Today's Pictures, Aug. 25-31

[He219]

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[UoUo]

Number 7 is and israeli troop...no ?

[Argyll]

Yep,and a great photo too,look at the aprehension on that guys face,it really captures the tension over there just now

[He219]

Indeed, I also like that one above.....


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An Israeli soldier pushes the back of an unidentified handcuffed Palestinian who is made to enter a building ahead of the Israeli soldiers during a search operation in the Old City of the West Bank town of Nablus, August 24, 2003. Troops later uncovered a bomb-making laboratory in the area, blowing up the site where they found an 80-kilogram (176 pound) bomb, fertilizers and other bomb-making materials, as well as two rockets, the army and Palestinian witnesses said. *******/Nasser Ishtayeh

[M1A2U2]

i wonder what the british soldier is thinking in the first picture hahaha, hes prob like what in gods name is that wierd arab doing?

[FallenAngel]

In that pic of the SP with the SAW...are those green-tipped rounds incindinary?

[He219]

The red ones are tracers. Green tip have an armor penetrator, I think.

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The 5.56-mm ball M855 (A059) cartridge has a gilding, metal-jacketed, lead alloy core bullet with a steel penetrator. The primer and case are waterproof. The ammunition is linked by a disintegrating metallic split-linked belt for firing from the ammunition box. In an emergency, the M855 round can also be loaded and fired from the M16 20or 30-round magazine. It is identified by a green tip, has a projectile weight of 62 grains, and is 2.3 cm long. This is the NATO standard round. It is effective against personnel and light materials, not vehicles.

[FallenAngel]

Ah....I read somewhere in a Guns&Ammo mag once that the green tips means explosive bullet, but armor piercing sounds pretty good. :)

[Claymore]

No.... AP bullet has a black tip.

Green tip is for M855 bullet.
http://www.ammo-oracle.com/#ss109

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/cartmark.htm

[He219]

Today's Pictures:


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Israeli operation : Israeli solidiers receive instructions moments before a military operation in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites). (AFP/Orel Cohen)

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Israeli army soldiers conduct a house-to-house search during an army operation, in the Old City of the West Bank town of Nablus, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. Two days earlier, troops uncovered a bomb lab in the area, blowing up the site where they found an 80-kilogram (176 pound) bomb, fertilizers, two rockets and other bomb-making materials, the army and Palestinian witnesses said. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)


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A Palestinian boy throws stones at an Israeli Army tank patrolling the streets of the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. US lawmakers have called for outside military forces to be deployed to help secure the fading chance for peace in the wake of more deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

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A Palestinian girl watches Israeli soldiers order medical staff to close a clinic as they impose a curfew in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Saed Shiyoukhi)




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U.S. troops man their weapons during a raid on scores of houses in Khalis, a town about 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops from the 4th Infantry Division were involved in the operation which was launched to catch members of a criminal gang operating in the town. U.S. forces accuse the gang of carrying out attacks against American soldiers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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U.S. troops prepare to enter a house while inhabitants look on during a raid on scores of houses in Khalis, a town about 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops from the 4th Infantry Division were involved in the operation which was launched to catch members of a criminal gang operating in the town. U.S. forces accuse the gang of carrying out attacks against American soldiers. ( AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Detained Iraqi men sit while U.S. troops stand guard during a raid on scores of houses in Khalis, a town about 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. Hundreds of U.S. troops from the 4th Infantry Division were involved in the operation which was launched to catch members of a criminal gang operating in the town. U.S. forces accuse the gang of carrying out attacks against American soldiers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Afghan soldiers undergo training in Kabul. Afghan troops backed by US-led forces were continuing operations after local officials said up to 50 suspected Taliban were killed and 75 arrested in ground and air raids across turbulent southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites)(AFP/File)


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A newly arrived member of the 1st Company of the 2nd Regiment of French Foreign Legion Paratroopers stands at a checkpoint on the Sassandra river near Guessabo, Ivory Coast, in this Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 file photo. Rebels shot and killed two French troops in Ivory Coast Monday night, Aug. 25, 2003, marking France's first combat deaths in peacekeeping efforts in its former colony after a 9-month civil war, the French military said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christine Nesbitt, File)




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A military police officer signals a group of soldiers to stop on their way to a military court Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, inside a military camp in suburban Manila as an armored personnel carrier provides security. The Philippine military began the pre-trial investigation that could lead to the court-martial of more than 300 mutineers allegedly involved in what the government claims was a failed power grab last July 27. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)


Miscellaneous:

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030821-N-0000X-002 Virginia Beach, Va. (Aug 21, 2003) – Sea Cadets watch as one of their own makes his way down the rappelling tower at Fort Story, Va. Fifteen U.S. Naval Sea Cadets graduated at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News after two-weeks of intensive training with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal group two (EOD-2). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Ken Riley. (RELEASED)

[usa320]

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Bad boys....bad boys...what ya gonna do...whatcha gonna do when they come for you...

[He219]

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An Israeli soldier takes position behind an armored personal carrier during an Israeli army operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, August 26, 2003. Israel kept up pressure on Palestinian militants on Tuesday, snatching two wounded fighters from their hospital beds in Nablus as members of the Islamic group Hamas went underground to evade Israeli helicopter attacks. *******/Abed Omar Qusini


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Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup Pvt. Rubio Miguel from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada walks ahead of his commrades as they make their way up a marked path of white stones up a hill through a mine field, outside of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday Aug 26, 2003. Six local Afghans where killed in the area by a mine ten days ago. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)

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Two Afghan boys chase after Canadian troops in their jeep as they patrol through a small village outside of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday Aug 26, 2002.


