Today's Pic's- Monday, Jan. 24th

[He219]

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A video image shows two of eight Chinese workers, taken hostage by guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month, leaving a vehicle at a mosque in Ramadi, Iraq January 23, 2005 after having been freed and located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad. The eight, all poor young men who came to the Middle East to find work, were received by Chinese diplomatic officials in a mosque in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad, and congratulated on their freedom, a video tape obtained by ******* showed
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A Chinese guard stands next to a vehicle holding a group of eight Chinese workers outside their embassy after they were set free, in Baghdad January 24, 2005. The eight, kidnapped this month by guerrillas after arriving in Iraq from the southeastern province of Fujian in search of work, were received by Chinese diplomats at a mosque in Ramadi, west of Baghdad
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A group of eight Chinese workers sit in a vehicle outside their embassy after they were set free, in Baghdad January 24, 2005.

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A U.S soldier from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry takes cover behind a wall after hearing shooting sounds at the local radio station area in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, January 25, 2005. The militant group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's top foe in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet statement. 'Your brothers in Al Qaeda will continue their holy war until... they are either victorious or martyred,' the statement said.
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U.S. Army paratroopers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to raid a house during an operation in central Baghdad, in this handout photo released January 24, 2005. The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, promised on Sunday there will be 'elaborate security plans' in place for next week's elections and predicted Iraqis would be able to vote in most of the country
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ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ: A picture released by the US Marines 23 Januray 2005 shows a soldier from the 507th Iraqi National Guard Battalion escorting two detainees to a processing center at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, south of Iraq. The 507th has been working and training with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit since July. The group of Al-Qaeda frontman in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed it had killed a leading member of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party, in a statement posted on the Internet Sunday.
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A U.S. 'Blackwater' helicopter with a door gunner on board flies low past the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel after at least one powerful explosion rocked Baghdad, January 24, 2005

[0341]

is that a QBZ-95 that Chinese guard is holding?

[Scottie]

good pics woot

nice to hear about the Chinese..

[He219]

QBZ-95; Looks like it ..

