Todays Pics, Jan 01, 2004

[usa320]

Well, as the topic states:]

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Dec. 31: Fireworks explode over the skyline of Sydney, Australia as it welcomes in the New Year.

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Confetti pours down on New York's Times Square moments after the start of 2004

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British Airways Flight 223 waits at Dulles



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Libya's Moammar Gadhafi decided to dismantle his country's weapons of mass destruction programs.


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President Bush kisses 9-month-old Liana Flores before getting onto a corporate jet for a quail-hunting trip on Thursday.


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Survivors of the Iranian earthquake reach for food Wednesday in the city of Bam

[usa320]

thats all for now, im lucky i can see the screen or type right now,

im really effed up.

[usa320]

i wish i had them sunglasses that Godhaffi is wearing my eyes are buggin.

[Vance]

lol.

[usa320]

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Locals and foreign relief workers attend a memorial service for the earthquake victims in Bam. Iranians remembered the thousands killed in the devastating earthquake that flattened the ancient fort city of Bam.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

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A Lahore airport security man in front of the plane bound for India. Pakistan flew its first flight to India and back again, marking the resumption of commercial flights between the rival neighbours after a two-year ban.(AFP/Arif Ali)

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French president Jacques Chirac (R) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whom France has invited to ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day in an unprecedented gesture to France's old enemy and present-day close partner.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)

Were we invited to these ceremonies??? :roll:

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reveler holds a large American flag in New York's Times Square. Millions rang in the New Year in party mood determined to cast off the woes of the last 12 months, but bomb attacks in Iraq (news - web sites) and Indonesia were potent reminders of the terror fears which could stalk 2004.(AFP/Stan Honda)

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French peacekeeping troops, part of the International Security Assistance Force, hold a parade at their base at Kabul airport ahead of celebrations for New Year(AFP/Shah Marai)



Wtf is up with those hats?

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Police stand guard outside a London tube (subway) station as eager spectators flock towards the London Eye for a fireworks display to mark the New Year during celebrations occuring in London(AFP/Jim Watson)

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New York policeman uses a portable metal detector on two Scottish tourists at Times Square. New Year celebrations in the US took place amid an unprecedented, coast-to-coast security operation.(AFP/Stan Honda
:lol:

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US soldiers inspect the site of a powerful explosion at a restaurant in Baghdad's Karrada district. A powerful car bomb tore apart a popular Baghdad restaurant packed with New Year's Eve revelers, killing at least five people and wounding more than two dozen.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)
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Two US soldiers dance during a New Year's eve party at their base in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit north of Baghdad(AFP/Jewel Samad)
woot

[ShotOver]

Sad seeing the president pulling out the old "kiss the baby on the head" trick :|

[usa320]

I dont see whats sad about it?????????

Just tryin to keep the little kid from cryin if you ask me.

[Fioraon]

Sad seeing the president pulling out the old "kiss the baby on the head" trick :|

I know, thats really pathetic. How can someone stoop so low as to kissing a baby on the head. :cantbeli:

[Shake n Bake]

Sad seeing the president pulling out the old "kiss the baby on the head" trick :|


Please kill yourself

[REMOV]

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French peacekeeping troops, part of the International Security Assistance Force, hold a parade at their base at Kabul airport ahead of celebrations for New Year(AFP/Shah Marai)Wtf is up with those hats?Those "hats" are kepi's - caps with a flat, round top and stiff visor. Traditional FFL headgear (i.e. kepi blanc (http://www.frenchforeignlegion.org/database/data/dta065.html)).

[simple jumper]

Maybe he's (Bush) making a stand for Michael Jackson. :lol:

[MolliG]

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Palestinian youths run from tear gas and duck rubber bullets fired by Israeli troops during clashes while protesting against the separation barrier in the West Bank Palestinian village of Budrus, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. Clashes erupted when Palestinian and foreign demonstrators protested near a construction site where Israel is building a separation barrier roughly between the West Bank and Israel. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Palestinian gunmen march in the streets of the West Bank town of Qalqilya to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the founding of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s mainstream Fatah (news - web sites) movement(AFP/Bashar Nazal)

