Today's Pic's. - Dec. 11

[He219]

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Nice optics...

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U.S. soldiers search for weapons during a pre-dawn blitz against fedayeen cells in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, as former Iraqi strongman's portrait lies smashed on the floor, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. US forces from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division raided two homes and detained three men believed to be leaders of an insurgent cell responsible for attacks against American troops and Iraqi civilians in Saddam Hussein's volatile hometown and seized a large weapons cache. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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A soldier of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Forse Ironhorse) guards a detained member of a fedayeen organization, during a night raid in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Acting on an informant's tip, U.S. troops arrested three men believed to be leaders of an insurgent cell responsible for attacks against American troops and Iraqi civilians in Saddam Hussein's volatile hometown and seized a large weapons cache. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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A reconnaissance and light attack helicopter fires a missile in a field in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Two helicopters provided air support to U.S. troops raiding two homes of suspected fedayeen. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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A U.S. soldier shouts orders as they raided a house in Bahdad, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Iraqi police officers search detain Iraqi men during a raid searching for weapons, drugs and prostitutes in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Police academy graduates demonstrate crowd control during graduation ceremony in the town of Basra, some 550 kilometers south of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

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Police academy graduates carry British soldiers who trained them, on their shoulders during graduation a ceremony in the southern town of Basra, some 550 kilometesr north of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

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U.S. Infantry soldiers detain an Iraqi man during an operation in the town of Baquba in central Iraq (news - web sites), December 11, 2003. Much of the resistance to the U.S. led occupation is concentrated in Baquba, located in the 'Sunni triangle.' Troops and Iraqi police raided several buildings, arrested 16 men and seized 28 Kalashnikov rifles and bomb-making equipment. Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/*******

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A U.S. soldier and Iraqi policeman guard the entrance to a building during an operation in the town of Baquba in central Iraq (news - web sites), December 11, 2003. Troops and Iraqi police raided apartment buildings looking for weapons and explosives. In Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, U.S. troops seized three Iraqi men suspected of heading guerrilla cells and said they had uncovered a weapons cache with enough ammunition to launch a string of attacks. Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/*******

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Indian army soldiers look at a U.S. flag-draped coffin of U.S. Army Sgt. Uday Singh at his parents' residence in Chandigarh, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Singh was the first Indian killed in the Iraq (news - web sites) conflict on Dec. 1, when his convoy was ambushed in Habbaniyah, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Baghdad. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)


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A Japanese Self-Defense Ground Force soldier aims his recoilless guns during a drill opened to the medial at Chitose, northern japan, on Thursday December 11, 2003. In a public display, soldiers from the Self-Defense Ground Force Northern Army demonstrated the kinds of activities they may perform in Iraq (news - web sites). On Tuesday, the government approved a plan to dispatch about 1,000 soldiers to help rebuild Iraq. (AP Photo/Kyodo)

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Japanese Self-Defense Ground Force soldiers stand in line as they watch a water-purification process during a drill opened to the media in Chitose, northern Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. In a public display, soldiers from the Self-Defense Ground Force Northern Army demonstrated the kinds of activities they may perform in Iraq (news - web sites). On Tuesday, the government approved a plan to dispatch about 1,000 soldiers to help rebuild Iraq. (AP Photo/Kyodo)

[He219]

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An Israeli rescue worker checks a damaged facade of a building at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. The explosion went off at a money changer's shop in a crowded Tel Aviv business district, killing two people and wounding 12 in what police said may have been an attack by Israeli underworld figures. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli forensic investigator talks on his mobile phone as he stands next to an unidentified body at the scene of an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec. 11, 2003.


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Israeli police officers secure the scene of an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. The explosion went off at a money changer's shop in a crowded Tel Aviv business district, killing two people and wounding 12 in what police said may have been an attack by Israeli underworld figures. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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An Israeli tank is seen through a hole in a wall as it moves past a cemetery during an Army raid in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip , Thursday, Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinian gunmen take positions during clashes with Israeli troops in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip , Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Palestinian militants carry a wounded comrade into the Najar hospital following clashes with Israeli troops at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip , Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. Medical condition of this man unknown. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


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A Palestinian boy, who was wounded during clashes with Israeli troops, is covered in blood as he arrives at the Najar Hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Rafika Jimzawi, mother of slain Palestinian, 16-year-old, Faris Ibrahim mourns during his funeral at Kalandia refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. Israeli troops shot and killed Faris Ibrahim, Tuesday near Kalandia refugee camp for allegedly throwing stones at nearby soldiers. ( AP Photo / Nasser Nasser)

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Palestinian Mohammed Kadi weeps at his destroyed home following a raid by Israeli troops in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec.11, 2003. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. Olmert said Israel would have to dismantle "a considerable amount of settlements'' under his plan for a unilateral withdrawal from some areas of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and he would soon reveal precise details of his plans. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Ma Deuce with a scope--I don't believe I've ever seen that before...

