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platform389

05-19-2004, 06:46 AM

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An Israeli tank passes a heavily damaged building in the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah. Unable to do anything but issue condemnatory statements in the face of a worsening situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, human rights groups are venting their frustration in the face of Israel's exactions.(AFP/Yoav Lemmer)
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Israeli soldiers guard an arrested Palestinian as he sits in an army armored personnel carrier after he was arrested in Rafah, May 19, 2004. Israeli troops carried out house-to-house searches for militants and weapons smuggling tunnels in the Rafah refugee camp on Wednesday as Israel's heaviest raid into the Gaza Strip in years entered a second day. *******/ Nir Elias
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Israeli soldiers take a Palestinian prisoner out of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) after his arrest in the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah. Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the overall toll since the start of a massive operation in the Rafah refugee camp to 22.(AFP/Yoav Lemmer)
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A Palestinian man looks at the bodies of fourteen men who are awaiting burial in a makeshift morgue in a refrigerator on a potato farm in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Wednesday, May 19, 2004 At least nineteen Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli army operation in the Tel Sultan section of the camp in the last two days. The bodies were moved from the main morgue to the farm to be buried after an Israeli withdrawal from the area. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
A military armoured bus arrives at the 'Green Zone' in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 19, 2004 before arraignments began inside the 'Green Zone' for three soldiers charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. All three deferred entering pleas, with a new hearing set for June 21. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)[/quote]
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British court artist Richard Cole prepares a sketch in a Baghdad courtroom, May 18, 2004. Cole, a cartoonist and caricaturist for British major newspapers over the years, will be the official artist for the court-martial on Wednesday morning of specialist Jeremy Sivits, 24, of Hyndman, Pennsylvania, the first of seven U.S. soldiers charged with abusing prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison. (Oleg Popov/*******)
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A sketch by British court artist Richard Cole shows Sergeant Javal Davis (L) and judge Colonel James Pohl (R) in the courtroom at coalition headquarters in Baghdad, May 19, 2004. Davis was one of three U.S. soldiers guarding the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad who were arraigned on Wednesday on charges of abusing Iraqi detainees. The three all deferred pleas at quickfire procedural hearings and will appear again on June 21. Specialist Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty on Wednesday at the first court martial of troops accused in the scandal. *******/Richard Cole
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An unidentified US soldier is interviewed inside a hall in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday May 18, 2004, that will act as the court room for the trial of U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jeremy Sivits, who faces three counts of misconduct at a special court-martial hearing in Iraq Wednesday, the first defendant to go on trial in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Judges chair is visible in the background. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)
effective weapon here... :roll:
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An armed militant from the radical Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades takes part in a protest against Israel. A militant from the radical Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was shot dead by the Israeli army during fierce clashes between troops and Palestinian gunmen in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.(AFP/File/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

Mark Sman

05-19-2004, 06:54 AM

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Nice, hammer cocked and finger on the trigger.

But thats no problem for a 1337 dude like him. What with the great situational awareness he has inside that headgear.

Ha ha, just noticed. No visible bullets. lol. Normally I'd say this is a bad idea (empty gun in hand) But in this guys case I'll make an exception so that he doesn't accidently kill some kid who grabs his arm.

wadda buffoon

Kruglerek

05-19-2004, 07:04 AM

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Pararescuemen from the 66th Rescue Squadron move in to rescue a "downed pilot" during an Air Force firepower demonstration near here May 12. The demonstration showcases the Air Force's air and space capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenny Kennemer)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- An Airmen of the 66th Rescue Squadron rappels from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter as A-10 Thunderbolt IIs lay cover fire during an Air Force firepower demonstration near here May 12. The demonstration showcases the Air Force's air and space capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Juergen)[/img][/url]

platform389

05-19-2004, 07:17 AM

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Swiss acrobaticc : The Swiss acrobatic team performs during Berlin's International Airshow. (AFP/DDP/Michael Kappeler)

