Today's Pic's - Friday, June 18

[He219]

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SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: Romanian riot police train with the European Police Force (FPE) 18 June 2004 in the southwestern French town of Saint-Astier with other police units from seven countries -- France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey

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]SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: German riot police train with the European Police Force (FPE) 18 June 2004 in the southwestern French town of Saint-Astier with other police units from seven countries -- France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey

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SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: British anti-riot police participate in a training operation organized by the European Police Force 18 June 2004 in Sait-Astier, central France, in which police forces from seven European countries, Spain, France, Roumania, Germany, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Turkey take part.

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SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: Members of the anti-riot police from seven different European Countries pose 18 June 2004 after a training operation organized by the European Police Force

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Ninety-year-old Andree Peele is seen after she received the Legion d'Honneur - France's highest medal of recognition - from her brother Ret. Gen. Maurice Virot, unseen, in London, Friday, June 18, 2004. Peele, born in Brittany, France, was given the award for her work with the French Resistance where she assisted dozens of RAF and American bomber pilots who were downed over France during the WWII. Peel, who lives near Bristol, England, has already received an array of awards for herpart in the war, including the King's Commendation For Brave Conduct that she received from King George and the American Medal of Freedom that was presented to her by President Dwight Eisenhower.

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An unidentified South Korean Army soldier who will be sent to Iraq arrives to participate in a service at a mosque in Seoul Friday, June 18, 2004. South Korea's National Security Council will hold a crucial meeting Friday to determine the details of the country's plan to send thousands of troops to Irbil, an official said. (AP Photo/ Ahn Young-joon).

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British soldiers patrol a street in southern Iraq (news - web sites). A British soldier and two Filipino security guards were wounded in a mortar attack on a coalition base in southern Iraq earlier this week, officials said

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U.S. Army soldier, atop of an armored military vehicle secures an area after an attack in western Baghdad, June 18, 2004. At least one vehicle was destroyed when a U.S convoy came under attack in the district of Ghazaliya, western Baghdad, but there were no immediate reports of casualties

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U.S. soldiers cross a highway in front of a burned truck that was filled with wheat as the arrive on the scene to check a roadside attack on the vehicle on the edge of Baghdad, Iraq Friday June 18, 2004.

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U.S. soldiers detain an Iraqi man as they search homes along a highway looking for suspects responsible for a roadside attack which destroyed a flatbed truck carrying wheat nearby in Baghdad, Iraq Friday June 18, 2004.

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Colonel Ismail Wahid, right, 49, has tea with his neighbors, before his working day, in a tea shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 18, 2004. Wahid has been having his breakfast in this tea shop every morning for about 16 years. Tea is the favorite drink in this Muslim country and is imported from India and China

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Undated photo shows Nek Mohammed, a renegade tribal leader allied with suspected al-Qaida militants, in Wana of South Waziristan. Nek Mohammed was killed by Pakistan forces in an overnight mortar assault on a mud-brick fortress near the Afghan border, the army spokesman said Friday, June 18, 2004.

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Funeral procession of tribal leader Nek Mohammed is on its way to graveyard in Wana, capital of Pakistan's tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan (news - web sites) Friday, June 18, 2004. Pakistani forces killed Mohammed, a renegade tribal leader allied with suspected al-Qaida militants in an overnight mortar assault, army spokesman said.

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A U.S. Marine (L) and Canadian soldiers patrol through the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the city's most dangerous area, June 17, 2004. U.S. Marines and the French army are preparing to pull out all of their troops and hand control over to a UN peacekeeping mission, which will include a Canadian contingent. A Brazilian-led UN peacekeeping force of some 8,000 soldiers and police is taking over security and other responsibilities from an interim US-led force on June 25

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Canadian soldiers in LAVs wait for the return of Canadian soldiers and US Marines who went on a joint US-Canadian foot patrol through the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the city's most dangerous area, on June 17, 2004.

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US Marines and Canadian soldiers talk after doing a joint US-Canadian foot patrol through the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the city's most dangerous area, on June 17, 2004

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A Canadian soldier greets a Haitian baby while on a joint US-Canadian foot patrol through the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the city's most dangerous area, on June 17, 2004.

