river in Pyongyang May 3, 2004

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A North Korean navy sailor stands guard on the United States' navy spy ship USS Pueblo, on a river in Pyongyang May 3, 2004.

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KILINOCHCHI, SRI LANKA: Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim (C) is flanked by Norway's Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hans Brattskar (R) and Kjersti Tromsdal (L) as they walk from a military helicopter in the rebel-held town of Kilinochchi, 03 May 2004, to open talks with Liberation of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) representatives. The guerrillas announced willingness to resume peace talks with the government based on their controversial proposal for self-rule. AFP PHOTO/Tamilnet/HO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)

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ODESSA, UKRAINE: Hundreds of participants of the Third International Carnival of the Bodyart 2004 pose in the streets in Odessa, Ukraine's Black Sea resort, 02 May, 2004. AFP PHOTO/ Sergei SUPINSKY/ ss (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/***** Images)

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ODESSA, UKRAINE: A policeman yawns as he looks at painted models during the Third International Carnival of Body Art 2004, in Odessa, Ukraine's Black Sea resort, 02 May, 2004. Hundreds of models and painters took part in the carnival in Odessa's streets. AFP PHOTO/ Sergei SUPINSKY/ ss (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/***** Images)
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[Seoulstriker]

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PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)


p-)


GP, He219! woot

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Chapka, or rogatywka. Shako (or chako) is the round one.

[Pad75]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Chapka, or rogatywka. Shako (or chako) is the round one.

Can you tell me the reason why they salut that way (with the 2 fingers - that must be very difficult!) in the Polish army ?

[SiFiOn]

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/76126067ff84558e85256e8900372bc4/$FILE/gear2.jpg
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Pfc. Jayson Rebimbas, 20, a radio operator with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment gears up for a patrol near Fallujah, Iraq. The Carteret, N.J. Marine regularly hauls more than 30 pounds on his back for every patrol. Learning from his experienced squad leaders what to take to the field keeps Rebimbas safe and well supplied for combat operations.


Taken from : http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/BEA2C835392F80DF85256E890036BC07?opendocument

[SiFiOn]

And some more:

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/1c5a1f1bc02ababe85256e890013f007/$FILE/nightvision.jpg
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Lance Cpl. Elpidio Espinosa Jr., 3rd Platoon rifleman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, simulates covering injured Marines during a night helicopter raid training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows.


Taken from : http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/7C29EAF97B7EF0D485256E890013D7F9?opendocument

[Threelions]

[quote="He219"]
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[quote]PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)


This caption doesn't make sense. King of Quebec? Last i checked Quebec, much like the rest of Canada, only had one sovereign, and her neame is Queen Elizabeth!!

Cheers

[Gordon]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Think it's a chapka. I know the British army used to use Shakos back in Napoleaonic times and they were tall and round so, although i didn't know the name for the square hat i'm guessing it's a chapka like you said.

[mrfloppy]

http://www.deutschesheer.de/C1256B6C002D670C/vwContentByKey/N25WQCQM562MRORDE/$File/UFD.jpghttp://www.deutschesheer.de/C1256B6C002D670C/vwContentByKey/N25WQCQM562MRORDE/$File/FwFDover.gif
[quote]Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao(R) and King of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber during a tour of the Audi automobile factory in Ingolstadt, Germany May 2, 2004. (Michaela Rehle/*******)
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Really Nice pics! :D :D

[Herrmannek]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Think it's a chapka. I know the British army used to use Shakos back in Napoleaonic times and they were tall and round so, although i didn't know the name for the square hat i'm guessing it's a chapka like you said.

This type of head cover is called rogtywka( "cornerity" for obvious reasons :) ). Czapka is common name for all head covers excluding helmets, hats and balaclavas...

[ikurinturbiini]

[quote=He219]
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[quote]PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)


This caption doesn't make sense. King of Quebec? Last i checked Quebec, much like the rest of Canada, only had one sovereign, and her neame is Queen Elizabeth!!

Cheers

Oh no. Look what we started.

[MEGR]

The dude with the bloody knife is harcore.

[Piotrek]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Chapka, or rogatywka. Shako (or chako) is the round one.

Can you tell me the reason why they salut that way (with the 2 fingers - that must be very difficult!) in the Polish army ?

AFAIK it is after the battle of Olszynka Grochowska where polish grenadier who lost his 2 fingers was saluting general who was visiting lines (i think it was gen. Bem but i wont bet)

BTW. Today is one of the most important polish national holidays - The 3 May Constitution Holiday - it was second constitution in the world after USA constitution.

[Herrmannek]

AFAIK Real reason We salute that way is because tzar russians saluted normaly with all fingers unfolded and we didn't want to salut like them...

[REMOV]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka?
The four cornered Polish "rogatywka" actually dates back to the 18th century. The Polish word for corner is róg - from where the term rogatywka is derived. It's use by the Poles in many military campaigns over the next two centuries has made this a distinctively Polish style.

After 1945 the use of the rogatywka as a standard officer hat style in the Polish Army was all but discontinued (it did see very limited ceremonial usage, and was retained in the field cap design). With the rebirth of a free Poland after the departure of the Soviet occupiers 14 years ago the rogatywka has once again been reinstated to its former place in Polish military attire.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~koby/political/chapter_21/2106sieroszewski.jpg
18th version of the rogatywka (Waclaw Sieroszewski in Legion uniform)

http://www.esthererman.com/ALBUM/ph-MendeLg.jpg
The Rogatywka used in IIRP (1918-1939), before WWII.

