Today's Pic's. - Tuesday, Feb. 22nd

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Russian soldiers patrol Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005, at the sothern outskirts of Grozny, capital of the Russian breakaway region of Chechnya. Nine Russian soldiers were killed and three were injured when a reinforced concrete wall collapsed on them during a clash with Chechen rebels, a military spokesman said Tuesday. The soldiers were spending the night in a building on a former poultry farm in the village of Prigorodnoye, 6 kilometers (4 miles) south of Grozny, which was being used as a temporary barracks. (AP Photo/ Musa Sadulayev)
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Security forces stand outside a house, which they stormed somewhere at an undisclosed location in the region of Ingushetia, neighboring Chechnya, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, in this image made from television, provided by the Federal Security Service. The spokesman for the Federal Security Service, Sergei Ignatchenko, said Monday that Abu Dzeit, a Kuwaiti national and al-Qaida liaison in southern Russia, blew himself up during a special operation in the region of Ingushetia, on Wednesday. Ignatchenko said security forces killed two of his accomplices in a house and then found Abu Dzeit in a bunker built underground. (AP Photo/RTR Russian Channel) ** IMAGE FROM TV TV OUT **
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A man identified as Abu Dzeit, a Kuwaiti national and al-Qaida liaison in southern Russia, left, poses with unidentified man, somewhere at undisclosed location in the North Caucasus in this undated image from television broadcast Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 provided by the Federal Security Service. The spokesman for the Federal Security Service, Sergei Ignatchenko, said Monday that Abu Dzeit blew himself up during a special operation in the region of Ingushetia, on Wednesday. Ignatchenko said security forces killed two of his accomplices in a house and then found Abu Dzeit in a bunker built underground.
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A man identified as Abu Dzeit, a Kuwaiti national and al-Qaida liaison in southern Russia, right, embraces Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev at an undisclosed location in the North Caucasus in this undated image from television broadcast Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 provided by the Federal Security Service.
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Russian servicemen patrol the streets in central Grozny, February 21, 2005. Russia should be tougher in its battle against Islamic radicalism in the North Caucasus, President Vladimir Putin said, suggesting no change in Moscow's tactics in a 10-year war it has yet to win. *******/Said Tsarnayev
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Sergei Savushkin, director of Russia's Defense Ministry's "patriotic" TV channel Zvezda (Star), smiles during a news conference to mark its test-launch, Moscow, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005. The station was test-launched on Sunday and will initially be broadcast in the Moscow region, said Savushkin Monday. Later this spring, Zvezda is expected to begin operating in many other of Russia's 89 regions.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Representatives of losing Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych hold an old miner's hammer and shovel, top, as they rally at in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Friday, Jan. 14, 2005. The campaign team of Viktor Yanukovych, the loser of the Dec. 26 presidential vote, filed its appeal of the election results with the Supreme Court on Friday in a last attempt to overturn the victory by Western-leaning reformer Viktor Yushchenko. The poster reads: Yuschenko for inauguration from miners. A monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin is seen in the background. (AP Photo/ PhotoMig )
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Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yushchenko holds up a golden mace in Kiev, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005. In a colorful ceremony in downtown Kiev several hundreds of Cossacks from Ukraine's south presented Yushchenko with a golden mace, a symbol of Hetman's dignity. Yushchenko swore an oath af allegiance to Cossack brotherhood and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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A demonstrator shouts anti-NATO slogans to protest against Ukraine's closer ties with the Alliance during a rally near the presidential office in Kiev, February 22, 2005. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Brussels on Tuesday to participate in a NATO summit. *******/Gleb Garanich
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A man standing next to a caricature of U.S. President George W. Bush holds a communist flag during an anti-US demonstration in front of the Brussels stock market, Sunday Feb. 20, 2005. Bush is on a two-day visit to Belgium, where he will visit NATO headquarters and the European Union headquarters. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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U.S. President George W. Bush, right, meets Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko at the NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. President George W. Bush walks with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair after a breakfast on the sidelines of the NATO and European Union meetings in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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French President Jacques Chirac, left, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder embrace before the start of the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday Feb 22, 2005.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, pool)
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrives for a meeting at the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, pool)
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, center left, talks with Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, as Foreign Ministers Joschka Fischer of Germany, left, and Belgium's Karel de Gucht look on, before the start of the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday Feb 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, pool)
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French President Jacques Chirac talks with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, right, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, left, after they posed for the traditional group photo at the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday Feb 22, 2005.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, pool)
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U.S. President George W. Bush, left, shares a laugh with Belgium's Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after a group portrait with NATO leaders in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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German Chancellor Gerhard Scroeder, center, talks with US President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, top left, Czech President Vaclav Klaus, bottom left, and Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe Coburg Gotha, as they posed for the traditional group photo at the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday Feb 22, 2005.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, pool)
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Leaders stand in position during the family portrait of the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, right, and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer read documents before a meeting at the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, pool)
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrives for a meeting at the NATO Summit in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Bush won NATO support in training security forces in postwar Iraq, a modest pledge designed to symbolize the end to bitter divisions wrought by the war. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, pool)
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Demonstrators wearing masks of U.S. President George W. Bush play with toy soldiers and models of military equipment in the offices of Lockhead Martin in Brussels, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005. Demonstrators accessed the European headquarters on Monday to protest against their manufacture of defense systems. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Lockhead Martin Europe President, Scott A. Harris, left, looks away as a demonstrator with a toy model of a warplane simulates playing war games with the toy in the offices of Lockhead Martin in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Demonstrators accessed the European headquarters on Monday to protest against their manufacture of defense systems. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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A demonstrator with a balloon shaped as a sword, acts out a sword fight in mock war games in the offices of Lockhead Martin in Brussels, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005. Demonstrators accessed the European headquarters on Monday to protest against their manufacture of defense systems. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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A Slovak police officer with a dog stands guard at the Hviezdoslav's square in Bratislava, Slovakia on Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005, with the Slovak national flag in the background. The security measures for the upcoming summit between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday are unprecedented in Slovakia's history.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Children look at a snow sculpture of the Bratislava castle with flags and portraits of Russian president Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President George W. Bush are displayed in Bolesov village, about 140 kilometres north of Bratislava, Slovakia, on Monday Feb. 21, 2005. The snow castle is four meters high and was built to celebrate the upcoming Bush-Putin summit, held in Bratislava castle on Thursday, Feb. 24. It took seven hours for ten men to build the attraction. (AP Photo/TASR, Radovan Stoklasa)
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This image made available by Slovak post on Tuesday, Feb 8, 2005 shows the new Slovakian postage stamp that will be released on Feb. 24, 2005 when U.S. President George W. Bush will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Slovakia's capital Bratislava

[Gyles84]

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R-tards rofl

[sp2c]

sure hope all these morons go to jail for tresspassing

[the_janitor]

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"I'd told you not to touch my daughter, you capitalist pig!!"