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U.S Army Soldiers from Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Division, fire a mortar during an exercise on farm land in the northern city of Mosul, January 23, 2005
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US soldiers patrol an alley way in the notorious Haifa street district, a haven for the insurgency in central Baghdad.
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Having a chat : A US soldier speaks with a young Iraqi boy during a break in a patrol in small shop in the notorious Haifa street, a haven of the insurgency in central Baghdad
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JANUARY 23: Sgt. Charles Bidwell with 1st Cavalry, Task Force 1-9, 2nd Platoon Alpha Company listens on a communication device as an Iraqi family passes by in the Haifa Street neighborhood on January 23, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. First Cavalry, Task Force 1-9 continues to patrol the Haifa Street neighborhood, the scene of many attacks on U.S. Troops, while encouraging the citizens to vote in the upcoming January 30 elections
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Soldiers with 1st Cavalry, Task Force 1-9, 2nd Platoon Alpha Company enter a building while patrolling the Haifa Street neighborhood on January 23, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. First Cavalry, Task Force 1-9 continues to patrol the Haifa Street neighborhood, the scene of many attacks on U.S. Troops, while encouraging the citizens to vote in the upcoming January 30 elections.
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A U.S. Army soldier, backed by an Abrams M1 tank, secures the site of a suicide car bomb in Baghdad, January 24, 2005. A suicide car bomber struck on Monday near a checkpoint on a street leading to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party office, wounding at least 10 people in the latest guerrilla attack before January 30 elections. Health Ministry officials said seven policemen and three civilians were wounded.
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Iraqi policemen control traffic at the site of a suicide car bomb in Baghdad, January 24, 2005. A suicide car bomber struck on Monday near a checkpoint on a street leading to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party office, wounding at least 10 people in the latest guerrilla attack before January 30 elections. Health Ministry officials said seven policemen and three civilians were wounded
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BASRA, IRAQ: Soldiers from the British 73rd Engineer squadron boat section patrols the Sha t al-Arab waterway in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, 23 January 2005. The British army faces a fresh series of allegations of abuse against its troops in Iraq, in addition to the current court martial of three soldiers, a British newspaper reported today
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BASRA, IRAQ: A poster supporting the Unified Iraq coalition hangs near a soldier from the Duke of Wellington regiment aiming his assault rifle to scan the area around his checkpoint in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, 23 January 2005.
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BASRA, IRAQ: Iraqi's waves to a boat from the British 73rd Engineer squadron boat section, patroling the Shatt al-Arab waterways in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, 23 January 2005.
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Alessandra Cola, wife of late Italian soldier Simone Cola follows the coffin of her husbands upon his arrival at Ciampino airport Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. Cola was killed Friday, Jan. 21, 2004, during a helicopter patrol in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
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Members of the US Army Reserves walk off the Army Galaxy C-5 transport plane in Comalapa, El Salvador, some 25 miles southeast of San Salvador, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. The reservists, who will be some 250 in total, will partake in a joint military exercise called the "Joint Workforce for Children" along with Salvadoran soldiers starting in February
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Members of the US Army Reserves unload humanitarian aid from the Army Galaxy C-5 transport plane in Comalapa, El Salvador, some 25 miles southeast of San Salvador, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. The reservists, who will be some 250 in total, will partake in a joint military exercise called the "Joint Workforce for Children" along with Salvadoran soldiers starting in February
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An Israeli army tank is seen as soldiers on patrol walk past the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, Monday Jan. 24, 2005. No violence was reported inside and around the Gaza Strip Monday, as about 3,000 Palestinian police patrolled parts of Gaza near the Israeli border for a fourth day to prevent militants from firing rockets
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Israeli soldiers aim their rifles at a crowd of Palestinians, not seen, during clashes in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank City of Nablus, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. The soldiers entered the camp with armored vehicles and fired tear gas and smoke grenades at Palestinian stone throwers. No casualties were reported
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An Israeli soldier prepares to throw a stun grenade at a group of Palestinian youths during clashes in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank City of Nablus, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. The soldiers entered the camp with armored vehicles and fired tear gas and smoke grenades at Palestinian stone throwers. No casualties were reported
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A Jewish girl looks at belongings, including a yellow Star of David Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis, of holocaust survivors from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that are on display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. Sixty years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, Red Army soldiers liberated the Concentration Camp in Auschwitz, Poland.
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A tourist looks at images of holocaust survivors that were taken on liberation day at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that are on display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. Sixty years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, Red Army soldiers liberated the Concentration Camp in Auschwitz, Poland

[Abbyy]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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[Abbyy]

And i bet everyone missed that event :)

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[He219]

Couple more:

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RAMADI, IRAQ - JANUARY 23: U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment man a vehicle inspection checkpoint as they search for insurgents January 23, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq. The U.S. military is helping stabilize the city so people can vote safely on January 30
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U.S. Army Private First Class Christopher Voros from West Valley, New York of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment mans a vehicle inspection checkpoint as they search for insurgents January 23, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq
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An Iraqi Commando soldier is seen through a drivers window as he helps the U.S. Army from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment man a vehicle inspection checkpoint as they search for insurgents January 23, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq. The military is helping stabilize the city so people can vote safely on January 30
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US armoured vehicles deploy in the notorious Haifa street district, a haven of the insurgency in central Baghdad, 23 January 2005. Al-Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared war on the elections which he said were aimed at bringing the country under Shiite control, in an audiotape posted on an Islamist website.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US soldiers watch a chicken as they patrol the notorious Haifa street district, a haven of the insurgency in central Baghdad, 23 January 2005.
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A US soldier holds an air rifle he found in a house during a patrol in small shop in the notorious Haifa street district, a haven of the insurgency in central Baghdad, 23 January 2005. The gun was later given back to its owner.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JANUARY 23: Iraqi men watch a soldier with 1st Cavalry, Task Force 1-9, 2nd Platoon Alpha Company patrolling the Haifa Street neighborhood on January 23, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. First Cavalry, Task Force 1-9 continues to patrol the Haifa Street neighborhood, the scene of many attacks on U.S. Troops, while encouraging the citizens to vote in the upcoming January 30 elections
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US Col MacDonald opens his wallet to show the pictures of his children to an Iraqi man during a patrol along a residential street in the notorious Haifa street district, a haven for the insurgency in central Baghdad, 23 January 2005
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Renmark, South Australia, local Shane Doevendans, a Sergeant in the Australian Army is deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Catalyst.
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BERLIN, GERMANY: One (C) of two suspected Al Qaeda members arrested 23 January 2005, is led to the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe 24 January 2004. Police in the western city of Mainz, where US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder are due to meet in February, arrested a 29-year-old Iraqi identified only as Ibrahim Mohamed K. A second man, identified as Yasser Abu S. was arrested in Bonn.

