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06-04-2004, 10:53 AM

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In the only part of China where commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests was allowed, tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park, Friday, June 4, 2004 to mark the 15th anniversary of the military massacre of a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing.

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A Chinese policeman grabs a protester in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on the 15th anniversary of a bloody military crackdown on democracy protesters, Friday June 4, 2004. At least 13 people were detained in the square Friday, the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, military assault in which hundreds died when troops shot their way through city streets to end seven weeks of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.

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Chinese paramilitary police march onto Beijing's Tiananmen Square to perform the daily flag raising ceremony at dawn Friday June 4, 2004, the 15th anniversary of a bloody military crackdown on democracy protesters

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Student protesters from Beijing University go on hunger strike in May 1989, shortly before the Chinese government's military crackdown.

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The bodies of dead civilians lie among mangled bicycles near Beijing's Tiananmen Square in this early June 4, 1989 file photo

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Thousands of protesters raise placards read: " Reverse the verdilt on June 4, and accountability for June 4 massacre" in Hong Kong.

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HONG KONG, CHINA: HMS Exeter, a type 42 Destroyer sails through Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on a visit to the former British colony, 04 June 2004. The British naval ship with 250 crew on board is on a tour of the far east which includes visits to Japan, Vietnam and Singapore.

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CHANGI, SINGAPORE - JUNE 4: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a town meeting aboard the USS Essex LDH 2 as he visits troops, on June 4, 2004 at the Changi Naval Base, Singapore. He also performed a re-enlistment ceremony for several sailors and Marines aboard the ship.

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DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Activist of Bangladeshi Islamic party shout slogans against US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of his visit during a demonstration in Dhaka, 04 June 2004. Rumsfeld was slated to arrive 05 June on a two-day visit to the Muslim-majority nation where the subject of sending Bangladeshi troops to Iraq was likely to be on the agenda.

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NUMAZU, JAPAN - JUNE 4: Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, receives a check-up for his eye at Seirei Numazu Hospital, on June 4, 2004 in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Saleh came to Japan to receive a medication for his eye which was injured by glass shards in a gunbattle November 2003 in Fallujah. Shinsuke Hashida and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, the journalists who arranged for Saleh's visit to Japan and went back to Iraq to get him, were both killed in an ambush on May 27 in Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

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Smoke billows in the street near the Shiite Muslim dominated district of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq after an attack by unknown gunmen on a U.S. Army patrol Friday June 4, 2004.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Smoke is seen rising from a hit US vehicle on the outskirts of Sadr City, a neighborhood of Baghdad, 04 June 2004. A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and bomb attack on a US convoy wounded an undetermined number of soldiers on the outskirts of the Shiite slum of Sadr City, witnesses said.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US military rescue vehicle is guided by US soldiers at the scene of an attack on another US vehicle hit in a convoy, on the outskirts of Sadr City, a neighborhood of Baghdad, 04 June 2004. A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and bomb attack on a US convoy wounded an undetermined number of soldiers on the outskirts of the Shiite slum of Sadr City, witnesses said.

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U.S. soldiers stand over an unidentified and covered body lying on the ground after an attack by unknown gunmen on a U.S. Army patrol on Palestine street near the Shiite Muslim dominated district of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq Friday June 4, 2004.

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A member of Iraq (news - web sites)'s civil defence corps sits at the entrance to his base northwest of Falluja, June 4, 2004. Four American troops appeared to have been wounded when a rocket attack destroyed their Humvee vehicle as it drove through eastern Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said

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Armed militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take positions in the streets Friday June 4, 2004 during clashes with U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) neighborhood of Sadr City. al-Sadr criticized the new Iraqi government Friday and said he would accept 'nothing less' than an elected leadership, as his militia fighters battled American soldiers.

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Armed militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, pictured on placard next to them, take positions on a rooftop of the cleric's offices in the Baghdad, Iraq district of Sadr City Friday June 4, 2004 after clashes with U.S. soldiers. al-Sadr criticized the new Iraqi government Friday and said he would accept "nothing less" than an elected leadership, as his militia fighters battled American soldiers.

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A sniper with rebel Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army watches over the crowd during Friday prayers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad's suburb of Al Sadr city June 4, 2004.

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The UN Security Council meets to discuss Iraq at United Nations headquarters in New York City. The UN said that elections were technically possible to organise in Iraq by late January, but reserved judgement on whether spiralling insecurity could lead to their postponement.

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ROME, ITALY: Italian anti-war demonstrators hold smoke flares in central Rome, 04 June 2004 during a protest in the capital's streets against US President George W.Bush's visit. Bush met Pope John Paul II and will have talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

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ROME, ITALY: An Italian anti-war demonstrator holds a US flag in central Rome, 04 June 2004 during a protest in the capital's streets against US President George W.Bush's visit.

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US President George W. Bush's convoy arrives at the Vatican

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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush meet with Pope John Paul II in his private library at the Vatican Friday, June 4, 2004.

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ROME, ITALY: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi(R) waits near Italian soldiers for the arrival of US President George W. Bush, for a wreath laying ceremony at the Ardeatine Caves Memorial in Rome, 04 June 2004.

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, President Bush (news - web sites) and first lady Laura Bush tour of the Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum, Friday, June 4, 2004 in Rome, Italy. While at the Fosse Ardeatine, the site of a World War II atrocity in which Nazis occupying Italy killed 335 men and boys, 75 of them Jews, President Bush participated in a wreath laying

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ROME, ITALY: US President George W. Bush (L) walks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after laying a wreath at Fosse Ardeatine, the site of a WWII massacre of 335 Italians, 04 June, 2004 in Rome. President Bush is visting Italy and France in advance of hosting the G-8 next week at Sea Island, Georgia in the United States.