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A US Blackhawk helicopter approaches a US airfield between the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. Five Iraqis have been killed and nine wounded in nearly 24 hours of heavy clashes in the holy city of Karbala.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt
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U.S. Army soldiers take up postion after a mortar slammed into the 'Green Zone' in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 19, 2004 while arraignments began inside the 'Green Zone' for three soldiers charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. All three deferred entering pleas, with a new hearing set for June 21. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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A Shiite Muslim woman holds an anti-US placard with the sign 'Death to America' as she attends a protest over the US-led occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) at Enqelab Square in central Tehran, on Wednesday May, 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian
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A South Korean man works at the South's side as North Korean soldiers stand guard at the North's side at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas, north of Seoul, Wednesday, May 19, 2004.
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A picture released by the US Marines shows Lance Cpl. David R. Dahl saying goodbye to his best friend Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage during a memorial service at camp Hurricane Point, in Iraq . Continuing violence saw another US Marine killed in action in the restive province of al-Anbar in western Iraq(AFP/USMC/File/Paula M. Fitzgerald)
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U.S.soldiers from the Army's 1st Cavalry Division guard weapons voluntarily surrendered Tuesday, May 18, 2004 by residents of the restive Baghdad district of Sadr City, Iraq
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A U.S. Army soldier arrives at the scene of a burning pipeline at the al-Rashediah district, outside Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, May 18, 2004. The cause of the fire is unknown. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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An Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman takes cover during clashes with the U.S. Army in Kerbala, May 17, 2004.
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Enzo Vanzan, right, father of Corp. Matteo Vanzan, the Italian soldier killed during a battle in Iraq, looks at the coffin of his son as it arrives at Rome's Ciampino military airport, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Vanzan died of wounds suffered during an attack on Sunday May 16 on an Italian military base in Nasiriyah, Iraq. He was the first Italian to die in combat, fueling the debate in Italy over the presence of the Italian contingent in Iraq. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)
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Iraqi firefighters battle a burning pipeline at the al-Rashediah district, outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad, May 18, 2004. The cause of the fire is unknown. *******/Their Al-Sudani
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A US Chinook helicopter flies over Baghdad. Four people have been arrested in Iraq in connection with the beheading of US businessman Nicholas Berg, a senior Iraqi source said as a funeral service was held here for slain Governing Council president Ezzedine Salim.(AFP/Antonio Scorza
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Seven Iraqi men show their prosthetic hands with their orthotist, David Baty, third from right, and Dr. Sabah al-Rubiya, left, who traveled to the US with the men from the Iraq (news - web sites) Ministry of Health Monday, May 17, 2004 at Dynamics Orthotics and Prosthetics in Houston. The Iraqis were fitted with their final prosthetic devices Monday. The men got their prosthetics nine years after agents of Saddam Hussein's government cut off their right hands to punish small-business owners for Iraq's collapsing economy.(AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, E. Joe Deering)
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Security guards conduct an air patrol over the 'Green Zone' during a ceremony for Abdul Zahra Othman Mohammad, in Baghdad, May 18, 2004. Mohammad, head of Iraq's Governing Council, was killed in a suicide attack on Monday at the entrance of the so called 'Green Zone.' *******/Akram Saleh
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A U.S. soldier (top) and a member of the Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States Army (KATUSA) sit on a self-propelled artillery piece at a military exercise in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) of Seoul, May 18, 2004.
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A U.S. soldier stands next to an armored vehicle during a military excercise in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) from Seoul, May 18, 2004.
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U.S. soldiers take a break during a military exercise in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, May 18, 2004.
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A U.S. soldier sits on a self-propelled artillery piece during a military excercise in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, May 18, 2004.

drgonzo777

05-19-2004, 07:32 AM

nice work
thx

Hullebullen

05-19-2004, 07:36 AM

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A U.S. soldier sits on a self-propelled artillery piece during a military excercise in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, May 18, 2004.

What kind of uniform is this dude wearing?

Scottie

05-19-2004, 07:42 AM

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Is that the laser thing, cant remember that name...Milar, milan, something like that on the end of the rifle?

Thanks

Great pics!

Macs.

05-19-2004, 07:50 AM

-Max2-

05-19-2004, 07:52 AM

Is that the laser thing, cant remember that name...Milar, milan, something like that on the end of the rifle?

MILES ?

Apogee

05-19-2004, 07:57 AM

Steve Andrews

05-19-2004, 08:10 AM

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No breathing apparatus. I wouldn't like that job.

He219

05-19-2004, 08:34 AM

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An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Yellow Jackets" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Eight (VAQ-138) performs a fly-by during flight operations conducted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: A hooded student throws a long stick at riot policemen during protests against the Free Trade Agreement meetings being held by Colombia, Peru and Ecuador with the United States, in Cartagena, Colombia, 18 May 2004. AFP PHOTO/Gerardo GOMEZ (Photo credit should read GERARDO GOMEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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BELGRADE, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: FILES-This file picture shows Miorad Lukovic during military training of Zeljko Raznatovic-Arkan paramilitary units, in 1995 in Erdut, Croatia. The opening of the trial for the assassination of Serbian president Ivan Stambolic in 2000 was opened today 18 May 2004 in Belgrade, but was quickly adjourned for six weeks to allow main suspect Milorad Lukovic to prepare his defence following his surprise surrender after 14 months on the run. Lukovic, better known as Legija who is also charged with having masterminded last year's assassination of Serbia's reformist prime minister Zoran Djindjic, suddenty turned himself into authorities on May 2. AFP PHOTO/ KOCA SULEJMANOVIC (Photo credit should read KOCA SULEJMANOVIC/AFP/***** Images)

