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02-17-2005, 11:06 AM

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KARBALA, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman secures the area outside the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad 17 February 2005. Iraqi police is on alert to avert repeat of 2004 bloodbath during the peak of the mourning day of Ashura. At least 170 people were killed during Ashura in simultaneous attacks on pilgrims in Karbala and Baghdad. Ashura, marks the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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KARBALA, IRAQ: Iraqi police patrol a street in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad 17 February 2005. Iraqi police is on alert to avert repeat of 2004 bloodbath during the peak of the mourning day of Ashura. At least 170 people were killed during Ashura in simultaneous attacks on pilgrims in Karbala and Baghdad. Ashura, marks the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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KARBALA, IRAQ: Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves during mourning of Ashura in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, 17 February 2005. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Iraq's election results were to be certified as heavyweights from the winning Shiite list were jockeying for position but faced warnings from rival political parties against creating an Islamic state. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
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SRINAGAR, INDIA: Kashmiri Shiite Muslim men flagellate themselves as they shout Islamic slogans during the mourning of Ashura, in Srinagar 17 February 2005. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh centenary after the death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. AFP PHOTO Tauseef MUSTAFA
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RAMADI, IRAQ: Iraqi boys play 17 February 2005 near a crater caused by an overnight bomb attack on US troops on the outskirts of restive Muslim Sunni city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Al-Ramadi, capital of al-Anbar province, which stretches west of Baghdad to the Syrian border, has been a center of violent opposition to US forces by both Sunni backers of the former regime of Saddam Hussein and Islamic extremists. AFP PHOTO/AMMAR DAHAM

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RAMADI, IRAQ: Iraqi boys show 17 February 2005 what they say is a part of a US armored vehicle that was destroyed by an overnight bomb attack on US troops on the outskirts of restive Muslim Sunni city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Al-Ramadi, capital of al-Anbar province, which stretches west of Baghdad to the Syrian border, has been a center of violent opposition to US forces by both Sunni backers of the former regime of Saddam Hussein and Islamic extremists. AFP PHOTO/AMMAR DAHAM

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MOSUL, IRAQ: US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment move to take position after insurgents opened fire against them in the Muslim Sunni Iraqi restive city of Mosul, 17 February 2005. In a separate incident, one US soldier was slightly wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up when his military convoy drove by. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA

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MOSUL, IRAQ: US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment move to take position after insurgents opened fire against them in the Muslim Sunni Iraqi restive city of Mosul, 17 February 2005. In a separate incident, one US soldier was slightly wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up when his military convoy drove by. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA

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A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier walks past the crater left by a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. Army convoy in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. Several other bombs were also located, but there were no casualties.

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers gather around the crater left by a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. Army convoy in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. Several other bombs were also located, but there were no casualties.

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers raid a building in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for an suspected insurgent weapons provider.

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers search a section of Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for a suspected insurgent weapons provider.

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A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier guards the perimeter during a raid in a market in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for an insurgent weapons provider, but he was not located.

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment officers and a masked Iraqi interpreter, working with the Army, question an Iraqi boy while investigating a series of roadside bombs in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. One bomb was detonated as a U.S. Army convoy passed Thursday, and several others were located. There were no casualties.

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A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier watches Iraqi men who were lined up for identification during a raid in a market in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for an insurgent weapons provider, but he was not located.

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers line up Iraqi men and youths for identification during a raid in a market in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for an insurgent weapons provider, but he was not located.

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Iraqi men line up to show identification cards during a raid by U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers in a market in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The troops were searching for an insurgent weapons provider, but he was not located.

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ATTENTION EDITORS:VISUAL COVERAGE OF DEATH AND INJURY An Iraqi boy surveys the body of an Iraqi Army officer after he was shot dead by insurgents in a street in Ramadi, February 16, 2005. With insurgents still carrying out daily car bombings and other attacks, and kidnappings common, U.S. and other troops are expected to remain for months if not years to come and have dismissed the idea of setting a timetable to withdraw.

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A video image released February 17, 2005 in Iraq purports to show Swedish-Iraqi politician Minas al-Yousifi, 59, leader of the Iraqi Christian Democratic Party seized three weeks ago after his return from 20 years of exile in Sweden. The kidnappers, who call themselves the Martyr al-Isawy Brigades, are demanding a $4 million ransom, a timetable for a pullout of U.S. troops and their replacement by U.N. personnel.

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Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers take in the view from a balcony at the Military Museum in Beijing of a Chinese-made Dongfang-1 missile on display on the main floor. China's military buildup could tilt the strategic balance with Taiwan and also threaten US forces in Asia, CIA (news - web sites) director Porter Goss warned.

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A U.S. military helicopter flies above as a Shiite follower rides his horse in a parade to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein in the Kadimiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005 in the lead-up to the day of Ashoura, the tenth day of the month of Muharram which started last Thursday.

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02-17-2005, 11:14 AM

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SNAKE PIT, Iraq (Feb. 16, 2005) -- The Marines and Sailors of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load up on 7-ton Trucks before a daily patrol of Ramadi. Over the past six months, the Marines and Sailors of Company E have witnessed the gradual evolution of Ramadi. Once insurgents ran rampant. Now, it is a place where a successful and safe future is visible. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Graham Paulsgrove

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SNAKE PIT, Iraq (Feb. 16, 2005) -- A Marine with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, watches the street below him during a patrol. Over the past six months, the Marines and Sailors of Company E have witnessed the gradual evolution of Ramadi. Once insurgents ran rampant. Now, it is a place where a successful and safe future is visible. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Graham Paulsgrove