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ROME, ITALY: US President George W. Bush (C) adjusts the ribbon as he lays a wreath at the Fosse Ardeatine Caves Memorial in Rome, 04 June, 2004 as a ceremonial honor guard keeps a close eye on the President. The Ardeatine Caves Memorial is the site of a WWII massacre of 335 Italian citizens killed by the German Gestapo.

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take up positions in a bunker in Wana, near the Afghan border, June 4, 2004. Pakistani authorities closed down the main market of the area as part of an economic blockade of tribesmen to pressure them into giving up their support to foreign Islamic militants

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A Pakistani tribesman holds his gun as he gathers for a traditional tribal assembly in Wana, near the Afghan border, June 4, 2004.

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Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf (3rd R) poses with other officials before the launching of a nuclear-capable Ghauri missile, with a range of up to 1,500 km (900 miles) from an undisclosed location in Pakistan, June 4, 2004. Pakistan conducted a second test of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile in less than a week on Friday, but played down assertions that the tests were aimed at rival India.

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UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, PAKISTAN: Pakistani ballistic missile Hatf V with a range of 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), is successfully test fired from an undisclosed location in Pakistan, 04 June 2004. Pakistan conducted its second test of a nuclear-capable missile since India's new government took power a fortnight ago, but President Pervez Musharraf insisted it was meant to silence domestic critics rather than send signals abroad.

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BOMBAY, INDIA: A tug-boat gets draws up behind the new Stealth Frigate that entered the Arabian sea after the launch in Bombay,04 June 2004. This is the second stealth frigate of the project -17,designed by the Indian Navy and indigenously built by Mazagon Docks Ltd. The 4,900 tonnes frigate will be powered by gas turbinec and diesel engines to achieve a speed of 30 knots.

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A plastic explosive equivalent to 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of TNT tore through a crowded market in central Russia on Friday, killing 11 people and injuring 38, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported, citing prosecutors and emergency officials.

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SAMARA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: This picture taken 04 June 2004 shows a general view of the central market in Samara, after a plastic explosive device caused a powerful blast that killed at least 10 people and injured dozens of others. Alexander Yefremov, the Samara regional prosecutor, told ITAR-TASS that the explosive device was planted near railway tracks that run behind the clothes and household goods open-air market, one of the city's largest.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian National-patriots shouts anti-Latvian slogans in front of Latvian embassy in Moscow, 04 June 2004. The purpose of the picket was to attract attention to the problems that Russian-speaking people face in Latvia. The picket participants carried anti-genocide and anti-fascism posters, and some of them read poems

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BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The commander of dissident troops who this week overran the east Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu, General Laurent Nkunda (L) and one of his officers Colonel Jules Mutebusi (R) give a press conference 04 june 2004, in Bukavu governor residence. Nkunda said his men were gathering in several sites in and around the town Friday, a day after he reportedly promised to pull out. "They are going to positions where the enemy might attack us," Nkunda told AFP.

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BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Soldiers of dissident troops who this week overran the east Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu wait to pull out 04 June 2004, in Bukavu.

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BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Soldiers of dissident troops who this week overran the east Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu pull out from essence ISP Bukavu neighborhood 04 June 2004.

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FONDS-VERRETTES, HAITI: A convoy of trucks arrives with food to be ditributed by programme alimentaire mondial (UN PAM) workers in Fonds-Verrettes, 03 June 2004. In the early hours of 24 May 2004, torrential rains hit Haiti, touching off rock and mudslides that swallowed houses, schools and churches in several communities in the east of the country. The Dominican Republic, which shares Hispaniola Island with Haiti, was also hit by deadly floods. Altogether, the deadliest floods in a generation has claimed nearly 1,400 lives, with about two-thirds of those deaths in Haiti.

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Canadian Governor General Adienne Clarkson (L) and husban John Saul ride in a refurbished World War Two vehicle during a visit to St. Aubin sur-Mer, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2004. Clarkson was taking part in a cavalcade in which Canadian veterans of D-Day rode through the streets of the town cheered on by local residents. Clarkson and veterans have gathered in Normandy to mark the 60th Anniversary, June 6, of the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II

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People and veterans dressed in World War Two Canadian uniforms ride through the streets of St. Aubin su-Mer during a parade, June 4, 2004. Several hundred Canadian D-Day veterans and family and friends rode through three villages the length of Juno Beach on the Normandy coast, where Canadian troops landed in 1944. Ceremonies marking the 60th Anniversay of the the invasion of Eureope will be held June 6.

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Canadian D-Day veterans ride in the back of a World War Two-era half track during a parade through the streets of St. Aubin su-Mer, June 4, 2004. Several hundred Canadian veterans drove through three small villages the length of Juno Beach, where they landed during the inavasion of Europe in 1944.

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Two canadian veterans talks to British war history enthusiasts at Courseulles-sur-mer, Normandy, June 4, 2004. At centre is Marcel Dejaegher, 80, from Chatahan, Ontario and (2nd R) is Edward Cheney, 80, from Toronto. Both belonged to the 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (first Hussars). Dejaegher, a tank driver, landed on Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-mer on June 6th 1944 and Cheney arrived on the same spot a month later.

