Today's Pic's - Dec. 23

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INCOMING TOMCAT — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Chancellor Staley supervises Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin Jarret as he guides an F-14A Tomcat aircraft as it comes in for an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Enterprise. Enterprise is underway in the Arabian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jhi L. Scott

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Norfolk, Va. (Dec. 19, 2003) -- The Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) makes ready to moor along side USS Hampton (SSN 767) after returning home to Naval Station Norfolk. Jacksonville was deployed for three months in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller. (RELEASED)

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Norfolk, Va. (Dec. 19, 2003) -- The Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), right, moors alongside USS Hampton (SSN 767), following her return from a three month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller. (RELEASED)

And guess who they brought from the North Pole?


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Norfolk, Va. (Dec. 19, 2003) -- Santa Claus comes across the brow from the nuclear powered Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) after the submarine returned home to Naval Station Norfolk from a three-month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller. (RELEASED)
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Carrier qualifications for the B-2? Just add a tailhook... ;)

Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (File photo) – U.S. Navy Lt. Michael "Bobby" Orr is the first pilot from another branch of the U.S. military to fly the B-2 stealth bomber. He will be assigned to the 509th Operations Support Squadron at Whiteman AFB, following an extensive training program. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nick Martin. (RELEASED)

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At sea aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Dec. 20, 2003 -- U.S. Army General John Abizaid, commander, U.S. Central Command, and staff exit an MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to the “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron One Five (HM-15) on the flight deck aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The aircraft carrier is underway in the Arabian Gulf conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Justin McGarry. (RELEASED)

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At sea aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Dec. 20, 2003 -- U.S. Army General John Abizaid, commander, U.S. Central Command, observes an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the “Checkerboards” of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) as it is launched from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The nuclear powered aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua E. Helgeson. (RELEASED)

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At sea aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Dec. 20, 2003 -- An HH-60H Seahawk assigned to the “Gunbearers” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eleven (HS-11) approaches USS Enterprise (CVN 65) during vertical replenishment operations between the fast combat support ship USS Detroit (AOE 4) and the guided missile cruiser USS *****sburg (CG 64), pictured behind the helicopter. Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are underway in the Arabian Gulf conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Justin McGarry. (RELEASED)

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Dec. 19, 2003) -- The newly commissioned guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails into her new homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Chafee is the 40th Arleigh Burke class destroyer and was commissioned Oct. 18, 2003, in Newport, Rhode Island. The destroyer was named after Senator John Chafee, who served in the Marine Corps during World War II and as the Secretary of the Navy from 1969-1972. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dennis C. Cantrell. (RELEASED)

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An armed British policemen watches over travelers at London's Heathrow airport, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2003. Security in London has been stepped up due to a warning from the U.S. concerning a terrorist attack over the Christmas period. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis)

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A heavily-armed New York City Police officer patrols the street outside the New York Stock Exchange, December 23, 2003. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced on December 21 that he has raised the national terror alert from 'Code Yellow' to 'Code Orange,' or high risk. Inside, Stocks moved higher on Tuesday as signs of an improving economy helped lift investor sentiment in a quiet session on the last full trading day before Christmas. *******/Mike Segar

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A British soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) points his automatic rifle during a patrol in Bagrami, southeast of Kabul December 22, 2003. The 12,000-strong U.S.-led force in Afghanistan have launched its biggest operation this month to counter threats to disrupt the constitutional Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, which opened December 14 in Afghan capital. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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Former Toronto Maple Leaf, Dave "Tiger" Williams autographs a shirt for Cpl Corey Broderick, of The Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment, Battalion Group (3 RCR BG) at Camp Julien, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The "Hockey Heroes" Kirk McLean, Cassie Campbell, and Dave "Tiger" Williams were in Kabul as part of a morale-boosting visit, and to show support for the troops deployed on Operation Athena.