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SNAKE PIT, Iraq (Feb. 16, 2005) -- The Marines and sailors of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct daily patrols of Ramadi. Over the past six months, the Marines and Sailors of Company E have witnessed the gradual evolution of Ramadi. Once insurgents ran rampant. Now, it is a place where a successful and safe future is visible. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Graham Paulsgrove

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SNAKE PIT, Iraq (Feb. 16, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. Luis E. Oaxaca, team leader, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, keeps an eye out in the surrounding area while Marines patrol the streets below. Over the past six months, the Marines and Sailors of Company E have witnessed the gradual evolution of Ramadi. Once insurgents ran rampant. Now, it is a place where a successful and safe future is visible. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Graham Paulsgrove

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FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Debby Schick, the mother of a Marine injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom, worked with Army Capt. James Watt, an occupational therapist at Brooke Army Medical Center here, to create a center where wounded troops can train in day-to-day activities they'll perform in their homes. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Donna Miles

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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, unfasten the tie on the gate of a home in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, Feb. 13. Searching buildings and homes inside Fallujah has led to the discovery of unexploded ordnance, weapons and explosives. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. Dang T. Minh, assaultman for Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, aims his shotgun at a padlocked door inside the city of Fallujah. For smaller locks, a variety of shotgun shells can be used for entry. Marines gained entry to buildings to look for ordnance, weapons and explosives. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 15, 2005) -- A Marine from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, keeps watch over the area during a security halt in the city of Fallujah. The Marines of 3/4 are a constant presence inside the city. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 15, 2005) -- An assaultman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, secures a small block of C-4 plastic explosive to a chained and locked door inside the city of Fallujah. Demolition is used by patrols as a last resort to enter a building when searching for ordnance, weapons and explosives. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Debris and smoke fill the air as a block of C-4 plastic explosive detonates on a door inside Fallujah. The blast from less than 1/3 pound of C-4 is sufficient to open most doors in the city. Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, searched through buildings and homes looking for unexploded ordnance, weapons and explosives. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 16, 2005) -- Capt. Erik A. Post, a demolition engineer explosives instructor for The Basic School, cuts a piece of detonation cord during an explosives demonstration class at the Murphy demolition range Feb. 7 for TBS’s Alpha Company students. -- Photo submitted 02/16/2005 Taken by Cpl. Justin Lago

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 16, 2005) -- The Expeditionary Fire Support System is a mortar-based system that is designed to provide mobile fire support for expeditionary forces. The system utilizes a 120 mm rifled towed mortar that can fire rifled or smoothbore ammunition. Rifle is the internal spiral grooves inside the barrel that rotates the round as it exits the barrel. It includes an ammo trailer and two internally transportable vehicles. The system can be deployed from amphibious ships, internally, in CH-53 helicopters and MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. -- Photo submitted 02/16/2005 Taken by Sgt. Donald Bohanner

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 16, 2005) -- Tattoos sometimes become unwanted or regretted. With modern laser technology, they can be removed. The service can be free to active duty service members and offered at a reduced cost to qualified family members. -- Photo submitted 02/16/2005 Taken by Cpl. Shawn Vincent
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OAHU, Hawaii (Dec. 31, 2004) -- Today, thanks to harmonious working relationship between Marine Corps trainers and environmental managers, active live-fire weapons training is sustained, and more than 2,000 of the birds still nest in the heart of the 160-acre Ulupa'u Crater at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the 23-acre Ulupa'u Wildlife Management Area. The current project is designed to further reduce brushfire hazards and has two phases:
(1) laying down geotextile matting to suppress flammable weed growth around the base of the kiawe trees in which the birds roos/nest; and
(2) placing four remote controlled water cannons, such as this one, to further reduce risk of brushfire spread into the ****y colony. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Courtesy photo

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 16, 2005) -- Cpl. Jenny Franks (right), of the Quantico Custody Control Unit, demonstrates how to secure a prisoner with handcuffs and a waist belt Monday during a prisoner escort certification class with the assistance of Staff Sgt. Alison Watkins, CCU staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge. The prisoner escort certification class, or “chaser class”, is held every month by brig personnel and certifies service members to escort prisoners for temporary release to medical, dental, legal or working party details. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. J. Agg

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 16, 2005) -- Cpl. Jenny Franks (left), of the Quantico Custody Control Unit, demonstrates how to apply leg irons to a prisoner with assistance from Staff Sgt. Alison Watkins, CCU staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge during a prisoner escort certification class held Monday at the Alfred M. Gray Research Center. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. J. Agg

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Family and friends cheer as the returning soldiers arrive at the parade field at Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 10, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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1st Cavalry Division soldiers salute as the colors are retired during their homecoming ceremony Feb. 10, 2005, at Fort Hood, Texas. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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The 1st Cavalry Division Band plays during the homecoming ceremony Feb. 10, 2005, the first homecoming they had performed at since their own return from Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Jim Ross greets his daughter at homecoming ceremonies at Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 10, 2005, after returning from a year in Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Davis Hocker holds his daughter Kaitlyn, age 5, during the 1st Cavalry Division homecoming cermonies at Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 10, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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U.S. Army Capt. Reginald Bryant stands with his wife LaZelle and daughter Briyana after the homecoming ceremony. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua McPhie

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February 17, 2005 -- Spc. Shalllenberg, from Company B, 103rd Armored Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, gets a boost from a fellow Soldier as they search for a bomb-making lab in As Siniyah, Iraq.

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February 17, 2005 -- More than 60 active duty and former military Purple Heart Medal recipients march onto the field for a salute to the veterans at the 2005 National Football League Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

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February 17, 2005 -- Crowds gather at the Army’s Stryker ICV Command Vehicle exhibit, at the 97th annual Chicago Auto Show (Feb. 11-20). More than 1.5 million are expected to attend. Thus far, the Stryker has received rave reviews from auto observers, as well as from potential Army recruits.