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A woman pushes her baby past historical re-enactment enthusiasts dressed as U.S. soldiers, entrenched in a mock camp in Saint-Mere Eglise, in northern France, June 4, 2004.

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An Italian historical re-enactment enthusiast, dressed as a wartime U.S. soldier, looks through binoculars at a camp they set up in Saint-Mere Eglise, northern France, June 4, 2004.

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Italian world war II historical re-enactment enthusiasts, dressed as a U.S. soldiers, listen to John Fowler, a U.S. veteran of the 29th Infantry Division, following a ceremony at Utah Beach in northern France, June 4, 2004.

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A group of battle-hardened World War II veterans will test their mettle and the resolve of French authorities next week when they show up in Normandy to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The men, all former paratroopers who jumped into occupied France in 1944 and all in their 80s, hope to mark the event the way they did 10 years ago (picture) by making a parachute jump, but French authorities have yet to approve the plan

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PARIS, FRANCE: Chefs and employees of the Hotel George V applause US army veteran William Pepe (R) upon his arrival 04 June 2004 in Paris, before the ceremonies of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Exactly 60 years after Allied forces poured from landing-craft in the biggest seaborne invasion of all time, Sunday June 6 will see a series of national and international services of remembrance at cemeteries, memorials and battle sites along the 100-kilometre (60-mile) stretch of coast in northwestern France.

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PARIS, FRANCE: Chefs and employees of the Hotel George V applause US army veteran Richard Borden (R) upon his arrival 04 June 2004 in Paris, before the ceremonies of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy

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PARIS, FRANCE: Chefs and employees of the Hotel George V applause US army veteran Marvin J.Perret upon his arrival 04 June 2004 in Paris, before the ceremonies of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

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PARIS, FRANCE: US army veteran William Pepe arrives in Paris 04 June 2004, to attend the ceremonies of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

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CAEN, FRANCE: Michele Alliot-Marie (L), French Defense minister and Dominique de Villepin (2ndL), Interior minister review the special Raid police 04 June 2004 in Caen, as part of a special security measures for the 60th D-Day anniversary

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: Vue aerienne de la cote a Arromanches, le 04 juin 2004, a la veille des ceremonies commemoratives du 60eme anniversaire du Debarquement allie en Normandie.

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: A French soldier patrols as part of the security measures along the Normandy coast 04 June 2004 near Arromanches, two days before the D-Day commemorations

Gringo

06-04-2004, 11:14 AM

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An impression of a Sopwith Camel?

SwissGrenadier

06-04-2004, 11:28 AM

great pics as always :)

Freibier

06-04-2004, 11:50 AM

Great pics, thanks

MARINO

06-04-2004, 11:58 AM

Don't forget Tiananmen

EvanL

06-04-2004, 12:16 PM

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D-Day Allied landings veteran Joe Womersley, a British-born Canadian (R), listens as Canadian Charles Meanwell plays 'Amazing Grace' on the bagpipes in front of the Pegasus Bridge, in Benouville, northern France, June 4, 2004. Pegasus Bridge was captured by members of the British 6th Airborne Division in the opening stages of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Womersley and Meanwell are in Normandy to attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6. *******/Eric Gaillard

He219

06-04-2004, 12:24 PM

A couple more:

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Spc. Kinere with the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, leads a squad of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers across a bridge during a training patrol through the city of Altun Kapri, Iraq, May 28, 2004.

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1st Lt. Jason Wimberly gets into a HMMWV while Senior Airman Michael Vitt mans the gunners turret during a 332nd Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron perimeter security patrol at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 26, 2004.

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1st Military Police Company soldiers and civilian contractors react to an ambush from anti-coalition forces while traveling in a convoy through Baghdad, Iraq, May 28, 2004.

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Soldiers with Task Force Olympia fight a fire caused by a mortar attack on Camp Freedom in Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2004. A mortar round impacted in a dry grassy area, starting the fire.

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Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, patrol the city of Balad, Iraq, under the close air support of an OH-58 Delta Kiawa Warrior helicopter during Operation Rocket Man, May 29, 2004. Operation Rocket Man is an air and land based mission designed to locate and destroy caches of anti-coalition weapons.

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Pfc. Joshua Smith, a Forward Observer with Task Force Tacoma, uses a range finder to make last minute confirmation before a coalition air strike against an area where insurgents have launched munitions against Logistics Support Area Anaconda, May 31, 2004.

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Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, supporting 1st Marine Division, have been working with the Iraqi villages of Qutnyah and Teabon in order to establish operational water purification facilities. As the project comes to a close, the battalion is now trying to get the water distributed to a majority of the homes.

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Army Lt. Col. Thomas S. Hollis, commander of 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, talks with some of the leaders at Qutnyah, Iraq, at about their fresh water facility. The battalion has been working closely with this village and Teabon to help provide potable drinking water sources.

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Army Lt. Col. Thomas S. Hollis, commander of 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, talks with some of the leaders in Teabon, Iraq, about their fresh water facility.

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Sergeant Matthew Lowry, a MALS ordnanceman, carries a 2.75-inch rocket during a reload of an Army AH-64 June 3, 2004, after the aircraft fired in support of 22d MEU (SOC) operations in Afghanistan. Lowry and the 22d MEU (SOC) are operating as Task Force Linebacker supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

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Exercise Strong Resolve in Spain and Portugal
Landing of amphibious equipment at Sierra del Retin

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MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Workers of Interenergoservice company walk to a bus shortly after landing at the Ramenskoye airport outside Moscow 04 June 2004. A third batch of Russians returned from Iraq on Friday after their energy company Interenergoservis decided to haul all its expatriate staff home following deadly attacks targeting its employees. Official figures varied, but reports said that between 40 and 41 employees returned and 17 stayed behind in Iraq.