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) (L) speaks to Egyptian envoy Osama al-Baz (R) about ways to revive the peace process(AFP/PPO/Omar Rashidi)

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Israeli soldiers take up positions during clashes with demonstrators on January 1, 2004. Israel's army said it was lifting its blockade on the encircled West Bank city of Jenin as an Egyptian envoy called on the Jewish state to do more to help revive Middle East peace talks. Jenin, a hotbed of militants, has been surrounded for much of a three-year-old conflict. The latest closure was imposed after a truce declared by Palestinian factions collapsed amid further violence in August and forced negotiations to a halt. Photo by Ammar Awad/*******

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A wounded Israeli soldier is evacuated to Rabin hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, Thursday Jan.1, 2004 after he and another Israeli soldier were injured when Palestinians activated an explosives device against Israeli troops operating in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Palestinian girls throw rocks at Israeli troops during clashes protesting against the separation barrier in the West Bank Palestinian village of Budrus, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. Clashes erupted when Palestinian and foreign demonstrators protested near a construction site where Israel is building a separation barrier roughly between the West Bank and Israel. Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the demonstrators. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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A Palestinian youth runs away after throwing stones at an Israeli tank, during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, Jan. 1, 2004. The army has carried out a series of raids in Nablus, a center of militant activity, for more than two weeks. It had no immediate comment on Thursday's incidents. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A Palestinian boy clutches rocks that he intends to throw at Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank Palestinian village of Budrus, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. Clashes erupted when Palestinian and foreign demonstrators protested near a construction site where Israel is building a separation barrier roughly between the West Bank and Israel. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Palestinian boys try to loosen parts of an Israeli tank, during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. The army has carried out a series of raids in Nablus, a center of militant activity, for more than two weeks. It had no immediate comment on Thursday's incidents. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

[MolliG]

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An injured worker at the Nabil restaurant walks among the rubble the morning after a car bomb exploded during a New Year's Eve dinner. The Los Angeles Times said several of its Baghdad bureau employees were wounded(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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Members of the 101st Airborne Division pass a gate to one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s palaces during the division's annual 10K New Year's Day race, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2003 in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites). The 101st Airborne is using the palacial grounds as its base. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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The Pentagon (news - web sites) is gearing up for a massive rotation of about a quarter million troops in and out of Iraq (news - web sites), a giant logistics chore complicated by concerns about opportunistic attacks targeting Americans as they arrive or depart. Between late January and May, 123,000 weary U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq and replaced with about 110,000 fresh Army soldiers and Marines. In this photo, U.S. Army paratrooper PFC Grant Lawrence of the 101st Airborne guards the division's headquarters in the northern Iraq city of Mosul on January 1, 2004. Photo by Akram Saleh/*******

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Iraqis gather Thursday, Jan.1, 2004, around the remains of the car used in a car bomb attack New Year's Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, outside a restaurant in Baghdad. The death toll rose to eight in the attack that destroyed the restaurant crowded with New Year's Eve revelers, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/ Xinhua, Huang Jingwen)

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Sergeant Major Salvador Martinez, from the 1-22 Batallion of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, shows assault rifles recently captured from Iraqi insurgents in Tikrit, the home town of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), some 250 km north of Baghdad, January 1, 2004. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a crater made by a car bomb outside the 'Nabil' restaurant in Baghdad Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. A car bomb exploded killing five Iraqis and wounding 35 during a New Year's party at Nabil's. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Iraqi soldier stands guard as U.S. troops remove a car that was damaged in a car bomb blast in Baghdad Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. A car bomb exploded Wednesday as a U.S. convoy passed on a street full of shops, killing an Iraqi boy and wounding 21 people, including five U.S. soldiers and five Iraqi civil defense personnel, authorities said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

[Guttorm]

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French peacekeeping troops, part of the International Security Assistance Force, hold a parade at their base at Kabul airport ahead of celebrations for New Year(AFP/Shah Marai)Wtf is up with those hats?Those "hats" are kepi's - caps with a flat, round top and stiff visor. Traditional FFL headgear (i.e. kepi blanc (http://www.frenchforeignlegion.org/database/data/dta065.html)).

Yes... FFL as Remov says... I wouldn't mess with 'em...

Can anyone tell me what company this is? Are they REPmen?