[Soldat_]

Nice pics in Ukraine :D Stop NATO

[GrantT]

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Get a freakin' room. :cantbeli:

[the_janitor]

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Dubya: "Hahaha hehehe errr, yeah that's funny but what's a Linux ?Oh well nevermind, now do my homework and fix my computer nerd boy!! "

[Howie Kaluha]

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Dubya: "Hahaha hehehe errr, yeah that's funny but what's a Linux ?Oh well nevermind, now do my homework and fix my computer nerd boy!! "

rofl

[bloddyaxe]

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Guy in the left-"fekk no, shes doing it all wrong! landing gear down at this speed? she must be insane!"

Thing on the right -"bzzzzhhh prepah for landin' brummmmmmmm dang booooomn"

[Prometheus]

Get a freakin' room. :cantbeli:


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... for these guys... especially the left one...

[callous]

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Abderrazak Mahdjoub of Algeria, one of the five men suspected of involvement in a group to recruit militants for suicide attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq, is escorted by two police officers as he arrives at the Milan court, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. The trial began Tuesday in Milan for five men suspected of recruiting militants to fight in Iraq and believed to have links to terrorist group Ansar al-Islam
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Amin Mostafa Mohamed of Iraq, one of the five men suspected of involvement in a group to recruit militants for suicide attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq, is escorted by two police officers as he enters the Milan court, Italy
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Ciise Maxamed Cabdullaah of Somalia, one of the five men suspected of involvement in a group to recruit militants for suicide attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq
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Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march down a street in the southern Iraqi town of Basra in a show of force February 22, 2005. Over 2000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr took part in the event
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First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, center, smiles as she is applauded by soldiers and their relatives during her speech on the U.S. air base in Ramstein, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Laura Bush thanked the troops for their efforts in Iraq
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Iraqis carry belongings away from the scene of an explosion which killed two Iraqi commandos and injured 30 in Baghdad February 22, 2005. A car bomb detonated near an Iraqi troop convoy as it left Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, killing two soldiers and wounding 30, police and hospital sources said.
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US soldiers remove shrapnel from the side of their vehicle

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U.S. soldiers from the 1st Armoured Division 'Old Ironsides' secure the area following the discovery of unexploded roadside bombs next to the al-Rasool al-Akram Shiite mosque in the al-Gazaliyah area in the west of Baghdad Iraq
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A US marine stands beside a waterfall in Iraq (news - web sites). The US military confirmed that a marine was killed in action in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar
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A U.S. Army soldier conducts a body search on an Iraqi soldier following his arrival to the scene of a suicide attack in Baghdad
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An Australian army soldier stands guard at the scene of a suspected car bomb explosion in central Baghdad, in this May 25, 2004, file photograph. Australia announced on Tuesday a 50 percent increase in its troop strength in Iraq, saying the 450 new soldiers will guard Japanese engineers and train the Iraqi army after the withdrawal of Dutch soldiers from southern Iraq.
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An Australian soldier on patrol in Baghdad. Australian Prime Minister John Howard revealed that Canberra will send an extra 450 troops to Iraq to help protect a Japanese humanitarian mission in the south and bolster the country's transition to democracy.
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Israeli army soldiers hold back chanting Palestinian demonstrators, during a protest of a planned Israeli road through a Palestinian cemetery, in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Several dozen peaceful marchers stopped moving when they were met by army soldiers who simply blocked their way
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A Palestinian demonstrator from the West Bank village of Safa struggles with an Israeli border policemen close to Ramallah.
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Israeli border policemen scuffle with Palestinians during a protest against the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'In February 22
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Masked armed members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades talk to journalists about their opposition to Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia's original cabinet proposal in Gaza City Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Qureia on Tuesday promised a drastic overhaul of his cabinet, after his original lineup stacked with political old-timers prompted an angry outcry and raised the possibility he could be toppled in a no-confidence vote.

[jon]

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Guy in the left-"fekk no, shes doing it all wrong! landing gear down at this speed? she must be insane!"

Thing on the right -"bzzzzhhh prepah for landin' brummmmmmmm dang booooomn"

rofl

[He219]