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U.S. soldiers of 45th Infantry Brigade from Oklahoma Army National Guard on foot patrol are reflected in the surface of a stream, at dawn through this winter's first snow in Hudkhell village on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The guardsmen are playing an important role in the training of the new Afghan National Army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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U.S. soldiers of 45th Infantry Brigade from Oklahoma Army National Guard patrol through this winter's first snow in Hudkhell village on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The soldiers are playing an important role in the training of the new Afghan National Army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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A US soldier walks amid Iraqi civilians as he patrols the area of a gas station in Baghdad.(AFP/Abdelhah Senna)

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Specialist Chad Wilkerson of Clarksville, TN., distributes Christmas gifts to Iraqi children in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A recruit from the New Iraqi Army does disciplinary pushups at Kir Kush Military Training Base, northeasten Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. The new all-volunteer army is envisioned as an example of tolerance and diversity, in contrast to Saddam's Sunni-dominated military. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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An officer gives orders to recruits of the New Iraqi Army at Kir Kush Military Training Base, southeastern Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. The new all-volunteer army is envisioned as an example of tolerance and diversity, in contrast to Saddam's Sunni-dominated military. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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An Israeli soldier walks by the body of a Palestinian gunman near the Kisufim junction in the Gaza Strip, Monday Dec. 22, 2003. Before being shot dead by troops, the man had thrown a grenade at Israeli soldiers during a firefight that killed two Israeli officers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Palestinian civilians leave the area as Israeli troops clash with Palestinian gunmen while conducting an operation in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Early Tuesday, about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Palestinians evacuate children during an Israeli army operation inside the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, December 23, 2003. Israeli troops and tanks swept into a Gaza refugee camp Tuesday, killing eight Palestinians just hours after Israel lost its first two soldiers in a month of relative calm that has spurred peace efforts. Witnesses said about 20 Israeli tanks rumbled into a refugee camp in Rafah overnight, drawing fire from militants. More tanks, firing machineguns, moved in during the day. *******/Ahmed Rashad

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The body of Palestinian youth lies between the damaged houses after he was shot by Israeli troops, during an operation at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, December 23,2003. Israeli soldiers backed by tanks launched a raid into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing two Palestinians in a gun battle, Palestinian medics said. The raid occurred hours after two Israeli army officers were killed in an ambush in central Gaza, the first Israeli deaths in fighting in the occupied territories in a month. *******/Ahmed Rashad

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Palestinians evacuate a boy from his family house during Israeli operation at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 23, 2003. Israeli soldiers backed by tanks launched a raid into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing two Palestinians in a gun battle, Palestinian medics said. The raid occurred hours after two Israeli army officers were killed in an ambush in central Gaza, the first Israeli deaths in fighting in the occupied territories in a month. *******/Ahmed Rashad

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Palestinian gunmen take cover as another one shoots towards an Israeli army bulldozer during an army incursion in the refugee camp of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Early Tuesday, about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A Palestinian gunman looks down an alley from the cover of a wall during clashes with Israeli army troops in the refugee camp of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. About 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp Tuesday on the Gaza-Egypt border. According to hospital officials, eight Palestinians, four gunmen and four civilians, were killed and 42 other people, including nine children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A dead Palestinian gunman is carried away after being killed during a gunfight with Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Early Tuesday, about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border. According to hospital officials, eight Palestinians, including five militants and three civilians were killed and 41 other people, including nine children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A masked Palestinian gunman is helped to an ambulance after being wounded during a gunfight with Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Early Tuesday, about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border, Palestinians said. Eight Palestinians _ five militants and three civilians _ were killed and at least 41 other people, including nine children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire, hospital officials said. The violence marked the bloodiest day in Gaza in two months. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Local UN medical workers and other residents carry a Palestinian gunman, wounded during a gunfight with Israeli troops, into a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Early Tuesday, about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border. Eight Palestinians - five militants and three civilians - were killed and 42 other people, including nine children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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The sons of Ayed al-Najar look at the body of their father, a militant of a militia linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, during his funeral in a mosque in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. He was one of the four gunmen killed Tuesday when about 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border. According to hospital officials, eight Palestinians, four civilians and four gunmen, were killed and 42 other people, including ninechildren, were wounded by Israeli gunfire.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Captain Hagai Bibi during his funeral, at Mt. Hertzl military cemetery, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Bibi and another soldier were killed the previous day during clashes with Palestinian gunmen in Gaza. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Israeli soldiers cry during the funeral of 23-year-old Israeli army Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman in the city of Afula, Northern Israel Tuesday Dec. 23 2003. Wiseman and another Israeli officer were killed late Monday in an ambush by Palestinian gunmen near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Moran, the sister of slain Israeli army captain Haggai Bibi, mourns at his funeral in Jerusalem, December 23, 2003. Bibi and his deputy were killed in an ambush in the Gaza Strip on Monday night. *******/Gil Cohen Magen