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February 16, 2005 -- Spc. Alex Mumford, from Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) keeps a watchful eye for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq.

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February 16, 2005 -- The U.S. Military Academy Cadet Drill Team practices before competing in a championship drill meet at Tulane University in New Orleans. The drill team walked away with one of the top awards and will compete again on Apr. 2, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

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February 16, 2005 -- U.S. Soldiers, Sailors and civilians up-armor Heavy Equipment Transporter trucks at a Level-2 armor shop near Camp Victory, Kuwait. The facility, along with another one in Iraq, has hardened more than 2,000 medium and heavy trucks since March 2004.

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February 15, 2005 -- Soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, practice marksmanship at their new sniper range near Baghdad, Iraq. The training was formerly conducted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Ark.

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February 15, 2005 -- Pfc. John Edwards, from Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, patrols Baghdad’s Hotel District, where recent election posters remain hanging.

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February 15, 2005 -- Soldiers of the 50th Multi-role Bridge Company, 2nd Infantry Division, train with Korean troops from the 312th Engineer Battalion to bridge the Han River near Seoul, South Korea, during a snowstorm.

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DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Airmen of the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare A-10 Thunderbolt IIs for an exercise mission Feb. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Kinsey)

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DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Airmen of the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform a last-minute maintenance check on an A-10 Thunderbolt II as it prepares to take off here Feb. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Kinsey)

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DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Airman 1st Class Robert Watson directs an A-10 Thunderbolt II as it prepares to take off here Feb. 12. Airman Watson is a 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina D. Kinsey)
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Howie Kaluha

02-17-2005, 11:19 AM

Excellent pics LnL woot :D

He219

02-17-2005, 11:23 AM

Greetings, LnL
:D

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Cypriot commando soldiers from the Cyprus Defense Forces Alpine Unit debark from a police helicopter during a training exercise on Troodos Mountain, Cyprus on Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. About 1,000 commando soldiers and special police officers take part in a training exercise
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A Cypriot commando soldier from the Cyprus Defense Forces Alpine Unit is seen during a training exercise on Troodos Mountain, Cyprus, on Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. About 1,000 commando soldiers and special police officers take part in a training exercise. (AP Photo/ Petros Karadjias)
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A Cypriot commando soldier from the Cyprus Defense Forces Alpine Unit is seen during a training exercise on Troodos Mountain on Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. About 1,000 commando soldiers and special police officers take part in a training exercise
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A Cypriot special police officer, behind, and a commando soldier from the Cyprus Defense Forces Alpine Unit transfer a mock-wounded person, below, during a training exercise on Troodos Mountain on Thursday Feb. 17, 2005

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ID this truck!
;)

A US military engineers truck inspects a suspected box containing wires in the middle of an avenue, in the Sunni Muslim restive Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 17 February 2005. In a separate incident, one US soldier was slightly wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up when his military convoy drove by.

Locked N Loaded

02-17-2005, 11:45 AM

Back at ya He219.....Great Pic's...... woot

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi soldiers drive 17 February 2005 in Baghdad in front of a giant poster of the United Iraqi Alliance showing a picture of Muslim Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, map of Iraq and a candle which is symbol of the list in last month's historic election. Iraq's electoral commission certified the poll finalizing an historic victory for the country's Shiite majority which gained 140 seats in the new 275-member parliament. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB
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MOSUL, IRAQ: A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment enters into a dentist clinic as an Iraqi woman waits to be attended in the Muslim Sunni restive Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 17 February 2005. The clinic received damage after a clash between US troops and insurgents started. In a separate incident, one US soldier was slightly wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up when his military convoy drove by. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA

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MOSUL, IRAQ: A US military Stryker vehicle blocks an avenue as a special engineers truck inspect a suspected box containing wires in the area, in the Sunni Muslim Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 17 February 2005In a separate incident, one US soldier was slightly wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up when his military convoy drove by. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA

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KARBALA, IRAQ: Iraqi Muslim Shiites flock to the illuminated shrine of Imam Abu al-Fadel Al-Abbas during mourning of Ashura in the holy city of Karbala, early 17 February 2005. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Kurds rejected the idea of an Islamic republic in Iraq following the victory of a conservative Shiite list in last month's historic elections. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
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KARBALA, IRAQ: Iraqi Muslim Shiites beat themselves during mourning of Ashura in the holy city of Karbala, early 17 February 2005. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Kurds rejected the idea of an Islamic republic in Iraq following the victory of a conservative Shiite list in last month's historic elections. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi Muslim Shiites, loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, flagellate themselves during mourning of Ashura in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City 17 February 2005. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. Iraq's election results were to be certified as heavyweights from the winning Shiite list were jockeying for position but faced warnings from rival political parties against creating an Islamic state. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR
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WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte(R), US President Bush's nominee to be the first ever National Inteligence Director holds a press conference 17, February, 2005 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Negroponte, 65, is the former US ambassador to the UN and most recently ambassador to Iraq. If confirmed by the Senate, Negroponte will oversee 15 US intelligence agencies. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN
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WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte(R), US President Bush's nominee to be the first ever National Inteligence Director speaks during a press conference 17, February, 2005 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Negroponte, 65, is the former US ambassador to the UN and most recently ambassador to Iraq. If confirmed by the Senate, Negroponte will oversee 15 US intelligence agencies. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN

He219

02-17-2005, 11:55 AM

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Leading Seaman Medic Rebecca Johnston in the oxygen bank on HMAS Kanimbla.
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Brigadier David Chalmers meets with Major General Bambang Darmono and Lhong sub-district head Mr Mahdi.
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Que-ing Apocholipse Now soundtrack ...
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An Australian Army Iroquois helicopter fly over the coast of Indonesia's Aceh Province on their final humanitarian aid mission during Operation Sumatra Assist.
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A Royal Australian Navy Sea King helicopter prepares to land as Australian Army Iroquois helicopters and personnel deliver their last humanitarian aid mission in the village of Lhong, during Operation Sumatra assist. Australian Army Iroquois helicopters and personnel on their last humanitarian aid mission in the village of Lhong, in Indonesia's Aceh Province, during Operation Sumatra Assist.
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Australian Army Iroquois helicopters and personnel on their last humanitarian aid mission in the village of Lhong, in Indonesia's Aceh Province, during Operation Sumatra Assist.
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Australian Army Iroquois helicopters and Australian and Indonesian military personnel on their last humanitarian aid mission in the village of Lhong during Operation Sumatra Assist.