[GrantT]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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They don't shoot at you.

[Abbyy]

They don't shoot at you.

Bad guess. If they are insurgents they can peacefully walk close to you, start talking with you and then kill you and whole your relaxed squad. Isn't it?

[wulfstan]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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That's exactly what i thought when i saw this pic, no wonder they got shot at in the confusion of a hostile situation...

[FozzieBear]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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woohoo!! M14SE "Crazy Horse" in Action woot

[Howie Kaluha]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20050124/i/r1515222560.jpg they have shoes on. :lol:

rofl

Great pics today woot

[He219]

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Il Colonnello Tirino intervistato a Nasiriyah sulla morte del maresciallo Simone Cola, ucciso stamani durante un volo di pattugliamento
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An undated picture released Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, by theItalian Army press office showing Italian uncommissioned officer Simone Cola killed Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Italy is one of the strongest supporters of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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Italian Lower Chamber President Pierferdinando Casini visit the relatives of Italian uncommissioned officer Simone Cola killed Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in Ferentino, central Italy, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005
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In this picture released by the Italian Defense Ministry the coffin of late Italian uncommissioned officer Simone Cola is shoulder carried by his comrades to the plane as it leaves from Nasiriyah, Iraq, for Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005
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Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi touches the coffin of late Italian soldier Simone Cola upon his arrival at Ciampino airport, in the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005.
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La giovane moglie del M.llo Simone Cola piange sul feretro del marito oggi all'aeroporto militare di Ciampino
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An Iraqi Navy gunner watches the shore while on patrol at the port of the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, 24 January 2005. The newly formed Navy patrols the seas to guard against any attacks on the oil terminal ports, and any smuggling.
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: An Iraqi Navy sailor plots positions on his chart while patrolling the harbour in the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, 24 January 2005
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An Iraqi Navy officer watches a patrol boat dock after a mission at the harbor in the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, 24 January 2005.
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Iraqi Navy Chief of staff Adel Hassoun watches recruits train in the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, 24 January 2005.
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Iraqi Navy recruits train in the southern Iraqi city of Umm Qasr, 24 January 2005. Sunni insurgents, including Al-Qaeda's Iraq front man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, have been escalating their campaign of bloodshed in a bid to disrupt an election it fears will hand power to the long oppressed Shiite majority.
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U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment and an Iraqi commando run for cover as they conduct a joint patrol searching for insurgents January 24, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq. The U.S. military is trying to stabilize the city so people can vote safely on January 30.
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Schnee bedeckt die Quadriga auf dem Brandenburger Tor in Berlin am Montag, 24. Januar 2005. Auch fuer die naechsten Tage sind noch Schneefaelle vorher gesagt.
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Eine junge Frau fegt Schnee vom roten Teppich, kurz vor dem Abschreiten der Ehrenformationdes des Bundespraesidenten und des chilenische Praesidenten Ricardo Lagos Escobar beim Empfang mit militaerischen Ehren im Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin am Montag, 24. Januar 2005
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German President Horst Koehler, left, and his Chilean counterpart Ricardo Lagos Escobar review the honour guard during the welcome ceremony at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin on Monday, Jan. 24, 2005.
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NEW YORK - JANUARY 24: US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) bows his head during a moment of silence for victims during a United Nations General Assembly Special Session commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps January 24, 2005 in New York City. Dignitaries from both Germany and Israel are scheduled to speak
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Holocaust survivors and their representatives look on during a United Nations General Assembly Special Session commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps January 24, 2005 in New York City.
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Nobel Peace Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks during a United Nations General Assembly Special Session commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps January 24, 2005 in New York City
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Germany Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer looks on during a United Nations General Assembly Special Session commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps January 24, 2005 in New York City
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Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, addresses a special session of the U.N. General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, Monday Jan. 24, 2005

[Howie Kaluha]

OK, I MUST have this one in HI RES for a new wallpaper!!!!!
woot woot

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[Laworkerbee]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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Was thinking the same thing Abbyy

