Today's Pic's. - Jan. 5

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Afghans walk past a mosque after the first snowfall of the year in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Afghan soldiers guard outside the loya jirga, or grand council, site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. With a new constitution in the bag, delegates to Afghanistan's landmark grand council were relaxing and making plans to return home Monday after three exhausting weeks of debate on how to revive their war-trampled country. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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An Egyptian helicopter and a frigate patrol Monday, Jan. 5, 2004 the area around the site where a charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take off Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004 near Sharm el-Sheik coast. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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NATO's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, right, addresses the media on his first day at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday Jan. 5, 2004. De Hoop Scheffer, who stood down as Dutch foreign minister last month, replaces Britain's Lord Robertson, a former defense minister returning to the private sector after a four-year term as NATO Secretary General. At left is NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, left, meets his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee during a lunch at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. The two countries' leaders held their first direct talks since they nearly went to war two years ago, meeting face-to-face on the sidelines of the South Asian summit amid high hopes for better relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (R) and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee hold talks on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad on January 5, 2004. The leaders, seeking to cast aside the enmity that took their nuclear-armed countries to the brink of war in 2002, held talks for over an hour after metting for the first time in more than two years. REPEATING FOR BETTER QUALITY EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******/Press Information Department/Handout

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U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division inspect rockets which were recently captured from Iraqi insurgents, in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Iraqi police arrest a man in the city of Basra, some 550 kilometers south of Baghdad, Monday, Jan. 5 2004, after a jobless people protest turned into a riot. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

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A U.S. soldier stands next a former Iraqi army officer who sits in line for his salary in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad, January 5, 2004. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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A US soldier mans a machine gun as his vehicle leaves a coalition base for a mission in Tikrit. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) urged Arabs to rise up against America and force it to retreat from Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/Jewel Samad)

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Jeremy Greenstock (L) looks on as Paul Bremer (C) shakes hands with Tony Blair (news - web sites). Blair called the six-month countdown to Iraq (news - web sites)'s sovereignty a 'very critical' period as Greenstock predicted that guerrillas would conduct 'big bang' attacks to sabotage the rebuilding effort.(AFP/Jim Watson)

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A Thai police investigation team examines the explosion site in Pattani proviince, Thailand Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Two bombs exploded in this southern Thai town, killing two police officers and injuring several people, police said. Two other bombs were found in the same town before they could go off. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Doctors attend one of the victims at a hospital in nearby Cotabato city after of a bomb exploded killing at least 14 people and wounding 87 others, including the town mayor, outside a gymnasium in Parang town, southern Philippines on Sunday Jan. 4, 2004. Police said the bomb was planted on a motorcycle parked some five meters from the gymnasium. Many of the victims were hit by shrapnel inside the gymnasium, which had a roof but no walls. Others were hurt in the stampede. (AP Photo/str)

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A Palestinian girl clutches her mother's side, while her father stands next to an Israeli armored vehicle mounted with machine guns and a loudspeaker, after the family was detained for trying to drive during curfew, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Family members said they had been trying to leave Nablus for Ramallah when the soldiers inside the vehicle, who had been announcing the cufew, stopped them. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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A Palestinian Islamic Jihad veiled woman is seen through anti-French signs during a protest against the French proposal to bar the Muslim women from wearing headscarves in state schools, in Gaza city, Monday Jan. 5, 2004. The protests come after French President Jacques Chirac asked parliament to ban the wearing of "hijab," or head scarf in Arabic, and other conspicuous religious symbols, such as Jewish skullcaps and large crosses, in public schools to protect the country's secular nature. The Arabic on the headband reads "Al-Quds Brigade". (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon issued an order yesterday to dismantle two West Bank settlement outposts - one of them populated - in an initial step toward fulfilling Israel's commitment under the "road map" peace plan. Under the US-backed proposal, Israel must dismantle scores of the unauthorized outposts, but Sharon has been slow to comply(***** Images)

