Today's Pic's - Saturday, July 10th

[He219]

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Ossetia's soldiers take position near village of Pristi, near the main South Ossetian town of Tshinvali 10 July 2004
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TSHINVALI, GEORGIA: Masked gunmen of Ossetia's special forces patrol a street in the main south-Ossetian town of Tshinvali 10 July 2004. Four members of the Georgian security forces were injured, two of them seriously, when fresh fighting broke out in the restive Georgian region of South Ossetia early 10 July, a spokesman for the president's office in the capital Tbilisi said. The shooting came after an incident late on Friday in which unidentified Georgian gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in the breakaway region, injuring a number of policemen according to the Russian news agency Interfax
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The editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition Paul Klebnikov, 2nd from right, and the edition's deputy chief Kirill Vishnekovsky, right, pose at a news conference to mark the edition of the Forbes magazine issue "The Golden Hundred of the richest businessmen of Russia," as they hold copies of the issue, in Moscow in this Thursday, May 13, 2004, photo. Paul Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes Magazine's Russian edition and author of a book about tycoon Boris Berezovsky, was shot to death late Friday in Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported.The report cited Moscow police as saying Klebnikov suffered four pistol shots and died in a rescue-squad vehicle. Others are unidentified.

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PARIS, FRANCE: British troops headed by colonel of the Royal, Guard Hamon Massey (R), rehearse on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, 10 July 2004, four days ahead the Bastille day, marking the French Revolution. British troops are this year's honor guests
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French Republican Guard rehearses 10 July 200 on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, four days ahead the Bastille day marking the French Revolution.
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BAQUBA, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman in plainclothes removes a projectile from the scene of an attack targeting four alcohol stores in the city of Baquba, 60 kms northeast of Baghdad 10 July 2004, which killed one person who was passing past the stores in the moment of the blast
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LUTIFIYAH, IRAQ: US Marines secure the building before they meet with the officials of the city council of Lutifiyah, some 60kms south of Baghdad 10 July 2004. The fate of four foreign lorry drivers held hostage in Iraq hung in the balance, while four Iraqis died in flashes of violence as the interim government struggled to impose law and order. There was no news on the fate of two Bulgarians and an Egyptian, but a Filipino hostage made a final plea to his government to pull its troops out of Iraq in exchange for his life
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A U.S. soldier stands guard on the highway as a unit of Iraqi National Guard members climb aboard a transport truck as they change their shift at checkpoint duty in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, July 10, 2004.

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GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA: El presidente Oscar Berger rompe simbolicamente un arma al dar inicio al "Programa Nacional para el Desarme de M1 Carbine", el 09 de julio 2004, en Ciudad de Guatemala, que tiene como objetivo la restriccion del Acceso a las Armas por parte de la poblacion y la disminucion de armas en circulacion.

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BARCELONA, SPAIN: A visitor looks at a painting titled The flag bearer- Hitler in armor (Humbert Lanzinger- National Museum of the US Army Washington) displayed as part of AT WAR exhibit in Barcelona 10 July 2004
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BARCELONA, SPAIN: A visitor looks at an oil on fabric painting, the Tom Lea ( Army Art Collection- National Museum of the US Army), displayed as part of AT WAR exhibit in Barcelona 10 July 2004.
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A visitor passes by a Bomb dog (1939- 1945) of Military Historical Museumin Sant Petersburg, displayed as part of AT WAR exhibit in Barcelona 10 July 2004.
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This picture taken 10 July 2004 shows a gun-chair by Mozambican artist Kester evoking African thrones and chairs tradition, which are often decorated with weapons as symbols of power, as part of AT WAR exhibit in Barcelona 10 July 2004.
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GIBRALTAR, UNITED KINGDOM: The nuclear submarine HMS Tireless lies moored in a berth in the port of Gibraltar 10 July 2004. The British nuclear submarine is on a controversial visit that has caused howls of discontent from the Spanish Zapatero government.