[Eddie]

From around the world, starting from downunder:

http://www.defence.gov.au/opanode/images/gallery/030504/JPAU29APR04OG002_lo.jpg
Who's gonna tell the general that his button is undone?
http://www.defence.gov.au/opanode/images/gallery/030504/JPAU29APR04OG003_lo.jpg

Chief of the Defence Force visits Solomon Islands
03 May 2004

More: http://www.defence.gov.au/opanode/images/gallery/030504/index.htm

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MCpl Alain Hebert, a Canadian soldier with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22ndR Bn Gp), hands out pens to Afghan children during an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) presence patrol in the village of Spin Kalay, near Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Afghan children look on during a presence patrol by Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), in the village of Spin Kalay, near Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.hok.dk/images/uploads/04_0430_hok_klar_igen_b.jpg

Øvelsen sluttede med en planlægning af, hvordan Danske Division igen kunne indgå i en fredsstøttende operation efter at have været indsat i kamp.
More: http://www.hok.dk/more.php?id=767_0_1_0_C

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Åge Andre Breivik, 2004-05-03
Pionerar i sikring av last
http://www.mil.no/start/article.jhtml?articleID=74529

http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/Front_Page_Photos/May/05_03_04.jpg

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Josh Walter with the 1st Infantry Division, Logistics Support Area, Anaconda, Iraq, looks at coordinates while conducting a patrol on April, 26, 2004. The area is being cleared of threats so the Tactical Air Control Party can call in an air strike. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)

http://www.bmlv.gv.at/images_skaliert/stuetzpkt_nacht_1_768x576_1083161584.jpg

Garnisonsübungsplatz Götzendorf - An International PfP-Training Area
Ein Bericht der Redaktion Kommando Internationale Einsätze

More: http://www.bmlv.gv.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=984

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http://www.t2.mil.se/images/local/nl0428_bargning.jpg
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3 maj 2004 kl 7
Tufft i väglös terräng
Obefintliga vägar. Lera. Vattenhinder. De svenska delarna i Nordisk Logistikbataljon, SWELOG, har haft en tuff vecka.
More: http://www.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=21648

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

AFAIK it is after the battle of Olszynka Grochowska where polish grenadier who lost his 2 fingers was saluting general who was visiting lines (i think it was gen. Bem but i wont bet)

In one of Szymon Kobylinski's books I read that two fingers mean "honor & fatherland", and such way of saluting was invented during one of the uprisings.
Never heard about the grenadier, but probably it's true.

[mack pl]

Well, before WW II we have few types of"Rogatywka".For generals, younger officers, for privates.We have "field rogatywka"too.Ehhh,history.

[mack pl]

AFAIK it is after the battle of Olszynka Grochowska where polish grenadier who lost his 2 fingers was saluting general who was visiting lines (i think it was gen. Bem but i wont bet)

In one of Szymon Kobylinski's books I read that two fingers mean "honor & fatherland", and such way of saluting was invented during one of the uprisings.
Never heard about the grenadier, but probably it's true.well, who know why we salut like that :roll: We are original ;)

[front]

Marmot wrote:

"BTW does anybody know something more about this incident???"

Image taken by a civilian contractor:

http://www.thermaldynamics.com/pictures/mstn/benaward.jpg

""THE GUY IN UNIFORM IS EL SALVADORAN SPEC OPS, WORKING IN NAJAF. THE OTHERS ARE CONTRACT SHOOTERS & BROTHERS-IN-ARMS AFTER WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER. NOT A PRIZE WINNER OF A PIC, BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU READ THE EXPLANATION THAT CAME WITH IT:

"This EL Sal was caught in the open by the hospital. He ran out of ammo and stabbed some people while escaping to the base. His teamate was killed by the badguys. His knife was a 3 dollar folding crap job.

We awarded him a Chris Reeve knife.

Hard as nails.."

THE CHRIS REEVE GREEN BERET KNIFE FROM M.S.T.N. WENT OVER WITH ONE OF THE SHOOTERS.""

cheers

front

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

We are original ;)

Eh.... it reminds me guys from "Ani Mru Mru" :D

[Tofik- vampire kid, to his vampire father]: Dad... Am I... weird?
[Dad]: ehm... eee..... no, sonny..... you're just.... original...

[afrographX]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador's Cuscatlan Battalion poses for a photograph in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday May 1, 2004, at the square erected in the memory of Natividad Mendez, who died on April 4. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



....sounds crazy :D

[Rnagerrick]

What rank is the guy with the LT?? Tech sarge of some sort?? THe swept design resembles the airforce.

[mack pl]

We are original ;)

Eh.... it reminds me guys from "Ani Mru Mru" :D

[Tofik- vampire kid, to his vampire father]: Dad... Am I... weird?
[Dad]: ehm... eee..... no, sonny..... you're just.... original...Ani Mru mru is cool.

[Marmot1]

We are original ;)

Eh.... it reminds me guys from "Ani Mru Mru" :D

[Tofik- vampire kid, to his vampire father]: Dad... Am I... weird?
[Dad]: ehm... eee..... no, sonny..... you're just.... original...Ani Mru mru is cool.

Ani Mru Mru?!?

[mack pl]

"Ani mru mru" to taki kabaret.Jeden z lepszych.Numer z supermarketem był zajebisty :lol:

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

We are original ;)

Eh.... it reminds me guys from "Ani Mru Mru" :D

[Tofik- vampire kid, to his vampire father]: Dad... Am I... weird?
[Dad]: ehm... eee..... no, sonny..... you're just.... original...Ani Mru mru is cool.This young vampire was Tofik, yeah?