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US Marines wave from a Sea Knight helicopter as it takes off from the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 17, 2004, to head back home to their base in New River, North Carolina, after spending almost two months in Haiti as part of the US-led multinational force

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While on guard duty at the Government Center of Ramadi, Lance Cpl. Richard C. Guillenavila, infantryman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, was shot in the abdomen by an enemy sniper. Nineteen-year-old Guillenavila, of Jacksonville, Fla., was wearing a Small Arms Protective Insert plate in his protective vest. The plate stopped the bullet from causing any harm to the Marine. Guillenavila is saving the bullet as his new lucky charm. (USMC photo by Cpl. Paula M. Fitzgerald)
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Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines Sgt. Maj. Thomas Hall walks alongside a road in Afghanistan during recent combat operations. Hall and BLT 1/6 is part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) deployed to central Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo submitted 06/18/2004

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18. 06. 2004
Slavnostni nastup 3. kontingentu vojenske policie
V poradi jiz treti kontingent prislusniku Vojenske police je pripraven k odletu na trimesicni pusobeni v operaci IZ SFOR na uzemni Iraku. Slavnostni nastup pred odletem kontingentu, kteremu veli podplukovnik Lubos Bahnik se za ucasti namestka ministra obrany Martina Belcika a zastupce nacelnika Generalniho stabu ACR - reditele SOC MO generalmajora Emila Pupise uskutecnil v Praze na Vitkove

[Bombtrack]

Awesome pics as usual. Good to see the US and Canadians doing joint patrols..

[Marsuitor]

Aarrr! p-)

[Uncle Chô]

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;) Same guy??

[He219]

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Ahrrr! p-)

Former Minnesota Gov. and US Navy SEAL Jesse Ventura poses, with what he calls "his new look", for a portrait before giving the keynote address to the New York State Credit Union League on Friday, June 18, 2004, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y

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President Bush stands with the troops as he is introduced at Fort Lewis, Wash., Friday, June 18, 2004

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President Bush looks on as Sen. John McCain talks to soldiers at Fort Lewis, Wash., Friday, June 18, 2004

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President Bush, speaks to soldiers at Fort Lewis, Wash. Friday, June 18, 2004, near Tacoma, Wash. as Sen. John McCain, looks on at left.

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President Bush poses for a picture with soldiers at Fort Lewis, Wash., Friday, June 18, 2004.

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President Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, greet the troops at Fort Lewis, Wash., Friday, June 18, 2004.

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President Bush, left, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, into the plenary session at the G-8 Summit on Sea Island, Ga., in this June 9, 2004 file photo. Russia gave the Bush administration intelligence after the September 11 attacks that suggested Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was preparing attacks in the United States, President Vladimir Putin said Friday June 18, 2004. Putin said he couldn't comment on how critical the Russians' information was in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq. He said Russia didn't have any information that Saddam's regime was actually behind any terrorist acts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Tribal people gather in cemetery to bury their leader Nek Mohammed in Wana, capital of Pakistan's tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan Friday, June 18, 2004. Pakistani forces killed Mohammed, a renegade tribal leader allied with suspected al-Qaida militants in an overnight mortar assault, army spokesman said

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Villagers look at dead body of tribal leader Nek Mohammed during his funeral in graveyard in Wana, capital of Pakistan's tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan Friday, June 18, 2004. Pakistani forces killed Mohammed, a renegade tribal leader allied with suspected al-Qaida militants in an overnight mortar assault, army spokesman said.

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SAUDI ARABIA: Picture released by an Islamist website 18 June 2004 shows American Paul Johnson's head placed on his back after he was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The Islamist website showed Paul Johnson, the US national taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded and his head then placed on his back. "Delivering on our promise, the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squad slaughtered the American prisoner Paul Marshall Johnson after the ultimatum set by the mujahedeen to the tyrants of the Saudi government expired," said a statement posted on the website and signed by "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninula."

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KUFA, IRAQ: Supporters of the Mehdi Army wave as militiamen leave Kufa near the holy city of Najaf, 120 kms south of Baghdad, 18 June 2004. The militiamen loyal to radical Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr left in seven coaches back to their homes around Iraq following a call by Sadr for them to go home. Najaf was in the grip of a fierce Shiite rebellion against forces of the US-led coalition until their ranks were gradually thinned in combat with US forces. Mural shows Mohammed Sadeq Sadr, the assassinated father of Moqtada.