Howie Kaluha

02-17-2005, 11:58 AM

Sweet pics He219 :D

Shar.

02-17-2005, 11:58 AM

Nice pics today woot

He219

02-17-2005, 12:05 PM

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Persian Gulf (Feb. 14, 2005) - Two F-14B Tomcats, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), fly over the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) prior to entering the "break" to enter the landing pattern. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance over Iraq
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Persian Gulf (Feb. 14, 2005) - Sailors assigned to the Air Department help guide a taxiing F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Bulls" of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37), to the staging area prior to launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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Persian Gulf (Feb. 9, 2005) - An F-14B Tomcat, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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Persian Gulf (Feb. 9, 2005) - Lance Cpl. Joshua Willis, right, along with other Marines ordnance personnel assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115), load a GBU-38 500 pound satellite guided bomb onto one of the squadron's F/A-18A+ Hornets, prior to flight operations aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The GBU-38 is a 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb and was developed for precision bombing in urban warfare. The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions. The tail section contains an inertial navigational system (INS) and a global positioning system (GPS). JDAM improves the accuracy of unguided bombs in any weather condition.

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Ein Arbeiter untersucht am Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2005 im Beisen eines Polizeibeamten in Mainz einen Kabelschacht als Sicherheitsmassnahme fuer den bevorstehenden Besuch des amerikanischen Praesidenten George W. Bush am kommenden Mittwoch, den 23. Februar 2005. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) --- -A worker is watched by a police officer as he checks a cable tunnel in a street in Mainz, Germany, on Thursday, Feb.17, 2005, as security measures for the upcoming visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005
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A welder closes the cover of a cable tunnel in a street of Mainz, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005, as security measures for the upcoming visit of US President George W. Bush to the capital of the German Federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Wednesday, February 23, 2005.
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German policemen are frisked before entering the new Iranian embassy ahead of its inauguration by Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi and his German counterpart Joschka Fischer, 16 February in Berlin's Dahlem district.
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Security guards stand in front of the new Iranian embassy, 16 February in Berlin's Dahlem district, ahead of its inauguration by Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi with his German counterpart Joschka Fischer
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The foreign minister of Iran Kamal Kharrazi, left, delivers a speech while his German counterpart Joschka Fischer, right, listens as they meet in the new embassy of Iran in Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005.
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Police officers evacuate people from the cordoned off street where two suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA where arrested in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 17 2005. Mikel Orbegozo Etxarri, 25, and Sara Majarenas Ibarreta, 24, formed part of an ETA terrorist command and were going to attack imminently, the ministry statement said.
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RIP

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Capt. Gilbert A. Munoz, 29, a Special Forces detachment commander assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. He died Feb. 9 of pneumonia after returning from a trip to Iraq, according to an autopsy report.
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What Para-Wings are those?

In this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, shakes hands with new U.S. security coordinator for the Middle East, Army Lt. Gen. William E. Ward, in Sharon's office in Tel Aviv Thursday Feb. 17, 2005
15 min/Quick Change to look more diplomatic ...
:P
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, right, shakes hands with new U.S. security coordinator for the Middle East, Army Lt. Gen. William E. Ward, at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday Feb. 17, 2005.

1AssToRisk

02-17-2005, 12:05 PM

I think that vehicle is called a Buffalo.

The Buffalo, a clearance vehicle, has been approved by the Pentagon to be part of a newly devised hunter-killer team concept that will lead convoys against the threat of mines and IEDs. The Buffalo incorporates blast protection technology with automotive components made by such companies as Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Allison Transmission, a division of General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Mack Trucks, Inc., a division of Volvo Group (Nasdaq:VOLVY). More than 20 Buffalo vehicles are in active operation in Iraq.

See alot of them on the highways around Iraq.

Cya

He219

02-17-2005, 12:11 PM

I think that vehicle is called a Buffalo.

Thanks!
:D

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Sirpad

02-17-2005, 12:12 PM

I think that vehicle is called a Buffalo.

isnt that the cougar? we've seen a bunch of those in pics recently...

He219

02-17-2005, 12:15 PM

Let's see ...
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Jester

02-17-2005, 12:17 PM

What Para-Wings are those?
Canada!

DPGLAW

02-17-2005, 12:21 PM

Seoulstriker

02-17-2005, 12:26 PM

He219, awesome job on those two pics of Lt. Gen. Ward. :D

Ratamacue

02-17-2005, 12:32 PM

Nice pics everyone.