Yup.

IMHO they're the best comedians in Poland :D

And on 19th of may they will be in my town woot woot woot

[mack pl]

We are original ;)

Eh.... it reminds me guys from "Ani Mru Mru" :D

[Tofik- vampire kid, to his vampire father]: Dad... Am I... weird?
[Dad]: ehm... eee..... no, sonny..... you're just.... original...Ani Mru mru is cool.This young vampire was Tofik, yeah?

Yup.

IMHO they're the best comedians in Poland :D

And on 19th of may they will be in my town woot woot wootWhich town.Wąchock ;) rofl

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

Which town.Wąchock ;) rofl

Nope :D Stalowa Wola City :D

[Eddie]

I'd salute this guy:
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040503/i/r937822340.jpg

Mon May 3,11:15 AM ET
The former hostage Thomas Hamill shakes hands with two U.S. soldiers after his escape, May 3, 2004. Hamill, who escaped from captivity over the weekend, has left Iraq (news - web sites) and is on his way to a military hospital in Germany for medical check-ups, a U.S. military official said Monday. Photo by ******* (Handout)

[mack pl]

Which town.Wąchock ;) rofl

Nope :D Stalowa Wola City :DCool ;)

[HumanShield]

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Mon May 3,11:15 AM ET
The former hostage Thomas Hamill shakes hands with two U.S. soldiers after his escape, May 3, 2004. Hamill, who escaped from captivity over the weekend, has left Iraq (news - web sites) and is on his way to a military hospital in Germany for medical check-ups, a U.S. military official said Monday. Photo by ******* (Handout)

That guys got some big balls. All of the pictures i saw of him while he was in captivity, he looked as though he was about to kill his capters :-*$

[Eddie]

Happy Constitution Day Marmot1, Brzeczyszczykiewicz, mack pl and the rest!

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Mon May 3,11:13 AM ET
Julita Miroslawska, center, a lieutenant of the Polish military police, along with armed colleagues parades during celebrations marking Consitution Day, Poland's national holiday, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, May 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

[Denat]

Happy Constitution Day Marmot1, Brzeczyszczykiewicz, mack pl and the rest!

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Mon May 3,11:13 AM ET
Julita Miroslawska, center, a lieutenant of the Polish military police, along with armed colleagues parades during celebrations marking Consitution Day, Poland's national holiday, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, May 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Actually she is not lieutenant - look at her shoulder-slides - she is wearing the insignia of "Mlodszy chorąży" - Junior Warrant Officer. But she is really in the MP.
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[Marmot1]

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Mon May 3,11:15 AM ET
The former hostage Thomas Hamill shakes hands with two U.S. soldiers after his escape, May 3, 2004. Hamill, who escaped from captivity over the weekend, has left Iraq (news - web sites) and is on his way to a military hospital in Germany for medical check-ups, a U.S. military official said Monday. Photo by ******* (Handout)

That guys got some big balls. All of the pictures i saw of him while he was in captivity, he looked as though he was about to kill his capters :-*$

Guy with HUGE balls!

[ikurinturbiini]

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Yes. It has been the Day of the Cool Hats. The ANZAC piece crowns the day (pun intended.)

[He219]

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BERLIN, Germany: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) leads Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in a traditional Berliner Waltz, 03 May 2004 at the Chancellory in Berlin, before talks expected to be dominated by trade issues. Wen is on a four-day-visit in Germany, the first leg of an 11-day tour of Europe. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)


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OSTERFELD, GERMANY: A Pakistani motorway policeman holds a stop sign of the German police during a truck control in Osterfeld 03 May 2004. In a two-week course, 120 Pakistani motorway policemen are instructed in different federal states of Germany in the work of traffic police. Parts of the courses are among others traffic controls, field sobriety tests and controls of commercial transports. AFP PHOTO DDP/JENS SCHLUETER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/***** Images)

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DUBLIN, IRELAND: (From L) Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, French president Jacques Chirac, Spanish Prime MInister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Greek counterpart Konstantin Karamanlis look at a young girl about to get sick during 01 May 2004 in Dublin during EU leaders' celebrations of the bloc's historic 'big bang" enlargement. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)

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AMMAN, JORDAN - MAY 3: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) at Abdullah's Al Barakeh palace May 3, 2004 in Amman, Jordan. Later the leaders had lunch together at the palace and made a minor arms deal for the Governor's personal collection. (Photo by John Decker-Pool/***** Images)

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TIKRIT, IRAQ - MAY 3: The farmhouse where former hostage Thomas Hamill was kept for 23 days before managing to escape is seen in this US Army handout photo May 3, 2004 in Tikrit, Iraq. Hamill has left Iraq and is on his way to a military hospital in Germany for medical check-ups, a U.S. military official said Monday. (Photo by US Army via ***** Images)

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TIKRIT, IRAQ - MAY 3: The room in a farmhouse where former hostage Thomas Hamill was kept for 23 days before managing to escape is seen in this US Army handout photo May 3, 2004 in Tikrit, Iraq. Hamill has left Iraq and is on his way to a military hospital in Germany for medical check-ups, a U.S. military official said Monday. (Photo by US Army via ***** Images)

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BASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier patrols a street in Iraqi southern city of Basra 03 May 2004. The British press was skeptical over shocking pictures apparently showing Iraqi prisoners being abused by British troops, as the two soldiers who released the photos categorically denied they were fakes. AFP PHOTO/Hani al-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read HANI AL-OBEIDI/AFP/***** Images)