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The Coast Guard's new 25-foot Homeland Security Boat practices boat intercept maneuvers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources near the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, Ga., May 28, 2004, in preparation for the upcoming G-8 Summit. The Coast Guard will be enforcing a new security zone during the G-8 Summit to ensure public safety in the waterways.

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A United States Coast Guard patrol boat with mounted M240 machine guns on the bow patrols the Savannah River Friday June 4, 2004 during the first day of it's 24 hour patrol of the port and the waters around coastal Georgia where the G8 Summit is held in Sea Island, Ga. next week. The Defender Class 25 foot boat and crew are from the Department of Homeland Security's Maritime Safety and Security Team stationed in New York and are here for G8 security.

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Members of the Delray Beach Police SWAT team make their approach to a hanger as they stage a drill at the Boca Raton Airport where they assaulted a man with a bomb in a hanger on the north end of the field, Wednesday, June 2, 2004, in Boca Raton, Fla. Approximately 75 officers from Delray Beach, Boca Raton Police and Boynton Beach Police participated in several scenarios at the airport, one of which was assaulting an executive jet on the tarmac which had been taken over by a hijacker with a gun

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Unidentified individuals sprint for the safety of a UN helicopter in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa June 4, 2004. Thousands of rioters attacked U.N. compounds across Democratic Republic of Congo, furious that U.N. troops had not stopped renegade soldiers from seizing the eastern town of Bukavu.

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Cyril Ager, 79, a former Royal Enigneer, talks to Michael Sheehan, aged 4, as they watch the British Army's 17 Port and Maritime Regiment ramps boats dock at Arromanches, France, Friday June 4, 2004,m during rehearsals for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: British soldiers welcome a child on their boat, 04 June 2004 on the beach of Arromanches, two days before the international commemorations of the D-Day.

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In this handout photo from the British Army tourists and D-Day veterans watch several amphibious landing craft from 17 Port and Maritime Regiment Royal Logistics Corps, on the Beach at Arromache June 4 2004 in Normandy, France.

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A WWII vintage amphibious vehicle lands on the beach of Arromanches, Normandy, France, Thursday June 3, 2004. Thousands are expected to join heads of states to attend the June 6 2004 60th anniversary commemorations of D-Day.

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: A man wearing an army uniform looks at the beach, 04 June 2004 in Arromanches

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Canadian war veteran Marcel Dejaegher (L), 80, from Chatahan, Ontario shows Edward Cheney , 80, from Toronto the same Sherman tank he was driving when he landed on Juno Beach during a visit at Courseulles-sur-Mer , Normandy, June 4, 2004. Both belonged to the 6th Canadian Armored Regiment (first Hussars). Dejaegher landed at Courseulles-sur-mer on June 6th, 1944 and Cheney arrived on the same spot a month later. The duplex-drive Sherman tank seen in the picture was recovered from the sea nearly 27 years later. Veterans and World leaders will gather June 6, 2004 for ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy

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British war veterans Abraham Young (L) 80, a former Royal engineer, William Smith (C) 79, Royal Marine and James Eric Vickers, 85, from the Royal Signals Corps, pose in front a German anti-tank gun at Courseulles-sur-mer , Normandy, June 4, 2004. Both from Lancaster, England, they landed on June 6th 1944 at Arromanches-les-Bains.

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Field Artillery V Corps soldiers fire 55mm Holitzer Honor Guns at Utah Beach during a rehearsal ceremony, June 4, 2004. Veterans and world leaders will gather June 6, 2004 for ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy

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Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol a street of western Kabul Thursday, June 3, 2004. Afghanistan is facing a growing insurgency from Taliban and other Islamic militants in the run-up to landmark elections in September.

StealthMode

06-04-2004, 12:37 PM

Threelions

06-04-2004, 01:07 PM

Viewing some of those pictures of vets parading through the streets brought a tear to my eye. Made me happy to see people showing support to America in an indirect way through those vets. With some much anti-everything recently, It was nice to see those French clapping for an American in itself. woot

I think this is where alot of americans dont understand europe. People may disagree with america now, and with bush now, but frace still remembers WWII.

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I had no idea that old Rummie played football (soccer)..GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers

-Max2-

06-04-2004, 01:09 PM

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No mag in the FAMAS ? :|

Skullknight

06-04-2004, 01:10 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040604/i/r3497861764.jpgRIP

dez000

06-04-2004, 01:11 PM

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Where did he get that Belgian uniform? Did he steal it from our troops there? :p

Scottie

06-04-2004, 01:23 PM

StealthMode wrote:

Viewing some of those pictures of vets parading through the streets brought a tear to my eye. Made me happy to see people showing support to America in an indirect way through those vets. With some much anti-everything recently, It was nice to see those French clapping for an American in itself.

Yeah makes you think that these are THE people who have gone through WW2. Iraq is nothing compared to WW2 or WW1.

/McH\

06-04-2004, 01:44 PM

"Look.. Im A Bird!" :lol:

Btw... Look at the Eagle Picture on the desk and on Ramsfeld.. The Similarity.. :)
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Parzival

06-04-2004, 01:45 PM

Here is some pictures from the Swedish airborne offensive in Liberia.
Swedish solciers secure Harper.
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MVSpartan117

06-04-2004, 01:45 PM

Great Pics!