He219

02-17-2005, 12:39 PM

cmdrfire

02-17-2005, 12:56 PM

He219

02-17-2005, 01:04 PM

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Lt. Gen. Alberto Braganza (L) Southern Command military chief awards the gold cross medal to Army private first class Basri Havier (R) former MNLF fighter for exemplary performance during the military operation to capture the Muslim rebel camp in Panamao town, 16 February 2005, overrun by the goverment forces. Havier is among the 500 MNLF fighters who were integrated into the Philipppine military
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Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man crossing Kalandia checkpoint at the entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah, 17 February 2005. Dozens of police reinforcements have been deployed around Jerusalem's disputed mosque compound for fear of an attack by Jewish extremists trying to sabotage the Gaza pullout plan, Israeli public radio said today

Some pic's for J-10:

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A member of the Chinese police contingent of the UN peacekeeping is pictured in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince 16 February 2005. Haiti's electoral process is under way after the transitional government confirmed dates for the first elections since former president Jean Bertrand Aristide left office under pressure a year ago. A UN stabilization force was sent to Haiti last year after Aristide departed.
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A Chinese policeman of the UN peacekeeping force speaks to a Haitian youth at the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince 16 February 2005
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A Chinese policeman of the UN peacekeeping force patrols the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince 16 February 2005.

cmdrfire

02-17-2005, 01:24 PM

The whole world seems to be using those K-pot/PASGT style helmets now...
Just noticed a similar design on the Chinese peacekeepers helmets!

Locked N Loaded

02-17-2005, 01:31 PM

Great Job He219............. :P

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- A color guard presents the colors on the Peatross Parade Deck prior to the Eagle, Globe and Anchor Ceremony Feb. 10. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- Delta Co. recruits receive their new Eagle, Globe and Anchors from their drill instructors and correctly place it on their covers during the Emblem Ceremony at the Peatross Parade Deck Feb. 10. This moment denotes their move from the recruit status to a basically trained Marine. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- After thirteen weeks of grueling physical and mental tests, recruits pin on their Eagle, Globe and Anchors during a formal Emblem Ceremony to signify their transformation from civilian to Marine.Approximatley 20,000 recruits pass through Parris Island each year. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- As families rush to see their new Marines, Private First Class Joseph Garrido and his father, Joseph Garrido hug each other for the first time in 13 weeks following the Emblem Ceremony at the Peatross Parade Deck Feb. 10. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- Unfortunately, not all new Marines will get to spend time with their families; Private First Class Kenny Matchett talks on the phone with his girlfriend before enjoying his liberty aboard the Depot following the Emblem Ceremony Feb. 10. -- A new Marine leaves the Peatross Parade Deck with his family following the Emblem Ceremony Feb. 10. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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MCRD PARRIS ISLAND - (02/10/2005) -- A new Marine leaves the Peatross Parade Deck with his family following the Emblem Ceremony Feb. 10. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Darhonda V. Hall

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050216-N-5862D-319 Memphis, Tenn. (Feb. 16, 2005) - Yeoman First Class Jennifer R. Rasmussen was recently named Commander Navy Recruiting Commands Sailor of the Year (SOY) for 2004. Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Jeff Fowler made the announcement and presentation during the annual SOY banquet held in Memphis, Tenn. The 29-year-old from Melbourne, Fla., is assigned to Naval Reserve Recruiting Area West in Aurora, Colo., where she is the Chief Administrator for her unit. Rasmussen took top honors in a field of Navy Recruiting Command’s top nine sailors from across the nation. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Chris Desmond (RELEASED)
^^Congrat's To The Above............... ;)

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050217-N-6074Y-108 Philippine Sea (Feb. 17, 2005) - Following a vertical replenishment, the fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE 2) separates from her position alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The fast combat support ship (AOE) is the Navy’s largest combat logistics ship. The AOE has the speed and armament to keep up with the Carrier Strike Groups and has the capability to carry more than 177,000 barrels of oil, 2,150 tons of ammunition, 500 tons of dry stores and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class M. Jeremie Yoder (RELEASED)

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050215-N-7405P-039 Persian Gulf (Feb. 15, 2005) - Sailors perform repairs on the rotor hub of an SH-60 Seahawk, assigned to the “Dusty Dogs” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Seven (HS-7), on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance over Iraq. The Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Gregory A. Pierot (RELEASED)

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050215-N-5781F-156 Pacific Ocean (Feb. 15, 2005) - Sailors aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receive fire fighting training in the hangar bay during a general quarters (GQ) drill. Regardless of a Sailor's job, all crew members are taught basic firefighting skills to combat a fire at sea. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan (RELEASED)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Children talk to an Iraqi Army soldier as he walks on patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: A man waves at a passing Iraqi Army soldier as he walks on patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Army Capt. Whit Weeks (L) from Fayetteville, Arkansas, of the 1st Cavalry, Task Force 1-9, and an Iraqi Army soldier (R) walk on patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Army Capt. Whit Weeks (R) from Fayetteville, Arkansas, of the 1st Cavalry, Task Force 1-9, and an Iraqi Army soldier (L) walk on patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: An Iraqi Army soldier aims his weapon during a patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: An Iraqi Army soldier walks on patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: Iraqi Army soldiers walk through a puddle during a patrol February 17, 2005 in a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. Army will hand control of the area over to the Iraqi military as they continue to decrease their involvement in the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)

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An Iraqi man walks pasts posters put up in Baghdad by the interim government celebrating the recent elections, February 17, 2005. Iraq's Shi'ite alliance won a slim majority of seats in the country's new National Assembly, the Iraqi Electoral Commission said on Thursday.

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Iraqis watch an oil fire burn near Baiji, north of Baghdad, February 17, 2005. An explosion hit an oil pipeline on the outskirts of the city causing a large blaze and sending thick clouds of black smoke over the city. An oil official said yesterday that the country's oil export pipeline to Turkey was hit by sabotage on Tuesday night and said flows were expected to resume early next week.

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Flower cover slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's grave in Beirut February 17, 2005. Lebanon's Syrian-backed government faced growing pressure to resign on Thursday after Hariri's mass funeral turned into an impromptu rally against Syria.