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First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, center, is surrounded by soldiers during her speech in a hangar on the U.S. air base in Ramstein, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Laura Bush thanked the troops for their efforts in Iraq. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
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First Lady of the United States Laura Bush poses for a picture with US soldiers and relatives in a hangar at the US Airbase of Ramstein, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A U.S. soldier carries food relief with local Afghans Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 for villagers hit by heavy snow in Zabul province of Afghanistan. At least 180 children have died in Afghanistan's coldest winter in years, the health minister said Tuesday amid warnings that the final toll from the subzero temperatures and heavy snow could run into the thousands. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)
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U.S. soldiers from the 1st Armoured Division "Old Ironsides" secure the area following the discovery of unexploded roadside bombs next to the al-Rasool al-Akram Shiite mosque in the al-Gazaliyah area in the west of Baghdad Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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A young boy looks on as an Iraqi policeman, left, and a U.S. soldier secure the area following the discovery of unexploded roadside bombs next to the al-Rasool al-Akram Shiite mosque in the al-Gazaliyah area in the west of Baghdad Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Rebaz Shamsadeen smiles as he receives pizza, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, five days after undergoing open heart surgery at University Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa, to close a hole in his heart. Shamsadeen is recovering from the open heart surgery at University Hospitals at a home in West Liberty, Iowa, where he has been staying with the family of a soldier who befriended his Kurdish uncle in 2003. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Brian Ray)
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An Iraqi soldier, left, attends the scene after a car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi National Guard base in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi guardsman and wounding another Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)
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A U.S. Army soldier covers the perimeter while others examine the body of one of two Iraqi Police officers killed on a busy intersection in central Mosul, Iraq Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. Each had been shot in the head and left on side of the road. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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A combo picture shows US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment storming a suspected house that believed to be used by sniper insurgents during a combat patrol in the Muslim Sunni restive Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 21 February 2005. A US soldier was killed two days ago by a sniper from a rooftop of a house when he was foot patrolling the same neighborhood.
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U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldiers take a sniper rifle away from the body of an insurgent killed in Mosul, Iraq Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. U.S. and Iraqi troops had taken fire from his car, and Iraqi troops returned fire, causing multiple explosions due to a cache of rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons inside. Two other insurgents were wounded. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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An Iraqi soldier stands guard over 92 Iranian and Afghan people arrested in the lead up to the Shiite holy day of Ashoura on Saturday for trying to enter the country illegally without documents in the southern town of Basra in Iraq Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005
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Members of Muqtada al-Sadr's al-Mahdi militia parade along a road, in the southern town of Basra in Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. To the left, in foreground is a painted British flag, to the right, an Israeli flag.
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Members of the Mehdi Army, loyal to firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr, parade in the southern Iraqi city of Basra during a parade 22 February 2005. The parade is to mark the end of mourning of Ashura and the 6th anniversary of the death of Moqtada's father Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. Al-Sadr was killed in 1999 by the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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Interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari, right, who was chosen Tuesday as the Shiite ticket's candidate for Iraq's next prime minister after Ahmad Chalabi, left, dropped his bid, holds a media conference at the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005.
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Interim Iraqi Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari speaks to the news media after he was chosen as his Shiite ticket's candidate for Iraqi prime minister February 22, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Jaafari has said he would accept the position of prime minister if it were offered to him.
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A Nepalese army soldier looks out for rebel movement on a facing hill as he stands on a highway in the backdrop of smoldering trucks in Jabang, 100 kilometers (63 miles) southwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005. Maoist rebels blocked a key highway leading to Nepal's capital Sunday, planting bombs, laying logs across the road and firing at motorists, injuring three, while security forces struggled to keep crucial lifelines to Katmandu open. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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A Nepalese army soldier looks out for rebel movement on a facing hill as he stands on a highway in the backdrop of smoldering trucks in Jabang, 100 kilometers (63 miles) southwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005. Maoist rebels blocked a key highway leading to Nepal's capital Sunday, planting bombs, laying logs across the road and firing at motorists, injuring three, while security forces struggled to keep crucial lifelines to Katmandu open. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

[He219]

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Combat training in the Military Training Center of the Siberian Military District
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A cache of arms was found by the police near the Dagestan-Chechnya boundary
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A TV-grab from Russian NTV channel taken 22 February 2005 shows Russian soldier on a top of tank patroling an area outside Grozny, capital of the break away Republik of Chechnya. Nine Russian soldiers were killed and three injured when a poultry processing factory in the suburbs of Chechnya's capital Grozny collapsed on them, the Interfax news agency reported quoting police sources. AFP PHOTO / NTV (Photo credit should read NTV/AFP/***** Images)

[Deep6]

This picture made me laugh so hard I about wet myself...that is Freekin' hilarious... The look on this guys face is priceless!!
rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

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Guy in the left-"fekk no, shes doing it all wrong! landing gear down at this speed? she must be insane!"

Thing on the right -"bzzzzhhh prepah for landin' brummmmmmmm dang booooomn"

rofl rofl rofl

that was good!

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[Geezah]

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Why do these guys remind me of the IRA and why is there always one that's out of step with everyone else? :cantbeli:

[He219]

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, makes a statement as he stands between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, during a short visit by a U.S. congressional delegation to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Feb. 22 2005. McCain, the leader of the five-member delegation, called Tuesday for permanent U.S. bases in Afghanistan to safeguard American security interests in a region which includes Iran as well as nuclear-armed Pakistan and China.
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Protestors carry Lebanese flags, shout anti Syria slogans during a street demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government, marking a week since the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's most prominent politician.
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Lebanese opposition supporters wave Lebanese flags as they pass in front the Government Palace during an anti-Syrian demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government in a central Beirut demonstration Monday, marking a week since the assassination of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's most prominent politician
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A protestor carries a Quran and a Crucifix as others hold Lebanese flags and portraits of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri near the site of last weeks explosion in Beirut, Lebanon Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults against Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government, as they marked a week since the assassination of Hariri. (AP Photo)
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Syrians walk infront of a poster showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Damascus Monday, Feb.21, 2005. U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday in Brussels that Syria should get out of Lebanon.
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A Syrian soldier guards military trucks in the Bekaa Valley 22 February 2005. The Lebanese opposition is asking the end to Syria's political dominance and a withdrawal of the 14,000 troops still stationed in the country.
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Members of Paris-based Lebanese opposition movements shout slogans hostile to Syria and brandish the Lebanese national flag as they gather for an anti-Syrian protest nearby the Lebanese embassy in Paris, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, in the wake of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri . (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Iranian police officers, carry a body of a victim, who was killed in an earthquake in the village of Hotkan, some 40 kilometers outside the city of Zarand, central Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. A powerful earthquake flattened villages in the mountains of central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 370 people and injuring hundreds. The quake had a magnitude of 6.4. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A view of the village of Hotkan, which was destroyed by an earthquake, some 40 kilometers of the city of Zarand, central Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. The powerful earthquake flattened villages in the mountains of central Iran, killing at least 370 people and injuring hundreds. The quake had a magnitude of 6.4. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian villagers try to pull a body from the ruins after an earthquake in the village of Sarbagh, some 40 kilometers from the city of Zarand, central Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. A powerful earthquake flattened villages in the mountains of central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 370 people and injuring hundreds. The quake had a magnitude of 6.4. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Am man grieves over victims of the earthquake in the village of Hotkan, Iran, near the city of Zarand, central Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. A powerful earthquake flattened villages in the mountains of central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 370 people and injuring hundreds. The magnitude-6.4 quake struck the mountainous region at 5:55 a.m. (0225 GMT), damaging at least 40 villages with a population of some 30,000 people, officials said.
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[Lupin]

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R-tards rofl


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woot woot woot woot

[Howie Kaluha]

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R-tards rofl


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woot woot woot woot

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[callous]

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U.S. soldiers unload food relief Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 for Afghan villagers hit by heavy snow in Zabul province of Afghanistan. At least 180 children have died in Afghanistan's coldest winter in years, the health minister said Tuesday amid warnings that the final toll from the subzero temperatures and heavy snow could run into the thousands
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Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Muslim protester in Srinagar February 22, 2005. Police fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters against the reported beating of a youth by Indian soldiers in downtown Srinagar
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Armored military vehicles drive through central Bratislava February 22, 2005, during the city's preparations for the upcoming summit of U.S. President George W.Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Bush and Putin will meet in the Slovak capital on Thursday.
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A Slovak policeman and his sniffer dog Kimon check a truck in the central Bratislava Hviezdoslavovo Square
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A British soldier of the EU peace force (EUFOR) investigates at the site of a helicopter crash near the central Bosnian town of Kakanj February 22, 2005. A British military Lynx helicopter crashed in central Bosnia late on Monday but three crew members survived, suffering only minor injuries.
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A Turkish soldier of the EU peace force (EUFOR) guards the site of a helicopter crash near the central Bosnian town of Kakanj