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Smoke rises after a mortar round lands inside camp Golf, a US army base in Najaf, Iraq, Monday May 3, 2004. The US soldiers, based in 2 camps, Golf and Baker, in the city of Najaf, fired back after Mahdi army members attacked US camps with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and other small arms. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A US soldier from the 2nd ACR (Armed Cavalry Regiment) shoots a Mark-19 grenade launcher at insurgents in Najaf, Iraq, Monday May 3, 2004. The US soldiers, based in 2 camps, Golf and Baker, in the city of Najaf, fired back after insurgents attacked US camps with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and other small arms. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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An injured insurgent is taken for treatment at a US camp in Najaf, Iraq, Monday May 3, 2004. The US soldiers, based in 2 camps, Golf and Baker, in the city of Najaf, fired back after insurgents attacked US camps with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and other small arms. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Members of the Eurocorps, escorted by a young boy wearing a shirt with the logo of the European Union and reading Eesti (meaning Estonia in Estonian), carry the flags of the ten new countries that joined the European Union last Saturday, during ceremonies outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Monday, May 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

[He219]

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An Israeli soldier gives instructions to tank drivers in the Kisufim checkpoint between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip, Monday May 3, 2004 after they arrived in the area following an attack by Palestinian gunmen that killed an 8-month-pregnant Israeli woman and her four children near the settlement they were living in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Israeli soldiers in an armored personnel carrier patrol at the area where Sunday Palestinian gunmen killed an 8-month-pregnant Israeli woman and her four children, near the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in southern Gaza Strip, Monday May 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Nigerian women protest in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, May 3, 2004.The conference of Nigerian political parties CNPP Monday staged a mass protest complaining against alleged manipulation on the 2003 general elections and demanding the resignation of Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. (AP Photo/George Osodi)

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Margaret Thatcher waves in celebration at Conservative Party headquarters in London in the early hours of May 4, 1979 as results go her way in the General Election. Baroness Thatcher is preparing for a week of commemorative events to mark the 25th anniversary on Tuesday May 4, 2004 of her accession as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. At right is Thatcher's son Mark. (AP Photo/Robert E. Dear)

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Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam signs a visitor book at a military station in Rajouri, 145 kilometers (87 miles) northwest of Jammu, India, Monday, May 3, 2004. Kalam visited Jammu Kashmir Monday to review the prevailing situation in the troubled northern Indian state. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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REFUELING — An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, is refueled by a KC-135 from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a combat sortie in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Apr. 22, 2004. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Aaron Allmon II

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Cpl Brian McDougall, a Canadian soldier with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22ndR Bn Gp), wears the new CADPAT (AR), (Canadian Disruptive Pattern Arid Region), uniform prior to heading out in an Iltis jeep for a patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Cpl Yannick Piche, a Canadian soldier with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22ndR Bn Gp), wears the new CADPAT (AR), (Canadian Disruptive Pattern Arid Region), uniform prior to heading out in an Iltis jeep for a patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan.

[He219]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Un fotografo toma una foto de una mujer oficial de la Aeronautica mientras abre el porton para permitir la salida de un auto del Deposito de Armas de una Base de la Fuerza Area Brasilena, que fue asaltada en la madrugada del 03 de mayo de 2004 en Rio de Janeiro. Un grupo de hombres armados invadio en la madrugada del lunes un arsenal de la Aeronautica en Rio de Janeiro y se llevo 23 fusiles HK-33, una pistola y varios cargadores con municion, ademas de dos soldados como rehenes, que continuan desaparecidos. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/***** Images)

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: An Air Force soldier stands guard at the entrance of the Brazilian Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro, 03 May 2004, where a sign on the left reads "Visitor: be welcomed and always come back". Armed men broke into an Air Force depot early Monday, helping themselves to scores of pistols, rifles and grenades, according to the military and Brazilian media. The group overpowered five guards and escaped in a military van with 23 HK-33 rifles, one pistol and several gun magazines. Two soldiers were kidnapped and remain missing. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/***** Images)

:(

[Marmot1]

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Polish Highlander on parade during constitution day.

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Reencactment of 3'rd May 1807 ,when polish soldiers in Napoleon's allied Warsaw Duchy army received their Baners

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United States Army Golden Knights Parachute team members Sergeant First Class Paul Sachs (L) and Sergeant Paul McApin (R) fold the U.S. Flag after their performance during the McDonald's Air and Sea Show in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday 02 May 2004. This is the 10th anniversary of the Air and Sea show. EPA/RICHARD PATTERSON

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After 3 days of fierce fighting polish Knights repealed atempted Ukraninan invasion near Ilza castle.. p-)


Bussy day... another invasion this time Swedes (Damn Mustamato's friends p-) )...

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Inscenization of defence of Karczowka monastry against invading Swedish Army

And some polish Idiots... (Mount St. Anna right wing nuts demonstration)

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[Rantanplan]

GP Marmot1

[Rantanplan]

Btw. Polish Nazis look unreliable.

[Herrmannek]

Btw. Polish Nazis look unreliable.

They look plain stupid, and this is factor you can be sure off :)

[Marmot1]

3rd May Constitution Day...

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[He219]

Very nice pic's, Marmot1!

woot

[Marmot1]

Very nice pic's, Marmot1!

woot

THX

I only worry becouse last time this server from where I "stolen" this pictures simply fu... up when all MP members visited Pics of the day thread :lol: I hope this time it will not...