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ARLINGTON, VA - JUNE 17: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a news briefing at the Pentagon June 17, 2004 in Arlington, Virginia. Rumsfeld had to answer questions about his decision to grant a CIA request to detain a suspected terrorist in Iraq without notifying the International Red Cross.

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A view of the holes made by a NATO GBU-31 bomb are seen through the floors of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, Friday June 18, 2004. Military experts began a monthlong operation to defuse an unexploded bomb under the ruins of the former Chinese embassy in Belgrade, hit during a 1999 NATO air strike

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Army Colonel Martin Martinovic, head of the bomb disposal team, looks at damage made by a NATO GBU-31 bomb in the Chinese Embasy in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, Friday June 18, 2004. Military experts began a monthlong operation to defuse an unexploded bomb under the ruins of the former Chinese embassy in Belgrade, hit during a 1999 NATO air strike. The 900-kilogram (2,000-pound) GBU-31 bomb is one of five unexploded ordinance in this capital city which still have not been deactivated, more than five years after NATO bombed what was then Yugoslavia.

[Marsuitor]

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SAUDI ARABIA: Picture released by an Islamist website 18 June 2004 shows American Paul Johnson's head placed on his back after he was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The Islamist website showed Paul Johnson, the US national taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded and his head then placed on his back. "Delivering on our promise, the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squad slaughtered the American prisoner Paul Marshall Johnson after the ultimatum set by the mujahedeen to the tyrants of the Saudi government expired," said a statement posted on the website and signed by "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninula."


RIP Paul Johnson
Hopefully it was painless... :(

[anonymous individual]

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SAUDI ARABIA: Picture released by an Islamist website 18 June 2004 shows American Paul Johnson's head placed on his back after he was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The Islamist website showed Paul Johnson, the US national taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded and his head then placed on his back. "Delivering on our promise, the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squad slaughtered the American prisoner Paul Marshall Johnson after the ultimatum set by the mujahedeen to the tyrants of the Saudi government expired," said a statement posted on the website and signed by "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninula."


RIP Paul Johnson
Hopefully it was painless... :(

I have seen a lot of similar beheaded excutions and trust me, it wasn't painless. :(

[Raistlin]

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This could be posted as well in this (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=319063) thread.

[bertfivesix]

Here's to hoping those cocksuckers had at least the shred of humanity to shoot him before beheading him.

Someone needs to tell them that **** like this just makes the US's resolve stronger.

[MARINO]

GP woot

[CannibalSquirel]

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SAUDI ARABIA: Picture released by an Islamist website 18 June 2004 shows American Paul Johnson's head placed on his back after he was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The Islamist website showed Paul Johnson, the US national taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded and his head then placed on his back. "Delivering on our promise, the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squad slaughtered the American prisoner Paul Marshall Johnson after the ultimatum set by the mujahedeen to the tyrants of the Saudi government expired," said a statement posted on the website and signed by "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninula."



RIP Paul Johnson
Hopefully it was painless... :(

I have seen a lot of similar beheaded excutions and trust me, it wasn't painless. :(

****ing savages.
:bash: :bash:

Hope they burn in hell.

[MARINO]

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SEVILLA, SPAIN: A Leopardo 2E tank is pictured during its during presentation as the first Leopardo 2E tanks have been delivered to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Sevilla 17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
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SEVILLA, SPAIN: Two Spanish army officers walk over a Leopardo 2E tank during presentation and delivery of the first Leopardo 2E tanks to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Sevilla 17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
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SEVILLA, SPAIN: Spanish King Juan Carlos (2ndR), Defence Minister Jose Bono (2-L) and Regional President of Andalucia Manuel Chaves (R) look at Leopardo 2E tank during presentation and delivery of the first Leopardo 2E tanks to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Sevilla 17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
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SEVILLA, SPAIN: Spanish King Juan Carlos (back) walks next to a Leopardo 2E tank during presentation and delivery of the first Leopardo 2E tanks to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Sevilla17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
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SEVILLA, SPAIN: Spanish King Juan Carlos (2ndL) poses with Spanish Army officials next to a Leopardo 2E tank during delivery of the first Leopardo 2E tanks to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Seville 17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
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SEVILLA, SPAIN: Spanish King Juan Carlos attends a presentation and delivers the first Leopardo 2E tanks to the Spanish Army in Alcala de Guadaira, near Seville 17 June 2003. AFP Photo Cristina Quicler (Photo credit should read CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/***** Images)
woot woot woot woot