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Spanish Prince Felipe (L) and his wife Letizia enters the Stephan's Dome in Vienna for Austrian President Thomas Klestil's funeral mass in Vienna 10 July 2004.
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California's Austrian-born California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C) enters the St. Stephan's Cathedral to attend a requiem mass for the Austrian President Thomas Klestil 10 July 2004 in Vienna.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the Stephan's Dome in Vienna for Austrian President Thomas Klestil's funeral mass in Vienna 10 July 2004.
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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf enters the Stephan's Dome in Vienna as he arrives for a funeral mass for the outgoing Austrian President Thomas Klestil 10 July 2004.
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[kinghk]

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GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA: El presidente Oscar Berger rompe simbolicamente un arma al dar inicio al "Programa Nacional para el Desarme de M1 Carbine", el 09 de julio 2004, en Ciudad de Guatemala, que tiene como objetivo la restriccion del Acceso a las Armas por parte de la poblacion y la disminucion de armas en circulacion.


Although the M1 carbine looks a littlebit worn, it was totally unnecessary to destroy it.
Could have sold it abroad atleast, that would give them some money instead of paying to scrap it.

[gilgoul]

Getting tired of those symbolic arms destruction, Beuarkk, war is bad, bueark firamrs are evil.
The funny thing is that when we develop less lethal means, they consider that even more evil, legitimisation of war and so on.

[He219]

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U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, left, meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Friday July 9, 2004. Chinese leaders have been pressing Rice to end sales of advanced weapons to Taiwan, a discordant note in her visit to discuss efforts to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program.

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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian pins a bar on the shoulder of a military academy graduate at a joint graduation ceremony for the island's five military academies in Taipei on July 9, 2004.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (bottom C) and Vice President Annette Lu (bottom 3rd-L) pose for a group picture with graduates of the island's five military academies at their joint graduation ceremony in Taipei on July 9, 2004.
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Cadets graduated from Taiwan's military academies throw their hats in the air after a joint graduation ceremony in Taipei on July 9, 2004.


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A Chinese anti-Japan protester, right, tackles a policeman who removed a banner during a protest outside the Japanese embassy, as two young protesters look on, in Beijing Friday July 9, 2004. About 30 people gathered in a police-sanctioned demonstration to demand that Japan stop its exploration for natural gas in a disputed area of the East China Sea. Scuffles broke out between police and protesters, and among protesters themselves during the demonstration.
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[J-10]

Nice pics as usual.


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Japanese and Chinese lawyers visited a dozen victims of Japanese chemical weapons over the weekend in Northeast China, collecting evidence to prepare a lawsuit against the Japanese Government by 43 victims of the toxic weapons, according to Monday's China Daily.

A leak killed one person and injured 43 people when barrels of mustard gas were dug up at a construction site in Qiqihar last August.

The toxic weapons were abandoned by the Japanese invading troops during World War II.

The victims decided to sue the Japanese Government last October.

One of the victims is named Ding Shuwen, a construction worker who suffered skin injuries to his thighs and feet that have left him unable to walk, according to Su Xiangxiang, one of the Chinese lawyers.

Although Ding had an operation, he still will have to pay for skin transplant surgery, Su said.

The victims are asking for compensation from the Japanese Government and a public apology, he added.

The lawyers, including four Japanese and two Chinese, arrived in Qiqihar on Saturday and left last night, Su said.

It is the first step of collecting evidence for the case. Another set of attorneys will travel to Qiqihar in two weeks, he said, adding that the case may be tried in Japan within the year.

More and more Japanese lawyers are speaking for Chinese victims, one of the Japanese lawyers told CCTV.

Only with this kind of support will Japan win the respect of the Asian public, he said.

The lawyers belong to a group of more than 300 Japanese lawyers offering free legal assistance to Chinese victims since 1995, Su told CCTV.

Some of the lawyers have been to Heilongjiang Province to collect proof that Japanese chemical weapons are harming Chinese citizens.

During the war, Qiqihar was the base camp of the Japanese army's "Unit 516." Unlike the notorious "Unit 731" which was engaged in germ warfare research, "Unit 516" specialized in biochemical weapons.

In the latest clean-up efforts that ended on Thursday, experts from China and Japan found a total of 542 chemical bombs in Qiqihar.

The chemical weapons were discovered by a local farmer named Dong Liyan on May 23 near his house in the city's Ang'angxi district, where a Japanese airport was located and a deployment regiment stationed during World War II.

[ZeroPositive]

When will the Japs learn.... not to just do anything they want and step on the toes of everyone in the process....