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Must be new Run-Fu move http://www.poe-news.com/features.php?feat=31845

Claymore

06-04-2004, 01:47 PM

/McH\

06-04-2004, 01:51 PM

...and a great way to wear a beret. =\
Well...anyway...beret is one of the worst military hats ever. In my opinion, it's nearly useless for anything else than parades.

And impress the girls. :lol:

Ria

06-04-2004, 01:53 PM

Great pics guys, thank you :) Nice to see George :)

Hydro

06-04-2004, 01:58 PM

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No mag in the FAMAS ? :|

...and a great way to wear a beret. =\
Well...anyway...beret is one of the worst military hats ever. In my opinion, it's nearly useless for anything else than parades.

Is that even a beret? You could cover most of Normandy with that thing. Berets rock hard, no good for running about with, but damn smart headgear. (If worn in a sensible style, of course, no chefs hats please)

He219

06-04-2004, 02:14 PM

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I believe those are the Alpini style 'Pizza' berets ..
;)

"Does yeour Dog Byte?"

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marieis bitten by a police dog 04 June 2004 at Arromanches. Accompanied by interior minister Dominique de Villepin, Michele Alliot-Marie, without serious injury, inspected the security in place for the commemoration for the 60th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy.

"Zat is Not my Dog!"
p-)

Skullknight

06-04-2004, 02:16 PM

Owned!

-Max2-

06-04-2004, 02:28 PM

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rofl

Loco

06-04-2004, 02:29 PM

Well...anyway...beret is one of the worst military hats ever. In my opinion, it's nearly useless for anything else than parades.
A beret is a useful cloth, you only have to know how to wear it, ;)
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Today´s photos:
http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundo/fotosdeldia/2004/06/04/1086362399_extras_fotos_del_dia_1.jpg
11 dead and circa 50 injured people after a bomb exploded in an open air market in Samara, Russia.
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President of USA gives the Freedom Medal to the Pope John Paul II.

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30.000 people marched through Rome protesting against USA policy in Iraq during the visit to the city of GWBush. Italian government deployed 10.000 agents in the streets.

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Mohamad Haytham Saleh, who lost the vision during an attack of USA troops, arrives to Japan for getting medical care. Mohamad was sponsored by two journalists assasinated last friday near Baghdad by terrorists.

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Demonstrators cheer up in Venezuela after gathering enough signs needed for organizating a referemdum revocatory of president Chaves.

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Iraqi Secretary of State, Hoshyar Zebari, asked in UN for a resolution warranting full sovereignty after 30 of June.

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Private owned company Scaled Composites plans to launch next 21 of June the first non gubernamental flisht to space with crew in the spaceship "SpaceShip One". Good luck.

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Tiananmen Square, China. :roll: There are more policemen than demonstrators.

http://www.diario-elcorreo.es/vizcaya/interactivo/imagenes_del_dia/imagenes/peregrinabush.jpg
Jenna Bush has finished the Route of Santiago. She shows the document(called "compostela") that certifies she walked the route, and as I know, that document cleans your soul of all sins you did last years, but I don´t know if you can be a sinner until the next time you walk that route. p-)

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Relatives of dead sailors. Yesterday a fishing ship wrecked near the NW coast of Spain, and 10 sailors died. RIP.

Claymore

06-04-2004, 02:46 PM

tooms

06-04-2004, 02:58 PM

But it doesn't protect you from bright sunlight, rain or cold. Usually berets have other colors than nature around you, so it makes you more visible. And all the time you have to think that is the silly hat in right position on your head or not... =\ ...well at least at barracks.

It's just a tradition to wear it. Helmets exist...

Claymore

06-04-2004, 03:03 PM

Hawaii_Light

06-04-2004, 03:07 PM

It's just a tradition to wear it. Helmets exist...

exactly, i have enourmous pride in my beret, even though its nothing special it allowed me to have more pride in my self and the traditions of are (canadian) military.

He219

06-04-2004, 03:09 PM

http://www.bim27.terre.defense.gouv.fr/tradition/images/pres_armes.jpg
Technically it is not a 'beret'. It's called a 'Tarte' ;)

It protects one ear from the snow and shields one eye from the sun. The French Alpin Forces have worn the 'Tarte' since 1889. They are also in white to match the flag, ehr the snow I mean ...

FYI
p-)

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: (Secret Base near Caen) Vue aerienne de la base de l'armee de l'air francaise, le 04 juin 2004 a Caen, a la veille des ceremonies commemoratives du 60eme anniversaire du Debarquement allie en Normandie.

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ARROMANCHES, FRANCE: French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie hold her hand which was bitten by a police dog 04 June 2004 at Arromanches. Accompanied by interior minister Dominique de Villepin (l) , Michele Alliot-Marie, without serious injury, inspected the security in place for the commemoration for the 60th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. The police dog was euthenized for high treason.

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Groton, Conn. (June 4, 2004) - General Dynamics Electric Boat moves the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine, Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) outdoors for the first time. The move of the 453-foot, 12,139-ton submarine precedes her christening June 5th by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Former President Jimmy Carter will also be in attendance and will participate in the ceremony. The new submarine honors the 39th president of the United States who is the only submarine-qualified man who went on to become the nation's chief executive. Differentiating the Jimmy Carter from all other undersea vessels is her Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension that enhances payload capability, enabling it to accommodate advanced technology required to develop and test an entirely new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles.