RIP To All The Fallen!

tenda

02-17-2005, 01:38 PM

nice pic's this one rock's...!!!!!!!! ;)
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ckabusk

02-17-2005, 02:05 PM

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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier walks past the
crater left by a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. Army convoy in Mosul,
Iraq Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. Several other bombs were also located,
but there were no casualties.</td>

How the hell can terrorists managed to plant the IED on activity 4 lanes street without being spotted by someone?

SHAM

02-17-2005, 02:41 PM

callous

02-17-2005, 03:03 PM

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An Iraqi police officer guards a man who was arrested while trying to enter Najaf, February 17, 2005. Authorities said two Iraqi 'terrorists' from the province of Babil were arrested as they were attempting to enter Najaf to conduct attacks against Shi'ites marking their religious festival of Ashura. Security forces are on alert ahead of Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar and which pays homage to Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who died in battle in 680 A.D. The event reaches a climax on Saturday
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A masked Iraqi policeman stops a woman at a checkpoint in front of the al-Kadim Holy Shrine in the Kadimiyah area of Baghdad
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Paraguayan General Attorney Oscar Latorre confirms to the media that the body of Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former Paraguayan President Raul Cubas, had been discovered in the yard of a house in Ypane, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay Wednesday, Feb 16, 2005. Cecilia Cubas was seized by heavily armed gunmen in a commando-style operation Sept. 21 as she drove near the family home in Asuncion
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Cecilia Cubas is seen in this Feb. 27, 2004 photo during a family reunion in Asuncion, Paraguay. Cecila Cubas was found dead Wednesday night
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Paraguayan police search for evidence in the tunnel where the remains of Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were found buried by her kidnappers on the outskirts of Asuncion
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Paraguayan citizen Osmar Martinez sits handcuffed in a police station after he was arrested and accused of involvement in the kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former Paraguayan President Raul Cubas, in Asuncion, January 26, 2005. Paraguayan police found an electronic trail of emails between Martinez and Rodrigo Granda, chief of International affairs for Colombian guerrilla group FARC, in their investigation into the whereabouts of Cecilia Cubas
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A file photo shows Rodrigo Granda (R), who acted as the chief of International affairs for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), under arrest in Bogota, Colombia, December 15, 2004. Paraguayan police investigators found an electronic trail of emails between Granda and Paraguayan citizen Osmar Martinez

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Israeli soldiers and a policeman guard a detained Palestinian farmer during a protest, calling for return of confiscated land close to the West Bank village of Litvania near Hebron
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A 17-years-old Palestinian teenager, named by witnesses as Imad Abu Arafeh, sits blindfolded after being arrested by Israeli security forces in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron
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Members of special Palestinian forces take part in military training in the West Bank city of Ramallah
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Thai soldiers inspect the damage caused by a bomb which exploded outside a hotel at Sungai Kolok. A car bomb exploded outside a hotel in southern Thailand, killing five people and injuring up to 40 just two hours after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra cut short a trip to the restive region
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A Brazilian soldier guards a helicopter after troops arrived in Anapu
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A Kenyan soldier brusher sand from a landmine during a de-mining demonstration at the East African International Mine Action Training Center (IMATC) in Kenya's capital Nairobi, February 17, 2005. A school for de-mining opened in Kenya on Thursday to train soldiers to help make former African war zones safe again, with southern Sudan top on their list. The British-funded school aims to teach 350 African de-miners in its first year.
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Afghan refugees walk back to their tents after receiving clothing and other supplies from US soldiers during a humanitarian distribution in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul
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British soldiers guard the foreign ministry where British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (not in picture) is visiting in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Indian soldiers stand guard as a group of Kashmiri Muslims wait at a bus stand on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, at Baramulla
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An Indian army soldier (in military fatigue) gives arms training to a member of Village Defense Committee (VDC) in an army camp near International border with Pakistan at Suchetgarh
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Two unidentified UN observers of the UNMEE (UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) patrol the border. The United Nations said it was worried by the heavy military presence along the disputed Ethiopian-Eritrean border despite a current relative calm and urged the rivals to exercise restraint.(
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Filipino military policemen escort Jubail Sahibul (C) at the Southern Command headquarters in the port city of Zamboanga, southern Philippines, February 17, 2005. Sahibul has been detained by authorities and is accused of being an Abu Sayyaf member and participating in the Sipadan kidnapping

Dr. Danger

02-17-2005, 03:06 PM

American Patriot

02-17-2005, 03:07 PM

The key in any flagellation is moderation.

GrimmyRX

02-17-2005, 03:11 PM

The key in any flagellation is moderation.
Most guys in western society flagellate themselves once a day anyways, rofl

Digital Marine

02-17-2005, 03:16 PM

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Whow... that looks EXACTLY like Vietnam!

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This reminded me of the scene in Apocalypse Now... :lol:

goldman

02-17-2005, 03:19 PM

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Id this vest?
And if its possible pics

callous

02-17-2005, 03:52 PM

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Nepali tanks are seen as part of the Democracy Day celebration rehearsal in Kathmandu
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Philippine National Police uproot full-grown marijuana plants following a raid
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A Spanish policeman guards a sealed off part of the Spanish city of Valencia after the arrest of two suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA, February 17, 2005. Police arrested a man and a woman who had been staying at a downtown hostel and seized gun and explosives
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Spanish riot police take cover as a homemade rocket launched by protesters explodes near them during clashes between police and naval workers in Gijon, northern Spain, February 17, 2005. The shipyard workers were protesting over lack of work contracts in the private sector
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Shipyard workers fire homemade rockets towards riot police during clashes between police and naval workers in Gijon, northern Spain, February 17, 2005. The shipyard workers were protesting over lack of work contracts in the private sector
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Basque police detain a woman following a disruption in the regional parliament in Vitoria, northern Spain, February 17, 2005. Two men burst into the plenary room and disrupted the parliamentary proceedings, shouting slogans in favour of Basque nationalist left youth organisations, and holding up banners, while at least five others shouted slogans from the public gallery. Members of Basque nationalist left youth organisations Jarrai, Haika and Segi are currently being tried at Madrid's High Court, accused of being members of the Basque separatist group ETA or of aiding and abetting ETA
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Officers of the DAS, Colombia's secret police, escort Javier Diaz Jaramillo, an alleged drug trafficker being to extradited to Spain after his arrest in Medellin
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Chinese armed police officers clean the debris after an earthquake in Wushi County of northwest China's Uygur Autonomous Region,
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Geezah