[Seoulstriker]

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There was a member here that is currently attending one of the Taiwanese military academies, no?

[Glock]

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Today Vienna, Austria

[Glock]

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[Pille1234]

Thanks He, I was afraid I wouldn't see the daily pics thread because of the weekend. Good that I'm wrong.

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Now that is what I call successful product placement :D

[Falco]

cool pics woot

[He219]

Thanks He, I was afraid I wouldn't see the daily pics thread because of the weekend. Good that I'm wrong.
Thanks, Pille1234!

Normally I would be on the beach but today I have some catching up on work to do because I spend too much time on the computer ...
;)

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VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Austrian-born California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger (C) attends the state funeral of Austrian President Thomas Klestil 10 July 2004 in Vienna. Klestil's funeral is the biggest state funeral in Austrian history, attended by 28 heads of state, including Vladimir Putin, Carl-Gustav of Sweden, Prince Haakon, Spanish Prince Philippe with Laetittia Pavel Kohout, and many more. Ten thousand onlookers lined the streets of the Austrian capital.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Austrian soldiers lead the funeral cortege to the cemetary during Austrian President Thomas Klestil funeral 10 July 2004, in Vienna. Klestil was buried a few paces from Brahms and Beethoven on Saturday as European royalty and the Austrian public bade farewell to the head of state, who died two days before leaving office.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Austrian-born actor turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2D-L) gives a posy to Kosovo's ethinc Albanian President Ibrahim Rugova (C), as Swedish Queen Silvia (Back-C) and King Carl-Gustav (Back-L) wait to pay their last respects to Austrian President Thomas Klestil 10 July 2004, during Klestil's funeral in Vienna. Klestil was buried a few paces from Brahms and Beethoven on Saturday as European royalty and the Austrian public bade farewell to the head of state, who died two days before leaving office.
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Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski and his wife pay respect to Austrian President Thomas Klestil during his funeral in Vienna's central cemetery 10 July 2004.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander (C) attends the funeral of Austrian President Thomas Klestil 10 July 2004, in Vienna

[CRAZY MERC]

Spanish Prince's wafe is a MILF. :D

[Glock]

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And thats me.

[Glock]

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VIP-Protection EKO Cobra

[fantassin]

The Brits on parade for Bastille day are King's Troop, Royal Artillery. The RM band as well as a Foot Guard unit should normally also be on parade.

[ZoneOne]

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Hello, I'm an idiot, I should get out of the WhiteHouse administration but for some reason I'm still here. Oh, nice to meet you Mr. Japanese man

[GrantT]

Hello, I'm an idiot

You took the words right out of my mouth, your are an idiot.

[OB Kenobi]

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Aha!

Still hard to believe those really existed.

Nice find, He219.

[OB Kenobi]

Getting tired of those symbolic arms destruction, Beuarkk, war is bad, bueark firamrs are evil.
The funny thing is that when we develop less lethal means, they consider that even more evil, legitimisation of war and so on.

I dunno, I cringe when seeing guns destroyed. Sell them or give them away, they're not worthless.

Agreed about "less lethal means" too. If you make war easy, it will be easier for tyrants to start one.

And easier to oppress the tax slaves.

[Raistlin]

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TSHINVALI, GEORGIA: Masked gunmen of Ossetia's special forces patrol a street in the main south-Ossetian town of Tshinvali 10 July 2004. Four members of the Georgian security forces were injured, two of them seriously, when fresh fighting broke out in the restive Georgian region of South Ossetia early 10 July, a spokesman for the president's office in the capital Tbilisi said. The shooting came after an incident late on Friday in which unidentified Georgian gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in the breakaway region, injuring a number of policemen according to the Russian news agency Interfax
Digital? :lol:


http://www.defence-net.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=620&sid=7832e486950515b94e290714531b1d7d
And thats me.
Seriously?

And what's the story with the Bomb Dog?

[He219]

There a thread a ways back about the Soviets using the Bomb Dogs against German Panzers ...

http://wtv-zone.com/Hahnsflyboys/rogue/antitank16.jpg
Two Russian Anti Tank "Suicide" Dogs On The German Front


The Russian military also trained suicide dogs, during WW II. The dogs (half staved) were loaded with explosives, and trained to seek out food under moving tanks; a trigger device attached to their backpacks, would depressed causing an explosion capable of cutting through the steel under belly of the tanks.