Great pics, He219!

[wyrm_142]

It's a thermal imager - so a scope on 'roids.

[Seoulstriker]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

[Javehn]

Heard about "Paintball injurees " ?? :lol:
Too bad , the shirt was nice ... How morronic can they get ?

[Seoulstriker]

Heard about "Paintball injurees " ?? :lol:

hahaha. that's probably what's there right now.


it is not a gun shot wound: no impact point, kid doesn't care, blood is 'smeared' in even pattern over his face. the kid really couldn't care less that he is bleeding profusely.

PA propaganda at work. :roll:

[ArmedPacifist]

I don't think he's bleeding, that looks more like a blood splatter to me.

Excellent propaganda.

[Seoulstriker]

I don't think he's bleeding, that looks more like a blood splatter to me.

Excellent propaganda.



A Palestinian boy, who was wounded during clashes with Israeli troops, is covered in blood as he arrives at the Najar Hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


the media are playing into the PA. :-*$

[Javehn]

I don't think he's bleeding, that looks more like a blood splatter to me.

Excellent propaganda.



A Palestinian boy, who was wounded during clashes with Israeli troops, is covered in blood as he arrives at the Najar Hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


the media are playing into the PA. :-*$

The media maybe playing into the PA , but half of the world bellieve them..

[Seoulstriker]

I don't think he's bleeding, that looks more like a blood splatter to me.

Excellent propaganda.



A Palestinian boy, who was wounded during clashes with Israeli troops, is covered in blood as he arrives at the Najar Hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec.11, 2003. Israeli troops raided the refugee camp early Thursday, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least a dozen, hospital officials said. Witnesses said troops had surrounded two houses, one belonging to a Hamas militant and the other a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad group when the gunbattle erupted. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


the media are playing into the PA. :-*$

The media maybe playing into the PA , but half of the world bellieve them..

exactly. i bet most of the world sees the photo and says "israel is killing palestinian children!" it's really sad.

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As you said, nice optics! Could that be a Leupold scope? Interesting, I've only seen those pictured on more long-range rifles. I was under the impression that the US Army was using the lower-magnification optics like the Trijicon ACOG for the designated marksmen?

So, does this mean that the scope pictured above is better for the designated marksman role? Or is it just that when this trooper went to the quartermaster, they were all out of the Trijicon types? Or maybe it is just more suited to his (or his CO's) preferences.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject could elaborate?

In any case, simply fantastic pictures!

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Put on your game face, Japan! :D

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[Marmot1]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

that bllod comes from the ear that is due to head injury or close explosion of stunt grenade, that caused internal ear bleeding it's why this blood is so light red and why he looks like he do not care,since probablye is in shock... this boy probably will be deaf on this ear premanently....

and about propaganda....destroying whole building because there lived only one terrorist looks to me like executing entire villages in poland for hiding one jew during the WW2 i know of at least couple such cases

and the colective responibility is not the way....

[Seoulstriker]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

that bllod comes from the ear that is probabyl bue to head injury or close exploshion that caused internal ear bleeding this boy probably will be deaf on this ear premanently....

can you locate that 'head injury'? and ruptured ear drums from a pressure blast do not cause that much 'blood' to be produced from the ears.

[Javehn]

Common , man , please . Please , don't make me call you names ...
Don't tell me you bellieve this ????? This one doesn't even look persuasive. They had much better jobs then that . I have thousands of stories how they like to perform infront of cammera in smear themself with paint , or ketchup . They didn't want even to put some dissent work on him . Common , at list put some ketchup , not cheep paint !!

