Today's Pic's - Dec. 27th

[Seraphim]

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U.S. Army Sgt. Tony Bach, from Texas, left, and Spc. Brian Serba of Michigan, both of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, walk past an image of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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Iraqi children stand next to U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Latch, from Little Rock, Ark., of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, carrying his machine gun during a foot patrol in Tikrit Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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An Iraqi Muslim Shiite flagellates himself during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the killing of revered Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr. At least four coalition soldiers were killed and 25 wounded as multiple attacks, including four car bombs, rocked the Iraqi Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)


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A little girl clings to her father's legs as a US Army soldier frisks him at a checkpoint in Baghdad. At least four coalition soldiers were killed and 25 wounded as multiple attacks, including four car bombs, rocked the Iraqi Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala.(AFP/Henghameh Fahimi)


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An Iraqi family waits under a billboard in Beirut's Shiite Muslim dominated suburb, Lebanon, Saturday Dec 27, 2003. Hundreds of Iraqi citizens living in Lebanon as refugees from late President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s toppled regime left on an overland trip back to their homes. Iraqi Embassy officials said that 570 Iraqis left on 12 buses. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj Ali)


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A Lebanese officer checks the papers of an Iraqi man in Beirut's Shiite Muslim dominated suburb, Lebanon, Saturday Dec 27, 2003. Hundreds of Iraqi citizens living in Lebanon as refugees from late President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s toppled regime left on an overland trip back to their homes. Iraqi Embassy officials said that 570 Iraqis left on 12 buses. (AP Photo/Adnan Hajj Ali)


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Japanese Air Force Capt. Sasaki pushes his luggage trolly out at Kuwait International Airport upon arrival, December 27, 2003. The first group of Japanese servicemen to be deployed on a humanitarian mission to Iraq (news - web sites) arrived in Kuwait to prepare for their deployment. Earlier in the month two Japanese diplomats were killed in an ambush near Tikrit, Iraq. *******/Stephanie McGehee


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An Iraqi woman carries her baby past a curbside magazine rack featuring a cover story on Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in the Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr city, December 27, 2003. The area used to be known as Saddam city, despite being populated by a majority of Shi'ite Muslims who were persecuted for a rebellion during the 1990's. *******/Alexander Demianchuk


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Japanese servicemen sit in a bus on their way to a military base just after arriving in Kuwait, December 27, 2003. This is the first Japanese contingency of troops to be deployed to Iraq (news - web sites). Their mission is recognized as humanitarian assistance to the newly liberated Iraq. *******/Stephanie McGehee


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Iraqi police and U.S. Army troops look at the burned remains of a car in which four people were killed in the northern city of Mosul, December 27, 2003. U.S. soldiers killed four Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday after coming under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire, U.S. military officials said. *******/Noor-Eldein Hussein


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Israeli soldiers try to help a Palestinian women pass through a break in the barbed-wire of a makeshift checkpoint, in the West Bank city of Hebron December 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)



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A Palestinian youth throws a tear gas canister back at Israeli troops during a demonstration at the concrete separation barrier in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. Hundreds of Palestinians protested against the construction of the barrier, which the Israeli Government says is necessary to prevent suicide bombings. Palestinians say it amounts to a seizure of land where they hope to build an independent state. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)


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An Israeli soldier throws a concussion grenade at Palestinian demonstrators, during a protest at the concrete separation barrier in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. Hundreds of Palestinians protested against the construction of the barrier, which the Israeli Government says is necessary to prevent suicide bombings. Palestinians say it amounts to a seizure of land where they hope to build an independent state. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

[ShotOver]

Good pictures mate.

GoodLuck to the IDF on protecting that wall... :|

[Seraphim]

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Iraqi doctors operate on an injured man at a hospital in the city of Kerbala, December 27, 2003. At least six foreign soldiers were killed and 27 injured in a string of attacks on U.S.-allied forces and Iraqi targets in the southern city, military officials said. Hospital officials in Kerbala said at least seven Iraqi civilians and police were also killed and 80 were wounded. Photo by Ali Jasim/*******


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An Iraqi woman lies next her injured boy at a hospital in the city of Kerbala, some 110 km south of Baghdad, December 27, 2003. At least six foreign soldiers were killed and 27 injured in a string of attacks on U.S.-allied forces and Iraqi targets in Kerbala, military officials said. Hospital officials in Kerbala said at least seven Iraqi civilians and police were also killed and another 80 were wounded. *******/Alexander Demianchuk