In one day, alone, on the Izyum sector, these canine tank busters destroyed nine tanks and two armored cars. So feared by the Germans, that as soon as they heard the barking and saw the running dogs, they would frantically turned their tanks around and head back towards their own lines, for they knew from experience what was in store for them.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History21

[American Patriot]

Someone must have read Ivan Pavlov's book and got a sick idea :lol:

[Freibier]

http://img46.exs.cx/img46/893/dog_mine_001.jpg
Caption:


A soviet dog mine in training, or so it would appear. What is interesting about this picture is that although the training tank does not have a real gun, its turret appears to be that of the T-34/85. The T-34/85 was not introduced until 1944, yet dog mines were supposed to have been withdrawn in 1942!

Dog Anti-Tank Mine

The simplicity of the dog mine must have been appealing concept in 1942 when the Russian army was still hard pressed fighting to keep the German invaders in check. The basic idea was that the dog carried on it's back a wooden box or packets containing explosives strapped on with a harness. The dogs were then trained to run underneath enemy tanks and in doing so they would tip back a vertical wooden lever on their backs, which would detonate the explosives, much to the surprise of the German tank crews and the dogs.

This however, was one simple idea that did not work terribly effectively in combat. As the dogs were trained by placing food under Soviet tanks they would run to the familiar smells and sounds of any Soviet tanks in battle rather than the strange smells and sounds of the German tanks, and with hindsight, one would also expect that in battle a dog would run anywhere but towards a moving tank firing overhead, and in doing so become a menace to everyone else on the battlefield.

The German army quickly learned of the Soviet hundminen and so spread throughout the ranks information that all Russian dogs likely to be encountered were probably rabid and so should be shot on sight. As a result all dogs virtually disappeared from the Eastern Front in the ensuing few days, making the use of dog mines all the less feasible.

Dog mines did have some success, but once their dangerous drawbacks were realised they were not used after 1942. Some reports on the Soviet Army after 1945 still contained references to dog mines however, and there were also reports of dog mines as having been used by the Viet Minh (fighting in Indo-China) in the late 1940s.
http://www.soviet-empire.com/arsenal/army/anti-tank/dog_mine.php

[khukuri]

Actually still in modern times the russians trained bombdog. Ihad once abig book about the sovier forces.
They had a big dog school and there were an kamikaze dog unit.

But the difference this time was that the dog himself "pushed the button". He had some stick reaching his mouth. The dogs were trained to bite the stick and then the bomb took off.

[pfclee]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7361/7361317.jpg


Hello, I'm an idiot, I should get out of the WhiteHouse administration but for some reason I'm still here. Oh, nice to meet you Mr. Japanese man

He's chinese i believe.

[memphiz]

Great pics He219
That isnt cool about the Bomb dogs

[Deuterium]

"...One of these things is not like the other..."


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[dumdidum]

The blond woman seen behind the king and queen is Laila Frievalds, Swedens minister of foreign affairs. She took up office last year after her predecessor Anna Lind was attacked with a knife and later died in the hospital.
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[rodin_hsu]

Someone must have read Ivan Pavlov's book and got a sick idea :lol:

Not as crazy as Japanese Kamikaze. "The human cruise missile" ?!!
As I know, they also had human torpedo at that time.

[ZeroPositive]

Great to see Arnold in action :D
his Suit looks er a bit tight.... on him or fitting....
:)
Yes he is Chinse u dumbass.....
someone has to learn to read the captions...

[ZoneOne]

He's chinese i believe.


my point is -- i truely dislike that woman an what she has done in the past years, a retarded monkey could do better, or maybe she is a ... n/m



You took the words right out of my mouth, your are an idiot.

Oki --- pay attention to what she's done in the past years and you'll dislike her too, unless you're Tony Blair, are you tony?

[He219]

Hello, I'm an idiot, I should get out of the WhiteHouse administration but for some reason I'm still here. Oh, nice to meet you Mr. Japanese man

He's chinese i believe.

my point is -- i truely dislike that woman an what she has done in the past years, a retarded monkey could do better, or maybe she is a ... n/m



That second comment can't hide the racist undertones ...
:roll:

You may not like Her or the actions of the Administration, but that certainly makes her FAR from stupid as you repeatedly claim ..





http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/images/100-DrRice-S161-31-th.jpg

Dr. Condoleezza Rice became the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, on January 22, 2001.