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Five teenaged conscientious objectors (L to R), Matan Kaminer, Adam Maor, Haggai Matar, Noam Bahat, Shomri Zameret, stand in front of a military court in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv January 4, 2004, after being sentenced (http://www.dawn.com/2004/01/05/int2.htm) to one year in prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli army. The five were convicted last month for refusing an order to carry out obligatory service. *******/Yossi Aloni (ISRAEL OUT)

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A camel walks through a dessert. The Israeli army has signed up 17 new recruits to combat the threat of bush fires on its bases in the Golan Heights -- a group of camels captured in the Negev desert of southern Israel.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)

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A Chinese police officer checks confiscated civet cats during a raid at a wild animal market in Guangzhou, the capital of China's southern province of Guangdong, January 5, 2004. Guangdong, which is monitoring is first confirmed SARS patient in months, will kill about 10,000 civets and close wild animal markets to eliminate the possible source of the disease, state media said. *******/China Photo

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^Chinese National Security Threat
;)

[scoone]

To ban hijab?, Why not ? they are about to ban also jew and catholic symbols from public schools.It's OK, a public school must show the nature of the national gov. If they don't like it....well , my ma' is scottish and on every visit to my scottish family I have to wear my kilt .[/quote]

[OnTheRocks]

Yeah, I haven't heard any complaints from the christian or jewish communities... :roll:

[Javehn]

Dear god .
make them stop , please ..Make it stop.

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They're going to kill all of those poor kitties? Why don't they just give them all to some old Chinese lady who has SARS?

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guy in the background on the left doesn't look like he's carrying an SA80. You're thoughts?

[steel bonnet]

He`s probably carrying a HK 53. RMP Body guards have been seen several times in Iraq using that weapon.

ja
Steel Bonnet

[He219]

He`s probably carrying a HK 53. RMP Body guards have been seen several times in Iraq using that weapon.

ja
Steel Bonnet

I agree (http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/close_protection/aau?full=1).
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An unidentifiied member of the Belgian Bomb Disposal Service carries a box with evidence towards his van outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Monday, Jan.5, 2004. A letter bomb addressed to a senior German member of the European Parliament burst into flames on Monday, but the latest in a string of mail attacks on European Union targets caused no injuries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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An unidentified member of the Belgian Bomb Disposal Service arrives with some tools at the European Parliament in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. A letter bomb addressed to a senior German member of the European Parliament burst into flames on Monday but the latest in a string of mail attacks on European Union targets caused no injuries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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French soldiers carry sections of the French robot "Achille" as they arrive at Sharm el-Sheik's Eastern Harbor Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, where it will start working in the Red Sea to locate the crash plane underwater. A charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Iraqi Kurdish workers cutting metal to fit onto one of one hundred U.S. Army vehicles, to protect them against roadside bombs and other attacks by Iraqi insurgents, in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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US soldiers hold back former Iraqi servicemen queuing to collect their salaries in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad, January 5, 2004. About one thousand former Iraqi soldiers and servicemen lined up at a bank in Mosul to receive their salaries. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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SECURITY CHECK — U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Hassell, with 5th Platoon, 2nd Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, uses his radio to verify a truck delivery at an entrance to the Coalition Provisional Authority building in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Heiser

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HELPING HAND — 1st Lt. William Vogt, a physicians assistant from San Antonio, Texas, places new shoes on the feet of a local child, outside the city of Gereshk, Afghanistan. 10th Mountain Division soldiers and members of the Coalition Joint Civil Military Operation Task Force recently conducted a Cooperative Medical Assistance clinic, offering basic medical care to the locals and their livestock, near Gereshk, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Horace Murray