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KICEVO, MACEDONIA: Macedonian special policemen prepare to go down into a 55 meter deep abyss in the area called Jama, some 120 km south-west from the Macedonian capital Skopje near the city of Kicevo, where at least four bodies were found 18 May 2004. The bodies are thought to be of people missing since the 2001 conflict between ethnic Albanian insurgents and Macedonian security forces.AFP PHOTO ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/***** Images)

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ROME, ITALY: Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and his wife Franca (L) pay their respects during a ceremony at Ciampino airport for the arrival of the body of Italian soldier Matteo Vanzan in Rome, 18 May 2004. Vanzan died 16 May 2004 after being injured in fighting in Nassiriyah, Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Andreas SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/***** Images)

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Italian soldiers carry the coffin of Italian Corporal Matteo Vanzan, who was injured in Nassiriya on Sunday, and died on Monday, as it arrives at Ciampino military Air Base, southern Rome, May 18, 2004. Vanzan, from a Venice-based regiment, was killed in a mortal attack on the third day of on-going violent skirmishes between Italian troops and Shi'ite militia in southern Iraq. *******/Max Rossi
RIP :(
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Enzo Vanzan (R), the father of Italian Corporal Matteo Vanzan, who was killed in Nassiriya on May 17, walks beside the coffin of his son, carried by Italian soldiers as it arrives at Ciampino military Air Base, southern Rome, May 18, 2004.

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Baltimore, Md. (May 15, 2004) - Lt. Cmdr. Gus Kaminski, officer in charge of the Navy parachute team the "Leapfrogs," drops into Pimlico Race Track during opening ceremonies for the 129th running of the Preakness Stakes. The Preakness Stakes, one of the "jewels" of horse racing's "Triple Crown" featured a salute to the Armed Forces.

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Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. (May 5, 2004) – A Crane lifts an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). ESSM is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM 7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile. ESSM provides increased battle space against high-speed, highly maneuverable anti-ship missiles. Loaded in a "quad-pack" canister for the MK-41 vertical launch system (VLS), this tail-controlled missile with Thrust Vector Control, and a quick start guidance section, offers a significant increase in load-out, response time, and fire power.

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Mediterranean Sea (Feb. 18, 2003) - An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the "Valions" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five (VFA-15) launches from one of four steam-powered catapults aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The Valions are part of Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8).

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Crash and Salvage crew members standby on the bow of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in case of an emergency, as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Six (VFA-146) climbs after launching from bow catapult one

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A flight deck aircraft director stands behind a new director in training while launching an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the "Fighting Redcocks" of Strike Fighter Squadron Twenty Two (VFA-22) aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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An Iraqi officer shouts command during graduation ceremonies of an Iraqi Armed Forces Basic Training class. Defense Department photo.

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An Iraqi basic trainee low crawls through a muddy obstacle course during Iraqi Armed Forces Basic Training. Defense Department photo.

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Gangacharan Rajput, a Congress party member, threatens to shoot himself if Sonia Gandhi backs out of becoming India's prime minister, outside the party's headquarters in New Delhi, earlier in the day May 18, 2004. Sonia Gandhi, heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, tearfully gave up her chance to become prime minister on Tuesday to protect her new Congress government from damaging attacks over her Italian birth. *******/Kamal Kishore

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U.S. Marine Wesley Northern, from Georgia, takes digital photos while keeping security with other Marines during a visit from Gordon England, the Secretary of the United States Navy, at a checkpoint nearby Falluja, Iraq on May 17, 2004. Picture taken May 17, 2004. *******/Adrees Latif

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With his rifle in one hand and rods in the other, U.S. Marine Sergeant Matthew Neal from Indianapolis, Indiana, walks back to his housing after fishing early evening at a lake on Camp Baharia near Falluja, Iraq on May 18, 2004. *******/Adrees Latif