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Arabian Gulf (Jun. 3, 2004) - Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) embarked aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) are parked in formation on the flight deck during a strike group photo while operating in the Arabian Gulf. The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

Loco

06-04-2004, 03:15 PM

It's just a tradition to wear it. Helmets exist...
Berets of all kinds are traditional clothes in Spain, that´s why many units use them, but at the same time they don´t use it today in trainings or real fights, in other time they used it. El Tercio de la Legion, that was during many years the only professional force in Spain, they only stopped of using a single cap(not a beret) until 1979, when they began to use helmets. They fought long wars in Marroq and the Civil War in Spain with that cap but in this case as a tradition since the conscript units of that time used helmets always they could.

http://www.barranque.com/imagenes/Nacionales_Requetes.jpg
This are "Requetés", a force of navarros volunteers. Probably they fought less than 4 hours before that picture. They were all volunteers, deeply religious and an elite infantry. They fought like that, without helmets.

Operation Ivy

06-04-2004, 03:20 PM

GP :D

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:roll:

morlick

06-04-2004, 04:02 PM

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hahaha! rofl
Bravo le chien, bien joué!!

He219

06-04-2004, 04:33 PM

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040519-F-1467B-001.jpg

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Brad Kime applies jelly ointment on an injury to Airman 1st Class Nate Sparling during Exercise Beverly Sunrise here May 19. Captain Kime is a member of the 35th Medical Group and Airman Sparling is a member of the 301st Intelligence Squadron

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PURPLE HAZE: Security forces members demonstrate securing an airfield during a display of superior air power at the Air Power over Hampton Roads Air Show here May 23. The security forces members are from the 820th Contingency Response Group at Moody Air Force Base, Ga

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- An F/A-22 Raptor soars over the grounds here June 1. This flight was flown by Lt. Col. Dawn Dunlop, an F/A-22 test pilot and 1988 academy graduate, in support of the Class of 2004's graduation parade. Colonel Dunlop and the Raptor are from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif

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ROME, ITALY: Italian riot police arrest an anti-war demonstrater during a protest against US President George W.Bush visit 04 June 2004 in Rome. More than 30,000 anti-war protesters were taking part in a demonstration in central Rome on Friday against the visit of US President George W. Bush, AFP reporters and photographers on the street said.

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A Canadian veteran gives the victory sign as he is driven through the streets of St-Aubin-sur-Mer, France on the Normandy coast Friday June 4, 2004. Canadian veterans were driven through the seaside towns that border Juno beach.

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A Canadian veteran waves during a parade in St-Aubin-sur-Mer, France on the Normandy coast Friday June 4, 2004. The veterans toured the seaside towns which border Juno beach in vintage vehicles

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Imperial Stormtroopers of the '501st Florida Stormtrooper Garrison' march in a victory parade Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Friday, June 4, 2004

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Rebel insurgents are apprehended during mop-up operations

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Seven-month-old Zak Clark, with mother Christine Clark of Essex, United Kingdom, meet Stormtroopers at the Secret Rebel Base in Lake Buena Vista, Florida May 28, 2004

Fintin

06-04-2004, 04:35 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040604/capt.flwd10106042006.star_wars_parade_flwd101.jpg

i smell nerd....

He219

06-04-2004, 04:49 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040604/capt.sge.bmf94.040604192916.photo00.default-276x369.jpg

Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh issued a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on both citizens and expatriates to inform on suspected Islamist extremists engaged in terrorist activities

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Shiekh Jaber al-Khafaji, an aide to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, delivers the Friday noon hate-filled sermon at the Kufa mosque.

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040604/i/r1044267004.jpg

An old Palestinian man uses his mobile phone as he attends a Hamas rally in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) June 4,2004. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) sacked two far-right ministers on Friday, ensuring a cabinet majority for his Gaza pullout plan at the risk of a political crisis that could bring down his government.

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Hamas supporters chant anti-Israeli slogans during a Hamas rally in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) June 4, 2004.

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RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP - JUNE 04: Masked palestinian members of Hamas march during an anti-Israel rally at the Rafah refugee camp, June 04, 2004 in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Palestinians attended the rally which was held against israeli policy towards the palestinian people.

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kinghk

06-04-2004, 04:53 PM

[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040604/i/r1044267004.jpg[img]

An old Palestinian man uses his mobile phone as he attends a Hamas rally in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip

Have the palistinans build a GSM-net, or is the Gaza Strip covered by Israeli networks?

Damian

06-04-2004, 04:55 PM

GP :D
[quote]http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50924768.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=D5C980AC33A35615E7E0F576A7CD9EE9A9C30E9B9B114CE8

:roll:[/qu

Italian people love America (maybe not Bush after he rightly waged war on but it's another story)
These are a small number (100 or less) of people (animals, terrorists, di**heads, communists) that don't like America, Italy and Western Countries (they fire rockets against Air Force academies and much more) they only like to smoke marijuana and break someones' ba** so don't worry!

American Patriot

06-04-2004, 04:58 PM

AFG

06-04-2004, 05:04 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040604/capt.flwd10106042006.star_wars_parade_flwd101.jpg

haha nice uniforms

kenshiroIT

06-04-2004, 05:09 PM

30.000? :lol: but in Rome the demostrants didnt reach 7000!!!!!!!