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Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski addresses soldiers who are set to leave for Iraq (news - web sites) to take over from colleagues in a Polish-led multinational force during an official farewell ceremony in Glinnik.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, sits next to Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as they attend a meeting of the right-wing Likud Party in Tel Aviv Monday Jan. 5, 2004. The central committee is considering whether to force Sharon to clear every major policy decision with the hard-line body, potentially tying his hands in peace efforts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli peace activist from the organization Peace Now holds a sign during a demonstartion in front of the site where the ruling right-wing Likud party is having its annual convention in Tel Aviv Monday Jan. 5, 2004. The central committee of the Likud Party is considering whether to force Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to clear every major policy decision with the hard-line body, potentially tying his hands in peace efforts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli border policemen stand as Ethiopian Jews demontrate, Monday Jan.5, 2004, demanding help to bring their relatives to Israel, in front of the venue where the ruling Likud Party is having its annual convention in Tel Aviv. The central committee of the Likud Party is considering whether to force Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to clear every major policy decision with the hard-line body, potentially tying his hands in peace efforts. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Inside a hospital morgue, people pray over the body of Palestinian teenager Taj Saif,17, who was shot dead a short while earlier by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Saif's family say he was shot as he returned home after a day collecting scrap aluminium. The Israeli army say it believes he had been carrying a molotov cocktail. Israeli forces are in Nablus enforcing a curfew and searching for militants. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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A Palestinian looks at the concrete wall being built in the village of Abu Dis, in the outskirts of Jerusalem Monday Jan. 5, 2004. The wall is part of the barrier that Israel says is needed to keep suicide bombers out. On Sunday Justice Minister Yosef Lapid criticized the route of the barrier and asked the Cabinet to consider moving the barrier's route to a less controversial path. (AP photo/Oded Balilty)

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A tape recording claimed to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has surfaced as the United States entered a third week on a high state of alert for terrorists. The Arabic television channel Al Jazeera aired the tape, which includes mention of the arrest of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein last month. Saddam was captured on December 13. (***** Images)

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Marines and General Dynamics Amphibious Systems technicians put the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle through rigorous testing to ensure it will meet the requirements mandated by the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is slated to purchase a total of 1,013 EFVs at a total cost of about 6.7 billion. The first EFVs are expected to be fielded beginning in 2008.

[Ratamacue]

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Hopefully that won't be a piece of tin like the AAV7. Can't the AAV7 be pierced by a .50cal round?

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new berlin wall?

[He219]

Hopefully that won't be a piece of tin like the AAV7. Can't the AAV7 be pierced by a .50cal round?
Yes, especially with DU!
;)

More info on the USMC AAAV (http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Rifts/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/United_States/USMC_AAAV-10_Wolverine_AAV.htm).




Get out your 3-D Glasses!
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[scoone]

you're right , it looks like a new berlin wall. But , do you think it would useful?.

[S'13]

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new berlin wall?

The Berlin wall was built to separate a nation (the Germans). This barrier is been built to save lives...

[scoone]

But, when one of those fanatics terrorist wants to slaughter a crowd of people , tell me , do you think that a wall will stop it?

[S'13]

But, when one of those fanatics terrorist wants to slaughter a crowd of people , tell me , do you think that a wall will stop it?

It will be another means of stoping him. You can take the Gaza strip as an example, not a single suicied bomber has entered Israel from the Gaza strip, why? Because there is a barrier surrounding it.

[scoone]

Yes , I agree it is a good example.Although for how long? Building a wall is not going put an end to this issue.It's quite a difficult situation there.

[S'13]

Yes , I agree it is a good example.Although for how long? Building a wall is going put an end to this issue.It's quite a difficult situation there.

Of course it won't put and end to the issue. The issue can only be solved by dialog. The barrier will reduce the Palestinian terrorist groups ability and by doing so it will reduce their influence, this will help us (I hope ) get the peace talks back on track. I think it's up to the Palestinian people to put an end to the terrorist groups since these groups grew and are growing from within the Palestinian society, they have to understand that only by dialog they will achive statehood and not by terrorism, terrorism is what's stoping them...