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British soldiers get down from their truck during an evening patrol in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) from Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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A group of U.S soldiers part of the NATO-led stabilization force in Bosnia-Herzegovina conduct street patrols and take photos of passers by, in the Bosnian Serb town of Pale, 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Sarajevo, Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. NATO troops in Bosnia gathered Tuesday around the home of the daughter of Radovan Karadzic, the U.N. war crimes tribunal's No. 1 fugitive. A spokesman for the peacekeeping force, Capt. Dale MacEachern, told The Associated Press only that an operation under way was ``necessary in order to disrupt the activities of persons conducting anti-Dayton activities.'' (AP Photo/Sava Radovanovic)

[hood]

Looking at that EOD rapelling photo is giving me vertigo; I've always been afraid of heights. It's rather silly seeing as I'm a tall guy. :)

[Royal]

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A group of U.S soldiers part of the NATO-led stabilization force in Bosnia-Herzegovina conduct street patrols and take photos of passers by, in the Bosnian Serb town of Pale, 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Sarajevo, Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. NATO troops in Bosnia gathered Tuesday around the home of the daughter of Radovan Karadzic, the U.N. war crimes tribunal's No. 1 fugitive. A spokesman for the peacekeeping force, Capt. Dale MacEachern, told The Associated Press only that an operation under way was ``necessary in order to disrupt the activities of persons conducting anti-Dayton activities.'' (AP Photo/Sava Radovanovic)

Has the US reduced it's FPM's in Bosnia or are those guys Int/SF? I've never seen US troops off base in the Balkans without helmets and body armour (apart from Int/SF). Not that I've been out there for 18 months.

[abullet]

where do you guys get all these great pics of 3RCR in afganistan, i cant seem to locate them any where on DND's web site.....mind giving a link :D

thanks ppl

[He219]

where do you guys get all these great pics of 3RCR in afganistan, i cant seem to locate them any where on DND's web site.....mind giving a link :D

thanks ppl

Hehehe, you'll find them on this site!

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Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup troops drive through a sandstorm as they patrol through a small village outside of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday Aug 26, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital Kabul.(AP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)


Or follow the code to the source....

[abullet]

when you get the URL for properties it just takes you to that photo...

I was just wondering where they came from

in any case keep them coming....

[Seraphim]

These might be some repeats.

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British soldiers patrol Basra, 600 kilometers (35 miles) from Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday evening Aug.26, 2003. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)


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British soldiers get down from their truck during an evening patrol in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) from Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Australian troops patrol in Baghdad. The United States is reportedly putting pressure on Australia to consider a fresh contribution to the coalition forces in iarq where US forces face a worsening security threat and have admitted being streched(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)


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Notice no body armor...

An Iraqi policeman and British soldiers patrol the streets of Basra, August 24, 2003. A bomb blast killed three bodyguards in the office of one of Iraq (news - web sites)'s main Shi ite Muslim groups on Sunday, a spokesman for the group said, as ethnic violence flared between Kurds and Turkmen in the north. *******/Suhaib Salem



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A British soldier stands guard at the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Aug. 23, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed Saturday in Iraq's second city of Basra when their vehicle crashed into a wall after being pursued and fired at by gunmen in a car, local witnesses said. In Baghdad, U.N. staff went back to work four days after a truck bombing devastated their compound, killing 24 people. (Aladin Abdel Naby/*******)


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A U.S. soldier walks past a car overturned and set fire by angry Turkmen, near a police station during clashes between ethnic Iraqi Turkmen and Kurdish peshmergas, in Kirkuk, Aug. 23, 2003. Iraqi police patrolled the streets of Kirkuk Sunday after ethnic violence in northern Iraq (news - web sites) left several dead, stoking further tension in a country already grappling with lawlessness and a guerrilla insurgency. (Anatolian/*******)


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A British soldier stands guard at the British foreign office in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) , Sunday Aug. 24, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed on Saturday in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) south of Baghdad, during a guerilla attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerrilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the Britishfour-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Samir Mezban)

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A US soldier stands next to a group of Kurdish soldiers sitting in the back of a pick-up truck in Tuz Khurmatu, just south of Iraq (news - web sites)'s northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Soldiers were on alert a day after fighting between Kurds and Turkmen left eight dead on both sides and another two Turkmen killed by US soldiers in this town(AFP/KARIM SAHIB)


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A British soldier stands guard at the British foreign office in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Aug. 23, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed on Saturday in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) south of Baghdad, during an attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the British four-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Karim Kadam)


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A British soldier gathers accounts from an eyewitness through his interpreter at the site of an attack on British troops, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, in Basra, 600kms. south of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). Three British soldiers were killed Saturday during a guerrilla attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerrilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the British four-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Nabeel Al-Jurani)

[Seraphim]

These might be some repeats.

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British soldiers patrol Basra, 600 kilometers (35 miles) from Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday evening Aug.26, 2003. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)


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British soldiers get down from their truck during an evening patrol in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) from Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Australian soldiers patrol in Baghdad. A former Australian government intelligence analyst has told a parliamentary inquiry that Prime Minister John Howard's office exaggerated intelligence reports on the threat posed by Iraq (news - web sites) to justify going to war(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)


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Australian troops patrol in Baghdad. The United States is reportedly putting pressure on Australia to consider a fresh contribution to the coalition forces in iarq where US forces face a worsening security threat and have admitted being streched(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)


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Notice no body armor...