Hawaii_Light

06-04-2004, 05:14 PM

[/quote]Italian people love America (maybe not Bush after he rightly waged war on but it's another story)
These are a small number (100 or less) of people (animals, terrorists, di**heads, communists) that don't like America, Italy and Western Countries (they fire rockets against Air Force academies and much more) they only like to smoke marijuana and break someones' ba** so don't worry![quote]

i dont plan to worry abut it, and anyone who does needs to look at there motives. :)

usa320

06-04-2004, 06:09 PM

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I wish we saw the same thing happenin in San Francisco. dumbass-stoner-hippie-commie-homos.[/quote]

Tygryssek

06-04-2004, 06:16 PM

15 years of POLISH FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY

http://i.wp.pl/a/f/pjpeg/7526/okragly_stol110.jpg
woot

scrybe

06-04-2004, 06:33 PM

Great photos today. I didn't realise you guys had dirty hippies in Italy too. I blame this on the media...

One?

06-04-2004, 06:49 PM

FDF_Hemppis

06-04-2004, 07:06 PM

Viewing some of those pictures of vets parading through the streets brought a tear to my eye. Made me happy to see people showing support to America in an indirect way through those vets. With some much anti-everything recently, It was nice to see those French clapping for an American in itself. woot

Those americans saved the world from a tyrant, and they deserve everyone's respect. Everyone loved the US back then, and its soldeirs today. But they alot of people hate the US policy.

[sarcasm mode]
Actually, our love for the US was pretty cold back then. But much warmer than towards the Ruskies... p-)
[/sarcasm mode]

Great pics today, especially the WWII veterans deserve a big http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Hemppis/muut/smiley_salute.gif from all of us.

[AFSOC]

06-04-2004, 07:38 PM

Thor

06-04-2004, 07:54 PM

]

Who cares

The Belgium uniform sucks just like the Sweedish one too.

I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion. However I think you like the swedish uniform but you just wont admit it. ;)

Hydro

06-04-2004, 09:20 PM

]

Who cares

The Belgium uniform sucks just like the Sweedish one too.

I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion. However I think you like the swedish uniform but you just wont admit it. ;)

The US woodland one sucks too!!!111 L0l!!!

Who the **** cares if a camo pattern looks ****e? I'm sure if you're charging through a wood spraying rounds from your FNC the last thing on your mind is "My God, is my uniform clashing with the scenery?!"

Yes Man

06-04-2004, 09:40 PM

]

Who cares

The Belgium uniform sucks just like the Sweedish one too.

I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion. However I think you like the swedish uniform but you just wont admit it. ;)

The US woodland one sucks too!!!111 L0l!!!

Who the f*** cares if a camo pattern looks ****e? I'm sure if you're charging through a wood spraying rounds from your FNC the last thing on your mind is "My God, is my uniform clashing with the scenery?!"

If you look at the picture you can clearly see that the point of there camo is to match their hats. :D

SR15

06-04-2004, 11:04 PM

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50926092.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=D5C980AC33A35615D0E157F201C49370A9C30E9B9B114CE8
get some..... hippie.. get some.... get some..... rofl

Midav

06-04-2004, 11:31 PM

usa320

06-04-2004, 11:47 PM

The Belgium uniform sucks just like the Sweedish one too.

Gotta agree...

I think the best cammo patterns ive seen are MARPAT and CADPAT arid. They just seem to blend in with so many types of terrain...

HumanShield

06-05-2004, 12:18 AM

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ROME, ITALY: An Italian anti-war demonstrator holds a US flag in central Rome, 04 June 2004 during a protest in the capital's streets against US President George W.Bush's visit.

Correct me if im wrong, but didnt Italy ally with nazi germany in ww2?

Bulkowski

06-05-2004, 12:32 AM

Fintin

06-05-2004, 12:50 AM

Who the f*** cares if a camo pattern looks ****e? I'm sure if you're charging through a wood spraying rounds from your FNC the last thing on your mind is "My God, is my uniform clashing with the scenery?!"

yeah but if your camo clashes....that could be the reason for spraying rounds from your fnc.....you blend in...you have a better chance

catchv22

06-05-2004, 04:50 AM

Two comments I need to make:

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7310/7310887.jpg

What does the Chinese government have to be afraid about Tiananmen Square protests for? Let the people speak.

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50924768.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=D5C980AC33A35615E7E0F576A7CD9EE9A9C30E9B9B114CE8

Let's be so narrow minded to burry our heads up our asses and compare anything the US does to nazi Germany, just because!

Idiots. I swear, that is all those people are.

You are criticising a government's restriction of rights, while in the other picture you are criticising citizens exercising their rights to speak. Of course you have every right to comment on both those pictures unlike some people in the world. Just a thought.

Pooterman

06-05-2004, 05:33 AM

man I hope they let those old vets jump. that would be teets

and we should drop a MOAB at those Hamas meetings.

Luxembourger

06-05-2004, 06:46 AM

while in the other picture you are criticising citizens exercising their rights to speak.

give me a definiton of " the right to speak" Goebbels and hitler had rights to speak too then ?
In every freedom of doing anything there is a limit
and I think by placing the nazi cross onto the American flag is above the limit !

IF you go for a walk with a big nazi flag in your hand trough a crowded street on a saturday afternoon trough a shopping mall I can tell you you will be arrested and you **** flag will be confiscated.