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A Police helicopter flies over German and American flags in the south western city of Mainz February 22, 2005, before the visit of U.S. president George W. Bush. Shops and restaurants in the 'red zone', the high-security area centred on Mainz's electoral palace, have been advised to close for the day as part of the biggest security operation in the country's post-war history. To keep all travel options open for the president, four highway sections east of the city will be blocked to traffic, schools will be shut and many workers will be taking a day off.
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Cambodian military police (L) patrol a street during a protest demanding redundancy payment, near South Korean-owned Sam-Han Fabrics Co. on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh February 22, 2005. Cambodian riot police fired assault rifles and used electric batons on Tuesday to break up a protest by 1,300 workers demanding redundancy payment from a garment factory that shut down last month
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A Cambodian policeman fires into the air to break up a garment factory protest demanding redundancy payment at South Korean-owned Sam-Han Fabrics Co. on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh
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The face of a witness (R) is covered with a handkerchief as he points to the two suspects (L and 2nd-L) of the Valentine's Day bomb attack at a news conference in Manila's military Camp Aguinaldo February 22, 2005. Philippine security forces have arrested two men suspected of carrying out last week's deadly Valentine's Day bombing in Manila, saying both were members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebel group
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Filipino activists take part in a protest near the U.S. embassy in Manila February 22, 2005. Dozens of protesters denounced the deployment of some 300 American troops in the ongoing U.S.-Philippines military exercises

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Japanese police guard the main entrance to the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, November 17, 2003. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has urged police to toughen up after a television news report showed two police officers fleeing from a man brandishing what appeared to be a baseball bat

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An Israeli border police officer tries to hold onto his rifle as he clashes with Palestinian demonstrators during a protest at the site where Israel's separation barrier is being constructed near the West Bank village of Bil'in near Ramallah
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Israeli border police officers clash with Palestinian demonstrators during a protest at the site where Israel's separation barrier is being constructed near the West Bank village of Bil'in near Ramallah
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Israeli army soldiers hold back Palestinian demonstrators, during a protest of a planned Israeli road through a Palestinian cemetery, in the West Bank town of Hebron
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[Rantanplan]

Team Ramstein, **** yeah!














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[Howie Kaluha]

Can't believe he's throwing a punch at that IDF soldier

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[Peiper_76]

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Tracked vehicles don't have flats.
Wheels burn, tracks turn!

[instantmilkshake]

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Why do these guys remind me of the IRA and why is there always one that's out of step with everyone else? :cantbeli:

rofl there's way more than one!! Where's an armed Predator when you need one!

[He219]

Team Ramstein, f*** yeah!














:cantbeli:
No bearings with the movie 'Team America'. Team-work is implied.
;)

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First Lady of the United States Laura Bush addresses US soldiers and relatives in a hangar at the US Airbase of Ramstein, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Bush thanked the soldiers for their efforts in Iraq. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, wife of U.S. President George W. Bush, enters the podium as she visits the Gen. H.H. Arnold High School in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005. President Bush will arrive in Germany on Wednesday Feb. 23, 2005 for talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Banner in background reads "Welcome to Germany Mrs. Bush".
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush addresses high school students as she visits the Gen. H.H. Arnold High School at Wiesbaden, Germany, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. U.S. President Bush will arrive in Germany on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 for talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, wife of US-President George W. Bush, visits the Gen. H.H. Arnold High School at the army Airfield in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005. Laura Bush arrived at the U.S. 1st Armored Division headquarters in Wiesbaden a day ahead of U.S. President George W. Bush to talk with elementary and high school students. President Bush will arrive on Wednesday Feb. 23, 2005 for talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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A welder closes covers of cable tunnels in front of the castle in Mainz, southern Germany, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, two days before US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder will meet there. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Ein Polizeitaucher checkt am Montag, 21. Februar 2005, den Winterhafen am Rhein in Mainz, wo sich am Mittwoch Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schroeder mit dem amerikanischen Praesidenten George W. Bush treffen wird. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A police diver checks a harbour at the river Rhine in Mainz, Germany, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, two days before US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will meet here. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Die deutsche und die amerikanische Fahne am Dienstag, 22. Februar 2005, in Mainz, wo sich am Mittwoch Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schroeder mit dem amerikanischen Praesidenten George W. Bush treffen wird. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Markus Mueller participates in an anti-Bush protest in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. As part of his visit to Europe, U.S. President George W. Bush will meet German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Mainz on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
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Demonstrators protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Germany, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005 in Wiesbaden, western Germany. Bush will meet German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Wednesday, Feb. 23 in nearby Mainz.
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Protesters in the Polish city of Gdansk burn an effigy of Erika Steinbach (http://www.bundestag.de/mdb15/bio/S/steiner0.html), the head of the German Federation of Expellees, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Steinbach's group has sparked outrage in Poland for demanding restitution for property to Germans expelled from Poland after World War II. ( AP Photo/ Wojtek Jakubowski )
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Picture taken 19 September 2003 of a controversial photo-montage, cover of the current edition of the Polish weekly WPROST (Direct) showing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (bottom), and Erika Steinbach, Head of the Federation of German Expellees, dressed as a Nazi officer. Steinbach is pushing for construction of a memorial to the millions of Germans who were forced from their homes in the shift of national borders following World War II. The photo montage illustrates the cover story titled: "The German Trojan Horse" and at left "German owe Poles US$ 1 trillion for World War II" which estimates the amount of damage the Nazis caused to Polish cities.
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A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, gives his last respect to two fallen soldiers during a memorial service held at Camp Marez, in the Muslim Sunni restive Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 22 February 2005. US seargent Adam Plumondore, from Oregon, and specialist Clinton Gertson, from Texas, were killed respectively by a car bomb explosion and sniper insurgent fire when they were conducting combat patrols in Mosul. The latest US death brings to 1.473 the number of US soldiers killed since the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq
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RIP
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Sgt. William Frizzell kisses his wife Amy February 20, 2005 during a homecoming celebration for 150 soldiers from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 293rd Military Police unit at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The MP's have been deployed since early March 2004 to providing military police support in Mosul, Iraq.