An Iraqi policeman and British soldiers patrol the streets of Basra, August 24, 2003. A bomb blast killed three bodyguards in the office of one of Iraq (news - web sites)'s main Shi ite Muslim groups on Sunday, a spokesman for the group said, as ethnic violence flared between Kurds and Turkmen in the north. *******/Suhaib Salem



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A British soldier stands guard at the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Aug. 23, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed Saturday in Iraq's second city of Basra when their vehicle crashed into a wall after being pursued and fired at by gunmen in a car, local witnesses said. In Baghdad, U.N. staff went back to work four days after a truck bombing devastated their compound, killing 24 people. (Aladin Abdel Naby/*******)


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A U.S. soldier walks past a car overturned and set fire by angry Turkmen, near a police station during clashes between ethnic Iraqi Turkmen and Kurdish peshmergas, in Kirkuk, Aug. 23, 2003. Iraqi police patrolled the streets of Kirkuk Sunday after ethnic violence in northern Iraq (news - web sites) left several dead, stoking further tension in a country already grappling with lawlessness and a guerrilla insurgency. (Anatolian/*******)


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A British soldier stands guard at the British foreign office in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) , Sunday Aug. 24, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed on Saturday in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) south of Baghdad, during a guerilla attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerrilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the Britishfour-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Samir Mezban)

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A US soldier stands next to a group of Kurdish soldiers sitting in the back of a pick-up truck in Tuz Khurmatu, just south of Iraq (news - web sites)'s northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Soldiers were on alert a day after fighting between Kurds and Turkmen left eight dead on both sides and another two Turkmen killed by US soldiers in this town(AFP/KARIM SAHIB)


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A British soldier stands guard at the British foreign office in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Aug. 23, 2003. Three British soldiers were killed on Saturday in Basra, 600 kilometers (375 miles) south of Baghdad, during an attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the British four-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Karim Kadam)


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A British soldier gathers accounts from an eyewitness through his interpreter at the site of an attack on British troops, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, in Basra, 600kms. south of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). Three British soldiers were killed Saturday during a guerrilla attack in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra and one was seriously wounded. British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said the military still had no details on the attack, but termed it a guerrilla operation. Witnesses said an unknown number of men in a pickup truck shot up the British four-wheel drive vehicle in the city center. (AP Photo/Nabeel Al-Jurani)

[He219]

You can say that again, again... Hehehehe

;)



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A U.S. soldier passes wanted posters of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, August 27, 2003. Iraq's U.S.-led administration is hoping the posters -- and the prospect of a $25 million reward -- will encourage Iraqis to come forward with information leading to Saddam's capture.


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One of the two Sukhoi Su-27 warplanes which arrived from Russia, is unloaded from a transport plane, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, at Iswahyudi Air Base in Madiun, in East Java, Indonesia. The first two of six newly purchased Russia fighter aircraft arrived in Indonesia on Wednesday, an official said, marking a swing away from the United States as the country's main supplier of weaponry. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)


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A troop of Afghan national army recruits line up during training at a military camp in Pul Charki east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wed. Aug 27, 2003. War-ravaged Afghanistan still is in the process of forming up security forces and renewed military with the help of the U.S. along with the great effort needed to reconstruct the nation. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)


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A member of the military strikes a protester at the plaza central in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, August 26, 2003. The protesters were striking against the Honduran government's plan to sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Antonio Romero)
Say 'hello' to the global press....


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Near a bus waiting to carry Jewish worshippers back to Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers stand over the body of an alleged Palestinian attacker who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier, several meters away from the entrance to Rachael's Tomb, the Jewish holy site in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. After a search, no explosives were located. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Near a bus waiting to carry Jewish worshippers back to Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer stands back from the scene, as a special remote-controlled robot mounted with a grip tool, shotgun, and a video lens, searches for explosives near where an alleged Palestinian attacker who was shot dead a short time earlier by an Israeli soldier, several meters away from the entrance to Rachael's Tomb, the Jewish holy site in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. No explosives were located, although Israel claims the man was armed with a knife and had demonstrated an intent to do harm. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)


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Israeli soldiers leave the area after arresting several members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday Aug. 27, 2003. The Israeli army stormed the PPFLP headquarters and arrested a dozen members of the organization as part of the latest Israeli military push into the West Bank. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Is that a KPV-14.5?
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Government soldiers drive through the countryside close to Kakata, LIberia, 150 kms from Monrovia, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. Fighting has been reported in the area. Hundreds of displaced people made there way toward Kakata and other town's to avoid being trapped up in the fighting. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)


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Pakistani Army troops patrol in Pakistan's tribal village Dag Killi, about five kilometers, 3 miles, from Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003. Villagers of Dag Killi where the army recently entered, told journalists that they do not give asylum to fleeing al-Qaida or Taliban activists. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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030729-N-9500T-001 Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Wash. (July 29, 2003) -- Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven (EODMU-11) perform a high altitude static parachute jump over Whidbey Island, Wash. as part of routine training. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Scott Taylor. (RELEASED)


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030823-N-6404B-005 Pusan, Republic of Korea (Aug. 23, 2003) -- Yeoman 3rd Class Tanya Enis scans the Pusan commercial harbor for potential hazards while standing a force protection watch as USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrives at Pier 8 for a two-day port call. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jennifer Y. Bell. (RELEASED)


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030824-N-6536T-011 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Aug. 24, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Michael Everman , from Louisville, Ky., a member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven Detachment One (EOD MU-1 DET 1), exits the exercise area while a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Indians” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Six (HS-6), hovers during a fast-roping drill on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and other operations as directed. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Thompson. (RELEASED)

[[AFSOC]]

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Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup Pvt. Rubio Miguel from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada walks ahead of his commrades as they make their way up a marked path of white stones up a hill through a mine field, outside of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday Aug 26, 2003. Six local Afghans where killed in the area by a mine ten days ago. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)

I think its time we see the new CADPAT AR you think??

[Seraphim]

They choose not to wear the CADPAT AR because they want to seperate themselves as not US Forces.

[[AFSOC]]

What are talking about man?

One the CADPAT AR looks different from US FORCES

Two the British, DUtch not wearing there desert pattern either....

Im just saying I wanna see a pic of a Canadian soldier in the new CADPAT AR. Most likely the Canadian snipers are wearing it.

[Seraphim]

And you think the average afghani knows the difference?

[He219]

If you wish to stereotype the 'average' Afghani, then you must rationalize that all foreigners are considered as 'infidels' and are likewise targeted as such.

To think that differentiating youself from Americans will make you 'less likely' to get shot in a hostile region certainly seems to be a pathetic excuse for not wearing appropriate camouflage and sounds more like Ameriphobia.....

[front]

The Hi-Res photo of "Yeoman 3rd Class Tanya Enis" on the previous page shows a red and white card dangling from her belt. Is that a ROE card?