[Undo]

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SAUDI ARABIA: Picture released by an Islamist website 18 June 2004 shows American Paul Johnson's head placed on his back after he was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The Islamist website showed Paul Johnson, the US national taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded and his head then placed on his back. "Delivering on our promise, the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squad slaughtered the American prisoner Paul Marshall Johnson after the ultimatum set by the mujahedeen to the tyrants of the Saudi government expired," said a statement posted on the website and signed by "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninula."




RIP Paul Johnson
Hopefully it was painless... :(

I have seen a lot of similar beheaded excutions and trust me, it wasn't painless. :(

Truly facked up. Once again, I am left speechless by the attrocities these savages are capable of. RIP, condolences to family.

Death to these miserable lowlife scumbags.

[MARINO]

RIP :(

[He219]

Hehe, posted yesterday, MARINO!
;)

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An Army special operations unit drives up to meet a helicopter crew for an early morning mission, June 13, in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The unit was catching a ride from the CH-53E Super Stallions of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Other military personnel joined the Army unit as they were dropped off on an island on the Euphrates River to interact with the local populace and gather intelligence about possible weapons caches in the area.

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Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., deployed to a forward operating base in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, cool off in the desert morning air while waiting to load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that will take them to their destination along the Euphrates river, June 13. This mission is to search for hidden weapon caches and to make contact with local Iraqis to develop intelligence.

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Sgt. Justin R. Olson, CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, watches for obstacles as his helicopter touches down on an island on the Euphrates River, June 13. The 25-year-old Broadus, Mont., native, and his fellow crewmembers picked up a group of servicemembers sent to the island to interact with the local populace to gather intelligence about the area.

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A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, touches down on a dusty field on an island along the Euphrates River in Iraq, June 13. The helicopter was at the island picking up servicemembers who had been dropped off earlier in the morning for a mission. A multi-unit force, comprised of units from force reconnaissance, Army special operations, combat engineers and a human exploitation team, as well as air units, worked together to accomplish an intelligence-gathering mission.


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Looks like the butt was shot off .. Not practical to use that way

A masked armed Shi'ite Muslim militiaman of the Mehdi army, allied with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, patrols a Baghdad neighborhood which U.S. forces are trying to enter in the Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City June 18, 2004. Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday he would support Iraq's new interim government if it paid more heed to Iraqi public opinion and less to U.S.-led occupiers after

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A U.S. Marine from the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine Division fires an M240 machine gun during a night training exercise at Camp Baharia near Falluja, June 18, 2004.

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American soldiers salute their national flag during the playing of their national anthem before a boxing match in their outdoor compound at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq

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American troops cheer as fellow soldiers box during 'Fight Night' at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq Friday, June 18, 2004. Soldiers volunteer to fight in the weekly Friday evening event, as comrades watch, many drinking ice cold non-alcoholic beer

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A Marine One helicopter carrying President Bush taxies before taking off from Fort Lewis, Wash., Friday, June 18, 2004 with Mt. Rainier in the background near Tacoma, Wash. Bush on Friday used a western campaign swing to compliment America's military for the fight against terrorism. From Fort Lewis, Bush traveled to Seattle and then was scheduled to board Air Force One and fly to Reno, Nev. The northwest side of Mt. Rainier is shown Friday, June 18, 2004 in this photo taken from Fort Lewis, Wash. Rangers removed the body of a fallen climber from Mount Rainier on Friday but could not find a second climber missing and feared dead on the difficult Liberty Ridge route. Two other people have died along the same climbing route on the north side of the peak in the past month.

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SWAT officers shoot out the back window of a van in a Wal-Mart parking lot during a standoff in Grand Prarie, Texas, Friday, June 18, 2004.

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SWAT officers toss in a gas canister into the back window. An hours-long standoff that began Friday morning in a Wal-Mart parking lot, keeping customers trapped inside the store and traffic halted on an interstate most of the day, ended with one officer dead and another injured

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An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Fighter Squadron Two (VF-2) pulls out of a dive after a practice 20mm gun-strafing demonstration

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So long F-14 Tomcat!