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Mourning : An Israeli soldier cries during the funeral of his comrade Leonardo Wiseman at a cemetery in the town of Afula, some 80 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv. (AFP/Yoav Lemmer)

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A blindfolded dog walks on balance beams during exercises at a dog training center of Belarussian Defense Ministry, in Kolodishchi, December 23, 2003. The dogs are specially trained at the center to meet the needs of the Defense Ministry and other government structures. *******/Vasily Fedosenko

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A perfect job for ex-KGB entry teams...

A steeplejack, dressed as Father Frost, Russia's equivalent of Santa Claus, scales the wall of a Moscow apartment building, December 23, 2003. Several steeplejacks in Moscow are paid during the Christmas period by parents to scale the walls and enter apartments, to suprise the children inside. *******/Sergei Karpukhin

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chief of Russia's largest oil company, Yukos is escorted to a court in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. Khodorkovsky, the embattled former chief of Russia's largest oil company, Yukos, was brought to a Moscow court on Tuesday for a second day of hearings on a prosecutors' appeal to keep him in custody for another three months. (AP Photo/Str)

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Zvezdan Jovanovic, a former deputy commander of the secret service elite "Red Berets" sits with a jail security officer, at the second day of the trial of 36 suspected gangsters and police officers charged with the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2003 in Belgrade, Serbia. Jovanovic is accused of firing the bullets that killed Djindjic and wounded his bodyguard on March 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Soldiers of Karen National Union salute their leaders during a New Year celebration at their jungle camp of Mi Aye Bu near the Thai-Myanmar border Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The Karen minority have been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar for more than five decades, has early in December a "gentleman's agreement" with the military government in Yangon to stop fighting while the two sides hold peace talks. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Vice Chairman of Karen National Union Gen. Bo Mya, left, addresses Karen soldiers and civilians during a New Year celebration at their jungle camp of Mi Aye Bu near the Thai-Myanmar border Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The Karen minority have been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar for more than five decades, has early in December a "gentleman's agreement" with the military government in Yangon to stop fighting while the two sides hold peace talks. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Karen soldiers watch the performance of Karen dancing troopers during a New Year celebration at their jungle camp of Mi Aye Bu near the Thai-Myanmar border Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The Karen minority have been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar for more than five decades, has early in December a "gentleman's agreement" with the military government in Yangon to stop fighting while the two sides hold peace talks. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Karen women soldiers pose for photograph with a friend, second right, during a New Year celebration at their jungle camp of Mi Aye Bu near the Thai-Myanmar border Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The Karen minority have been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar for more than five decades, has early in December a "gentleman's agreement" with the military government in Yangon to stop fighting while the two sides hold peace talks. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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A Karen boy watches the celebrations of a Karen New Year next to an M-16 rifle belongs to a security guard at the guerrilla's jungle camp of Mi Aye Bu near the Thai-Myanmar border Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. The Karen minority have been fighting for autonomy from Myanmar for more than five decades, has early in December a "gentleman's agreement" with the military government in Yangon to stop fighting while the two sides hold peace talks. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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A steeplejack, dressed as Father Frost, Russia's equivalent of Santa Claus, scales the wall of a Moscow apartment building, December 23, 2003. Several steeplejacks in Moscow are paid during the Christmas period by parents to scale the walls and enter apartments, to suprise the children inside. *******/Sergei Karpukhin

lol, this guy would get a nasty surprise in the US comin through a window. cool for kids though.