(It would'nt be anything else though, eh?)

cheers

front

[[AFSOC]]

If you wish to stereotype the 'average' Afghani, then you must rationalize that all foreigners are considered as 'infidels' and are likewise targeted as such.

To think that differentiating youself from Americans will make you 'less likely' to get shot in a hostile region certainly seems to be a pathetic excuse for not wearing appropriate camouflage and sounds more like Ameriphobia.....

Another reason why the British, Dutch and Canadians arent weaing a desert pattern is because they want to be seen. There not there as a combat role, their there PEACE KEEPING. They want to be seen.....

[Royal]

Another reason why the British, Dutch and Canadians arent weaing a desert pattern is because they want to be seen. There not there as a combat role, their there PEACE KEEPING. They want to be seen.....

Royal Marines in the 'stan wore mainly desert DPM gear with temperate web gear and windproofs (a mixture that works very well in a scrub environment). Most British troops there now are reservists. We still have a shortage of desert combats due to Op TELIC (Iraq). I leave you to draw your own conclusions as to why they're wearing temperate gear...

[Trigger]

They want to be seen.
Is that what they taught you at Airborne school?

Then they might as well paint big red bullseyes on their helmets.

[[AFSOC]]

DUde there PEACE KEEPING.

Just think about that for a second....

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[FallenAngel]

I agree with Trigger....if they are trying to be seen, might as well throw on some old navy cargo pants, a polo shirt and some Okleys.

...oh ****, but that'd make them CAG wouldn't it? :cantbeli:

[Haiw]

well the 'being seen' thing does make sense...i mean, we dutchies DO have desert fatigues that arent used anywhere else, so i suppose they use the normal uniforms just to be seen.. especially since thats for a big part what peace keeping is all about (no, those UN white painted vehicles aren't snow camo ;))

[He219]

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/logo650.jpg

ISAF was established, to assist the Afghan Transitional Authority (Afghan TA) in maintaining security within the ISAF Area of Responsibility (AOR) so that the Afghan TA, as well as the personnel of the United Nations (UN), can operate in a secure environment in order to enable the Afghan TA the build up of security structures in Afghanistan in accordance with the Bonn Agreement and as agreed in the Military Technical Agreement (MTA).

They provide SECURITY, and are ACTIVELY PROTECTING the Afghan TA!
Check out the post on Joint Task Force 2 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3412)


Pictures in the news:

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Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup Pvt Les Szewski, Hamilton, Ont., stands guard at the front gate of their base camp in Kabul Afghanistan Wednesday Aug 27, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital Kabul.(AP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)


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Qurban Ali listens to a Pakistan's army commander in the tribal village Dag Killi, about five kilometers (3 miles) from Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003. The rugged region is part of the North West Frontier Province, a vast area of rocky, barren plains and steep mountains, long run by tribes that don't cooperate with the government. U.S. officials have said they suspect al-Qaida is operating there. The villagers denied the claim. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pakistani troops are seen at their camp in the tribal village Dag Killi, about five kilometers, 3 miles, from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003. The rugged region is part of the North West Frontier Province, a vast area of rocky, barren plains and steep mountains, long run by tribes that don't cooperate with the government. U.S. officials have said they suspect al-Qaida is operating there. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Indian Border Security Force soldiers take shelter behind a armored vehicle after suspected militants attacked outside Srinagars main telephone exchange, in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. According to the police five persons were wounded in an explosion during the attack and two rebels were hiding in a building opposite to the exchange. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

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Russian escort ship Smetlivy is anchored off La Maddalena island, off Sardinia's northeast coast, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. Russian navy vessels including a missile cruiser anchored off the Italian island of Sardinia as part of the security for Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Italy later in the week. (AP Photo/Antonio Satta)

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Ecuadorean police officers Marcelo Vega, left, and Jose Vinueza, look at machine guns seixed during a police operation south of Quito Wednesday Aug. 27, 2003. According to congressman Guillermo Haro these weapons were going to send Colombian Guerrilla. During the operation police seized explosives, machine guns, grenades and a large quantity of bullets that were stolen from military areas.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

[Seraphim]

If you wish to stereotype the 'average' Afghani, then you must rationalize that all foreigners are considered as 'infidels' and are likewise targeted as such.

To think that differentiating youself from Americans will make you 'less likely' to get shot in a hostile region certainly seems to be a pathetic excuse for not wearing appropriate camouflage and sounds more like Ameriphobia.....

Read my post as it is, theres nothing further into it.

[Smintjes]

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A member from Bangkok's special commando unit dives off a four-story building during training August 28, 2003 for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in late October. Bangkok is the host for the summit, which will bring together leaders from 21 nations. *******/Adrees Latif

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A Palestinian youth throws stones at an Israeli tank during clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin August 27, 2003. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday he was ready to take action against militant groups if Israel halted missile strikes and other attacks designed to crush them. *******/Saaed Dahlah

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An Israeli soldier takes position behind an armored personal carrier during an Israeli army operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, August 26, 2003. Israel kept up pressure on Palestinian militants on Tuesday, snatching two wounded fighters from their hospital beds in Nablus as members of the Islamic group Hamas went underground to evade Israeli helicopter attacks. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

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An Israeli soldier takes position behind a wall during an Israeli army operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, August 26, 2003. Israel kept up pressure on Palestinian militants on Tuesday, snatching two wounded fighters from their hospital beds in Nablus as members of the Islamic group Hamas went underground to evade Israeli helicopter attacks. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

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Israeli soldiers sleep in front of their armored personal carriers at the Erez crossing into the Gaza Strip, August 26, 2003. Israeli troops took position outside the Gaza Strip for a possible incursion following last week's bombing of a bus in Jerusalem. *******/Tsafrir Abayov

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An Israeli soldier prepares to enter a Palestinian house to search it during an Israeli army raid in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, August 28, 2003. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under pressure to help save a Middle East peace plan, urged militants to reinstate a truce cancelled after Israel killed a Hamas leader. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

[He219]

http://wwwi.*******.com/images/2003-08-28T101524Z_01_BAN01D_RTRIDSP_2_THAILAND.jpg

Excellent picture, Smintjes!