So it my pic won't load try refresh or try later... p-)

[RS_Leo1A5]

What rank is the guy with the LT?? Tech sarge of some sort?? THe swept design resembles the airforce.
According to this site (http://www.rankinsignia.info/show.php?stat=United%20States%20of%20America&podkategorie=U.S.%20Air%20Force&num=1&id=1264) he is a Senior Master Sergeant.

[Threelions]

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[quote]PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)


This caption doesn't make sense. King of Quebec? Last i checked Quebec, much like the rest of Canada, only had one sovereign, and her neame is Queen Elizabeth!!

Cheers

Oh no. Look what we started.

What?? I'm just saying the caption is wrong. There is no such thing as the king of quebec. Just as there is no such thing as a king of New York, Russia, or california.

Cheers

[afrographX]

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Nigerian women protest in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, May 3, 2004.The conference of Nigerian political parties CNPP Monday staged a mass protest complaining against alleged manipulation on the 2003 general elections and demanding the resignation of Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. (AP Photo/George Osodi)



I wonder when this powder keg will blow up. :| There is still a north-south conflict, a christian-muslim conflict and numerous ethnic conflicts. Then you have the fact that democracy is no moe than a facade in nigeria. And in addition there is heavy poverty (90% live under the poverty line).

So a lot of things which could trigger a big crisis. :|

[Sorbas2000]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Traditional headgear rules. I especially like the horse-tail helmets worn by the guards at the Palace where the king of France lives.

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I mean these guys, there behind the King and the dude with a towel in his head.

Why do the Poles still wear these ugly shakos? I mean, it lokks for honour guard a little bit un-spectaculous...comparing to other nation's honour guards. Is this still to wear from officers!?

[Marmot1]

It is tradition....

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WWII

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Warsaw Uprising

[Sorbas2000]

I know that it's tradition...but why not choosing 18th or 19th century tradition...looks more cool than early 20th century or Warzaw uprising uniforms! ;)

[He219]

What?? I'm just saying the caption is wrong. There is no such thing as the king of quebec. Just as there is no such thing as a king of New York, Russia, or california.

Cheers

I was just kidding!
:D

Perhaps you are right; are Canadians are still considered the Queen's Royal subjects?
:lol:

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ID this gun! :D

Peruvian police guard the entrance of Cuban Embassy in Lima, Peru, on Monday, May 3, 2004. Peru's government has recalled its ambassador to Havana after Cuban leader Fidel Castro publicly criticized Peru for supporting a resolution condemning Cuba's human rights record at the United Nations. Castro made his critical remarks about Peru during a May Day speech on Saturday. He also criticized Mexico for backing the U.N. measure. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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A Cuban officer guards the main entrance of the Mexican Embassy Monday May 3, 2004 in Havana, Cuba. Mexico and Peru have recalled their ambassadors from Cuba as a diplomatic dispute intensified over Fidel Castro's condemnation of the two countries' support of a U.N. resolution criticizing Cuba's human rights record and other criticism in his May Day speech this weekend. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia)

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Cuban officers guard one of the entrances of the Mexican Embassy Monday May 3, 2004 in Havana, Cuba. Mexico and Peru recalled their ambassadors from Cuba as a diplomatic dispute intensified after Fidel Castro condemned the two countries' support of a U.N. resolution criticizing Cuba's human rights record. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia)

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TBILISI, GEORGIA: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks to soldiers back from Adjaria in Tbilisi, 03 May 2004. Some 150 Georgian troops from a unit based in the rebel Adjara region were back in Tbilisi 24 April, an official said. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/***** Images)

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A Brazilian soldier stands guard at Brazilian Air Force building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 3, 2004. Armed bandits stole nearly two dozen assault rifles, ammunition and other weaponry from an air force arms depot in northern Rio early Monday, officials said. (AP Photo/Renzo Gostoli)

[Parzival]

And some polish Idiots... (Mount St. Anna right wing nuts demonstration)

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Fu**** anti-patriots, let them burn in hell.

[ikurinturbiini]

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[quote]PARIS, FRANCE: King Jacques Chirac of France waits for the King of Quebec, Jean Charest, to come for a lunch, 03 May 2004 at the Elysee palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)


This caption doesn't make sense. King of Quebec? Last i checked Quebec, much like the rest of Canada, only had one sovereign, and her neame is Queen Elizabeth!!

Cheers

Oh no. Look what we started.

What?? I'm just saying the caption is wrong. There is no such thing as the king of quebec. Just as there is no such thing as a king of New York, Russia, or california.

Cheers

Bull****! I've seen the King of California on TV. It's that barbarian dude who talks funny.

What?

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

Why do the Poles still wear these ugly shakos? I mean, it lokks for honour guard a little bit un-spectaculous...comparing to other nation's honour guards. Is this still to wear from officers!?

It's not shako, it's rogatywka. Shako is a high, round cap worn by Napoleonic soldiers.