[callous]

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In this handout photo provided by Time Magazine, Pfc. Christopher Lujan, of Rio Rancho, N.M., is shown on the cover of Time Magazine's Jan. 31, 2005 issue, with fellow soldiers on patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Carol and Samuel Lujan's first look at the Time cover will be their first glimpse of their son since he shipped out for the Middle East last January. Lujan's family is one of the many military families waiting _ and watching _ amid vows by rebels to disrupt balloting in next weekend's election in Iraq
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[He219]

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An Iraqi policeman stands next to his vehicle stationed outside the former Iraqi Information Ministry in central Baghdad 11 January 2005
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Smoke rises after an insurgent mortar and small arms attack on an Iraqi National Guard outpost at a train station in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 24, 2005
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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers search a building on patrol in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 24, 2005
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Picture released by the U.S. Army Monday, Jan 24, 2005, shows U.S. Army paratroopers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, stack up against the wall of the compound they are preparing to raid during an operation in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 20, 2005
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An umbrella is held open as Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi visits an Iraqi navy patrol boat in Umm Qasr, Iraq during a tour of the Naval Academy in the southern region of this war torn country a week before the national elections, Saturday, Jan.22, 2005
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Keni Thomas performs Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at The Loft in Columbus, Ga. Thomas was an Army Ranger who survived the deadly 1993 firefight in Somalia that inspired "Black Hawk Down." Now the soldier is a songwriter who draws on his military background in a country music album coming out Tuesday
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Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, 113, speaks to the media at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005.
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Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, 113, shows his Honorable Discharge certificate from the U.S. Army at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Mercado, born in August 21, 1891 and certified the oldest man in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records is also the oldest living veteran. He didn't see action because, called up in 1918, he was two months into U.S. Army training when World War I ended Nov. 11, 1918. He was married three times but never had children.
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This undated family handout photo shows Johnny Carson during his days as an ensign in the U.S. navy during World War II. Carson, the quick-witted "Tonight Show" host who became a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm, died Sunday Jan. 23, 2005. He was 79.

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Im Matsch mit einem ausgebrannten Triebwerk steht diese Boing 747 am Montag, 24.Jan. 2005, auf dem Flughafen Duesseldorf. Der Frachtjumbo war am Montagmorgen auf dem Duesseldorfer Flughafen ueber die Landebahn hinausgerollt und in Brand geraten. Zwei der vier Triebwerke fingen Feuer, wie der Flughafen mitteilte. Die Boeing 747 der amerikanischen Fluggesellschaft Atlas Air war auf dem Weg von Dubai nach Duesseldorf und landete auf der Suedbahn des Flughafens. Verletzte gab es nach ersten Erkenntnissen nicht. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) --A burnt out engine of a Boeing 747 is seen at Dussedorf airport after the cargo jet rolled off a landing strip Monday, Jan. 24,2005, causing departure delays of about two hours while runways were shut down, airport officials said. Two of four engines caught fire, but firefighters were able to put the blaze out quickly on the Atlas Air plane, which was arriving from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. No one was injured during the landing on the south runway, spokesman Udo Seidler said

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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, center, talks to an unidentified official as Mayor of Izieu Henri Rampin, right, looks on, during a visit of the Children House of Izieu, central France, Monday Jan. 24, 2005. Raffarin visited Monday the Memorial of the Jewish Children Deported by the Gestapo in April 1944 to the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. French President Jacques Chirac will go later this week to Auschwitz for the memorial ceremony marking 60 years since the death camp was shut down. The names of the children deported from izieu and those of their teachers are seen engraved on a stone at right
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French President Jacques Chirac delivers a speech during the International Conference on Biodiversity at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, January 24, 2005. President Bush will meet Chirac in Brussels in February as the two governments try to embark on a new start in relations strained by the Iraq war.

[Nizark]

Cool to see Chinese private security..or maybe they are embassy guards. Kinda goofy that they are carrying under their arms, their helmet. Not to mention it looks to be stand issue PLA.
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[Nizark]

Ya know, I seem to remember someone putting a french flag on a chicken over the past few days....hummmmm
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i'm just sayin

[nognig]

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The excited look of the little boy in the gray sweater proves a point: little boys are the same no matter where in the world you go.
:D
Even a major Hollywood (or Iraqi) movie star wouldn't elicit that kind of response from a 5 year old boy. But an anonymous (US?) soldier will!