UCT_Sinasta: :oops: I guess I still don't understand why Canadians need to 'separate themselves' from the US outside of just being Canadian.



Today's Pics:

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A U.S. soldier stands guard as an Iraqi policeman distributes wanted posters of Saddam Hussein in a district of Baghdad, August 27, 2003. Iraq's U.S.-led administration is hoping the posters -- and the prospect of a $25 million reward -- will encourage Iraqis to come forward with information leading to Saddam's capture.

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U.S. bodyguards of Afghan President Hamid Karzai enter Salang tunnel during the visit by Karzai, 120 Km (75 miles) north of the capital Kabul on August 27, 2003. The 2.7-km (1.7 mile)-long Salang tunnel is one of the major reconstruction projects of the Afghan government. It is a key link between the north and south of the country. *******/Ahmad Masood

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai (center) inspects the construction work of the Salang tunnel, 120 Km (75 miles) north of the capital Kabul on August 27, 2003. The 2.7-km (1.7 mile) long Salang tunnel is one of the major reconstruction projects of the Afghan government. It is a key link between the north and south of the country. *******/Ahmad Masood

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An Indian Border Security Force soldier stands guard from an armored vehicle outside a smoldering hotel building, background, where security forces set afire after a nightlong gun battle between suspected Islamic guerrillas and Indian army soldiers in central Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. Six people including a former legislator were killed in the nightlong gunfight, less than 3 kilometers (3 miles) from the venue where the Indian prime minister held a meeting with top administrators from Indian states on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)


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Soldiers check commuters in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu August 28, 2003 after suspected Maoist rebels shot and wounded a senior army official on Thursday, witnesses said. The army is on high alert amid fears of a fresh wave of violence in the Himalayan country.

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Palestinian youth hurl stones towards an Israeli tank during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus August 28, 2003. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under pressure to help save a Middle East peace plan, urged militants to reinstate a truce cancelled after Israel assassinated a Hamas leader.


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[Seraphim]

I think the Germans told them to seperate themselves as far from being American...if I find the article, I'll post it up.

[hood]

I've seen SWAT members wearing that type of outfit with the circles all around the chest and back. Is that a style thing or functional? Maybe for breathability to reduce sweat?

[Smintjes]

No, they're attachment points for additional gear.

http://www.gign.org/images/unites/raid/raid1.jpg

[Trigger]

Hood, I think it may be some kind of 'Anti-stab' vest, not sure though.

[James]

No, they're attachment points for additional gear

Yup. Probably from www.pointblankarmor.com.

[Trigger]

I stand corrected.
http://www.pointblankarmor.com/tactical/spider.jpg

[He219]

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Members of the Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup arrive at a suspected Taliban village on the lookout for hostile fire during a long range reconnaissance mission near Kabul Afghanistan Wednesday Aug 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Stephen Thorne)

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Two Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup snipers take up positions during a long range reconnaissance mission near Kabul Afghanistan Wednesday Aug 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Stephen Thorne)

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Members of the Canadian 3RCR use there Iltis jeep to cover rough terrain as they search for suspected Taliban and al-Qaida incursion points into the mountains during a long range reconnaissance mission near Kabul Afghanistan Thursday Aug 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Stephen Thorne)

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Members of the Canadian 3RCR battlegroup look into a cave as they search for suspected Taliban and al-Qaida incursion points into the mountains during a long range reconnaissance mission near Kabul Afghanistan Thursday Aug 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Stephen Thorne)

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Members of the Canadian 3RCR Battlegroup move up a creekbed on the lookout for hostile fire during a long range reconnaissance mission near Kabul Afghanistan Wednesday Aug 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Stephen Thorne)


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U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne search a home during a night raid late Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, on the outskirts of Mosul, 248 miles, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq. Local Iraqis tipped off the coalition troops, targeting the local Baath Party members in the area. (AP Photo/Alissa Everett)

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U.S. Sen. John Warner, left, walks with U.S. Ambassador John Blaney at the Free Port in Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. As Liberian women chanted "No more war" outside the U.S. Embassy, Warner, a top senatorial skeptic of U.S. military involvement here, appeared to soften his position, saying a stable Liberia is in the security interests of the United States.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)


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An Israeli soldier sits on an army vehicle near the Erez border crossing to the Gaza Strip Thursday Aug. 28, 2003. Two Israeli jeeps and an army bulldozer drove into a Palestinian-controlled area of the Gaza Strip on Thursday and began leveling land, residents and security officials said. The incident came several hours after Palestinian militants fired four Qassam rockets from northern Gaza toward Israel. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)


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An Israeli soldier walks among tanks near the Erez crossing into the Gaza Strip ready for a possible incursion, August 28, 2003. Israel Defense Forces vehicles and a bulldozer entered the northern Gaza Strip and began clearing land, Palestinians said, hours after four Qassam rockets were fired into Israel.

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An Israeli soldier looks at the remains of a Qassam rocket that landed in an open field near the industrial zone in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. Four Palestinian militants rockets landed in Israel, including one that struck near a brewery of Ashkelon. The rockets caused no damage or injuries, but Israel considers them a strategic threat. (AP Photo/Gadi Kabalo)


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American embassy staff photograph and inspect a makeshift rocket along with an Israeli policeman in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, August 28, 2003. The Qassam rocket slammed into an industrial zone in the coastal city of Ashkelon, nine km (5.5 miles) from the Gaza Strip (news - web sites), the army said. It was the furthest a Qassam had been fired into Israel since a Palestinian uprising for statehood began in 2000. *******/Tsafrir Abayov

[Trigger]

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Canadian snipers without CADPAT AR
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[Seraphim]

LoL

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[Uncle Sam]

I have to say, that patch (AA) on that shoulder is a symbol of excellence, it just doesn't get any better. But then again....I am biased :lol: . And the M-14..gotta love it.

