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01-02-2004, 02:17 PM
Happy New Year!
I am please to report that the first group flight of our stealth aircraft, the F-117, B-2 and F-22 Raptor together, over the Rose Bowl was absolutely spectacular! The Trojans went on to beat the Wolverines..
:D
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Stealth fighters and a bomber fly over the stadium during opening ceremonies at the start of the Michigan-USC showdown in the 90th Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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U.S. Army Spc. Michael Scott, from Michigan, of the 1st Battalion 22nd Regiment 4th infantry division, sitting inside his humvee checks a map on a FBCB2 computer screen, in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Greg Remaley, from Illinois, checks his laptop inside the Command Information center, in Tikrit's Military base, Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A U.S. helicopter flies through the early morning mist near Tikrit, Iraq Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army Cpt. Brent Harrington, from Maryland, of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division and Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) Caporal Jabar Hamed walk past cars during a joint patrol in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) member walks past an Iraqi family during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) members stand next to barbed wire prior to the start of a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) members stop and search an Iraqi man, during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members sit on the side of a street at the end of their foot patrol in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Finger on the Trigger. Safety First!
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members cover their faces with scarves, during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Some ICDC members cover their faces for fear of being recognized, and targeted by insurgents attacking Americans and their Iraqi allies. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A U.S. Army soldier fire a mortar during a training exercise inside their base, in Tikrit, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division secure an area where a helicopter was shot down in Falluja, January 2, 2004. Guerrillas shot down a U.S. military helicopter in central Iraq (news - web sites) on Friday, killing one pilot and injuring another, while ethnic tensions flared again in the northern city of Kirkuk, leading to at least one death. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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Finger on the Trigger.... SAFETY FIRST!
U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division secure an area where a helicopter crashed near Falluja, January 2, 2004. A policeman who witnessed the helicopter crash, which occurred about 32 miles west of Baghdad near the volatile town of Falluja, said the aircraft was shot down, although the U.S. military could not immediately confirm that. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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US soldiers stand near ammunition found in a Baghdad suburb. US soldiers seized a large cache of weapons when they raided a mosque in southwestern Baghdad and arrested a number of people, the coalition's deputy director of operations, Brigadier General Mark Kimmit, said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)
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With the help of an interpreter, Maj. Jonathan Leong, a surgeon with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, treats a local Iraqi man at a temporary medical clinic set up in a small Iraqi primary school in northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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Maj. Jonathan Leong, a surgeon with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, treats a local Iraqi man, Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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Curious Iraqi school children sneak a peek at a coalition member sorting through medications at a temporary medical clinic set up in a small Iraqi primary school Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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'EU could have averted war' (http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1465062,00.html) - A politically united Europe could have prevented the war on Iraq, according to European Union Commission President Romano Prodi, quoted in an interview published on Friday in the Italian daily La Repubblica. (U.S. Army)
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A gendarme patrols in front an Air France plane bound for Los Angeles, at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Air France canceled up to six flights between Paris and Los Angeles over Christmas, after security discussions between U.S and French officials. French police confirmed Friday that six cases of mistaken identity, not terrorists, were behind the pre-Christmas emergency grounding of the flights.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Nurse Lin-Ti Chang of Massachusettes, a member of FEMA-IMSURT, checks the foot injuries of Iranian soldier Javad Dakapuy, 23, at the U.S. field hospital in the earthquake-devastated city of Bam, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. Dakapuy was injured accidentally twice in foot and arm with the bullets of his own AK-47 last night and was treated by U.S. doctors.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Robert M. Gougelet, MD, Medical Director of the Disaster Response Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcoock Medical Center, of Lebanon, NH, left, tries to communicate with an Iranian women earthquake survivor at the entrance to a the U.S. field hospital in the earthquake- devastated city of Bam, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. At right an Iranian soldier standing guard. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Robert Dube, left, and Gregg Nakano, right, from the U. S. Disaster Assesment Response Team, listen to a resident as a part of an American mission to assess the structural damage in Bam, Iran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Maryalyce Romano, from Billerica, Mass., left, and Debra Weiner from Boston of the U. S. Emergency Medical Team, offload the medical aid at their camp in Bam, Iran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Bill Garvelink, The head of U.S. AID team, stands infront of American`s camp as he talks to an Associated Press reporter in Bam, Iran, Friday Jan 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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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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Palestinians hurl bricks and pieces of concrete at a passing Israeli vehicle during clashes between Israeli troops inforcing a curfew and residents in the West Bank town of Nablus Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Israel has been carrying out raids aimed at militants in the West Bank city of Nablus in recent weeks.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Palestinian boys stand by the side of the road carrying a sign and a flag of protest, in front of a concrete portion of the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, in the Israeli-Arab town of Baqa el-Gharbiya, Israel, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. The wall is part of the controversial security barrier Israel is building made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas, as a land grab. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Israeli settlers sing a song together, during a small rally in support of the Israeli separation barrier project, in the Israeli settlement of Elqana, Israel, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. The controversial security barrier Israel is building is made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Palestinian masked Islamic Jihad militants ride a truck and supporters raise their hands up while chanting Islamic slogans during a rally to mark last week's killing of Islamic Jihad's top commander in the Gaza Strip, Mekled Hameid in Jabaliya refugee camp northern Gaza Strip, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Hameid, two more Islamic Jihad militants and two bystanders were killed during an Israeli air strike in Thursday Dec. 25, 2003 in Gaza city. Activists wave black Islamic Jihad flags. Arabic on headband that reads "Al Quds Brigade", a militia linked to Islamic Jihad. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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North Arabian Sea (Jan. 1, 2004) – Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) take a dhow, under tow following seizure of the vessel which was carrying over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo)
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After a flight demonstration at Patuxtent River Naval Air Station, a technician demonstrates the ease with which an MV-22 Osprey can be made more compact for storage. "The blades close up by the push of a button, just like a convertable (car) top," said Sgt. Robert Dawson, one of the V-22 avionics mechanics assigned to the Osprey program.