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A Belarus officer shows to his subordinates their day's food allowance at the military unit of "Uruchie" outside Minsk, 22 February 2005. 23 February Belarus will celebrate Men's Day, which was once Soviet Army Day in Soviet Union era
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Belarus military cooks cook a meal at the military unit of "Uruchie" outside Minsk, 22 February 2005. 23 February Belarus will celebrate Men's Day, which was once Soviet Army Day in Soviet Union era.
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[tenda]

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Guy in the left-"fekk no, shes doing it all wrong! landing gear down at this speed? she must be insane!"

Thing on the right -"bzzzzhhh prepah for landin' brummmmmmmm dang booooomn"

rofl
...eheheh... ;)

[AR-18]

RIP to the fallen.

[S'13]

Can't believe he's throwing a punch at that IDF soldier

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050222/capt.jrl10502221300.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl105.jpg

Don't worry, that guy is MAGAV, I'm sure he later felt sorry that he did that :lol:

P.S
It looks more like he's trying to grab his face.

[Initiative]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7770/7770878.jpg


I found it!

[tenda]

Can't believe he's throwing a punch at that IDF soldier

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050222/capt.jrl10502221300.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl105.jpg

Don't worry, that guy is MAGAV, I'm sure he later felt sorry that he did that :lol:

P.S
It looks more like he's trying to grab his face.
...eheheheh... rofl rofl

[Hawkeye]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7771/7771103.jpg

Don't you just love Belgium :D woot

[He219]

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U.S. Army Special Forces scan an area during a patrol in Iraq on Jan. 13, 2005
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U.S. Special Forces and members of the Albanian Army conduct a joint patrol in Iraq on Jan. 13, 2005
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A member of the Albanian Army mans a M-60 machinegun during a mounted patrol in Iraq on Jan. 13, 2005
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The battalion patch of the Iraqi Army in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing advance training techniques to members of the Iraqi Army
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An Iraqi soldier laughs during a break in hand-to-hand combat skills training from a U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier in Iraq on Jan. 28, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army.
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Iraqi soldiers receive hand-to-hand combat skills from a U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier in Iraq on Jan. 28, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army.
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Iraqi soldiers feel for their pulse during a first aid training course given by U.S. Army Special Forces in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing advance training techniques to members of the Iraqi Army.
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Iraqi soldiers conduct Marksmanship Training at a range in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army
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Iraqi soldiers conduct Marksmanship Training at a range in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army.
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An Iraqi soldiers gives a thumbs up during Marksmanship Training at a range in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army
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Iraqi Army soldiers conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) in Iraq on Feb. 3, 2005. The U.S. Army Special Forces are providing an advanced training program to select units of the Iraqi Army
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New Iraqi recruits attend a training session at the Iraqi National Guard compound on the outskirts of Camp Echo, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2005. Iraqi Army Soldiers are training new recruits in the proper employment and proficiency of various weapons systems as part of Iraqi Security Forces' efforts to maintain order and security in Iraq
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An Iraqi Soldier/instructor conducts a class for new Iraqi recruits during a training session at the Iraqi National Guard compound on the outskirts of Camp Echo, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2005. Iraqi Army Soldiers are training new recruits in the proper employment and proficiency of various weapons systems as part of Iraqi Security Forces' efforts to maintain order and security in Iraq.
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An Iraqi Soldier/instructor shows a Rocket Propelled Gun (RPG) to new recruits during a training session at the Iraqi National Guard compound on the outskirts of Camp Echo, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2005. Iraqi Army Soldiers are training new recruits in the proper employment and proficiency of various weapons systems as part of Iraqi Security Forces' efforts to maintain order and security in Iraq
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A new Iraqi recruit demonstrates various functions of a Rocket Propelled Gun (RPG) during a training session at the Iraqi National Guard compound on the outskirts of Camp Echo, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2005
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An Iraqi man shows his identification card to Iraqi Intervention Force (IIF) Soldiers, who are conducting a cordon and search at a car dealership in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2005. IIF and U.S. Army Soldiers with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), are searching the dealership for possible anti-Iraqi forces activity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson) (Released)

[Howie Kaluha]

Great pics He woot

[tenda]

Great pics He woot
..x 2...tnx...!!! ;)

[He219]

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Soldiers from the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division drive an M-1A1 Abrams tank convoy through the Tuanus Mountains, north of Frankfurt, Germany, during Exercise Ready Crucible, on Feb. 14, 2005. Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division and V Corps are conducting the tactical convoy and small unit training exercise in several communities near Friedberg, Germany. Exercise Ready Crucible tests the unit's ability to travel successfully in convoys and hone Soldiers' professional skills at the small unit level.
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U.S. Air Force Airman Debvon Walker (l) of the patient decontamination team, cuts away the uniform of Airman 1st Class Daniel Schou, following a simulated chemical attack during the 18th Wing's Operational Readiness Exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Feb. 16, 2005. Schou is suffering from a simulated broken leg and must undergo CBR decontamination prior to receiving medical care in the field hospital.
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Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, talks with Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division from Ft. Hood, Texas, as they prepare for an event at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2005. Schoomaker opened the rodeo festivities by swearing in new Army recruits before thousands of rodeo fans.
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U.S. Army Spc. Ashley Aune, assigned to the 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, hugs friends greeting her at the Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D., Feb. 16, 2005. The battalion soldier returned to North Dakota after a one-year deployment to Iraq
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U.S. Army Capt. Kim Nash instructs Afghan National Army soldiers on how to load a pallet for the humanitarian airlift to the Ghor Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2005. Nash is assigned as forward logistics element commander, 25th Infantry Division (Light), at Shindand Air Field, Afghanistan

[Shar.]

Really great pics! ThnQ woot

[big80a2]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050222/capt.jrl10202221241.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl102.jpg
see that rock flying ikes must hurt.... now I see what made the soldiers pist

[AVZ]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7771/7771663.jpg

Why do these guys remind me of the IRA and why is there always one that's out of step with everyone else? :cantbeli:

And it's always the little fat guy!!!!!!!!!