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[FallenAngel]

Agree with the patch- 82nd is a hell of a unit.

But, *technically* speaking, that's an M1A, not an M14 ;)

[EvanL]

Forget about the ARID Region Cadpat. You know how rare it is to find pics of Canadian Snipers in action? Thats a quality find mate.

[Schuster]

And Besides. If they were really trying to camoflauge themselves they would of put there guille suits on. And in all likely hood they're moving with a large patrol. which well.. almost defeats the purpose.

[HumanShield]

I have to say, that patch (AA) on that shoulder is a symbol of excellence, it just doesn't get any better. But then again....I am biased :lol: . And the M-14..gotta love it.

http://photo.worldnews.com/PhotoArchive//uploaded/uploaded-33523_large.jpg

Anyone got a high res of this?

[usa320]

HELL YeAH, 82nd rules.

SO does 101st:

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=406491


pwned.

[SKScanuck]

:bash: That is an M14. I just bought one last week.

[Seraphim]

:bash: That is an M14. I just bought one last week.


Its what the US Military calls it.

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[He219]

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, walks out of the vault as a bodyguard looks at him at the Treasure center in the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August.29, 2003. The vault was opended Friday after years being closed. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, POOL)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, and Director of Administrative Affairs of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan Mohammad Yousuf Hitebar look at the ancient gold after opening the vault at the Treasure center in the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August.29, 2003.The vault was opended Friday after years being closed. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, POOL)

Combat issue Addidas...
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A Russian soldier speaks with his colleague, who sits inside an armoured vehicle, in the Chechen village of Roshni-Chu in the Urus-Martan district, 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Grozny, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. Russian forces retreated from Chechnya after the first, 1994-1996 war, leaving the separatist region de-facto independent but engulfed in chaos. They returned in September 1999 after the rebels ventured into the neighboring province of Dagestan and after apartment building explosions inMoscow and other Russian cities which were blamed on the rebels. (AP Photo/ Musa Sadulayev)

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A Russian Mi-24 helicopter gunship flies above the Chechen village of Roshni-Chu in the Urus-Martan district, 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Grozny, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003. Russian forces retreated from Chechnya after the first, 1994-1996 war, leaving the separatist region de-facto independent but engulfed in chaos. They returned in September 1999 after the rebels ventured into the neighboring province of Dagestan and after apartment building explosions in Moscow and other Russian cities whichwere blamed on the rebels. (AP Photo/ Musa Sadulayev)


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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, left, welcomes Russian President Vladmir Putin upon his arrival at Berlusconi's residence, Villa Certosa, along the Sardinian Costa Smeralda, near Olbia, Italy, Friday, Aug. 29, 2003. Putin is on a three-day visit as guest of Berlusconi. (AP Photo/Max Solinas-Unione Sarda)

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Russian President Vladmir Putin, left, stands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, and unidentified naval officers on board the Russian cruiser Moskva, anchored off the Sardinian island of La Maddalena, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. Putin is on a three-day visit to Italy. (AP Photo/Max Solinas-Unione Sarda)

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An undated photo of the Russian November class nuclear attack submarine K-159 which sank in the Barents Sea on August 30, 2003. The aging submarine sank during a storm as it was being towed into port for scrapping and up to eight service men were feared killed, the Defense Ministry said. Photo by *******


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An Israeli army tank is positioned overlooking the city inside the West Bank town of Nablus Friday Aug. 29, 2003. Israeli troops combed the Balata refugee camp on the edge of Nablus, part of a weeklong arrest sweep in the West Bank's largest city. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)


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Israeli medics and police examine the car of Shalmo Har Melech, 25, and his 24-year-old pregnant wife Limor, which was ambushed by Palestinian gunmen while traveling near Kochav Hashachar settlement in the east of the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday Aug. 29, 2003. Shalmo was killed in the attack and his 24-year-old pregnant wife was wounded. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


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A crowd looks at the car belonging to bodyguards of Muslim Shi'ite leader Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim after a car bomb exploded in Najaf August 29, 2003. At least 75 people were killed in the car bomb outside the main mosque in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, the director of the city's hospital said.

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Armed guards direct traffic away from the front gates of the hospital where injured were taken from the bomb blast in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 29, 2003. A massive car bomb exploded at the Imam Ali mosque during Friday prayers in this holy city, killing at least 75 people, including one of Iraq's most important Shiite clerics, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Ammar Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, left, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim's nephew is seen during a rally in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. Thousands of angry mourners called for vengeance Saturday as they gathered outside Iraq's holiest Shiite shrine where a car bomb ripped through a crowd of worshippers killing at least 85 people Friday. Among those killed was prominent cleric, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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A U.S. Army soldier from the 720 MP Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division drive in humvees during a raid in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. With U.S. troops watching from a distance, dozens of Iraqi police in pickup trucks and a minibus stormed an isolated farm on the outskirts of Tikrit in what American military officials said was a promising sign that Iraqis are beginning to deal with their own security. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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U.S. Army Sgt. James Williams of Norfolk, Va., left, points after Spc. Deliverance Bard of New Jersey, found buried ammunitions with a metal detector, both from the 720 MP Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division, during a raid in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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An Iraqi policeman carries a box of artillery fuses as the others dig on a farm during a raid in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. With U.S. troops watching from a distance, dozens of Iraqi police stormed an isolated farm on the outskirts of Tikrit in what American military officials said was a promising sign that Iraqis are beginning to deal with their own security. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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An Iraqi policeman stands guard during a raid in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. With U.S. troops watching from a distance, dozens of Iraqi police in pickup trucks and a minibus stormed an isolated farm on the outskirts of Tikrit in what American military officials said was a promising sign that Iraqis are beginning to deal with their own security. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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British Coalition Forces in Iraq spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi talks to journalists during a press briefing in Kuwait on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003. The official said that the Iraqi border with Iran has been temporarily closed Saturday at the request from the Iraqi Governing Council. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)