But of course here in ROme those guys with that flag could freely walk,,,,,,,,,,and why did the majority of the protesters who are not anti-american as we have been told not stopped those " minority" with that flag ?
WE were told that most of the protesters were thankful for the libeartion by the Americans during WW2 but only criticised Bush,but why didn t those protesters beat the hell ouf of those minority which was violent and radical ?

afrographX

06-05-2004, 07:23 AM

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police brutality

the italian demonstrations and the statement of the pope were an appropiate reception of mr. bush. mr. bush just **** off we don't want you in good old europe :-*$

Thor

06-05-2004, 07:36 AM

ZeroPositive

06-05-2004, 08:15 AM

GP :D

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/50924768.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=D5C980AC33A35615E7E0F576A7CD9EE9A9C30E9B9B114CE8

:roll:

honestly wtf the US isn't as anywhere nearly as bad as the Nazi's that is well out of order....

OB Kenobi

06-05-2004, 08:31 AM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040604/capt.flwd10106042006.star_wars_parade_flwd101.jpg

http://eserver.org/clogic/2003/anti-war%20protest--raleigh/darth_bush.gif

afrographX

06-05-2004, 09:01 AM

No news really. In Europe communists and other leftist movements have fought on the streets since early 1900s. They're just troublemakers who think it's in their moral right to attack people and property.

One good thing the nazis did was that they cleansed the streets and much of Europe from those sons of bitches.

:bash: :bash: :bash:

troublemakers?!?!?!? actually leftist movements as the SPD in germany were before 1945 the only ones who really fought for democracy, the improvement of everybody's living conditions and fundamental rights. the conservative and rightist groups were the truely antidemocratic forces. without them hitler could have never reached the power. Their support allowed him to win the elections, transform the republic into a dictaorship and to start the second world war.

even after the war leftist groups contributed largely to the development of our society. they were responsible for the social qualities we enjoy today ( perhaps not tomorrow). for instance the rebellion from 1968 which initaited very important moralic, social and cultural progress.

what ****ing asshole are you to thank the nazis for the suprression and elimination of the political oppossition in germany and the occupied teritories. They also fought for you freedom. Or would you like to live under a nazi regime? ( if i look at your comment i really fear you would enjoy it)

GrantT

06-05-2004, 09:08 AM

Their support allowed him to win the elections

So conservatives allowed Hitler to rise to power? Me thinks you need a history lesson.

Thor

06-05-2004, 09:37 AM

:bash: :bash: :bash:

Are you a hippie or what?

When the nazis took over people got jobs, workers got vacation and health care and their pay did'nt lose it's value over in one day anymore. What the nazis did was that they created political, social and economical stability.

The nazi party people were the only ones who took a stand against commies on the streets and it was they who had a fair chance to create stability (which they did) and yes many people supported Hitler amongst them were conservatives and industrialists. Not only in Germany but also in Europe and America (Henry Ford anyone?). I wouldnt have liked to live in a nazi ruled Europe. But actually I would rather have that then a commie ruled Europe.

I think what we have today with democracy and the European Union and so on is the best solution for Europe.

afrographX

06-05-2004, 10:09 AM

Their support allowed him to win the elections

So conservatives allowed Hitler to rise to power? Me thinks you need a history lesson.

me thinks you need one yourself.

Did you ever heard of the Harzburger Front? If not read about it, if you did you must have forgotten it. The elite of military (Freikorps, etc.), economy and politics supported Hitler!!!

rofl rofl rofl

you don't need to be a hippie to have the opinion that hitler didn't do anything good.

stability

The progress he made in for instance economy is related to the expropriation of some million jews and the immnse public investments (for example the first highway, which was of no use at all, or the massive investments into military)

The reason for the "stability" in politics is that there was no more public politicallife allowed by the regime. The NSDAP was the only party and the NSDAP was always right. Politiclal opposition was a crime so yes there was a kind of stability.

Social stability, hmmm, he massacred 6 million jews and send several millions of german citizens into death, not to mention the cassulties on the other sides. Moreover the absence of any social riots like in the Weinmarer Republic may be related to the fact that any type of rebellion against the nazis was eliminated immediately. Labour unions got broken up in 1934. They got replaced by the Deutsche Arbeiterbund. One of several mass organizations which systematically controlled and indoctrinated the citizens. An individual was supposed to be during his whole life in one of these organizations, which means ot be under permanent control.

So yes Hitler established a stable system which supported his dictatorship!

firwinn

06-05-2004, 11:19 AM

ah got dam**t Thor.... you have no idea what comunism is do you

Mr. Nielsen

06-05-2004, 11:30 AM

So conservatives allowed Hitler to rise to power? Me thinks you need a history lesson.

Actually, I think that many believed that Hitler would be a convenient tool (puppet) to suppress the communists and unrest in general.

The progress he made in for instance economy is related to the expropriation of some million jews and the immnse public investments

600.000 jews in germany prior to the outbreak of the war, out of a population of 62 million.

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/jger33.htm

In general, prior to the outbreak of ww2, germany was quite civilized compared Stalin's USSR. So unless, you were a jew, communist, gay or had trouble keeping your mouth shut, nazi germany wasn't such a terrible place to live in.

Raistlin

06-05-2004, 11:42 AM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040604/capt.flwd10106042006.star_wars_parade_flwd101.jpg

Imperial Stormtroopers of the '501st Florida Stormtrooper Garrison' march in a victory parade Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Friday, June 4, 2004

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040513/i/r2598230478.jpg

Rebel insurgents are apprehended during mop-up operations
OMG. This is priceless.