[He219]

http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7770/7770878.jpg


I found it!
Almost as good as this ...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/hand2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/lovers.jpg
;)


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In this undated image Major General Dan Halutz who was named on February 22, 2005 to replace Moshe Ya'alon as IDF chief of staff, is seen. Halutz is set to take over as head of the military just 11 days before the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, which calls for the evacuation of settlers from the entire Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank.
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A Syrian (name this ZSU-sometin' anti-aircraft platform) vehicle sits on a hill in the Bekaa Valley 22 February 2005. The Lebanese opposition is asking the end to Syria's political dominance and a withdrawal of the 14,000 troops still stationed in the country
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Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech prior to a concert devoted to the Day of Defenders of Fatherland in Moscow's Kremlin, 22 February 2005.
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Any info on the tough looking guy to the right of President Putin?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd-R) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov (2nd-L) listen to the Russian anthem during the concert devoted to the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland in Moscow's Kremlin, 22 February 2005.
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People demonstrate near the European Union institutions against the presence of the US President George W. Bush in Brussels 22 February 2005. US President Bush is on a 5-day trip to Belgium, Germany, and the Slovak Republic shoring up political relationships
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young boy holds an anti-war sign at a demonstration against the upcoming visit of U.S. President George W. Bush February 22, 2005 in Mainz, Germany. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder are scheduled to meet February 23 in Mainz, and protesters have planned demonstrations across Germany for the same day



The WTF Section
p-)
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WTF?
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In preparation for the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open, tennis legend Andre Agassi of the USA and the World's No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland, couldn't resist the temptation to have a friendly 'hit' on the world's most unique tennis court, the Helipad of the Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel on February 22, 2005, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Standing 321 metres high on a man made island, the majestic Burj Al Arab is without doubt the most recognizable hotel in the world. The hotel's helipad, which is situated 211 metres high covers a surface area of 415 square metres. Roger Federer is the reigning champion of the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open and is making his third appearance in the tournament. For Agassi this is his first time to appear in the ATP tournament where he has already progressed to the second round having beaten Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic. (Photo by David Cannon for Dubai Duty Free Via ***** Images)
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WTF?
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WTF?

Three year old explosive specialist German sheherd ''Fero'' plays with his ball near the stage at the Hviezdoslav square in central Bratislava 22 February, 2005, during the city's preparations for the upcoming summit of US President George W.Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin . Bush and Putin will meet in the Slovak capital on Thursday

[AVZ]

Check out what's written on it: BLITZKRIEG

Hähä - I hope they knew who invented it and what it means...

[callous]

Check out what's written on it: BLITZKRIEG

Hähä - I hope they knew who invented it and what it means...

I'm pretty sure the do. Good eye He.

[Macs.]

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Soldiers from the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division drive an M-1A1 Abrams tank convoy through the Tuanus Mountains, north of Frankfurt, Germany, during Exercise Ready Crucible, on Feb. 14, 2005. Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division and V Corps are conducting the tactical convoy and small unit training exercise in several communities near Friedberg, Germany. Exercise Ready Crucible tests the unit's ability to travel successfully in convoys and hone Soldiers' professional skills at the small unit level.

haha, very cool ! :)

[Shar.]

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Saw it on tv once.. one night in that hotel, costs like 25.000$ ?? or something.. :cantbeli:

[He219]

Check out what's written on it: BLITZKRIEG

Hähä - I hope they knew who invented it and what it means...
That's right, Heinz Guderian (http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/6657/6657200.jpg) did.
It's meaning has been applied as US military doctrine.

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A Pakistani policeman (R) stands next to a suspected Taliban activist, hooded to keep anonymous, as he is presented to the media following his arrest in Quetta, 22 February 2005. Pakistani police arrested the suspected Taliban activist in the south-western province of Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan, and seized a Kalashnikov rifle, ammunitions, a mobile phone and a Thuraya satellite phone as well as some documents, police said, indicating the detainee may have links with senior members of the ousted Afghan regime.

[callous]

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An Iraqi youth hits an Iraqi army truck with a stone after it was destroyed by insurgent fire in the northern Iraqi town of Bayji
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A US sniper (L) from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment takes position alongside to his colleague on a rooftop of a house after a car bomb exploded, targeting their convoy while patrolling in an area suspected of being a hot bed for insurgents, in the Muslim Sunni restive Iraqi northern city of Mosul

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Pfc. Malcolm Ackers, from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and a soldier from the 303rd Iraqi Army Battalion, watch for insurgent activity on Haifa Street in Baghdad. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting marking Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrated Wednesday, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Putin meets with U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday in Slovakia
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A German female demonstrator shows her blood-lust with a placard saying 'more war' during a rally for the visit of US President George W. Bush

What Up Blood!
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner Show thier gang affiliations during meeting of the Bloods at the EU Council building in Brussels

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This image, provided by publisher LucasArts Entertainment Co., shows one of many explosive action scenes players will experience in 'Mercenaries,' a new war video game

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A police officers runs from a fire bomb during a protest on the second day of U.S President George W. Bush 's meeting with European Union and NATO leaders, Tuesday
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Belgian riot police stand near a burning petrol bomb during an anti-Bush demonstration near the European Council in Brussels
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Belgian police tussle with anti-Bush protestors in Brussels near the European Council in Brussels, February 22, 2005. Belgian police fired teargas at hundreds of demonstrators protesting the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush
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Our President is Soooo Loved

[scrybe]

Great pics today. That tennis court is fricken insane! No fence or net or anything!

EDIT: Just noticed that thin net around the edge, but seriously!

[-Max2-]

A Syrian (name this ZSU-sometin' anti-aircraft platform) vehicle sits on a hill in the Bekaa Valley 22 February 2005.

ZSU-23-4 Shilka ?

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/interactive/munitions/gallery.zsu.23-4.jpg

[Peiper_76]

Check out what's written on it: BLITZKRIEG

Hähä - I hope they knew who invented it and what it means...

The British came up with the doctrine (J.F.C. Fuller and B. H. Liddell Hart), the Americans named it (Time magazine in September 25, 1939), and the Germans implemented it (Hans von Seeckt and Heinz Guderian). :cantbeli:

Now before I get flamed... I know there is more to combined arms doctrine than Fuller and Hart... There were the lessons from The Great War, von Moltke and von Schlieffen, and the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, in addition to other theorists already noted. My point is that is was not a purely German concept. Now the myth of "blitzkreig" on the other hand... :D

[RGRBOX]

That's one hot babe next to Laura Bush...Man I could do with some of that....

Kool Pics..