[He219]

From the UK MoD Website:

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The Prime Minister visited
Basrah on 4 January, including
meeting instructors and students
at the police academy
in Az Zubayr

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Mr Blair sat in on one of the
classes for the Iraqi police officers

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What is that 'old' looking LMG?

Czech Military Police provided
security for the opening ceremony
of the new Police Academy

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Members of the multi-national
team of instructors - from left
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military police, British civilian
police, Italian Carabinieri,
British Royal Military Police

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Mr Stephen White, an Assistant
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responsible for the policing of
southern Iraq, presents
a PSNI crest to the Dean of
the new Academy

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Italian personnel maintain
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Mike Williams, a civilian military analyst for the United States Army, keeps track of convoy movements inside the Tactical Operations Center of the 3rd Corps Support Command on its base in Balad, Iraq on Dec. 30, 2003. The Army's 16,000-member 3rd Coscom operates the thousands of truck convoys that travel across Iraq each day, supplying U.S. military with fuel, food, water and other supplies. Attacks on the unit's convoys grew more complex in the late summer and fall, with the number of attacks risingeach month from May to November. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Palestinian men sit on the ground where they were told to sit after soldiers inside the armored vehicle took away their ID cards for violating curfew, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan 5, 2004. Israeli forces are in Nablus enforcing a curfew on the general population while other troops are said to be performing searches for wanted militants inside Nablus' Old City. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Israeli soldiers waiting for an armored vehicle to pick them up, stand in a field at sunset, near Salem, a village on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan 5, 2004. Israeli forces are in Nablus enforcing a curfew on the general population and performing searches for wanted militants inside Nablus' Old City. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a meeting of the central committee of his right-wing Likud party in Tel Aviv Monday Jan. 5, 2004. Speaking above boos and catcalls, Sharon said Israel would agree to the formation of a Palestinian state in negotiations dictated by the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan and that Israel would withdraw from some Jewish settlements in a peace agreement with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Hard-line Likud militants yell and clap their hands in disapproval as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a meeting of the central committee of his right-wing Likud party in Tel Aviv Monday Jan. 5, 2004. Speaking above boos and catcalls, Sharon said Israel would agree to formation of a Palestinian state in negotiations dictated by the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan and that Israel would withdraw from some Jewish settlements in a peace agreement with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers inspect a tunnel found in a house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah January 5, 2004. According to the Israeli army, the tunnel was used to smuggle weapons from nearby Egypt. *******/David Blumenfeld/POOL

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Afghanistan (Nov. 18, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Marauders of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Six (VFA-82) casts its shadow onto a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker as it prepares to refuel. VFA-82 is currently deployed with Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Perry Solomon. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 7, 2003) -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Checkerboards of Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) conducts simulated missions during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Gordon Oliver. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 7, 2003) -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Checkerboards of Marine Fighter Attack-Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) conducts simulated missions during Exercise Neon Falcon. Exercise Neon Falcon is a 10 day bi-lateral interoperability exercise with the Bahraini and American militaries. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force all participated in Exercise Neon Falcon. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson. (RELEASED)

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Shaikh Isa, Bahrain (Dec. 6, 2003) -- Two F/A-18's launch from Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson. (RELEASED)

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Shaikh Isa, Bahrain (Dec. 6, 2003) -- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps security personnel keep a watchful eye on the flight line at Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson. (RELEASED)

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Shaikh Isa, Bahrain (Dec. 6, 2003) -- Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Phillip Leonard assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Six (VFA-86) prepares an F/A-18 Hornet before take off while U.S. Navy and Marine Corps security forces provide force protection on the flight line at Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson. (RELEASED)

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Shaikh Isa, Bahrain (Dec. 6, 2003) -- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps security personnel keep a watchful eye on the flight line at Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain, during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson. (RELEASED)

[Whistler]

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Hopefully that won't be a piece of tin like the AAV7. Can't the AAV7 be pierced by a .50cal round?