NN

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[c46thva]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

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Was thinking the same thing Abbyy

The good guys USUALLY wont shoot at you ;)

[FozzieBear]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7673/7673759.jpg "propper bo!" :D

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Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Bess, Casualty Assistance Call Officer (L) and Gunnery Sgt. Terry L. Davis (Ret.), father-in-law, escort Angie Davis out of the chapel at her husband’s funeral Jan. 14. Sgt. Zach S. Davis, 25, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was killed in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province Jan. 6. Davis, a Wonder Valley, Calif., firefighter, is survived by his wife and two sons, 3-year-old Landen and 5-month-old Gabriel.
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An Iraqi policeman aims at a target during training by Jordanian and US military experts near Amman

[callous]

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, of Hawaii, died Jan. 22 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds received when he was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Hoe was assigned to the Army’s 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

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RIP :(

[Marmot1]

And i bet everyone missed that event :)

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No we know that "Pootie poot" met with Yuschenko... and of course he affirmed him that russia never "interfered behind the scene" on Ukraine or any other country.... :lol:

[Sloppy Joe2]

great photos today guys thank you :D

[Abbyy]

No we know that "Pootie poot" met with Yuschenko... and of course he affirmed him that russia never "interfered behind the scene" on Ukraine or any other country.... :lol:

Bad BS. Almost pure lie.
He said directly to Yushchenko:


Viktor Andreevich, this is not the first time we have met. We have known each other for a long time, since when you were the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

As you know, Russia never works behind the scenes in the post-Soviet area, even with the opposition we do not work passing over the existing leadership of a country. This fully applies to Ukraine. Recently, we have done exactly what the existing Ukrainian leadership asked of us. You know this for a fact, there is no secret here – we only hope that with you we will be able to develop trusting relations as well.

[Deep6]

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, of Hawaii, died Jan. 22 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds received when he was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Hoe was assigned to the Army?s 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

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RIP :(

Aloha-RIP

[ramy]

How US troops distinguish them from insurgents?

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20050124/i/r1515222560.jpg they have shoes on. :lol:

rofl rofl rofl

Insurgents are the ones running around carrying RPGs while wearing sandals...

[skycaptain]

is that a QBZ-95 that Chinese guard is holding?

YES! :D

[szr]

Good pictures today. RIP to all who have fallen in support of OIF.

[iflu]

great pics today! he

but anybody who can translate german into english? what happened to the big bird?

btw, those chinese soldiers are supposed to be the embassy guard team. (those guys are picked from elite armed police force. experienced soldiers can judge if they are pros by pics... ;) )

[Kryart]

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A video image shows two of eight Chinese workers, taken hostage by guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month, leaving a vehicle at a mosque in Ramadi, Iraq January 23, 2005 after having been freed and located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad. The eight, all poor young men who came to the Middle East to find work, were received by Chinese diplomatic officials in a mosque in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad, and congratulated on their freedom, a video tape obtained by ******* showed
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A Chinese guard stands next to a vehicle holding a group of eight Chinese workers outside their embassy after they were set free, in Baghdad January 24, 2005. The eight, kidnapped this month by guerrillas after arriving in Iraq from the southeastern province of Fujian in search of work, were received by Chinese diplomats at a mosque in Ramadi, west of Baghdad
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A group of eight Chinese workers sit in a vehicle outside their embassy after they were set free, in Baghdad January 24, 2005.

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A U.S soldier from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry takes cover behind a wall after hearing shooting sounds at the local radio station area in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, January 25, 2005. The militant group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's top foe in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet statement. 'Your brothers in Al Qaeda will continue their holy war until... they are either victorious or martyred,' the statement said.
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U.S. Army paratroopers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to raid a house during an operation in central Baghdad, in this handout photo released January 24, 2005. The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, promised on Sunday there will be 'elaborate security plans' in place for next week's elections and predicted Iraqis would be able to vote in most of the country
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ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ: A picture released by the US Marines 23 Januray 2005 shows a soldier from the 507th Iraqi National Guard Battalion escorting two detainees to a processing center at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, south of Iraq. The 507th has been working and training with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit since July. The group of Al-Qaeda frontman in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed it had killed a leading member of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party, in a statement posted on the Internet Sunday.
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A U.S. 'Blackwater' helicopter with a door gunner on board flies low past the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel after at least one powerful explosion rocked Baghdad, January 24, 2005

Reminds me of Jet Li movie clip from "The One" where they transport the prisioner...Nice pics though.