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Fire and smoke rise from a Palestinian building after it was shelled, according to witnesses, by an Israeli army tank during an army raid in the Askar refugee camp, adjacent to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian firefighters, bottom, wait for permission from Israeli forces to reach a Palestinian building on fire, after it was shelled, according to witnesses, by an Israeli army tank during an army raid in the Askar refugee camp, adjacent to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A military armoured bus arrives at the "Green Zone" in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 19, 2004 before arraignments began inside the "Green Zone" for three soldiers charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. All three deferred entering pleas, with a new hearing set for June 21. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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U.S.soldiers from the Army's 1st Cavalry Division guard weapons voluntarily surrendered Tuesday, May 18, 2004 by residents of the restive Baghdad district of Sadr City, Iraq, under a "buyback"program. Sadr City, a mainly poor and Shiite area that's home to some 2 million Iraqis, has since last month witnessed heavy fighting between militiamen loyal to a radical cleric and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Australian UN peacekeepers march onto the airfield during the formal ceremony marking the hand over of responsibility for policing and border security to East Timor, Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at the heliport in Dili, East Timor. Since an independence vote in 1999, the United Nations has patrolled East Timor. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

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Ecuadorean soldiers guard the Monument of the Middle of the World, some 16 miles north of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, May 18, 2004, where the contestants for the Miss Universe Contest are visiting. (AP Photo/ Dolores Ochoa)

Upfrontreporting

05-19-2004, 09:07 AM

Fox2

05-19-2004, 09:50 AM

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[Dana Carvey voice] Well, isn't she just a little Satan incarnate! [/Dana Carvey voice]

:lol:

platform389

05-19-2004, 10:23 AM

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Israeli soldiers run to take up positions in the center of Nablus during clashes with Palestinian gunmen. A militant from Fatah's radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was shot dead by the Israeli army during fierce clashes between troops occupying the northern West Bank city and Palestinian gunmen.(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
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Palestinians run for cover after an Israeli attack at a protest at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), May 19,2004. Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in an attack on a crowd of people in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. *******/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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Israeli soldiers run for cover as Palestinian youths throw stones towards them during clashes in the southern West Bank village of Yatta, near the city of Hebron, Wednesday May 19, 2004. Israeli forces fired tank shells, helicopter missiles and machine-guns Wednesday on a large crowd of Palestinians demonstrating In Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, against the Israeli forces operations in the adjacent refugee camp, killing at least 10 people, the majority of them children, Palestinian witnesses and medical workers said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Palestinians rush wounded youths to hospital after an Israeli attack at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), May 19, 2004.
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An Israeli army tank, bottom, hold its position at the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, during ongoing army operations, Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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An Israeli APC drives in front of the northern part of Rafah, May 19, 2004.
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An Israeli army vehicle waits in front of the northern part of Rafah, May 19, 2004.
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Israeli soldiers arrest Mahmoud Abu Zahrah, a Palestinian activist from the Islamic movement, during an Israeli army operation in Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, May 19, 2004.
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A Palestinian boy cycles past houses destroyed during an Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2004. Israeli troops carried out house-to-house searches for militants and weapons smuggling tunnels in the Rafah refugee camp on Wednesday as Israel's heaviest raid into the Gaza Strip in years entered a second day. *******/Suhaib Salem
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An Israeli bulldozer drives in front of the northern part of Rafah, May 19, 2004.
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Israeli soldiers run near a tank during an Israeli army raid in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 19, 2004. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

garoco

05-19-2004, 10:45 AM

Hellfish

05-19-2004, 11:02 AM

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Israeli soldiers run near a tank during an Israeli army raid in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 19, 2004. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

Are those .50cals fixed the the main gun barrel, as kind of a coax gun, or are they mounted on a swing mount like the loader's AAMG? If it's a coax, why/how do they use it? Does the Merkava not come with a 7.62mm coax? Does it give the gunner better accuracy with it?

platform389

05-19-2004, 11:09 AM

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An Israeli soldier takes up position in his tank in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood at the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza Strip May 19, 2004. The Israeli army said it did not fire deliberately at protesters in the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah, where witnesses said at least 10 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday. *******/Suhaib Salem
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An ambulance carrying wounded people passes an Israeli armored vehicle in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2004. Palestinians spattered with blood reeled through the streets of Rafah on Wednesday fleeing what they said was an Israeli army barrage directed at a column of peaceful demonstrators. *******/Suhaib Salem
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Israeli soldiers take up position in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), May 19, 2004.
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An Israeli tank takes up a position in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2004.
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Israeli soldiers inside an armored personal carrier search people in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2004.
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He219

05-19-2004, 11:11 AM

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Iraqi Shi'ite men, loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sad, chant anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in support of their leader in the center of Najaf, May 19, 2004. *******/Ali Abu Shish

Yugo/Serbian AK and German STGW 44, interesting collection ;)

I wonder approx. how much an authentic MP43/StG44 is worth on the collector's market? I figure the price for at least 10 AK-47s ...