Yoy're saying that it looks ugly, and I'm saying that it looks great ;) :P
It's used by Polish army since early XIXth century. Rogatywka is original, and we (at least I :D) are proud that our soldiers are recognizable, they don't look like everybody else :D

[Eddie]

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BASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier patrols a street in Iraqi southern city of Basra 03 May 2004. The British press was skeptical over shocking pictures apparently showing Iraqi prisoners being abused by British troops, as the two soldiers who released the photos categorically denied they were fakes. AFP PHOTO/Hani al-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read HANI AL-OBEIDI/AFP/***** Images)
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BASRA, IRAQ: A British soldier checks a crater caused by an improvised explosive devise (IED) as he patrols a street in the Iraqi southern city of Basra 03 May 2004. The British press was skeptical over shocking pictures apparently showing Iraqi prisoners being abused by British troops, as the two soldiers who released the photos categorically denied they were fakes. AFP PHOTO/Hani al-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read HANI AL-OBEIDI/AFP/***** Images)

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040501-N-5362A-097 Fontana Speedway, Calif. (May 1, 2004) - The Navy sponsored NASCAR, number 14, driven by Casey Atwood, prepares to make a pass during the Bush series 1-800-PITSHOP.COM 300. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo Abrahamson. (RELEASED)

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Airman Thomas Frantz of Orange County, Calif., instructs the members of a Security Alert Team (SAT) to prepare to enter into a space during a drill aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). A SAT team's primary mission is to serve as a quick-response unit for security emergencies aboard the ship. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is America's oldest active warship commissioned April 29, 1961 and is the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin. (RELEASED)
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Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jason Galan of Philadelphia, Pa., cautiously maneuvers down a passageway followed closely by his Security Alert Team (SAT) members during a drill aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). A SAT team's primary mission is to serve as a quick-response unit for security emergencies aboard the ship. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is America's oldest active warship commissioned April 29, 1961 and is the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin. (RELEASED)

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An MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the "Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) transfers ordnance from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) ammunition ship USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34) to the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Additional weapons are simultaneously transferred by cable into the ship's hangar bay. Truman is currently undergoing a Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) off the Atlantic coast. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Craig R. Spiering. (RELEASED)
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Plane Captain, Airman Miguel Butler of Selma, Ala., wipes down the in-flight refueling probe on an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) before flight operations. The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier and Carrier Airwing Seven (CVW 7) are on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Joan Kretschmer. (RELEASED)

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A Soldier conducts a patrol as the sun sets near Logistical Supply Area Anaconda in Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so the TACPs (Tactical Air Control Party) can call in an air-strike. The Soldier is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. The division is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.
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by Sgt. April Johnson
May 3, 2004
A Soldier holds a tiny bird in his hand during a mission in the village of Sulayaman Bak, Iraq, to search for illegal weapons and other contraband. The Soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment. is in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Soldiers are entrusted with the delicate task of helping create conditions favorable to freedom in Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

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Mon May 3, 3:47 PM ET
US Marines in Port-au-Prince. US President George W. Bush said he hoped US troops in Haiti will be able to turn over their responsibilities 'relatively quickly' to UN peacekeepers(AFP/File/Hector Mata)

Nordisk Artilleriövning 2004 kan börja
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3 maj 2004 kl 15
Nu råder febril verksamhet på Villingsbergs skjutfält. De svenska, norska och finska förbanden har anlänt till den nordiska artilleriövningen och om några timmar är det dags för den första samövningen mellan de nordiska länderna.
In case you understand swedish: http://www.artreg.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=21666

[Denat]

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Is this hat called a shako or a chapka? Which one is round and which one is square?

Traditional headgear rules. I especially like the horse-tail helmets worn by the guards at the Palace where the king of France lives.

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I mean these guys, there behind the King and the dude with a towel in his head.

Why do the Poles still wear these ugly shakos? I mean, it lokks for honour guard a little bit un-spectaculous...comparing to other nation's honour guards. Is this still to wear from officers!?

You are from Greece, aren't you boy? Before you start talking about ugly shakos and honour guards that look a little bit un-spectaculous...comparing to other nation's honour guards.
Just compare with greek ones.
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Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl

[Threelions]

Perhaps you are right; are Canadians are still considered the Queen's Royal subjects?

Yes they are. We are still a constitutional monarchy and the queen is considered "Queen of Canada". All Members of the armed services still swear an oath to the crown upon entering the military.

God Save The Queen!

[mack pl]

To było dobre Denat :lol: BTW I think "rogatywka" is cool :) Regards.

[gorg]

Nordisk Artilleriövning 2004 kan börja
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3 maj 2004 kl 15
Nu råder febril verksamhet på Villingsbergs skjutfält. De svenska, norska och finska förbanden har anlänt till den nordiska artilleriövningen och om några timmar är det dags för den första samövningen mellan de nordiska länderna.
In case you understand swedish: http://www.artreg.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=21666

In English (http://www.artreg.mil.se/index.php?lang=sve&c=news&id=21668)

[He219]

We are still a constitutional monarchy and the queen is considered "Queen of Canada". All Members of the armed services still swear an oath to the crown upon entering the military.

God Save The Queen!
My apologies.
p-)


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Northern Arabian Gulf (Apr 26, 2004) - Lance Cpl. Christopher Kotulski and Cpl. Paul O'Donnell stand a security watch on the flight deck of the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). U.S. Marines from the 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST) Battalion, of Norfolk, Va., are providing extra security along with the Iraqi security teams after an attempted suicide attack on Iraqi oil terminals on April 25th.

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Atlantic Ocean (April 17, 2004) - Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John Beeman takes photos of flight deck operations as an F-14 Tomcat launches from the ship's flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75.) The Norfolk, Va., based carrier is undergoing a Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) off the Virginia coast.

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Atlantic Ocean (April 25, 2004) - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) underway off the Virginia coast, undergoing a Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA).

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Arabian Gulf (May 1, 2004) - Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Brian Jessee of Rialto, Calif., inspects general-purpose bombs fitted with laser-guided assemblies on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

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The Army’s High Altitude Rescue Team lands a Chinook helicopter on Kahiltna Glacier on April 13 to unload supplies for a base camp for people climbing Alaska’s Mount McKinley. Just before climbing season kicks off each May, the “Sugar Bears” — formally known as Company B, 4th Battalion, 123rd Aviation Regiment — haul food, communications equipment, body bags, prefabricated shelters and other essentials to Kahiltna’s northeast fork, the launching point for climbers attempting the West Buttress route.