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Boeing test pilots put the MV-22 Osprey through its paces at a demonstration for the media at Patuxtent River Naval Air Station in June 2003. The pilots demonstrated the craft's ability to convert from a hover mode to an airplane mode.
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MV-22s - shown here flying in airplane mode - carry three times the weight, travel three times as far and go nearly twice as fast as the CH-46s they will replace, enabling Marine expeditionary forces to rapidly respond to unpredictable, unstable situations
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After all the celebrations of the new year, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Pressimone, 28, of Rochester, New York stands watch on board the Coast Guard Cutter Penebscot Bay, as it remains watching over the New York Harbor on January 1, 2004. Sharpshooters, helicopters, warplanes and thousands of police officers were in place in an unprecedented operation to thwart any terror attack on celebrations from New York to Las Vegas. *******/HO/USCG Photo/Mike Hvozda
Just a miscellaneous image to finish:
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Australian skydiver Livia ****ie leaps from atop the Kuala Lumpur Tower, January 2, 2004. Some 53 BASE (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth) jumpers from Asia, Europe and the United States are participating in a competition in which they jump from the world's third tallest tower and the world's second tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers, in the Malaysian capital. *******/Bazuki Muhammad
Again, all the best for the New Year!
:D
Edit: Added mortar still pic. & Safety Corrections...
I am please to report that the first group flight of our stealth aircraft, the F-117, B-2 and F-22 Raptor together, over the Rose Bowl was absolutely spectacular! The Trojans went on to beat the Wolverines..
:D
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Stealth fighters and a bomber fly over the stadium during opening ceremonies at the start of the Michigan-USC showdown in the 90th Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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More Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below:
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U.S. Army Spc. Michael Scott, from Michigan, of the 1st Battalion 22nd Regiment 4th infantry division, sitting inside his humvee checks a map on a FBCB2 computer screen, in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Greg Remaley, from Illinois, checks his laptop inside the Command Information center, in Tikrit's Military base, Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A U.S. helicopter flies through the early morning mist near Tikrit, Iraq Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army Cpt. Brent Harrington, from Maryland, of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division and Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) Caporal Jabar Hamed walk past cars during a joint patrol in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) member walks past an Iraqi family during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) members stand next to barbed wire prior to the start of a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) members stop and search an Iraqi man, during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 22nd Battalion 4th Infantry division in Saddam Hussein 's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members sit on the side of a street at the end of their foot patrol in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq Friday, Jan .2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Finger on the Trigger. Safety First!
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members cover their faces with scarves, during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Some ICDC members cover their faces for fear of being recognized, and targeted by insurgents attacking Americans and their Iraqi allies. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A U.S. Army soldier fire a mortar during a training exercise inside their base, in Tikrit, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division secure an area where a helicopter was shot down in Falluja, January 2, 2004. Guerrillas shot down a U.S. military helicopter in central Iraq (news - web sites) on Friday, killing one pilot and injuring another, while ethnic tensions flared again in the northern city of Kirkuk, leading to at least one death. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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Finger on the Trigger.... SAFETY FIRST!