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Pacific Ocean (Jun. 17, 2004) - Lt. Ryan Alderson views an S-3B Viking carrying an AGM-84 Harpoon missile from the portside of his own S-3B Viking. The Harpoon missile is an all weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. Both Vikings are assigned to the "Screwbirds" of Sea Control Squadron Three Three (VS-33), embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

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A Sergeant with the 8th Calvary, 2nd Battalion, from Ft. Hood, Texas, clears his M-16 after he was the only one in his convoy that was able to return fire at an enemy Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) attack during a patrol on June 15, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. The two RPGs went directly in front and behind the last vehicle of a three-vehicle convoy

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Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) perform urban warfare training at Camp Cuervo, Iraqi, June 9, 2004

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Sgt. Mark Vonachen, a UH-60 Door Gunner with the 160th Aviation Squadron, performs a preventative maintenance inspection on his assigned helicopter in Balad, Iraq, June 15, 2004. Vonachen is part of the Quick Reaction Force, which responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center commander

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Afghan locals and members of the PARWAN Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) test a new footbridge in the Shenwary District of Afghanistan, June 15, 2004. The PRT coordinated building of the bridge as part of coalition efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.

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Afghan Elders cut the ribbon during a grand opening ceremony for a bridge in the Tokchi village of Afghanistan, June 15, 2004. Construction of the bridge was coordinated by the PARWAN Provincial Reconstruction Team out of Bagram, as part of coalition efforts to rebuild Afghanistan

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From left, Rebecca, Shelby, Justin and Amelia watch as the rear door of a C-17 Globemaster is raised and closed, April 15, 2004. The children, part of a Child Development Center preschool class on McChord Air Force Base, Wash., tour the aircraft and try out some of its functions

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Matthew Wendel, son of C-17 Loadmaster Master Sgt. Adam Wendel, checks out a view of the McChord Air Force Base, Wash., flightline from inside the aircraft during a recent tour with his preschool class, April 15, 2004

[Trigger]

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"My daddy's done more HALO jumps than your daddy."

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BOOYAAAAAH!!! "Atsa my Boat!" woot

040617-N-0684R-017 Northern Pacific (Jun. 17, 2004) - The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) operates as a plane guard for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during flight operations near the Canadian coastline. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently at sea participating in a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ron Reeves (RELEASED)
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[droopy]

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Romanians with FAMAS that`s new !!!!!!!!
Dose anyone have more info pleeeease woot

[droopy]

Someone needs to tell them that **** like this just makes the US's resolve stronger.

It`s like this it dosn`t matter who started it it just goes forever.
The US kills some terrorists the terrorists kill some civilians,terrorists the terrorists kill some civilians,terrorists the terrorists kill some civilians...
And it will never end :(

[talib_killa34]

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This reminds me, what ever became of that sorry ass new Iraqi flag they had planned to roll out?

Nice pic's by the way ;)

[AFG]

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this looks like an M4 but has an M16 butt? huh? i thought the M4 had a retractable butt...

[Macs.]

Hmm, I think thats just a stock pounch that makes it look like one.

http://www.rstacticalgear.com/prod_images_large/BlackHawk_Buttstock_Mag_Pouch_M4_Collapsible2-0Lg.jpg

But AFAIK there are M4s with M16 Stock.

[m230e1]

I chose this topic to be my first posting here because of how terrible these events are. Unfortunately, I've seen these videos before. Sometimes I wish I hadn't, but I now know that capture is not an option. Fight to the end. I wouldn't allow these people to use me as a way to get a message out loudly. It shakes me to my souls deepest reaches to imagine what it feels like to be on the recieving end. I wonder because it always seems the victims go fetal and offer no resistance. My plan is to make them kill me quickly- only if in that situation.

I am a pretty tolerant person, raised in the inner cities, and well travelled. In this case my feelings are simple. "F***" those heathen bastards. I wish that section of the globe was a glass parking lot.

GO GUNZ OR GO HOME!

[Zapp Brannigan]

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SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: Romanian riot police train with the European Police Force (FPE) 18 June 2004 in the southwestern French town of Saint-Astier with other police units from seven countries -- France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey
Romanians with FAMAS that`s new !!!!!!!!
Dose anyone have more info pleeeease woot
I don't know about the FAMAS, but as for "more info"....