In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

As professor of political science, Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the highest teaching honors -- the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip Zelikow, The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has written numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense policy, and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 and 2000 Republican National Conventions.

From 1989 through March 1991, the period of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet Union, she served in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the Military.

She was a member of the boards of directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, the International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors. She was a Founding Board member of the Center for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, California and was Vice President of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public broadcasting for San Francisco.

Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, *** laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, the University of Notre Dame in 1995, the Mississippi College School of Law in 2003, the University of Louisville and Michigan State University in 2004. She resides in Washington, D.C.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ricebio.html

[FallenAngel]

^Impressive resume...

Oh, btw, He219 just pwned ZoneOne. Good job fearless leader! woot

*edit- crap...wrong name. Sorry He ;)

[ZeroPositive]

Zoneone aka muppet....

[Glock]

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TSHINVALI, GEORGIA: Masked gunmen of Ossetia's special forces patrol a street in the main south-Ossetian town of Tshinvali 10 July 2004. Four members of the Georgian security forces were injured, two of them seriously, when fresh fighting broke out in the restive Georgian region of South Ossetia early 10 July, a spokesman for the president's office in the capital Tbilisi said. The shooting came after an incident late on Friday in which unidentified Georgian gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in the breakaway region, injuring a number of policemen according to the Russian news agency Interfax
Digital? :lol:




http://www.defence-net.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=620&sid=7832e486950515b94e290714531b1d7d
And thats me.
Seriously?

And what's the story with the Bomb Dog?

Yea thats me.
The story is that that the pic is posed for the Austrian Newspaper "Krone".
And what i know thats not a bomb dog, because normaly the bomb dogs are from an other Unit. That pic is just funny.

Greatings from Vienna Leo

[rodin_hsu]

Hello, I'm an idiot, I should get out of the WhiteHouse administration but for some reason I'm still here. Oh, nice to meet you Mr. Japanese man

That second comment can't hide the racist undertones ...
:roll:

You may not like Her or the actions of the Administration, but that certainly makes her FAR from stupid as you repeatedly claim ..


Yes, that's too much to call her in that way.
I think Dr. Rice as individual must superior than most of the people in this forum. But I like ZoneOne's "Mr. Japanese" joke.

[He219]

Hood just pwned ZoneOne. Good job fearless leader! woot
Glad to hear of it!



PA: Philadelphia Celebrates Bastille Day
Last Updated: 10 Jul 2004 06:04 PM



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Devon Lipsky, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania celebrates Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day as a wench at Eastern State Penitentiary
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Terry Berch McNally, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania portrays Marie Antoinette during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary July 10, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hundreds attended the event to see a re-enactment of the storming of the Bastille, and Marie Antoinette declare "Let them eat cake!" and throw Hostess Twinkies into the crowd.
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Re-enactors dressed as peasants chant "We want bread!" during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary July 10, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hundreds attended the event to see a re-enactment of the storming of the Bastille, and Marie Antoinette declare "Let them eat cake!" and throw Hostess Twinkies into the crowd
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Re-enactors Patrick Jordan (L), and Jim Mosetter (R) both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania lead Terry Berch McNally, portraying Marie Antoinette to her beheading during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary July 10, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A re-enactor dressed as a French soldier hands watermelon, in lieu of Marie Antoinette's head during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary July 10, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Soldiers storm the Bastille during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary July 10, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A re-enactor portraying a Bastille prisoner rejoices after being freed during Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day celebration at Eastern State Penitentiary

:lol:

[Raistlin]

Yea thats me.
I know it might be a secret but how come you weren't with the general crowd?

[Hellman109]

Someone must have read Ivan Pavlov's book and got a sick idea :lol:

Not as crazy as Japanese Kamikaze. "The human cruise missile" ?!!
As I know, they also had human torpedo at that time.

Germans used "human torpedo's" they werent strapped to the torpedo's, but another propeller ontop of it, they generally waited around the entrance to ports and rivers in reeds or similar, got within ~50ft, then released the torpedo, although it was common for the torpedo not to detatch (so the piolet flew with it into the ship). This was mainly done by German prisoners (deserters and such).