U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division secure an area where a helicopter crashed near Falluja, January 2, 2004. A policeman who witnessed the helicopter crash, which occurred about 32 miles west of Baghdad near the volatile town of Falluja, said the aircraft was shot down, although the U.S. military could not immediately confirm that. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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US soldiers stand near ammunition found in a Baghdad suburb. US soldiers seized a large cache of weapons when they raided a mosque in southwestern Baghdad and arrested a number of people, the coalition's deputy director of operations, Brigadier General Mark Kimmit, said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)
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With the help of an interpreter, Maj. Jonathan Leong, a surgeon with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, treats a local Iraqi man at a temporary medical clinic set up in a small Iraqi primary school in northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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Maj. Jonathan Leong, a surgeon with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, treats a local Iraqi man, Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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Curious Iraqi school children sneak a peek at a coalition member sorting through medications at a temporary medical clinic set up in a small Iraqi primary school Dec. 30, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe
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'EU could have averted war' (http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1465062,00.html) - A politically united Europe could have prevented the war on Iraq, according to European Union Commission President Romano Prodi, quoted in an interview published on Friday in the Italian daily La Repubblica. (U.S. Army)
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A gendarme patrols in front an Air France plane bound for Los Angeles, at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Air France canceled up to six flights between Paris and Los Angeles over Christmas, after security discussions between U.S and French officials. French police confirmed Friday that six cases of mistaken identity, not terrorists, were behind the pre-Christmas emergency grounding of the flights.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Nurse Lin-Ti Chang of Massachusettes, a member of FEMA-IMSURT, checks the foot injuries of Iranian soldier Javad Dakapuy, 23, at the U.S. field hospital in the earthquake-devastated city of Bam, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. Dakapuy was injured accidentally twice in foot and arm with the bullets of his own AK-47 last night and was treated by U.S. doctors.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Robert M. Gougelet, MD, Medical Director of the Disaster Response Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcoock Medical Center, of Lebanon, NH, left, tries to communicate with an Iranian women earthquake survivor at the entrance to a the U.S. field hospital in the earthquake- devastated city of Bam, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. At right an Iranian soldier standing guard. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Robert Dube, left, and Gregg Nakano, right, from the U. S. Disaster Assesment Response Team, listen to a resident as a part of an American mission to assess the structural damage in Bam, Iran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Maryalyce Romano, from Billerica, Mass., left, and Debra Weiner from Boston of the U. S. Emergency Medical Team, offload the medical aid at their camp in Bam, Iran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Bill Garvelink, The head of U.S. AID team, stands infront of American`s camp as he talks to an Associated Press reporter in Bam, Iran, Friday Jan 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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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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Palestinians hurl bricks and pieces of concrete at a passing Israeli vehicle during clashes between Israeli troops inforcing a curfew and residents in the West Bank town of Nablus Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Israel has been carrying out raids aimed at militants in the West Bank city of Nablus in recent weeks.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Palestinian boys stand by the side of the road carrying a sign and a flag of protest, in front of a concrete portion of the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, in the Israeli-Arab town of Baqa el-Gharbiya, Israel, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. The wall is part of the controversial security barrier Israel is building made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas, as a land grab. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Israeli settlers sing a song together, during a small rally in support of the Israeli separation barrier project, in the Israeli settlement of Elqana, Israel, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. The controversial security barrier Israel is building is made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Palestinian masked Islamic Jihad militants ride a truck and supporters raise their hands up while chanting Islamic slogans during a rally to mark last week's killing of Islamic Jihad's top commander in the Gaza Strip, Mekled Hameid in Jabaliya refugee camp northern Gaza Strip, Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Hameid, two more Islamic Jihad militants and two bystanders were killed during an Israeli air strike in Thursday Dec. 25, 2003 in Gaza city. Activists wave black Islamic Jihad flags. Arabic on headband that reads "Al Quds Brigade", a militia linked to Islamic Jihad. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/mideast_submarines_dc]Israel (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/photos/recip/story/*[url) Seeks More Submarines for 'Strategic Depth'[/url] - An undated file photograph shows one of the Israeli Navy's three Dolphin-class submarines during maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea. (******* - Handout)
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North Arabian Sea (Jan. 1, 2004) – Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) take a dhow, under tow following seizure of the vessel which was carrying over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo)
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After a flight demonstration at Patuxtent River Naval Air Station, a technician demonstrates the ease with which an MV-22 Osprey can be made more compact for storage. "The blades close up by the push of a button, just like a convertable (car) top," said Sgt. Robert Dawson, one of the V-22 avionics mechanics assigned to the Osprey program.
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Boeing test pilots put the MV-22 Osprey through its paces at a demonstration for the media at Patuxtent River Naval Air Station in June 2003. The pilots demonstrated the craft's ability to convert from a hover mode to an airplane mode.
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MV-22s - shown here flying in airplane mode - carry three times the weight, travel three times as far and go nearly twice as fast as the CH-46s they will replace, enabling Marine expeditionary forces to rapidly respond to unpredictable, unstable situations
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After all the celebrations of the new year, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Pressimone, 28, of Rochester, New York stands watch on board the Coast Guard Cutter Penebscot Bay, as it remains watching over the New York Harbor on January 1, 2004. Sharpshooters, helicopters, warplanes and thousands of police officers were in place in an unprecedented operation to thwart any terror attack on celebrations from New York to Las Vegas. *******/HO/USCG Photo/Mike Hvozda
Just a miscellaneous image to finish:
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Australian skydiver Livia ****ie leaps from atop the Kuala Lumpur Tower, January 2, 2004. Some 53 BASE (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth) jumpers from Asia, Europe and the United States are participating in a competition in which they jump from the world's third tallest tower and the world's second tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers, in the Malaysian capital. *******/Bazuki Muhammad
Again, all the best for the New Year!
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Edit: Added mortar still pic. & Safety Corrections...