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The Army’s High Altitude Rescue Team unloads supplies from a Chinook helicopter on April 13 on Kahiltna Glacier in Alaska.

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COMPANION — A soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, holds a little bird in his hand during a cordon and search in the village of Sulayaman Bak, Iraq, on April 29, 2004. The purpose of the mission was to locate and confiscate any illegal contraband that could be used against coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. April Johnson

Nice pic's, Eddie!
woot

[Operation Ivy]

GP :D

[Pille1234]

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Oh dear! That's all? They can't even burn a flag. Maybe they should ask the palestinians...

[Double Tap]

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[ikurinturbiini]

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I guess we can all agree that it has been a very good hat day.

[REMOV]

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ID this gun! :D9mm MGP-79A submachinegun, own Peruvian model.

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The MGP-79A was designed at the behest of the Peruvian Navy in 1979 who needed a new weapon for operations at sea. The design is a conventional blowback model which uses a perforated barrel jacket to cool the weapon after repeated firing. The design was a popular one and was in service well into the late 1980's when it was utlimately replaced. The barrel jacket can be removed to allow a suppressor to be affixed to the weapon.

[Marmot1]

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I guess we can all agree that it has been a very good hat day.
Yep...

few more fancy hats just to add confusion...

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polish mountain troops


and WWII "reenactment"
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[memphiz]

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CADPAT AR looks spectacular, , is that the C7A2 ?
GP He219
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Corporal Stephanie Guy, a Traffic Tech from the National Support Element (NSE), briefing departing passengers prior to taking a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules from the Kabul Airport.

[WolverineBlue]

Polish neo-Nazis: combat boots and red suspenders hanging down is SO 1980's! :roll:

[Marmot1]

Polish neo-Nazis: combat boots and red suspenders hanging down is SO 1980's! :roll:

told ya those guys are retarded in many ways...

[SiFiOn]

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Corporal Stephanie Guy, a Traffic Tech from the National Support Element (NSE), briefing departing passengers prior to taking a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules from the Kabul Airport.

Look at here name.... Basic training must have been hard...

[EchoSierra2]

Happy Constitution Day Marmot1, Brzeczyszczykiewicz, mack pl and the rest!

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Mon May 3,11:13 AM ET
Julita Miroslawska, center, a lieutenant of the Polish military police, along with armed colleagues parades during celebrations marking Consitution Day, Poland's national holiday, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, May 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Actually she is not lieutenant - look at her shoulder-slides - she is wearing the insignia of "Mlodszy chorąży" - Junior Warrant Officer. But she is really in the MP.
http://www.rankinsignia.info/_p/poland-army-new-field_03.gif Shes HOT!

[LAPD 85]

They should use the little bird as a spy. :D
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[EvanL]

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Corporal Stephanie Guy, a Traffic Tech from the National Support Element (NSE), briefing departing passengers prior to taking a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules from the Kabul Airport.

Look at here name.... Basic training must have been hard...Its ****ounced Gee.

[scrybe]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)


I saw this on another forum. He definately gets the award for badass of the week.

[usa320]

Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)


WOAH- THAT TAKES BALLS. Another hero.

[usa320]

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That aint fair. i always wanted to be the one to puke all over Chiraq.

rofl

[ArmedPacifist]

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It is the C7A2

[marty649]

Too bad they couldnt CADPAT the barrel instead of that green

[Loco]

http://www.army.gr/html/EN_Army/stolpar/images/photo15.gif
Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl
May be it´s, but Alexander the Great was greek and there wasn´t a soldier better that him. ;)

[SiFiOn]

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It is the C7A2

Looks very nice, I want to have one for my own :D

[mack pl]

http://www.army.gr/html/EN_Army/stolpar/images/photo15.gif
Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl
May be it´s, but Alexander the Great was greek and there wasn´t a soldier better that him. ;)Yeah, and he was gay ;) Regards Inferno(sry, i like this word) Loco :)

[Loco]

Yep, he was gay, that was I meant, and all the teban soldiers and so many more, but I´m sure you don´t say to that black moustach soldier he´s gay!
Btw, "infierno"(not inferno) means "hell", and I´m such a good sinner that I´m sure I´ll go to heaven if it exists. Ummm, but perhaps the hell is more funny, what to do? p-)

[mack pl]

Yep, he was gay, that was I meant, and all the teban soldiers and so many more, but I´m sure you don´t say to that black moustach soldier he´s gay!
Btw, "infierno"(not inferno) means "hell", and I´m such a good sinner that I´m sure I´ll go to heaven if it exists. Ummm, but perhaps the hell is more funny, what to do? p-)Ok "infierno" :oops: BTW Im not homophob(spell.), so i dont care is he gay or not.But I could say to this soldier he looks gay ;) And after that I will run away, well he have weapon ;) :lol: Regards amigo :)

[Rantanplan]

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Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl
May be it´s, but Alexander the Great was greek and there wasn´t a soldier better that him. ;)

He was Macedonian. Different language, different culture, different kind of warfare.