They aren't "riot police". Though both are part of the Ministry of the Interior, the Romanian Police (Poliţia Româna) and the Romanian Gendarmerie (Jandarmeria Româna) are two separate forces. Since its 1998 reorganization, the Jandarmeria is more focused on antiterrorism and national security issues, while the police remains mainly law enforcement. I would assume these people belong to the Jandarmeria's "Vlad Tepes" Special Intervention Brigade (Brigada Speciala de Interventie "Vlad Tepes").

[American Patriot]

A rectractable butt is a very sought-after and cherished feature.

[DE_Six]

Damn! Still can't see the usmc.mil pics... :(

Would someone be kind enough to post alternate link to the Force Recon pics?

That'd be great.

[Ria]

Wonderful pics. RIP Paul Johnson.

[scrybe]

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SWAT officers shoot out the back window of a van in a Wal-Mart parking lot during a standoff in Grand Prarie, Texas, Friday, June 18, 2004.

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=628165

SWAT officers toss in a gas canister into the back window. An hours-long standoff that began Friday morning in a Wal-Mart parking lot, keeping customers trapped inside the store and traffic halted on an interstate most of the day, ended with one officer dead and another injured




Anyone have more info on this? I didn't hear about it at all.

[Midav]

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lol that's a good pic!

[AFG]

Hmm, I think thats just a stock pounch that makes it look like one.

http://www.rstacticalgear.com/prod_images_large/BlackHawk_Buttstock_Mag_Pouch_M4_Collapsible2-0Lg.jpg

But AFAIK there are M4s with M16 Stock.

wow ur right... thx

[Uncle Chô]

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Romanians with FAMAS that`s new !!!!!!!!
Dose anyone have more info pleeeease woot
This multinational exercise was held in France but from the pictures, it seems the Germans brought their own transportations (like the APC and the Bundesgrenzschutz Puma above). Maybe the Romanian were not allowed to bring their own weapons and they were issued French Famas only for this exercise. Or was it cross training? But anyway, I think this has nothing to do with a new issued assault rifle ;)

[droopy]

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SAINT-ASTIER, FRANCE: Romanian riot police train with the European Police Force (FPE) 18 June 2004 in the southwestern French town of Saint-Astier with other police units from seven countries -- France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey
Romanians with FAMAS that`s new !!!!!!!!
Dose anyone have more info pleeeease woot
I don't know about the FAMAS, but as for "more info"....

They aren't "riot police". Though both are part of the Ministry of the Interior, the Romanian Police (Poliţia Româna) and the Romanian Gendarmerie (Jandarmeria Româna) are two separate forces. Since its 1998 reorganization, the Jandarmeria is more focused on antiterrorism and national security issues, while the police remains mainly law enforcement. I would assume these people belong to the Jandarmeria's "Vlad Tepes" Special Intervention Brigade (Brigada Speciala de Interventie "Vlad Tepes").

Thanks for the info but i already knew most of that i`m a romanian ;)
What i was refering to is the FAMAS i thought that we were going for the TAVOR not the FAMAS. :roll:

[[AFSOC]]

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they're not scared ;)

Nah, I think it's the same reason as it has been ever since fighting stopped, Brits don't wear helmets unless they need to, because it makes us look less threatening. In other words "we're bring peace to your country not war"

[Ratamacue]

I think the US Marines have been trying to go with tactics like that depending on the situation around them. When things have been calm I've seen them on patrols sans helmet and flak jacket.

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Anybody know why Brits and Canadians seem to never wear there helmets??[/img]

They're dressing as per the Threat Level - there's hardly anything going on in Haiti anymore, so no reason to wear helmets in hot weather
And also, yeah, you do want to look "friendly", and not too militarisitic when your job is restorativ

[EvanL]

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Anybody know why Brits and Canadians seem to never wear there helmets??[/img]

They're dressing as per the Threat Level - there's hardly anything going on in Haiti anymore, so no reason to wear helmets in hot weather
And also, yeah, you do want to look "friendly", and not too militarisitic when your job is restorativ
Looking at these two pictures, you can really see the similiaritys that we still share with our British brothers. :D