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French President Jacques Chirac delivers his speech to a gathering of French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday Aug. 29, 2003. Chirac said that the United Sates should move without delay to transfer political power to the Iraqi people under the mandate of the United Nations. (AP Photo/Franck Prevel, Pool)


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A French soldier keep a watchful eye at a check point as his collegue checks Congolese in Bunia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2003. The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday authorising the French-led international force sent to Bunia in northeastern Congo to provide emergency support if necessary to the U.N. peacekeeping force that is scheduled to replace it on Sept.1, 2003. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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A French soldier and a Bangladeshi soldier raise the flags of the UN and Bangladesh in Sheri 7 km (4 miles) from Bunia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, after the French handed over the Sheri base to Bangladeshi troops. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)


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French base commander, right, and UN Bangladeshi commander, left, sign the hand over of the Sheri base during a ceremony in Sheri 7 km (4 miles) from Bunia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, after the French handed over the Sheri base to UN Bangladeshi troops. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)


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French soldiers say goodbye to villagers in Sheri as they leave Sheri base 7 km (4 miles) from Bunia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, after the French handed over the Sheri base to UN Bangladeshi troops. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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Janissaries, the Turkish army's historical music band, parades during the country's Victory Day celebrations in Ankara, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003 . The Turkish government is considering sending peacekeepers to Iraq, but many Turks oppose the deployment. A portrait of the nation's founding father Kemal Ataturk is in the background. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Turkish army commandos parade during the country's Victory Day celebrations in Ankara, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2003 . The Turkish government is considering sending peacekeepers to Iraq, but many Turks, oppose the possible deployment. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Cpl. Steve, from the Canadian 3RCR Battle Group, drives a jeep during patrolling in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, Saturday, August 30, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO-led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Sgt. Rick, center, and Cpl. Steve from the Canadian 3RCR Battle Group cheer to Afghan children during a patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, Saturday, August 30, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO-led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Cpl. Arion, center, from the Canadian 3RCR Battle Group cheers to Afghan children during patrolling in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, Saturday, August 30, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO-led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital. At the right is Pvt. Derick. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)



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Cpl. Arion, from the Canadian 3RCR Battle Group, looks through binoculars during patrolling in Kabul Afghanistan Saturday, August.30, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO-led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Two members of the Canadian 3RCR Battle Group walk by a street while Afghan children look on during a patrolling in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, Saturday, August 30, 2003. The Canadian troops are part of the NATO-led International Security Force patrolling around the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


Have a nice day!

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DUde there PEACE KEEPING.

Just think about that for a second....

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dont you mean policing? damn conventional military! break out the mace! :cantbeli:

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While the streets of Kabul are made safe ^ above, the real fighting (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=9&u=/nm/20030830/ts_nm/afghan_fighting_dc) goes on in the southern province of Zabul...


Afghan officials claim well over 100 Taliban losses during the week, many of them killed by U.S. and allied fighter jets and attack helicopters which have been called in daily to support Afghan troops and U.S. special forces on the ground.


A U.S. special operations soldier died on Friday of injuries sustained during operations in Zabul, and two more soldiers with U.S.-led forces have been injured in the fighting. A handful of Afghan troops have been reported wounded.

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Once again :cantbeli:

REARMING WITH THE M14


The M1A is the civilian, semiautomatic counterpart of the selective fire M14 military rifle. One commercial company named Springfield Armory manufacturers the M1A. It should not be confused with the Springfield "National" Armory. Commercial receivers show the designation "M1A" and the trademark symbol.

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Malaysian Army soldiers march during the National Day parade at Putrajaya, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003. Malaysia on Sunday celebrated its 46th National Day with a massive parade, fireworks and flowing tributes to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who retires in two months after 22 years in power. The dome in background is one of the government buildings now under construction. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Congolese watch as French troops leave, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003., in Capa near Bunia airport, after the French handed over the last Capa check point to Bangladeshi troops. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)


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French troops on their Armoured Personnel Carrier prepare to leave the area Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, in Capa near Bunia airport, after the French handed over the Capa check point to United Nations Bangladeshi troops. The French-led force was deployed in June under a U.N. mandate to secure Bunia after at least 500 people were killed in weeks of fighting between Hema and Lendu militias. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)


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French troops stand on guard , Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003., in Capa near Bunia airport, after they handed over the Capa checkpoint to Bangladeshi troops. The 2,500 Bangladeshi soldiers taking over from the French-led force are part of what will be a 4,800-strong U.N. force charged with stabilizing the country. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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A French led multinational force prepares to board a transport aircraft at Bunia airport after the ending of their mandate in Congo's northeastern town of Bunia, August 31, 2003.


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U.S. soldiers arrest an Iraqi man for a possession of a hand gun near the town of Faluja on Thursday.The commander of U.S. troops in Iraq says he would welcome more international troops but that better intelligence information was the key to stabilising the violent country. *******/Akram Saleh


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U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Battalion 42 Field Artillery sit in a humvee as the sun rises during a pre-dawn raid in the village of Hamreen, northeastern Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003. Like many other raids, operation Arrow Sky began with an impressive display of American fire power. A 67-vehicle convoy of Humvees and Bradleys, backed by Apache helicopter gunship, set out before dawn to cordon off eastern Iraqi hamlet where U.S. troops suspected five guerillas were hiding. At the end of the operation the five targets were not found. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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An Iraqi man lies down in fear after he met with patrolling U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Battalion 42 Field Artillery during a pre-dawn raid in the village of Hamreen, northeastern Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003. Like many other raids, operation Arrow Sky began with an impressive display of American fire power. A 67-vehicle convoy of Humvees and Bradleys, backed by Apache helicopter gunsghip, set out before dawn to cordon off eastern Iraqi hamlet where U.S. troops suspected five guerillas were hiding. At the end of the operation the five targets were not found. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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U.S. soldiers walk past by an altered picture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein which hangs on the wall of the U.S. Army 's 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment headquarters in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, in this Aug. 17, 2003 file photo. The picture was later removed. The search for Saddam is taken particularly seriously in Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, because his sons were run to ground and killed here. Saddam's vice president was also caught in the city by Kurdish forces, and the ex-dictator enjoys profound support among the largely Sunni population. Claims of Saddam spottings, most of them absurd, flood a hot line the U.S. Army has set up for tips on Saddam's whereabouts and weapons caches. The enthusiasm is no surprise, as someone eventually will earn the $25 million bounty offered for his capture.(AP Photo/Murad Sezer