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An Iraqi boy touches a US soldier as he patrols a neighborhood in Baghdad. US prison guard Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty to charges relating to the abuse and humiliation of inmates inside Iraq (news - web sites)'s Abu Ghraib jail at a court martial in Baghdad.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)

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U.S. soldiers secure the area around the palace where the Jeremy Sivits court martial is taking place in the so-called 'Green zone' in Iraqi capital Baghdad, May 19, 2004. *******/Akram Saleh

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U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, center, arrives with coalition spokesman Dan Senor, right, for a press briefing inside the heavily guarded 'Green Zone' in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, May 19, 2004, as arraignments began for soldiers charged with abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail. On Wednesday, three soldiers deferred their pleas, and Spc. Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty to four abuse charges. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Prime Minister John Howard, seen here wearing a flak jacket while onboard a plane en route to Iraq (news - web sites), has restated his pledge to keep Australian troops in Iraq, but ruled out any major increase in their numbers(AFP/Pool/File)

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Canadian police on patrol in an airport. Police upgraded security on Montreal's underground rail system after receiving a letter threatening an attack, a report said.(AFP/File/J.P. Moczulski)

Israeli Helicopter Fires Missile Into Demonstration In Gaza
Last Updated: 19 May 2004 07:54 AM
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RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP - MAY 19: A Palestinian man carries a wounded boy in Al-Najjar hospital after Israeli missile was fired into a protest march May 19, 2004 in the Rafah refugee camp, the southern Gaza Strip. It has been reported that at least 10 Palestinians have been killed and scores wounded during the attack. (Photo by ***** Images)

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RAFAH, -: Two Israeli soldiers chat inside their tank blocking a street at Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, 19 May 2004. Deputy Defence Minister Zeev Boim expresses regret for the deaths of innocent Palestinians in Rafah where at least 10 people were killed as a demonstration came under Israeli army fire. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers take cover during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the southern West Bank village of Yatta, near the city of Hebron, Wednesday May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Hullebullen

05-19-2004, 12:04 PM

Isn't it more probable it's one of the post-war Yugoslavian manufactured StGw44's?

Eddie

05-19-2004, 12:04 PM

Great pics everyone!

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HMS ST ALBANS BACK FROM THE GULF
19-May-2004
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/rn/content.php3?page=1&article=794

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High-res (http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/May/190504/JPAU18MAY04WG001_hi.jpg)

19 May 2004
Exercise Arnhem 04
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More pics and hi-res: http://www.defence.gov.au/opcatalyst/images/gallery/190504/index.htm

19 May 2004
On operation, Middle East

Still can't find the english pages but the photos are good though.

Allväderslösning i Liberia!
http://www.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=22009
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Om bandvagnen varit aningen kortare, hade två gått in på längden. Nu får man nöja sig med en bandvagn per lyft. Desto mer utrymme finns istället för annan utrustning.

Tyska kadetter nöjda efter norrlandsbesök
http://www.mil.se/index.php?lang=S&c=news&id=22024
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Tyske kadetten Holbert provkörde Haubits 77 A.
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Provskjutning med Ksp 58.
Trying out the Ksp58?

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ACO launches new command structure
19 May 2004
By U.S. Air Force Captain Virgil Magee
SHAPE/PIO
http://www.nato.int/shape/news/2004/05/i040519.htm

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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps ( ICDC ) soldier rests in an Iraqi Police station in Kharma, near Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, May 19, 2004. The police station, which is defended by the U.S. Marines 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and ICDC soldiers, was attacked Tuesday night by militiamen using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, and small arms. There were no casualties. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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U.S. soldiers secure the area around the palace where the Jeremy Sivits court martial was taking place, in the so-called 'Green zone' in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, May 19, 2004. A U.S. special court martial sentenced Specialist Jeremy Sivits to the maximum possible one year in prison Wednesday and ordered him discharged from the army for bad conduct over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners *******/Ali Jasim

kinghk

05-19-2004, 12:13 PM

B25Hmitchell

05-19-2004, 12:17 PM

Any more pics of the guy with the StG44 ?

muede

05-19-2004, 12:21 PM

Yugoslavian paratroopers used this weapon as their only and primary untill 1983, and im sure that they had lots and lots of ammo in stores, as did the East Germans, whose border Police used it for long as their only and primary weapon, and we all know that East Germans and Yugoslavians were big friends of Saddam in the 1980s, as where in fact about the rest of the world, not counting Iran and Israel. ;)

And also Saddam had a "thing" for German weapons, i think that you can all remember him shooting his Kar 98 in the air on several occasions. And also there has been lots of pictures of Stg 44:s found in Iraq, which leads me to belive that this weapon might actually been quite common in there. :)

moughoun

05-19-2004, 12:30 PM

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What's attached to the barrel??