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A Iraqi man moves the wheelchair with his injured son at a hospital in the city of Kerbala, some 110 km south of Baghdad, December 27, 2003. Guerrillas killed six coalition soldiers and at least seven Iraqis in southern Iraq (news - web sites) on Saturday in a coordinated assault on nations that answered U.S. calls for troops to stabilize the country it invaded. The attacks in Kerbala, a town holy to Shi'ite Muslims, also wounded 37 soldiers including five Americans, and at least 80 Iraqis, U.S. military officials and local hospitals said. *******/Alexander Demianchuk


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An injured boy is comforted at a hospital in the city of Kerbala, some 110 km south of Baghdad, December 27, 2003. At least six foreign soldiers were killed and 27 injured in a string of attacks on U.S.-allied forces and Iraqi targets in Kerbala, military officials said. Hospital officials in Kerbala said at least seven Iraqi civilians and police were also killed and another 80 were wounded. *******/Alexander Demianchuk


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An Iraqi peers out onto the street as a U.S. Army soldier of 1st Battalion takes his position during a patrol in Tikrit Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said on December 27, 2003 that the U.S. faced a 'time of great challenge' amid efforts to quell guerrilla attacks in Iraq (news - web sites) and keep the peace in Afghanistan (news - web sites). His remarks came as Iraq faced fresh violence with insurgents attacking government buildings and bases of foreign troops in the southern city of Kerbala, leaving at least six of the soldiers and seven Iraqi police and civilians dead. Bush is seen at the White House on December 22. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/*******


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An Iraqi passes U.S. soldiers securing a checkpoint in Samarra Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)


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A university building watchman is helped after he was injured in one of several bomb attacks in Karbala, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. Rebels unleashed a coordinated assault on military bases and the governor's office in the southern city of Karbala on Saturday, killing six Iraqi police officers and four coalition soldiers. Some 135 Iraqi civilians and police officers also were wounded, according to a hospital official. ( AP Photo/PAP/Tomasz Lisecki )


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U.S soldiers secure the area in Karbala, about 110 kms (62 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), where rebels unleashed a massive and coordinated assault on a pair of military bases and the governor's office Saturday Dec. 27, 2003 killing six Iraqi police officers, four coalition soldiers. Some 135 Iraqi civilians and police officers also were wounded, according to a hospital official. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


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Iraqis gather around the rubble of a house in Karbala, about 110 kms (62 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003 after rebels unleashed a massive and coordinated assault on a pair of military bases and the governor's office killing six Iraqi police officers, four coalition soldiers. Some 135 Iraqi civilians and police officers also were wounded, according to a hospital official. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


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A U.S. soldier checks an Iraqi's driver's license against a list of names of suspected insurgents at a checkpoint in Samarra Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)


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Two U.S. soldiers walk past an image of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussien which used to adorn the grounds of his Birthday Palace, in the center of his home town Tikrit, which now serves as a U.S. army barracks, December 27, 2003. *******/Zohra Bensemra


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An Iraqi woman looks out of her gate as U.S. soldiers patrol her street in Saddam Hussien's home town of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), December 27, 2003. *******/Zohra Bensemra


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Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, current President of Iraqi Governing Council, gestures during a news conference in Baghdad Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


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U.S. Army soldier William Velez from Puerto Rico of 1st Battalion greets Iraqi children during a patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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U.S. Army Sgt. Tony Bach, from Texas, left, and Spc. Brian Serba of Michigan, both of 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, walk past an image of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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A Palestinian youth throws a stone at the controversial 'security' barrier Israel is building near the West Bank city of Qalqilya during a demonstration against the wall(AFP/Bashar Nazal)


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Palestinian boys play soccer in front of a concrete wall, part of the controversial security barrier Israel contends is necessary to stop suicide bombers and which the Palestinians condemn as a land grab, on the outskirts of Jerusalem December 27, 2003. *******/Mahfouz Abu Turk


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Palestinians carry the body of 19-year-old Rajai Raya during his funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus. Rayan was killed as the Israeli army pushed on with an operation to round up militants and maintained a ring of steel around the occupied territories imposed in the aftermath of a Christmas Day suicide bombing.(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)


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A Palestinian demonstrator hurls stones in front of a concrete wall, part of the controversial security barrier Israel contends is necessary to stop suicide bombers and which the Palestinians condemn as a land grab, during a protest against its construction in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, December 27, 2003. *******/Ammar Awad

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A Palestinian boy rides bicycle in front of a concrete wall, part of the controversial security barrier Israel contends is necessary to stop suicide bombers and which the Palestinians condemn as a land grab, on the outskirts of Jerusalem December 27, 2003. *******/Mahfouz Abu Turk


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Palestinian youths hurl stones at an Israeli army tank during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, December 27, 2003. Israeli troops scouring a West Bank militant stronghold killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded at least 17 other people in clashes with stonethrowers, witnesses and medics said. *******/Abed Omar Qusini