[George W. Bush]

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U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a crater made by a car bomb outside the 'Nabil' restaurant in Baghdad Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. A car bomb exploded killing five Iraqis and wounding 35 during a New Year's party at Nabil's. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Is that the water the TNT created or did it rain?

[usa320]

its probably from fire trucks.

:cantbeli:

[FallenAngel]

Is that the water the TNT created or did it rain?

I wasn't aware that a TNT explosion creates a giant puddle of water :roll:

[usa320]

In theory exploding hydrogen with bond with oxygen in the air to form water, but it would take a massive hydrogen bomb to make that much water.

;)

[elguapo]

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Palestinian boys try to loosen parts of an Israeli tank, during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. The army has carried out a series of raids in Nablus, a center of militant activity, for more than two weeks. It had no immediate comment on Thursday's incidents. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)



the RPG's days are over! bring on the screwdrivers!

[IDFM203]

kepi blanc (http://www.frenchforeignlegion.org/database/data/dta065.html)). I like your french foreign legion link especially This (http://www.frenchforeignlegion.org/database/data/dta057.html) one from the same site :D

Btw to any French here I am just curious how is the FFL used…. are they the first to be sent to places like the Marines in the U.S. are or are they considered just like a regular French unit and follows along with everyone else. Or are they a special forces unit in terms of combat missions?

Also how do the French people look at those volunteers. Do they get any special treatment for volunteering or what?

Shalom :D

[George W. Bush]

Wow, they should really install some cameras and hook them up to the main commander screen thing. They could've been placing charges on that tank.

[EvanL]

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Major Keith Cameron, of 24 Field Squadron, Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group, jumps into a pool of ice cold water at the first annual New Year's Polar Bear Swim held by Canadian Forces members deployed on Operation Athena in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. Ninety-five people participated in the event, which raised over $700 for the Canadian Peacekeepers Demining Fund. (AP PHOTO/HO)

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Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) wait for their turn to plunge into the 'Polar Bear Swimming Pool' on New Year's day, at Camp Julien in the Afghan capital of Kabul, January 1, 2004. Some 100 soldiers took turns to plunge into the -1 degrees Celcius (30 Fahrenheit) pool as part of the new year's activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) plunges into the 'Polar Bear Swimming Pool' on New Year's day, at Camp Julien in Kabul, January 1, 2004. Some 100 soldiers took turns to plunging into the -1 degrees Celcius (30 Fahrenheit) pool as part of the new year's activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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A female Canadian soldier dressed in burqa gets ready to dive into the 'Polar Bear Swimming Pool' on New Year's day, at Camp Julien in Kabul, January 1, 2004. Some 100 soldiers took turns to plunging into the -1 degrees Celcius (30 Fahrenheit) pool as part of the new year's activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) plunges into the 'Polar Bear Swimming Pool' on New Year's day, at Camp Julien in Kabul, January 1, 2004. Some 100 soldiers took turns to plunging into the -1 degrees Celcius (30 Fahrenheit) pool as part of the new year's activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) detains a colleague dressed as Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), during New Year celebrations at Camp Julien in the Afghan capital Kabul, January 1, 2004. About 100 soldiers took turns to plunge into the -1 degrees Celcius (30 degrees F) pool as part of activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

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A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) shivers as she comes out from the makeshift 'Polar Bear Swimming pool', on New Year's day at Camp Julien in the Afghan capital Kabul, January 1, 2004. About 100 soldiers took turns to plunge into the -1 degree Celsius (30 Fahrenheit) pool as part of activities organized by the camp. *******/Kimimasa Mayama

[usa320]

why would a female canadian soldier be wearing a burqua?

I mean one of the reasons we are there is to make it so women no longer have to wear them things.

[EvanL]

why would a female canadian soldier be wearing a burqua?

I mean one of the reasons we are there is to make it so women no longer have to wear them things.
Please tell me you are not that stupid. Its a joke. Do you think thats really Bin-Laden they captured as well in that photo?

[Deuterium]

why would a female canadian soldier be wearing a burqua?

I mean one of the reasons we are there is to make it so women no longer have to wear them things.
Please tell me you are not that stupid. Its a joke. Do you think thats really Bin-Laden they captured as well in that photo?