Eddie

05-19-2004, 12:34 PM

Any more pics of the guy with the StG44 ?

Found this:
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Now these guys, real pros:
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http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=605300

They are just asking for something like this:
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sethen

05-19-2004, 12:35 PM

Tengu

05-19-2004, 01:01 PM

Isn't that a CZ-47??

He219

05-19-2004, 01:48 PM

REMOV's post: 7,92mm assault rifle StG44 in Iraq (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9379&highlight=mp44)

Good info there ..
:D

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SEEKING OUT INSURGENTS — A soldier with Comanche Company 1st Battalion, 23 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team looks through his scope of an M-14 sniper rifle in Mosul, Iraq, May 13, 2004. C Company was conducting a search for insurgents. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson

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Pararescuemen fast rope from a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 15, 2004. U.S. Air Force photo by by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II

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Staff Sgt. Kevin Jessen checks the underside of two anti-tank mines found in a village outside Ad Dujayl, Iraq. Jessen is assigned to the 748th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, deployed from Fort Jackson, S.C., in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 748th EOD is supporting the 1st Infantry Division. Photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste.

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A paratrooper prepares to help seize a runway after parachuting onto Holland Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. as part of a recent joint exercise with the Air Force. The exercise, which involved the parachute delivery of Soldiers and equipment, was designed to enhance interoperability and cohesiveness between the two services. Photo by Department of Defense.

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RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP - MAY 19: Unarmed Palestinians shout anti-Israeli military operation chants in Rafah refugee camp moments before Israeli forces fired a missile on a protest march, on May 19, 2004 at the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip.

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RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - MAY 19: A handout photo from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows an undated aerial view of the area where more than 20 Palestinians were killed in an attack May 19, 2004 on the Palestinian town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF stated in a statement that it had not targeted the crowd and military sources told Israeli newspapers that one of the tank shells either passed through a nearby abandoned building or went off course and hit the demonstrators. (Photo by IDF via ***** Images)

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Flares explode as fire consumes the wreckage of one of two F-16s involved in a collision near Oaktown, Ind., on Monday. The two planes collided in midair, killing one pilot, the Indiana Air National Guard said. The second pilot parachuted to safety.

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The view from the hellhole of a CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, as it lifts a Chinese F-7 Airguard, at Al Asad, Iraq, May 14. The external lift mission offered the squadron an opportunity to train in their mission of Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, using the Super Stallion's dual-point lift capabilities.

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German Defence Minister Peter Struck addresses a news conference in Berlin May 18, 2004. Struck said he was considering taking disciplinary action against military historian Michael Wolffsohn, who said last week that torture could be used as a legitimate instrument in the war on terror. *******/Tobias Schwarz

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Drama students Tom Luszeit (R), Kirsten Adamik (2ndR) and Marcel Trunsch (L) are dressed as Communist East German border guards as they give explanations to tourists at the former Allied Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin May 15, 2004. *******/Fabrizio Bensch

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Drama students Tom Luszeit (L) and Marcel Trunsch (R) dressed as Communist East German border guards adjusts the cap of a tourist at the former Allied Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin May 15, 2004. The students top up their income at weekends by letting themselves be photographed alongside tourists for one euro per person, and have tried to recreate a bit of East Berlin atmosphere in the city where remnants of the famous Berlin Wall are hard to find.

Abolith

05-19-2004, 02:56 PM

platform389

05-19-2004, 03:01 PM

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Israeli soldiers are seen inside an armoured personnel carrier during the second day of fighting in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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An Israeli soldier gestures to jounalists as his tank blocks a street at Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.(AFP/Mauricio Lima
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Blindfolded Palestinians detained by Israeli soldiers from Tel Sultan, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip are moved to an armoured car Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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Palestinian detained by Israeli soldiers from Tel Sultan, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) is moved to an armoured car Wednesday May 19, 2004.
Looks a little stressed, don't you think? :lol:
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat talks during an urgent meeting for the Palestinians leadership at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday, May 19, 2004.
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A Palestinian man walks amid the rubble of a demolished building in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.(AFP/Said Khatib)
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A Palestinian ambulance driver gestures as he waits for permission to drive by tanks while evacuating injured from the scene of fighting in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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Israeli tanks are seen during fighting in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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A Palestinian woman evacuates her son to hospital during fighting in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
Gotta luv the Media, but without em we wouldn't have these pics.
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News photographers in the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, shoot pictures as Israeli soldiers carry a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian they arrested in the camp earlier during ongoing army operations in the area, Wednesday May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers take cover during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the southern West Bank village of Yatta, near the city of Hebron, Wednesday May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

platform389

05-19-2004, 03:09 PM

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Israeli heavy machinery sits idle on an operation in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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Israeli soldiers are in position during the second day of fighting at the Tel Sultan neighbourhood in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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A Palestinian ambulance driver shows soldiers an injured man inside the ambulance, to receive clearance to cross from the Tel Sultan neighbourhood to Rafah Hospital, during the second day of fighting in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Wednesday May 19, 2004.
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Laworkerbee