hey about that guy shot by israelis, he was being cared for by UN workers? i wasnt aware the UN was helping palistiniens on a medical aid basis who fight with israel? is the UN helping israel in this way? whats the UN mucking about this time in its role?

[Javehn]

This week Israeli forces arrested 22 terrorists from "Ez A-Din El-Kuasam Martirs brigade " (fighting part of Hamas ) in Rammalah . This cell is responcible for killing 10 Israelies at list . This group exactly supposed to make terror act - catch Israeli soldiers , kill them , take the weapons , and ... Cut the heads of them . Sounds like true Freedom fighter to me . Then they wanted to take videos of those heads , and demand release of they friend fighters from jails . The sponsership for that action came from Damascus .
Israeli soldiers this week said they don't want to serve on occupied territories . They are the ones with moral problems . I guess those terrorists have no moral problems whatsoever.

Peace.

[He219]

3 Israeli soldiers died today...
RIP :(


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Israeli soldiers carry the flag wrapped coffin of Israeli Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman, 22, during his funeral in the city of Afula, northern Israel, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2003. Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip killed Wiseman Monday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Unidentified Israeli soldiers comfort each other during the funeral for Israeli solider Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman, 23, at the cemetery in the city of Afula, northern Israel, Tuesday Dec. 23 2003. Wiseman was killed by Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip Monday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Thats actually really cool woot

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3 Israeli soldiers died today...
RIP :(


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Israeli soldiers carry the flag wrapped coffin of Israeli Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman, 22, during his funeral in the city of Afula, northern Israel, Tuesday Dec. 23, 2003. Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip killed Wiseman Monday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Unidentified Israeli soldiers comfort each other during the funeral for Israeli solider Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman, 23, at the cemetery in the city of Afula, northern Israel, Tuesday Dec. 23 2003. Wiseman was killed by Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip Monday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

RIP :(

[One?]

This week Israeli forces arrested 22 terrorists from "Ez A-Din El-Kuasam Martirs brigade " (fighting part of Hamas ) in Rammalah . This cell is responcible for killing 10 Israelies at list . This group exactly supposed to make terror act - catch Israeli soldiers , kill them , take the weapons , and ... Cut the heads of them . Sounds like true Freedom fighter to me . Then they wanted to take videos of those heads , and demand release of they friend fighters from jails . The sponsership for that action came from Damascus .
Israeli soldiers this week said they don't want to serve on occupied territories . They are the ones with moral problems . I guess those terrorists have no moral problems whatsoever.

Peace.


To my knowledge your story is over exagorated ;)

They wanted to kidnap the soldeirs so they can trade them for palestinian captives. If they were dead then there is less use for them.

And if the palestinians have no moral problems why should they worry? Its a war afterall.

[Javehn]

That's a war after all , ha ? I think everybody there had enough of this "war" , except of them .
And my story is not exadurated a bit , and even a tiny . Just like you said , this is war , and they are ... combatants , no ?

[venture160]

whats the point of that navy pilot flying the B-2, he should have just joined the air force.......

[IDFM203]

This week Israeli forces arrested 22 terrorists from "Ez A-Din El-Kuasam Martirs brigade " (fighting part of Hamas ) in Rammalah . This cell is responcible for killing 10 Israelies at list . This group exactly supposed to make terror act - catch Israeli soldiers , kill them , take the weapons , and ... Cut the heads of them . Sounds like true Freedom fighter to me . Then they wanted to take videos of those heads , and demand release of they friend fighters from jails . The sponsership for that action came from Damascus .
Israeli soldiers this week said they don't want to serve on occupied territories . They are the ones with moral problems . I guess those terrorists have no moral problems whatsoever.