[Marmot1]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

that bllod comes from the ear that is probabyl bue to head injury or close exploshion that caused internal ear bleeding this boy probably will be deaf on this ear premanently....

can you locate that 'head injury'? and ruptured ear drums from a pressure blast do not cause that much 'blood' to be produced from the ears.

if it`s internal injury you will not see wound...and bleeding from the ear can be much more bloody i know somethin since i treated last year kid who hit floor with his head and bleednig was much more severe, also on head u have a lot of smal vains but when u cut them bleeding is terrible I had a 3mm cut that soaked my shirt with blood to the belt... so i know what I am talking about...

[Seoulstriker]

just look at his face. does he look like he has a severe head injury? the blood is already dry.

the PA has done this before to make injuries look as realistic as possible. do you honestly believe this kid is injured???

[Salty Dog]

i don't know about the kid, but it looks like blood and guts are on this rifle
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and then in this picture the rifle seems clean



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you thinks it's blood and guts, and brain matter and such?, i need a professional medical opinion.

[Seoulstriker]

i think it's just a rag wrapped around the rifle, not blood or brain matter.

i don't know what is near the magazine and the pistol handle... could be blood. i don't know. the image is too blurry.

[ArmedPacifist]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

that bllod comes from the ear that is probabyl bue to head injury or close exploshion that caused internal ear bleeding this boy probably will be deaf on this ear premanently....

can you locate that 'head injury'? and ruptured ear drums from a pressure blast do not cause that much 'blood' to be produced from the ears.

if it`s internal injury you will not see wound...and bleeding from the ear can be much more bloody i know somethin since i treated last year kid who hit floor with his head and bleednig was much more severe, also on head u have a lot of smal vains but when u cut them bleeding is terrible I had a 3mm cut that soaked my shirt with blood to the belt... so i know what I am talking about...

How do you then explain the blood that is splattered close to his eyes? If this flowed out of his ear, then how do you explain the island like drops of blood on his face?

[Javehn]

MarMot , i am reasonable person , and i never reacted this way, but you pissing me off !!!

If you don't know the facts , shut the hell up . Just shut up . Enough insult every soldier that serving and served IDF (that's include me ). Destroying whole villages ? God damnit , people like you pissing me . No one destroying no ****ing villadge because of terrorist. You better pay a little bit less attention what is said on the news . Idiot . Your compareses are of non educated human being , so straight your facts together . This boy is POSING FOR CAMERA . I SEEN THAT HAPPENDS THOUSANDS OF TIMES . NO ONE NEER THE BOY GIVES A **** ON HIM .THE BOY LOOKS LIKE HE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN THAT HE IS HALF BLEEDING. If you would like to hear a nice story how they do it , i would be happy to tell you . But don't come out with such sayings . You are the victom of that same propaganda .
That's all

And by the way , the picture with gun is all real .

[Argyll]

If that blood was dry it would be a lot darker,and it would also be flaked around the collar! ;)

Re the burst eardrum thing,well I can tell you from experience I was in a throwing bay when another squaddie's L2 Grenaded fell into the priming bay,the Cpl there pulled the Soldier out both suffered perforated/burst ear drums and the blood was pissing out of all facial orifices!!

Sometimes they actually do post non faked pics too guys!!
The wound looks like its from behind the ear,the splattering of the face would come from running with the collar saturated in blood hitting his face as he legged it!

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if it is his then the blood could have got round his face by holding something up to it. And if it isn't his blood which I suspect, he could have been holding someone else who was bleeding.

[Seoulstriker]

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i wonder where this boy is 'injured'... :roll:

that bllod comes from the ear that is probabyl bue to head injury or close exploshion that caused internal ear bleeding this boy probably will be deaf on this ear premanently....

can you locate that 'head injury'? and ruptured ear drums from a pressure blast do not cause that much 'blood' to be produced from the ears.

if it`s internal injury you will not see wound...and bleeding from the ear can be much more bloody i know somethin since i treated last year kid who hit floor with his head and bleednig was much more severe, also on head u have a lot of smal vains but when u cut them bleeding is terrible I had a 3mm cut that soaked my shirt with blood to the belt... so i know what I am talking about...

How do you then explain the blood that is splattered close to his eyes? If this flowed out of his ear, then how do you explain the island like drops of blood on his face?

exactly. the blood splatter doesn't make any sense. just look at the opposite side of the ear, his jacket lappel. soaked with 'blood'.

JUST LOOK AT HIS DAMN FACIAL EXPRESSION!!! the kid could care less if he were bleeding to death!

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Iraq war's Indian victim cremated

By Asit Jolly
BBC correspondent in Chandigarh



A funeral has been held for a US army soldier from India who was killed while on patrol in Habbaniya, Iraq.