05-19-2004, 04:58 PM

I'm trying REAL hard to find a reason why this protest warranted recieving missle, tank-cannon, and machine gun fire?.

I see no weapons in this march, unlike other marches where weapons are brandished freely, why was this march in particular targeted?, and why was it targeted with such heavy weapons?.

For a long time I've wondered why the Palestinians have not learned from other non violent movements in India and S.Africa, since military means gain them little if anything.

All these strikes have accomplished is the creation of more radical Palestinians willing to die to revenge, and the further blackening of the IDF's image in my opinion.

He219

05-19-2004, 05:05 PM

It was a mistake, Laworkerbee. The IDF pic I posted explained it ..

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Police arrest demonstrator on a Tel Aviv street May 19, 2004. Hundreds of left-wing activists staged demonstrations in Tel Aviv, in protest over the Rafah attack in which ten Palestinian protestors were killed by the Israel Defense Forces. The rally was held across the street from the Ministry of Defense. . *******/Havakuk Levison

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Police arrest a demonstrator on a Tel Aviv street May 19, 2004, as hundreds of left-wing activists staged demonstrations in protest over the Rafah attack in which ten Palestinian protestors were killed by the Israel Defense Forces. The rally was held across the street from the Ministry of Defense. The protest was organized by the Courage to Refuse group along with other left-wing organizations. *******/Havakuk Levison

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A video grab image shows an Iraqi man crying in the cemetry in Ramadi May 19, 2004. The U.S. army said on Thursday it killed around 40 people in an attack on suspected foreign fighters in Iraq (news - web sites) near the Syrian border, but disputed reports that the victims were members of a wedding party. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the U.S. military in Iraq, told ******* the attack early on Wednesday was within the military's rules of engagement. *******/Al Arabiya Television/Via ******* Television

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Iraqis mourn over those killed during a wedding party in this image from television, in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, May 19, 2004, following an alleged missile attack by U.S. Armed Forces. (AP Photo/APTN)

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Plastic guns and pellets that were allegedly in the possession of six Israelis being detained by Panamanian police are displayed in a police photo in Panama City, Panama Monday, May 17, 2004. According to Panamanian authorities the Israelis were arrested Sunday during a stopover on a flight from Peru to Colombia after pulling out toy plastic pistols during a commercial flight and shooting a plastic projectile at a passenger. (AP Photo/HO)

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Georgian soldiers take part in military exercises at a military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Georgia has about 160 troops to serve in the U.S.-led stabilization force in Iraq. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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Australian soldiers guard a souvenir stall in Baghdad in this picture taken May 5, 2004. The soldiers are part of a security detachment providing protection to the Australian Representational Office in Baghdad. Other Australian soldiers involved with Operation Catalyst are training Iraqi soldiers and helping to facilitate the transition of Iraq (news - web sites) to self-government. Picture taken May 5, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******/Australian Defence Force/Lance Corporal Neil

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Members of the press look at a US Apache helicopter as it flies low over the grounds of the convention centre in the US-led coalition compound in Baghdad. Four members of a French television crew were released after being detained for more than 24 hours by US soldiers in the Iraqi capital, the group told AFP.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

IDFM203

05-19-2004, 05:14 PM

I'm trying REAL hard to find a reason why this protest warranted recieving missle, tank-cannon, and machine gun fire?.

It was a tragic MISTAKE!!

gees if we were evil Zionist bloodthirsty etc... we would kill everyone there, I mean supposedly we are anyways purposely targeting civilians so if so why would we limit it to only 8 :roll:

No again we dont target civilian protests and this was a tragic mistake!!

Shalom :D

catdat

05-19-2004, 05:24 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040519/i/r4116667753.jpg

Australian soldiers guard a souvenir stall in Baghdad in this picture taken May 5, 2004. The soldiers are part of a security detachment providing protection to the Australian Representational Office in Baghdad. Other Australian soldiers involved with Operation Catalyst are training Iraqi soldiers and helping to facilitate the transition of Iraq (news - web sites) to self-government. Picture taken May 5, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******/Australian Defence Force/Lance Corporal Neil

I hear there's been quite a run in the Bremer Bobbleheads and the tickle-me-chalabi. Maybe the locals sense they'll be collectible soon?