The Eagle Has Landed has a little on them (the book is better then the movie IMO)

[iflu]

remember japanese kamikaze special attack in WWII?
http://www.grunts.net/album/navy/kamikaze.gif

[2RHPZ]

http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/featurePhoto/040629-A-0259W-067.jpg
Spc. Joseph Kock, left, and a Republic of Korea soldier unload supplies that the Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team will distribute to local Afghan people in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Kock is assigned to the 34th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment. The National Guard division is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan are working closely with Coalition allies to fight terrorists. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sandra Watkinkeough.

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Soldiers wait to be extracted by helicopter in Iraq, after coming under attack by mortar and small-arms fire. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Quick Response Force.
Hi-res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040619-F-4884R-010a.jpg)

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Soldiers search for unexploded ordnance near a major highway in Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to Company C, 9th Engineer Battalion. Army engineers are playing a critical role in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They perform a wide variety of missions, ranging from helping to rebuild infrastructure to dealing with mines and other types of ordnance.
Hi-res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040606-A-6713J-024a.jpg)

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een through a night-vision device, scouts provide exterior security for other Soldiers during a joint mission to capture individuals suspected of harboring terrorists and hiding weapons used against Coalition forces. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division’s Task Force Tacoma.
Hi-res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040608-F-4884R-008.jpg)

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Pfc. Green gives instructions to Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) personnel after conducting a joint foot patrol in Altun Kapri, Iraq. Green is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment. Soldiers are training ICDC personnel to assume responsibility for parts of Iraq.
Hi-res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040528-A-6748E-017.jpg)

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A sniper peers through the scope of his rifle during a mission in Mosul, Iraq. The Soldier is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The Stryker brigade is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Hi-res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040513-A-3978J-007.jpg)

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A special forces weapons sergeant trains an Afghan Security Forces soldier to fire a 75mm recoilless rifle during atop a ridgeline 1500 feet above the Pesh Valley, Afghanistan. Special forces Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan are helping train Afghans to fight terrorists in their own country.
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Soldiers, U.S. Marines and French special forces personnel conduct a reconnaissance patrol during a recent joint-combined exercise in Djibouti. The Soldiers are assigned to Company B, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard,” deployed in the Global War on Terrorism as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
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A Black Hawk helicopter is transported by a CH-47 Chinook during a sling-load mission to Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Iraq. The helicopter was damaged after a hard landing. Army aviation assets are playing a key role in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism.
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[Vance]

:cantbeli: @ Bastille Day re-enactment

[Damian]

Bastille Day re-enactment rofl rofl rofl rofl

[Raistlin]

Am I the only one who doesn't get the joke? http://www.di.fm/forums/images/smilies/confused-smiley-013.gif

[He219]

Germans used "human torpedo's" they werent strapped to the torpedo's, but another propeller ontop of it, they generally waited around the entrance to ports and rivers in reeds or similar, got within ~50ft, then released the torpedo, although it was common for the torpedo not to detatch (so the piolet flew with it into the ship). This was mainly done by German prisoners (deserters and such).

The Eagle Has Landed has a little on them (the book is better then the movie IMO)

Don't rely on the story's representation ...
;)

http://www.uboatwar.net/marder2.jpg
http://www.uboatwar.net/marder3.jpg
Marder (http://www.uboatwar.net/marder.htm) Human Torpedo piloted by volunteers of the Kleinkampfverbände running at speed.

[rodin_hsu]

Don't rely on the story's representation ...
;)

Marder (http://www.uboatwar.net/marder.htm) Human Torpedo piloted by volunteers of the Kleinkampfverbände running at speed.

Yes, sir! ... ;)

Here are two links describing the Japanese "Human torpedo -- Kaiten":

http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaiten.htm
http://www.ww2pacific.com/suicide.html

http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaiten1.gif
http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaiten2.gif

[[AFSOC]]

WOW nice pics

[SiFiOn]

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Devon Lipsky, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania celebrates Philadelphia's 10th Annual Bastille Day as a wench at Eastern State Penitentiary



She's cute man. And helpfull too.

Each time I visit her, she allows me to park my bicycle between her teeth. ;)