Peace.

They wanted to kidnap the soldeirs so they can trade them for palestinian captives. If they were dead then there is less use for them.
That’s not true at all!! And you and they know it!! Israel has plenty of times over the years giving over tons of Arab prisoners with Jewish blood on their hands to them for dead Jewish bodies that they killed. Yes Israel trades live prisoners for dead Jewish bodies.

Shalom :D

[Bulkowski]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=500417
I was shot dead and all I got was this crappy T-Shirt

[Operation Ivy]

Its been four days without tank pics!!!!!!!! :-*$ :D

[Javehn]

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I was shot dead and all I got was this crappy T-Shirt

Hmm, i think it's acctually say this : I tryed to get 73 virgins , but all i got is ugly old grandmass and this lousy T-shirt . Shoot me .

[Mr. Nielsen]

Javehn wrote:
This week Israeli forces arrested 22 terrorists from "Ez A-Din El-Kuasam Martirs brigade " (fighting part of Hamas ) in Rammalah . This cell is responcible for killing 10 Israelies at list . This group exactly supposed to make terror act - catch Israeli soldiers , kill them , take the weapons , and ... Cut the heads of them . Sounds like true Freedom fighter to me . Then they wanted to take videos of those heads , and demand release of they friend fighters from jails . The sponsership for that action came from Damascus .

I most say I'm quitet sceptical about this story.
Was the idea to just "kidnap" the heads of the soldiers and use them to trade with?

[Javehn]

You again ?? Holly mother of god . You sceptical even if Araphat will drive wired minibicicle inside the white house and blow it a peaces. Israelies bargue even for dead bodies or body parts .

here : http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=f9c0526d31e85b7e
Or you don't bellieve to that one also , mr sceptical ? :)
Aniway , peace with you . :lol:

[He219]

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Members of the Indian army inspect arms and ammunitions seized from Muslim militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group. The US renewed the designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba as a terriorist group(AFP/File/Str)

Operation Ivy - It's your turn...

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A U.S. Marine from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion Landing Team observes live-fire training operations, Dec. 15, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Banks

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A U.S. Marine from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Battalion Landing Team stands guard during live-fire training operations, Dec. 15, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Banks

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Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Battalion Landing Team take time out at the end of the day after conducting live-fire training operations, Dec. 15, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Banks

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Sailors and Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Expeditionary Strike Group 1 take a day off from live-fire training exercises and enjoy a little bit of rest and relaxation, Dec. 16, 2003. They held a "truck rodeo" and participated in events isuch as a Meals, Ready to Eat stacking and restacking drill, a timed mortar carry and setup drill, stretcher barer drills, 7-ton truck tire racing,a trailer pull, chainsack carry and the "bull in the ring" strongman competition. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Banks

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Pvt. Justin Brown, left, from Spokane, Wash., Matt Young, middle, from Muskegon, Mich., and Spc. Corey Reeves, from Oklahoma City, all with Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, get a break Thursday afternoon from manning a traffic control point in Samarra, Iraq.

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Sgt. 1st Class Max McLaughlin, left, from Olympia, Wash., searches for targets as Pfc. Anthony McColligan, from Louisville, Neb., mans a 240B machine gun Thursday afternoon on the outskirts of Samarra as part of Operation Arrowhead Blizzard. McLaughlin and McColligan are with Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.

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A sniper from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division looks for targets as he heads to Samarra in support of Operation Arrowhead Blizzard.

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Soldiers with Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division move into Samarra searching for an Iraqi on their most wanted list.

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[Mr. Nielsen]

You again ?? Holly mother of god . You sceptical even if Araphat will drive wired minibicicle inside the white house and blow it a peaces. Israelies bargue even for dead bodies or body parts .

here : http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=f9c0526d31e85b7e
Or you don't bellieve to that one also , mr sceptical ?
Aniway , peace with you .