MAN!!! Yes!!! The Canadians now take the lead in the "My country has no sense of humor" contest.... Woooh... I was sweaten this one for a while. We've been in the lead for too long.

;) ;)

[EvanL]

why would a female canadian soldier be wearing a burqua?

I mean one of the reasons we are there is to make it so women no longer have to wear them things.
Please tell me you are not that stupid. Its a joke. Do you think thats really Bin-Laden they captured as well in that photo?

MAN!!! Yes!!! The Canadians now take the lead in the "My country has no sense of humor" contest.... Woooh... I was sweaten this one for a while. We've been in the lead for too long.

;) ;)
Ohh yes we do :)
Its just that there are many many stupid people on this site, and it wouldnt surprise me if he was being serious.

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

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French peacekeeping troops, part of the International Security Assistance Force, hold a parade at their base at Kabul airport ahead of celebrations for New Year(AFP/Shah Marai)Wtf is up with those hats?Those "hats" are kepi's - caps with a flat, round top and stiff visor. Traditional FFL headgear (i.e. kepi blanc (http://www.frenchforeignlegion.org/database/data/dta065.html)).

Yes... FFL as Remov says... I wouldn't mess with 'em...

Can anyone tell me what company this is? Are they REPmen?

All I got to say is with those hats they should be asking if I would like fries with that instead of marching with weapons. They just look funny, oh well the sacrifices you make when you join up I guess.

[Ichhabe]

I find those Kepi Blanc (to use a stupid meaningless American word) really badass.
I have the utter most respect for the French Foreign Legion and their kepi's.

[Flagg]

All I got to say is with those hats they should be asking if I would like fries with that instead of marching with weapons. They just look funny

I had an NCO during recruit training with 25 years of military service including 5 in the FFL 2REP as a paratrooper....he was, and is, one of the best NCOs I've ever met......he never yelled or screamed at us when we stuffed up....he even went so far as to have us all call him "Uncle Ray" when we were section training away from the watchful eyes of officers.....he taught me more about land navigation, fieldcraft, small unit tactics, and reaction shooting than most of the other Instructing Staff combined.

I used to think the Kepi hat looked pretty weak.....but after meeting an FFL vet my opinion has changed.

[Dalleer]

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Gaddafi looking his finest at this time of the year...

Cool shades!

[usa320]

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rofl rofl

[DPGLAW]

PT....you must really be a moron, I base that on the stupid ass comment you made about Pres. Bush kissing the baby. First off, what is so horrible about him kissing the baby, now I he were kissing it as you probably do, then we would have a problem....and secondly, what he is doing is called politics, there would be a problem if he weren't kissing babies...

Sometimes I am shocked by the lack of intelligence of some of the posters on this board, I mean I can't see how some of the morons on here can even turn on a computer, let alone sign on to the internet and post on a BB...

Sorrru for the rant everyone, I just have no patience for idiots

[fantassin]

Sorry to burst your bubble but these guys are NOT Foreign Legionnaires.

They are Tirailleurs from the 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs (1er RT) located in Epinal, Vosges, in the East of France. It's a Mech Inf unit.

You can tell by several points; the light blue képi (not white) typical of Tirailleurs units; the red material belt under the ammo belt (in the légion étrangère it's blue; the single yellow "médaille militaire" fourragère (lanyard) which no FFL units wears; the light blue diamond shaped insignia on the arm.

The képi is worn by ALL branches of the French Army and by the Gendarmerie and Fire service (in walking out dress only). Only the FFL enlisted below the rank of caporal-chef with less than 6 years in the FFL wear the White Képi; the képi has been a traditional headgear in the French Army for almost two centuries, replacing the heavier shako previously worn for several centuries.

Before you laugh, remember that the first organized military unit to wear the beret in Europe was the French Chasseurs Alpins (mountain troops) at the end of the 19th Century. Everybody laughed then at their oversized beret meant to protect from the snow and sun.

Then, after WW1, the brits adopted it because it was convenient and cheap...it then spread like wildfire until reaching the whole of the US Army with Shinseki...

[Haiw]

So what you're saying is, that in a few years we'll all be walking around with those gay hats? HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!! ;)