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A Qassam rocket fired by the militant Hamas group has landed in a major Israeli city for the first time, causing no casualties or damage but heightening tensions on the tinderbox Israel-Gaza border. A file photo shows a Qassam rocket. *******

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American embassy staff photograph and inspect a makeshift rocket with an Israeli policeman in the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Thursday. The Qassam rocket slammed into an industrial zone in the coastal city of Ashkelon, 5.5 miles from the Gaza Strip, the army said. It was the furthest a Qassam had been fired into Israel since a Palestinian uprising for statehood began in 2000. *******/Tsafrir Abayov

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The K-159 was just one of scores of Soviet-era nuclear submarines that are now awaiting disposal in northwestern Russia, near the border with Norway. Many foreign countries have provided Russia with funding in order to gradually scrap all the submarines, most of which have spent radioactive fuel on board. The submarine broke free early Saturday from giant pontoons that were towing it to shore, where it was to be dismantled. Only one of the 10 crewmembers survived the accident.

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US fighter jets and helicopters pounded suspected Taliban positions before dawn Sunday in a fresh assault in the rugged mountain peaks of Zabul province, an Afghan intelligence official said. (USAF file)


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Pakistan has detained 26 Taliban in a raid on an Islamic seminary near the border with Afghanistan in the south of the country, a regional head of the Border Security Force said yesterday. (UNHCR)

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LUNGI, Sierra Leone -- Staff Sgt. Michael Griffin observes Staff Sgt. Joel Ellis attach a hook on his HH-60G Pave Hawk during external slingload training. Both Griffin and Ellis are from Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, and are currently serving with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle)

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MONROVIA, Liberia -- Staff Sgt. Ben Burk guards a C-130 Hercules at Roberts International Airport here Aug. 26. Burk is with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group in Senegal and deployed from Sembach Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle)


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Bulgarian soldiers prepare their equipment at Krumovo airfield, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Sofia,before departing for iraq Aug. 11, 2003. (AP Photo)

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Bulgarian soldiers prepare to board an aircraft for Iraq at Krumovo airfield, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Sofia, Aug. 11, 2003. Bulgarian peacekeepers in Iraq are armed with pistols, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, but their secret weapon is a booklet they carry on patrol. (AP Photo)

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A Libyan soldier enters Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's house, which was bombed during a U.S. raid in April 16, 1986, during a tour organized by the Libyan information authorities for the press Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003. Libyans will celebrate the 34th anniversary of the Libyan revolution that brought Gadhafi to power on Sept.1, 1969. A statue showing a hand holding a USA warplane can be seen in front of the house. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe speaks during the 25th annual March of Solidarity in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday Aug. 31, 2003. Thousands of people attended the annual march that collects money for social programs. The march is held each year to promote solidarity among Colombians. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)


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Afghan and American-led special forces have surrounded a group of Taliban fighters in the southern province of Zabul after another day of persistent bombardment of rebel positions, a senior official said on Saturday. (US Army)

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Afghan soldiers swarmed over remote mountain peaks in an ongoing battle with Taliban holdouts Saturday, killing and capturing several enemy fighters, a provincial intelligence chief said. The U.S. military confirmed that at least 33 insurgents had been killed in fighting with coalition and Afghan militia forces in or near the southern province of Zabul since Monday and two U.S. soldiers had been wounded in the area. (US Army)

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MOPPING UP IN THE SOUTH: US warplanes and troops helped around 500 Afghan soldiers battle a contingent of Taliban on the two mountains of Chinaran and Larzab Afghan soldiers were waging a fierce ground battle with entrenched Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan after a night of heavy US bombing that left many Taliban fighters dead, an Afghan intelligence chief said yesterday(***** Images)


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Kabul, August 29 Continuing their hunt for the Taliban guerrillas on the fifth consecutive day, Afghan forces backed by US troops and aircraft on Friday killed up to 20 militants in violence-wrecked Southeast Afghanistan, officials said(U.S. Army)

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raqi police have arrested four men in connection with the bombing of Iraq's holiest Shiite Muslim shrine, and all have links to al-Qaida, a senior police official told The Associated Press on Saturday. The official said the four arrested men two Iraqis and two Saudis were caught shortly after the car bombing on Friday. (U.S. Army )

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US soldiers man a checkpoint on a highway near Fallujah, a Sunni Muslim stronghold about 50 km west of Baghdad.

[usa320]

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What is that Wheeled APC towards the rear of the convoy?

Am i the only one that thinks it looks like a BMP?
Doesnt look like any American APC that ive seen, thats for sure. Its not an LAV, look at the windows on the front of it.


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Am i the only one that thinks the guy on the left doesnt look very Colombian?

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THe important thing to note here is that that isnt a real American warplane, just a hunk of scrap metal, thus testifying to the poor Libyan military...

[He219]

It looks like a M1117 ASV (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/asv.htm)

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More from Colombia:

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Colombian soldiers patrol outskirts of Calamar in Guaviare province, August 30, 2003. Colombian army took the control of Calamar, a strategic town amid the jungle after 40 years of the FARC rebels control, Army said. *******/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian soldiers patrol a street in Calamar in Guaviare province, August 30, 2003. Colombian army took the control of Calamar, a strategic town amid the jungle after 40 years of the FARC rebels control, Army said. *******/Daniel Munoz