I know Israel wants its deads back. I'am just having a hard time with the picture of a Hamas man running away with an AK-47 in one hand, a head in the other and chased by the whole Israeli army.

Thanks for the link, but I didn't doubt the existence of the story I had already seen it in Haaretz.

[He219]

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A Coast Guard 25-foot defender class boat from Station Seattle enforces a security zone around a ferry Monday in Elliot Bay. Due to the heightened level of security, the Coast Guard stepped up patrols in ports and waterways.

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U.S. Coast Guard (news - web sites) Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Carver of Houston, Texas, patrols New York harbor Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, in this photo released by the Coast Guard, after the Department of Homeland Security raised the nation's threat level to orange. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Mike Lutz)


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National guardsmen guard the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003. President Bush (news - web sites) has put the nation on high 'orange' alert for a possible terrorist strike on U.S. soil. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A US armoured vehicle secures the area of a gas station in Baghdad. Interim oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum told AFP that output from Iraq (news - web sites)'s southern fields had reached two million barrels per day, the same level as before the US-led invasion.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)

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An Iraqi boy looks at US soldiers as they patrol a street in central Baghdad. US troops arrested an Iraqi general, who funded and recruited former Iraqi army soldiers for attacks, a US military spokesman said, as the coalition scoured the Baquba region, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of here for insurgents.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)

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US Army soldiers during a night patrol in Iraq (news - web sites). A barrage of explosions interspersed with loud automatic fire echoed across Baghdad as an airplane circled overhead in what the military said could be part of an ongoing operation.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division secure the area Tuesday during a raid in Ad Duluiyah.

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division race up stairs after breaching a front door during a raid of houses Tuesday in Ad Duluiyah. A couple of rifles were found, and eight men were detained in the early morning raid.


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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division detain an Iraqi man during a Tuesday raid in Ad Duluiyah.

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division remove a Saddam clock from a wall Tuesday during a raid of houses they believe guerilla fighters are using as a recruiting site for a terrorist group known as Army of Mohammed in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq.

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division raid a home Friday in Samarra, capturing four suspected members of Fedayeen Saddam (Saddam’s ‘Men of Sacrifice’) and their weapons after a local informant led them to the suspected homes. They confiscated several automatic weapons, bomb making materials and military radios.

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Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division captured 78 suspected enemy personnel and a large cache of weapons Dec. 16 in Brassfield Mora, Iraq. The weapons cache — the 4th ID’s second largest seizure since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom — included sniper rifles, AK-47s, rocket propelled grenade launchers, remote detonation devices, C-4 explosives, blasting caps, bags of white phosphorous, and 60 and 120mm mortar rounds and launchers.

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Spc. Alexander Ruiz, from Yuma, Ariz., with Team 2, Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, poses Friday for a picture with an AK-47 assault rifle his team captured in a raid on a home in Samarra.

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Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division stand guard in their Stryker vehicle at a traffic control point Friday outside Samarra as part of Operation Arrowhead Blizzard.

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Soldiers on Saturday investigate the burned hulk of a Stryker destroyed by an improvised explosive device during an attack at Forward Operating Base Pacesetter. Guerilla forces ambushed a Stryker patrol near Samarra, destroying one vehicle — the first Stryker to be lost to hostile fire. The four-soldier crew escaped, but one soldier was injured in the attack.

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Spc. Roger Peebles, from Dallas, with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, wraps up in his poncho liner to keep warm early Monday morning at Tactical Assembly Area Warhorse outside of Samarra. Temperatures dropped to freezing Sunday night, and soldiers woke to find frost on the ground.

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Second Lt. John Hicks, from Birmingham, Ala., with Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, holds a puppy an Iraqi abandoned along the side of the road in Samarra, Iraq. Soldiers rescued the dog Thursday and made her a unit mascot.

[Operation Ivy]

Thank You woot :hug:

[venture160]

lol even the coast guard uses RAS now, knights armarment must be doing really really well