[He219]

Thanks, -Max-
That's it alright!
:D


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17. 2. 2005

Česká armáda cvičí své vojáky pro další misi v Afghánistánu (http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5432)

Česká republika posílí v březnu tohoto roku svůj kontingent v misi ISAF v Afghánistánu. Nový útvar by měl působit na severu země v okolí Fayzabádu.


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22. 2. 2005

Posílení systému protivzdušné obrany (http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5468)

V souvislosti se Summitem USA - Rusko bude v České republice v době od 23. února 2005 od 14.00 hodin SEČ do 24. února 2005 do 20.00 hodin SEČ posílen systém protivzdušné obrany NATINEADS o dva nadzvukové letouny MiG-21 MFN s osádkami na letišti v Čáslavi. Zároveň bude připraven jeden záložní letoun MiG 21MF.

V průběhu Summitu USA – Rusko se budou letouny vzdušných sil Armády České republiky pohybovat pouze v českém vzdušném prostoru a nebudou překračovat hranice.

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An unidentified crewman of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, salutes during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)
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Capt. Don Kelso, right, skipper of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter, speaks with reporters at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 during a press tour of the boat. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf Class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. At left is Chief of the Boat SCPO Shawn Burke. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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This is a view of the torpedo room of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter as seen at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005.
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This is a view of the officers' ward room aboard the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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Members of the crew sit at the controls aboard the Seawolf Class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005.
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Naval Submarine Base Groton, Conn. (Feb. 19, 2005) - The crew of Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) prepare to man the ship during her commissioning ceremony. Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf-class. A unique feature of the Jimmy Carter is a 100-foot hull extension called the Multi-Mission Platform, which provides enhanced payload capabilities, enabling the submarine to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles.
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Naval Submarine Base Groton, Conn. (Feb. 19, 2005) - Commanding Officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), Capt. Robert D. Kelso, addresses the guests during the commissioning ceremony for the submarine. Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf-class. A unique feature of the Jimmy Carter is a 100-foot hull extension called the Multi-Mission Platform, which provides enhanced payload capabilities, enabling the submarine to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles.
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Naval Submarine Base Groton, Conn. (Feb. 19, 2005) – Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn reacts after a speech during the commissioning ceremony for Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) in Groton, Conn. Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf-class.

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Feb. 1, 2005) – Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Byron Brinkley, left, and Boatwain’s Mate 1st Class Thomas Smith stand watch aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Viper patrol boat. The patrol unit is assigned to Maritime Safety and Security Team 91112 and is deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

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An Air Force soldier covered in sweat stands on guard during the swearing in ceremony of the new head of Argentina's Air Force, Brig. Gen. Eduardo Schiaffino (not in photo), Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Brig. Gen. Eduardo Schiaffino swears in as new head of Argentina's Air Force, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 in Buenos Aires, to replace dismissed Brig. Gen. Carlos Rhode. President Nestor Kirchner on Friday dismissed Rhode, which oversees airport security, in the midst of a scandal involving alleged drug trafficking at Buenos Aires' international airport. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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New head of Argentina's Air Force, Brig. Gen. Eduardo Schiaffino, left, shakes hands with outgoing Brig. Gen. Carlos Rhode, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 in Buenos Aires. President Nestor Kirchner on Friday dismissed Rhode, which oversees airport security, in the midst of a scandal involving alleged drug trafficking at Buenos Aires' international airport.


Some interesting historical pic's released today:

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A British soldier strikes a demonstrator after a shot was fired in the Crater district of Aden, Yemen, April 2, 1967. The riot followed a general strike called by extremist groups. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle)
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A British soldier brings down a demonstrator with a kick, during riots in the Crater district of Aden, Yemen, April 2, 1967. The demonstration followed a general strike called by extremist groups. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle)
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British soldiers gather a group of demonstrators, before searching them for weapons, following a riot in the Crater area of Aden, Yemen, April 2, 1967. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle)
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A demonstrator grabs at a rifle held by a British soldier, during riots in the Crater district of Aden, Yemen, April 3, 1967. During the riots two British soldiers were wounded by hand grenades thrown from the mob. (AP Photo)
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A British soldier of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers arrests a demonstrator in the Crater district of Aden, Yemen, April 3, 1967. (AP Photo)
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A rioter, shot after throwing a hand grenade, is dragged to a vehicle by armed British soldiers, in the Crater district of Aden, Yemen, April 3, 1967. (AP Photo)
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A British soldier kicks at demonstrators rounded up during riots in the Crater area of Aden, Yemen, April 3, 1967. The demonstrators ran through the town waving anti-British banners and chanting nationalist slogans. (AP Photo)
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Lt Col Colin 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell, the charismatic former commander of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who has died aged 70 seen in this 1968 photo. He earned his nickname in Aden in 1967 when he helped quell Arab nationalist disturbances to the sound of bagpipes.
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Marvin Schroeder, left, gives instruction to Ed Allis, center, and Shyuichi Saitoh as they prepare for a re-enactment of the battle of Iwo Jima on a Hill Country ranch, marking the 60th anniversary, in Doss, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The tribute will include more than 300 re-enactors, tanks, jeeps, landing craft and pyrotechnics. The 90-minute mock battle will be narrated by retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Part-time actor Ed Allis, wearing a replica Japanese uniform, stands on the site to be used in a re-enactment of the battle of Iwo Jima on a Hill Country ranch, marking the 60th anniversary, in Doss, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The tribute will include more than 300 re-enactors, tanks, jeeps, landing craft and pyrotechnics. The 90-minute mock battle will be narrated by retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sunni Michael demonstrates a flamethrower that will be used in a re-enactment of the battle of Iwo Jima, marking the 60th anniversary, on a Hill Country ranch in Doss, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005. The tribute will include more than 300 re-enactors, tanks, jeeps, landing craft and pyrotechnics. The 90-minute mock battle will be narrated by retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man examines a World War II Russian T-38 tank lifted from the Neva River outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The light amphibian tank, sunk during World War II on the battlefield, was discovered only recently. After restoration, the tank will be placed in the memorial dedicated to the lifting of the Leningrad blockade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany
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An Orthodox priest serves at a World War II Russian T-38 tank lifted from the Neva River outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The light amphibian tank, sunk during World War II on the battlefield, was discovered only recently. After restoration, the tank will be placed in the memorial dedicated to the lifting of the Leningrad blockade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)




Good Blitzkrieg info, Peiper_76!
:)

[§nake]

GP woot

[Pille1234]

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You missed the ball, you're gonna fetch it!