02-17-2005, 03:54 PM

What are those morons hitting themselves with??? I understand that they are practicing their religon but for christs sake, why not just fast or something, I mean this is ridiculous...I am not trying to criticize their religon as a whole, at least not in this instance, but I mean come on, they are beating themselves bloody which I can not see in any circumstance to be remotely intelligent.

Self-flagellation isnt a solely muslim tradition.

Ignorant and Fanatical Flagellants—Jesuit Inspired Today!
“Mental Epidemic!!” “Mania!”—”Quite Orthodox!”
The Flagellants are a fanatical and superstitious group, who, among other seventies, punish themselves by whipping. The reader will recognize this as simply a variation of heathenism so common among Catholics in the Middle Ages. Catholic Encyclopedia identifies among such devotees, many religious orders such as Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, many “saints,” as “St.” Anthony of Padua, “St.” Vincent Ferrer, popes such as Clement VI, and royalty as Catherine De Medici and Henry III of France. Flagellation usually broke out in time of plague or other disaster, and was thought to be efficacious against such things, just like medals etc. I think myself it was just as good for that purpose!!!

“All ages and conditions were alike subject to this mental epidemic. Clergy and laity, men and women, even children of tender years, scourging themselves in reparation for the sins of the whole world. Great processions, amounting some*times to 10,000 souls, passed through the cities, beating themselves, arid calling the faithful to repentance. With Crosses and banners borne before them by the clergy, they marched slowly through the town. Stripped to the waist and with covered faces, they scourged themselves with leather thongs till the blood ran, chanting hymns and canticles of the Passion of Christ, entering the churches and prostrating themselves before the altars. For thirty-three days and a half this penance was continued by all who undertook it, in honour of the years of Christ’s life on earth. Neither mud nor snow, cold nor heat, was any obstacle. The procession con*tinued in Italy throughout 1260, and by the end of that year had spread beyond the Alps to Alsace, Bavaria, Bohemia, and Poland..

“In 1347 the Black Death swept across Europe and dev*astated the continent for the next two years. In 1348 terrible earthquakes occurred in Italy. The scandals prevalent in Church and State intensified in the popular mind the feeling that the end of all things was come. With extraordinary sud*denness the companies of Flagellants appeared again and rapidly spread across the Alps, through Hungary and Switzer*land. In 1349 they had reached Flanders, Holland, Bohemia, Poland, and Denmark. By September of that year they had arrived in England, where, however, they met with but little success

“At first this fatuus novus ntis was well received. As early as 1348, Pope Clement VI had permitted a similar procession in Avignon in entreaty against the plague... The Flagellant movement was but one of the manias that afflicted the end of the Middle Ages ..

“In Paris, in 1583, King Henry III became patron of the ‘Blancs Battus de l’Annonciation’ . . . The laughter of the Parisians, however, who treated the whole thing as a jest, obliged the king to withdraw his patronage. Early in the seventeenth century, the scandals arising among these brotherhoods caused the Parliament of Paris to suppress them, and under the combined assaults of the law, the Gallicans, and the sceptics, the practice soon died out. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Flagellant processions of self-flagellation were encouraged by the Jesuits in Austria and the Netherlands, as well as in the far countries which they evangelized. India, Persia, Japan, the Philippines, Mexico, and the States of South America, all had their Flagellant processions; in Central and South America they continue even to the present day, and were regulated and restrained by Pope Leo XIII. In Italy generally and in the Tyrol similar processions survived until the early years of the nineteenth century; in Rome itself they took place in the Jesuit churches as late as 1870, while even later they occurred in parts of Tuscany and Sicily” (Cath. Ency., VI, 90-92).

Note: Wherever this practice has been discontinued by Catholics, it was the opposition which laughed them to scorn for their ignorance or the Parliament which prohibited it. Similar practices are now common in our own Southwest, as all who are familiar with that section know.

Link (http://www.starbible.com/books/catholicism/chpt06.html)

Locked N Loaded

02-17-2005, 04:41 PM

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HADITHA, IRAQ: Marine Amphibious Armoured Vehicles (AAVs) cross a bridge in the highway between Haditha and the border with Syria and Jordan 17 February 2005, 250 kms northwest of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI

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HADITHA, IRAQ: Soldiers of the First Batallion, 23rd Marines inspect an AK-47 rifle that was in a car driven by an iraqi citizen on the highway between Haditha and the border with Syria and Jordan, 250 kms northwest from Baghdad, 17 February 2005. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged yesterday that Syria's behavior is "harmful" to US efforts to stabilize Iraq and establish a democracy. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI

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HADITHA, IRAQ: A soldier of the First Batallion, 23rd Marines checks the identity an Iraqi citizen on the highway between Haditha and the border with Syria and Jordan, 250 kms northwest from Baghdad, 17 February 2005. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged yesterday that Syria's behavior is "harmful" to US efforts to stabilize Iraq and establish a democracy. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI

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HADITHA, IRAQ: A US soldier of the First Battalion, 23rd Marines gives water to an Iraqi detainee at the highway between Haditha and the border with Syria and Jordan, 250 kms from Baghdad, 17 February 2005. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged yesterday that Syria's behavior is "harmful" to US efforts to stabilize Iraq and establish a democracy. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI

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HADITHA, IRAQ: US soldiers of the First Battalion, 23rd Marines inspect Iraqis at the highway between Haditha and the border with Syria and Jordan, 250 kms from Baghdad, 17 February 2005. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged yesterday that Syria's behavior is "harmful" to US efforts to stabilize Iraq and establish a democracy. AFP PHOTO/JAIME RAZURI

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AMRITSAR, INDIA: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pays his respects following a visit to Amritsar's Golden Temple, 17 February 2005. Straw said Thursday King Gyanendra's seizure of power in Nepal was a matter of "strong concern" as he officially began a two-day trip to India. AFP PHOTO

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. Mike C. Smalley, a Salt Lake City native and M1-A1 Tank driver cleans a .50-caliber machinegun after a training mission here recently. Smalley and 27 other Marine reservists, formerly from Company C, 4th Tank Battalion stationed in Boise, were recently activated and are currently in attached to 2nd Tank Battalion preparing to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. John. O. Young, a Nampa, Idaho native, and tank driver checks the track oil as part of the tank maintenance on his M1-A1 Abrams Tank during a field operation here recently. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. John. O. Young, a Nampa, Idaho native, and tank driver looks down the track of his M1-A1 Abrams Tank during a field operation here recently. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (February 17, 2005) -- Lance Cpl. Benjamin P. Barron, a nuclear, biological and chemical defense specialist checks a gas mask for a fellow Marine with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment who is about to deploy to Iraq. The Columbia, S.C., native joined the Marine Corps after attending a recruit training graduation at Parris Island, S.C. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel

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MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND S.C. (Feb. 18, 2005) -- '11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour,' by Joseph E. Persico, takes readers back to November 1918 to give them a glimpse of what it was like spending the last moments of war in a trench, still not knowing if they were going to make it home alive. Allied generals knew the fighting would cease at exactly 11 a.m., but they still sent thousands of their troops to certain death, wanting to give the enemy one last kick in the ribs. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Staff Sgt. Jason J. Bortz

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Marines from different sections of 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment received awards here Feb. 10 for actions performed during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2002 through 2004. Awards for five Marines and two sailors included six Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and a Bronze Star. Most of the awards were received with a combat distinguishing device to signify the awards were given for actions while in combat. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Pfc. Terrell A. Turner

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Lt. Charles F. Youngblood is presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. McMenamin. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Pfc. Terrell A. Turner

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 15, 2005) -- Staff Sgt. Steve C. Reichert is presented the Bronze Star with a distinguishing device for actions in combat by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. McMenamin. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Pfc. Terrell A. Turner
^Congrat's

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2005) -- A CH53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, picks up reconnaissance Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Jan. 31 to insert them at East Miramar's Afghan Village for a three-day training exercise to qualify them as Special Operations Capable. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. Andrew J. Hurt

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Flat Stanley, dressed in a Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 flight suit, poses on a model F/A 18 Hornet in the Viking's ready room Feb. 1 before heading off to his next adventure in Korea. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Skye Jones

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (Feb. 08, 2005) -- Cpl. Pierre Richard, military working dog handler, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, is tackled by Buck, a military working dog, during a demonstration for the students of Spring Valley Middle School, Feb. 8. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Sgt. J.L. Zimmer III

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MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (Feb. 18, 2005) -- (From left to right) Lance Cpl. Matthew Henson, Staff Sgt. Christopher Carlisle, Sgt. Charles Reynolds, and Lance Cpl. Joel Hart display their prized Super Bowl XXXIX tickets that they won through drawings held in their battalions. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Cpl. Matt Barkalow

Semper Fi........RIP!
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (02/11/2005) -- A Marine places his hand on a flight crew helmet during a memorial at the station chapel for Captains Lyle L. Gordon and Paul C. Alaniz, Staff Sgt. Dexter S. Kimble and Lance Cpl. Tony L. Hernandez, Feb. 11. The Marines, from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, were killed Jan. 26 when their CH-53E Sea Stallion crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Sgt. J.L. Zimmer III

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (02/11/2005) -- A display of rifles, boots, dog tags and photos of four fallen Marines (http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/3c8045b13132a7a085256fab0065b9c2/$FILE/050211-M-7095Z-003-MEMORIAL.jpg) - Captains Lyle L. Gordon and Paul C. Alaniz, Staff Sgt. Dexter S. Kimble and Lance Cpl. Tony L. Hernandez - is displayed during the memorial for the Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Feb. 11. The Marines were killed Jan. 26 when their CH-53E Sea Stallion crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. -- Photo submitted 02/17/2005 Taken by Sgt. J.L. Zimmer III

Umm-Qasr

02-17-2005, 04:43 PM

nice pix ... :D

scrybe

02-17-2005, 05:22 PM

Great pics on the first page! I love that hi-res of the XM1014.

Gatling

02-17-2005, 05:31 PM

Good pics, thanx

kuttless

02-17-2005, 05:47 PM

Very nice pics today guys. Thank you very yuch

ibstolidude

02-17-2005, 05:52 PM

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the dive through the flaming hoop of death...the true paragon of quality training

One?

02-17-2005, 06:48 PM

WHY ARE THEY HITTING THEMSELVES

No it is not part of islam, islam does not dictate that. They flagellate themselves to recreate the incident that happend in the 7th century. When persians came to help Imam Hussein (the prophet's grandson) they were late and he was killed. They took their swords and beat themselves to death because they felt that they betrayed him. Those guys are beating themselves to feel what the Imam felt.

So no He219 it has nothing to do with Islam :)

Do clerics encourage it?
Only beating the chest with hands, not objects.

There are christians in philipines who actualy crucify themselves. So its not a muslims thing.

PS: wait till saturday, the 10th day....