Macedonian

[perdurabo]

I know that it's tradition...but why not choosing 18th or 19th century tradition...looks more cool than early 20th century or Warzaw uprising uniforms! ;)
well polish uniform for me looks like synonym of bravery and honour. they realy look good.
and 18-19th cent poland was in ocupation that times so in that thimes was so meany uniforms it would be hard to decide what to wear. Good idea would be horse unit in husaria equipment, they look just perfect. we arent nation of infantry, we were use to nation of cavalery. now we have air cav. and panzer cav. units :)
but i realy would want to saw someday big parade starting from slavic woriors medival knights, hussaria polish-hungarian infantry and so on until the newest time :-)

[rokus2595]

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador's Cuscatlan Battalion poses for a photograph in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday May 1, 2004, at the square erected in the memory of Natividad Mendez, who died on April 4. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Cpl. Samuel Toloza of El Salvador (news - web sites)'s Cuscatlan Battalion displays his bloodstained knife that he used to fend off Iraqi gunmen in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday May 1, 2004. One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and four soldiers still left were surrounded and out of ammunition, so Toloza used his switchblade knife to charge the Iraqi gunmen. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



Salvadoran troops have demonstrated courage in two incidents. In one, they saved the main US administrator in Najaf. The US wants to give them the Bronze Star

One of his friends was dead, another 12 lay wounded, and the four soldiers were still fighting, surrounded and running out of ammunition.

Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, opened up his knife, and charged the Iraqi insurgents.

In one of the few cases of hand to hand combat in the Iraqi conflict, Toloza stabbed a few insurgents that had encircled one of his buddies.

The surprised insurgents retreated immediately, just as another column was reaching the hospital to rescue to Salvadorans.

In another incident, Salvadoran soldiers saved the life of Phil Kosnett, who is the highest member of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Najaf. Kosnett has proposed that six members of the Cuscatlan battalion that defended him receive the Bronze star.

“We never thought about giving up, I was trained to fight until the end” say Toloza, one of 380 Salvadoran soldiers.

On April 4, followers of the Shiite cleric al-Sadr took control of the city and attacked the bases Baker, salvadorena and Golf.

When Toloza and 16 other Salvadoran soldiers came that morning to the Iraqi post, some 2 km from their base, they saw that the 350 Iraqi police had deserted it, and saw themselves surrounded by insurgents from the al-Mahdi.

The man in charge of the platoon, teniente coronel (???) Francisco Flores, said his men did not fire for half an hour, for fear of hitting civilians, even though 10 of his men had been hit by enemy fire that involved grenades and machine gun fire.

After a few hours of fighting, the Salvadorans were left without ammunition and the soldier Natividad Mendez, a friend of Toloza for the past 3 years, was dead on the floor after being hit twice, most probably by sniper fire.

“I thought this is it. I asked God to protect us, and I was saved” Toloza said.

The wounded were put on a vehicle and Toloza and three other soldiers tried to get to their base. But they soon met with al-Sadr combatants. A dozen of them tried to capture one of the Salvadorans.

“My immediate reaction was that I had to defend my friend, and the only thing I had was a knife”, said Toloza, who charged the attackers.

http://www.elsalvador.com/especiales/2003/batallon/nota200.html

http://www.elsalvador.com/especiales/2003/batallon/nota199.html

[Loco]

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Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl
May be it´s, but Alexander the Great was greek and there wasn´t a soldier better that him. ;)[/quote]

He was Macedonian. Different language, different culture, different kind of warfare.

GREEK[/quote]
Sorry, but I disagree. Macedonians were of course greeks, although the snobs of Athens could look at them wrinkling the eye brow because they were considered a bunch of rude rednecks, but macedonians were of greek race, greek language(only different dialect) and most important, of greek culture, and talking of military, they fought like greeks, the falanges of macedonians only were more elaborated units of greeks infrantry, the hoplitas. I think after being educated by Aristoteles you must have at least a bit of Greece on you.
The actual Republic of Macedonia, former Yugoslavia, is populated by slavs people, and even it isn´t all the former Macedonia territory of Filipo´s age, there´s still a portion of former Macedonia in Greece.

[flanker7]

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Maybe our Polish honour guard look a little bit un-spectaculous in shakos but at least our soldiers don't wear skirts like greek ones.
Greek soldiers in skirts look very spectacular but also very gay. And please don't say that's your tradition rofl
May be it´s, but Alexander the Great was greek and there wasn´t a soldier better that him. ;)

He was Macedonian. Different language, different culture, different kind of warfare.

GREEK[/quote]
Sorry, but I disagree. Macedonians were of course greeks, although the snobs of Athens could look at them wrinkling the eye brow because they were considered a bunch of rude rednecks, but macedonians were of greek race, greek language(only different dialect) and most important, of greek culture, and talking of military, they fought like greeks, the falanges of macedonians only were more elaborated units of greeks infrantry, the hoplitas. I think after being educated by Aristoteles you must have at least a bit of Greece on you.
The actual Republic of Macedonia, former Yugoslavia, is populated by slavs people, and even it isn´t all the former Macedonia territory of Filipo´s age, there´s still a portion of former Macedonia in Greece.[/quote]


You are so right. I agree. It was Alexander's father, Philipos B, who said: "Estin oun ellas ke i Macedonia", which translates as:"Macedonia is the same as Greece".

[Bombtrack]

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CADPAT AR looks spectacular, , is that the C7A2 ?

Yeah, it's just a prototype though (notice there's no ambidextrous fire selector switch and the sling set-up is different than planned). The R22eR only have a few of them and they are being trialed. They are also trialing C9's with telescopic butts and shorter barrels, which will eventually become C9A2's. (See pics below)

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[ArmedPacifist]

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It is the C7A2

Looks very nice, I want to have one for my own :D


Me too.... goddamn C7a1 :(