Great Pics today! :D

[<Gypsum Fantastic>]

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:cantbeli:

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This is your definition for War of attrition. :(

[Prometheus]

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gnaha... thats a nice one...



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Protesters in the Polish city of Gdansk burn an effigy of Erika Steinbach, the head of the German Federation of Expellees, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. Steinbach's group has sparked outrage in Poland for demanding restitution for property to Germans expelled from Poland after World War II. ( AP Photo/ Wojtek Jakubowski )

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Picture taken 19 September 2003 of a controversial photo-montage, cover of the current edition of the Polish weekly WPROST (Direct) showing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (bottom), and Erika Steinbach, Head of the Federation of German Expellees, dressed as a Nazi officer. Steinbach is pushing for construction of a memorial to the millions of Germans who were forced from their homes in the shift of national borders following World War II. The photo montage illustrates the cover story titled: "The German Trojan Horse" and at left "German owe Poles US$ 1 trillion for World War II" which estimates the amount of damage the Nazis caused to Polish cities.


WTF ?

Damn polish nationalists !
They owe us at least he same sum for not putting our veto on their EU joining a few years ago! It's simply abusive to see such bull**** whilst Poland only benefit from our good will! We take serious disadvantages for our economy and labor market to integrate Poland to the EU and that's the polish way to return the favour? :fork:

[He219]

I'm suprised that nobody metioned anything about these pic's:

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1) Nice T-62 (BDD?)
2) Notice the add on Slat-Cage ...

http://www.defense-update.com/images/btr-80-cage.jpg

... reminds me of the 8mm Panzerfaust/Panzerschreck mesh
http://www.battlefield.ru/tanks/t34_85/t34_85_4.jpg
and JS-2 HEAT shields
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[RGRBOX]

Damn, the pictures just keep comin on...Great pics guys...Love the Jap. Tank...

[American Patriot]

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Iraqi Elections on the Road to Democracy
US Soldier Sgt. First Class Neal , left, of Lewiston, Idaho, stands with a photograph of his wife taped to his gun with another soldier from the 116 Engineers battallion as they stand guard on top of a police station in Kirkuk.
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Wow, Ranger tab.

Iraqi Army Takes Over Volatile Haifa Neighborhood
Brigadier General Jaleel Khalaf Shwail, who commands the 40th Iraqi Army Brigade that will take over patrols in the volatile neighborhood of Haifa on February 21, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Iraqi Army Takes Over Volatile Haifa Neighborhood
A solider with the Iraqi National Guard patrols in the volatile neighborhood of Haifa on February 21, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. The patrol is to make contact with foreign insurgents and local anti Iraqi Forces (AIF).

[szr]

Great pics all around!


http://cache.*****images.com/comp/52227591.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=1562F455D739C8E6E29CE581936566BEA9C30E9B9B114CE8Haha this dog is too cool!

[EsoognomEhT]

The USS Jimmy Carter, funky name for a sub lol !

[Pook2]

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Sgt. William Frizzell kisses his wife Amy February 20, 2005 during a homecoming celebration for 150 soldiers from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 293rd Military Police unit at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The MP's have been deployed since early March 2004 to providing military police support in Mosul, Iraq.

Thats funny. My name is William Frizzell.

[Dalleer]

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We've got surprisingly odd facial expressions from the "higher ups" today..

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And what comes to this "plumb" lady.. Well , that's just stupid. Old ladies like that shouldn't be crawling around the floors and playing with little plastic soldiers..

Really , she has really ashamed herself.

[FallenAngel]

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I'd bungie jump from the top of that thing in an instant. Looks like fun :)

Good posts today guys :D

[usa320]

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Why was this target passed up? I saw at least 2 guys involved in this rally holding machine guns. They shoulda rolled in on that street and dropped a few... And am i the only one who is concerned with the fact that the medhi army is appearing to be organized and somewhat well equipped? I mean they are all wearing matching uniforms... none of the other insurgent groups do. Methinks Iran is sending them ****.


As for those german goofies, why were they not shot when they tossed the incendiary device at the cops? In the US im pretty sure that would get you shot...

[American Patriot]

They're not a target, nuff said. The new govt will take care of Sadr and his bull**** militia.

[Sergei]

That's right, Heinz Guderian (http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/6657/6657200.jpg) did.
It's meaning has been applied as US military doctrine.



Well, when speedy Heinz was still a student in Lipetsk tank school in SU, marshall Tukhachevsky was already employing it on a large scale. So called "Deep operational maneuver". The author of the tactic was Triandafilov, the tsarist strategist of WWI. Check it out.

[JQ24]

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OUCH! That's gotta hurt! At least it's not a bullet. That scene looks so chaotic.

[Peiper_76]

Well, when speedy Heinz was still a student in Lipetsk tank school in SU, marshall Tukhachevsky was already employing it on a large scale. So called "Deep operational maneuver". The author of the tactic was Triandafilov, the tsarist strategist of WWI. Check it out.

You are wrong on many points.

Lipetsk was an German aviation school established in the Soviet Union clandestinely to circumvent the restrictions in the Treaty ofVersailles. It was never a "tank school."

Heinz Guderian never attended the Lipetsk school as a student (he was born on June 17, 1888). Around 1922, he translated the works of Basil Liddell Hart and John Fuller, the main proponents of "Blitzkrieg" style warfare. It was through this study that he became an expert on the subject. Subsequently, he became a teacher at the German Panzerschule named Kama in Kazan, which had also been founded under the same conditions as Lipetsk.

As for the two Soviet theorists, it is unclear exactly what you are referencing. Tukhachevsky did write several texts regarding armored warfare (The Scale of Operations of Modern Armies, 1926, and The Character of the Operations of the Mobile Army, 1929), but they were penned much later than many of the seminal texts on the subject. In fact, they represented more of an effort to incorporate western theory into the Soviet model. He also contributed to the Provisional Field Regulations of 1936 which attempted to create a basic "Blitzkrieg" style maneuver. However, in the Summer of 1937, Tukhachevsky is executed in the purges ordered by Stalin and the mechanized units were disbanded.

Triandafilov was the primary author of Field Regulations of 1929 (PU-29). While PU-29 made some efforts to encourage the creation of stand-alone armored formations, it was remembered for the elevation of the Commissar within the military, "to boltser morale." His career was cut short by a plane crash in the early thirties.

It was not until the Stavka directive of January 10, 1942, and many painful lessons from the Germans, that the Soviets decided to effectively re-instate "Blitzkrieg" style operations.