Laworkerbee

05-19-2004, 05:29 PM

Thank you for responding...very much.

As time goes on I have a tougher time understandng the never ending conflict there, and my heart aches for both sides in this pointless war without end.

IDFM203...I dont accuse you or any other Israeli of being blood thirsty or evil, if I did I would not bother asking such a question.

and once again thanks for the pictures!.

IDFM203

05-19-2004, 05:41 PM

Well thanks for keeping your follow up post levelheaded ;)
Thank you for responding...very much.

As time goes on I have a tougher time understandng the never ending conflict there, and my heart aches for both sides in this pointless war without end.

I am not looking for a debate here and I hope this doesn’t lead to that (there are plenty of debates in other threads) though simply my opinion is even if we didn’t fire a single shot for our defense of Israel and even if we pulled out of the west bank and gaza, a lot of them would still be fighting.....so if you want to start to understand why it might be endless start from that starting point.

(I mean the conflict will end when we all jump in the sea :roll: .....though don’t hold your breath waiting for us to voluntarily do that without a fight first to defend against that ;) )

And indeed my heart also goes out for both sides, well the innocents on that side (yes I know that some here cant understand that but thats their problem not mine) but that doesn’t mean that we cant go after those that want to do us harm and unfortunately they hide in those areas.

But again we don’t target civilians as I explained before!!

Shalom :(

Argyll

05-19-2004, 05:48 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040519/i/r4116667753.jpg

Guess who was shopping down the flea market ;)

kinghk

05-19-2004, 06:12 PM

Tengu

05-19-2004, 06:20 PM

That's an CZ-47, the last working stg44 was seen in african civil wars 20 years ago.

Denat

05-19-2004, 06:39 PM

http://www.defence.gov.au/opcatalyst/images/gallery/190504/JPAU23APR04NR155_lo.jpg
Curious, what kind of turret and what maingun is used in aussies' LAVs. Anyone?

Brozozo

05-19-2004, 07:02 PM

I think it's just the good ol' 25mm Bushmaster, aint it?

Abolith

05-19-2004, 07:08 PM

For those who may be interested and who have a bit of a business streak in them a working stG44 goes for $6000 - $9000 (U.S.). if one was to travel to Iraq and buy a boatload of them, one could make a lot of money :D

http://www.users.qwest.net/~nwebb1/waffen.htm#stg44

It would be highly illegal. Any legal StG44 on the legal american market is imported before 86 or 68, and because the amount of legal transferable Stg44's are lower than the amount of people who wants to buy one, the price is sky-high.

Illegal importation of weapons of this kind to US is a federal crime, and you will spend many years in prison for it.

ok but what about canada or mexico?? :) the "collectors" could drive or fly there to buy them.....

Denat

05-19-2004, 07:31 PM

I think it's just the good ol' 25mm Bushmaster, aint it?
Good ol' Bushmaster - well said ;)
That was my first idea, but I wasn't sure. Still want to know something more about the turret.

Otsoa

05-19-2004, 08:14 PM

kinghk

05-19-2004, 08:20 PM

http://www.users.qwest.net/~nwebb1/waffen.htm#stg44

It would be highly illegal. Any legal StG44 on the legal american market is imported before 86 or 68, and because the amount of legal transferable Stg44's are lower than the amount of people who wants to buy one, the price is sky-high.

Illegal importation of weapons of this kind to US is a federal crime, and you will spend many years in prison for it.

ok but what about canada or mexico?? :) the "collectors" could drive or fly there to buy them.....[/quote]

Importation is still illegal, nomatter if you import it from Iraq or Canada.

Double Tap

05-19-2004, 08:29 PM

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AFG

05-19-2004, 09:24 PM

GP double tap

i like the nightvision ones especially

usa320

05-19-2004, 09:28 PM

I was watching a documentary about the athens games a few nights ago. Id be very surprised if the facilities are completed in time, and even more surprise if it goes off without security trouble, because frankly, the whole thing was rather rushed. I heard that US athletes will have their own PMC's for security as well.

ChuckThunder

05-19-2004, 09:39 PM

scrybe

05-20-2004, 04:09 AM

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Benelli XM1014, hawt.

garoco

05-20-2004, 04:18 AM

Somebody asked above what the 'thing' was near the 'dangerous' end of the Australian F89 Minimi before. . .

It is a NAD (Night Aiming Device) mate. You'll see them attached to the right side of F88 Steyr recievers as well if you look close enough.

Hope that helps :)