The US army's Lieutenant General James Campbell led tributes to Sergeant Uday Singh as his body was cremated in his home-town of Chandigarh, north India.

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The 21-year-old - who, relatives say, had hoped for US citizenship - is the first Indian killed in combat in Iraq.

Earlier this year, India's Government rejected a US request for peacekeeping troops to be sent to Iraq.

Sergeant Singh was posthumously awarded top gallantry awards - the Bronze Star and the US army's oldest accolade, the Purple Heart medal.

A contingent of US soldiers attended the funeral, and were joined by buglers from the Indian army's Gurkha regiment. (the ones in the photo maybe?)

Lieutenant General Campbell, who heads the US army's Pacific Command, spoke of Sergeant Singh as a "brother in arms and a true Indian".

Describing him as a hero, he said Sergeant Singh was and always would be an American soldier.



Flag and medals

The military honours were preceded by a religious ceremony, in which Sikh prayers were read out.

The dead soldier's father, former Indian army officer Lieutenant Colonel Preet Mohinder Singh, his mother and his sister, wept as his body was consigned to the flames, according to ancient Sikh ritual.

Uday Singh's parents were later given a US flag and replicas of their son's medal by Lieutenant General Campbell.

Sergeant Singh was killed on 1 December when his patrol was ambushed by suspected insurgents in the town of Habbaniya, west of Baghdad.

India's Government has said it will not send its troops to support US forces in Iraq until there is an international consensus on the future of the war-torn, oil-rich state.

[He219]

Heard about "Paintball injurees " ?? :lol:
Too bad , the shirt was nice ... How morronic can they get ?
Jeez, that's absolutely brutal.
That can't possibly be real. :roll:

Yes, it is an image of the tragedy of continuing the cycle of violence - that is what is moronic. The AP reporters on site document events visible for all to see. Your photo from another section of the IDF soldiers with dozens of media one step behind is a perfect example - and a fantastic image I must say....

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People tend to a wounded man as he lays in the street at the scene of an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. The explosion went off at a money changer's shop in a crowded Tel Aviv business district, killing two people and wounding 12 in what police said may have been an attack by Israeli underworld figures. (AP Photo)


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U.S. award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey is temporarily apprehended by Israeli border police officers while covering clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in east Jerusalem's Old City in this 2001 file photo. Nachtwey, known for haunting images of war and poverty, and Time magazine senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf were wounded late Wednesday Dec. 10, 2003 in Baghdad along with two U.S. soldiers when a grenade was tossed into their Humvee, while travelling with a U.S. Army patrol from the army's 1st Armored Division, the military and the magazine said Thursday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, left, and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, right, review the honour guards after Annan's arrival at Chancellery in Berlin Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, prior to their political talks. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)

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A soldier covers his face as others unload the bodies of paramilitary fighters at an army base in Villavicencio, 50 miles southeast of Bogota, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Colombian troops killed 24 right-wing paramilitary fighters and captured 39 others in Puerto Gaitan, a rural zone 14 miles southeast of the capital, in one of the largest operations against the outlawed militias since they opened disarmament talks with the government in July. (AP Photo/Juan Herrera)

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An unidentified relative offers prayer at the funeral pyre of U.S. Army Sgt. Uday Singh in Chandigarh, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Singh was the first Indian killed in the Iraq (news - web sites) conflict on Dec. 1, when his convoy was ambushed in Habbaniyah, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Baghdad. Also seen in background are U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Allan, top left, and Sgt. Jeffrey Smith, top center. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

[Haiw]

I don't know about the photo, but what you guys are saying about 'so much blood being impossible from a cut' and the boy 'looking like he didn't give a damn' doesn't make much sense.
I've had quite some cuts in my life, and none of 'em caused any pain at all... Hell, last summer some glass bottle exploded near me, and a small piece of glass hit my neck (just a little piece of the flesh, no arteries or whatsoever). I hardly felt anything (only a sudden feeling like something had hit it, but just like someone threw peanut at it), and it was only after some people started getting freaked out that I noticed that I was bleeding. Within 30 seconds my entire shirt was soaked red at the front...
And all that time I didn't feel ****...

So to summarize, I won't give any conclusions about the picture because frankly I don't know, but the 'extreem blood' and 'he looks careless' arguments are just plain bull****.