[<Gypsum Fantastic>]

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That's some damn good camo (helmet and gun). I suppose he's wearing the woodland camo jacket for variety.


The militant group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's top foe in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet statement. 'Your brothers in Al Qaeda will continue their holy war until... they are either victorious or martyred,' the statement said.

Martyred it is then.... :fork:

[szr]

It's cool and damp this time of year in nothern Iraq. He's wearing the woodland jacket because a lot of guys only have it in those colors.

[striker]

[quote="iflu"]great pics today! he

but anybody who can translate german into english? what happened to the big bird?

here Ya go:

--A burnt out engine of a Boeing 747 is seen at Dussedorf airport after the cargo jet rolled off a landing strip Monday, Jan. 24,2005, causing departure delays of about two hours while runways were shut down, airport officials said. Two of four engines caught fire, but firefighters were able to put the blaze out quickly on the Atlas Air plane, which was arriving from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. No one was injured during the landing on the south runway, spokesman Udo Seidler said

;)

[striker]

[quote="iflu"]great pics today! he

but anybody who can translate german into english? what happened to the big bird?

here Ya go:

--A burnt out engine of a Boeing 747 is seen at Dussedorf airport after the cargo jet rolled off a landing strip Monday, Jan. 24,2005, causing departure delays of about two hours while runways were shut down, airport officials said. Two of four engines caught fire, but firefighters were able to put the blaze out quickly on the Atlas Air plane, which was arriving from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. No one was injured during the landing on the south runway, spokesman Udo Seidler said

;)

[2RHPZ]

It's cool and damp this time of year in nothern Iraq. He's wearing the woodland jacket because a lot of guys only have it in those colors.

... meanwhile the all REMFs at Camp Doha (Kuwait) wear brand new desert GTX ones, as I´ve been told by my friend ... as usualy, this is the same situation as in almost every military around the world! :roll:

[nott]

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An Iraqi policeman aims at a target during training by Jordanian and US military experts near Amman

:lol:

point-blank target-practising ?

good picture. got me fooled for half a sec.

[wulfstan]

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An Iraqi policeman aims at a target during training by Jordanian and US military experts near Amman

:lol:

point-blank target-practising ?

good picture. got me fooled for half a sec.

What is that handgun? I see models like that used in American cop films etc...

[Marmot1]

No we know that "Pootie poot" met with Yuschenko... and of course he affirmed him that russia never "interfered behind the scene" on Ukraine or any other country.... :lol:

Bad BS. Almost pure lie.
He said directly to Yushchenko:


Viktor Andreevich, this is not the first time we have met. We have known each other for a long time, since when you were the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

As you know, Russia never works behind the scenes in the post-Soviet area, even with the opposition we do not work passing over the existing leadership of a country. This fully applies to Ukraine. Recently, we have done exactly what the existing Ukrainian leadership asked of us. You know this for a fact, there is no secret here – we only hope that with you we will be able to develop trusting relations as well.

Well it depends on interpretation of this words... and we all know that what russia say to what russia do match like N pole to S pole

[scrybe]

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An Iraqi policeman aims at a target during training by Jordanian and US military experts near Amman

:lol:

point-blank target-practising ?

good picture. got me fooled for half a sec.

What is that handgun? I see models like that used in American cop films etc...


Glock, I think 17. Can anybody verify?

[fantassin]

Those chinese BG can't be good; they don't have:

-Oakleys

-pimped up M4s with 5 scopes, torches and pointers

-5.11 trousers and reporter jackets

-a Spyderco on the low slung holster band

- a "I've been there" Blackwater baseball cap

p-)

[Cpt. Spaulding]

Ya know, I seem to remember someone putting a french flag on a chicken over the past few days....hummmmm
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i'm just sayin

VIVE LA FRANCE rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

[Red_Beret]

guys, can anyone identify the type of these coastal patrol crafts?

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[Inconnu]

VIVE LA FRANCE rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

It is what which is funny? oO