Is it just me, or does that look almost EXACTLY like a Russian BMP??

I have a feeling thats going to make for some nasty friendly fire incidents :( .

[Operation Ivy]

Is it just me or have we not had any tank pics in a long time :-*$ :hug:

Good Job though He219 woot

[He219]

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How's this, Operation Ivy?

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This one's got Deuterium's Avatar on the back (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/3a51af26e2409db485256e12006c365e/$FILE/april8.jpg) ...
;)





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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 8, 2003) -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Checkerboards of Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) flies in formation with Bahraini F-16s during Exercise Neon Falcon. Neon Falcon is a 10-day interoperability exercise with Bahraini and American military forces. Squadrons from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and the Bahraini Air Force participated in the exercise. CVW-1 is currently deployed aboard Enterprise in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Gordon Oliver. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 15, 2003) -- An F-14 assigned to the Checkmates of Fighter Squadron Two One One (VF-211) makes an arrested landing aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). VF-211 is one of eight squadrons that are assigned to Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) deployed aboard Enterprise currently conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 15, 2003) -- An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Three (VAW-123) launches from one of four steam-powered catapults aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) is currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 30, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnanceman install a launcher on a inert High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The type of missile is used to test the arming system on specific aircraft configured to carry the HARM missile. The AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM) is an air-to-surface tactical missile designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently deployed 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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Arabian Gulf (Dec 31, 2003) -- Aviation Boatswain's Mates signal to the Launch Officer that the aircraft is ready to be launched from the flight deck aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The Aviation Boatswain Mate operate, maintain and repair aircraft catapults, arresting gear and barricades. They operate and maintain fuel and lube oil transfer systems. ABs direct aircraft on the flight deck and in hanger bays before launch and after recovery, and they use tow tractors to position planes and operate support equipment used to start aircraft. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently deployed 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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Arabian Gulf (Dec 31 2003) -- Airman Zaccary E. Burtts from Jacksonville, Ark. ensures that the flight deck and catwalk areas are clear and that all personnel are at a safe distance from the steam-powered catapult during a launch on the flight deck aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently deployed 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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An Israeli soldier looks out the window of an armored vehicle, which was patrolling to enorce a curfew in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan 5, 2004. Israeli forces are in Nablus enforcing a curfew on the general population while other troops are said to be performing searches for wanted militants inside Nablus' Old City. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Palestinian men sit on the ground where they were told to sit after soldiers inside the armored vehicle took away their ID cards for violating curfew, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan 5, 2004. Israeli forces are in Nablus enforcing a curfew on the general population while other troops are said to be performing searches for wanted militants inside Nablus' Old City. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)


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Iraqi police and coalition members work together to search a Party for a Democratic Kurdistan building for weapons in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe) (Released)

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Just a wee bit of rust. Time to get the cleaning kit...
:petting:

Iraqi Civil Service (ICS) prison guards peer into one of three boxes of weapone being donated to the Iraqu Prision Guards in the Babylon province in the town of Ah-Hilla, Iraq on Jan. 3, 2004. The Polish CIMIC (Civilian and Military Cooperation) Team along with the Dutch police advisor Tak Ceesk cooridinating together aquired weapons siezed on raids and at checkpoints to donate to the AL-Hilla Prison guards which will now allow each ICS prison guard to have a weapon in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Siemion) (Released)

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Members of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and a South Korean EOD unit, discuss proper disposal procedures for munitions found on and around Tallil Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Chenzira Mallory, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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After gunfire broke out during a demonstration in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq, a coalition member mans his machine gun and keeps a watchful eye on the perimeter of the government building, Dec. 31, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe) (Released)

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Soldiers of Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne) - 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct a live fire exercise targeting an abandoned Iraqi tank near Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2003. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is under the operational control of the 4th Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Clinton Tarzia) (Released)

[Operation Ivy]

How's this, Operation Ivy?

woot woot excpet for the 2nd one :-*$ :P