Today's Pic's. - Jan. 11

[He219]

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NATO peacekeepers from Germany search vehicles at a checkpoint during a search for most wanted war crimes fugitive, Radovan Karadzic, in the eastern Bosnian town of Pale Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004. The troops began searching Pale, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Sarajevo, early Saturday following a tip that the war crimes suspect was there. Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb war time leader has been indicted for genocide and war crimes, including the 1995 slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

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NATO peacekeepers search vehicles at a checkpoint during a search for most wanted war crimes fugitive, Radovan Karadzic, in the eastern Bosnian town of Pale Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004.

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Peacekeepers stand in front of the house of most wanted war crimes figitive, Radovan Karadzic, in Pale, Bosnia, during a search Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004. NATO-led peacekeepers began searching the eastern Bosnian town of Pale, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Sarajevo, early Saturday following a tip that the war crimes suspect was there. Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb war time leader has been indicted for genocide and war crimes, including the 1995 slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

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Ljiljana Karadzic, left, wife of most wanted war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic, stands at a window in her house while NATO-led peacekeepers search the premises in Pale, Bosnia, on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004.

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Soldiers from the 7th Division of the Northern Alliance march toward a U.N. disarmament facility to turn in their weapons Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Mohammed Asif said he was tired of fighting as he and other 7th Division Mujahedeen soldiers turned over their weapons to the International Security Assistance Force near Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan.11, 2004.

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A military commander checks the weapons of soldiers from the 7th Division of the Northern Alliance prior to turning them in to a U.N. disarmament facility Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations and the Afghan Defense Ministry are attempting to disarm nearly 100,000 members of former militias associated with the Northern Alliance and other groups, as it tries to build a viable national army. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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U.S. Army 1Lt. Melinda Demott and Capt. William Nelson hand out school supplies at Tangi Kalay, near Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo

Quarantesima Batteria Obici Soldiers Recongized at ISAF

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -Captain Marco Cucchinelli, Quarantesima Batteria Obici commander, is saluted during a recognition ceremony. The Captain's company was honoured for their security of the HQ ISAF compound during the past four months.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -Captain Marco Cucchinelli, Quarantesima Batteria Obici commander, is saluted during a recognition ceremony. The Captain's company was honoured for their security of the HQ ISAF compound during the past four months.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -An Italian soldier from the Quarantesima Batteria Obici presents the Italian flag during a ceremony recognizing the company's security of the HQ ISAF compund.

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British troops ready themselves to face protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Amarah Sunday Jan. 11, 2004.

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British troops face protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Amarah Sunday Jan. 11, 2004. Hundreds of Iraqis hurled stones at British soldiers who waded into the crowd wielding batons in this southeastern city Sunday, the day after clashes that killed six protesters and wounded at least 11. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

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Spc. Michael Meier, left, of the 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., gets a light for his cigarette from Kadiq Mohammed Abdul Hali, center, while talking with Abdullah Khalef Habib outside Abdul Hali's relative's home Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004 near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Meier was out with his unit developing relations with the local population and attempting to understand the tribal structures of the area. Meier is from San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Specialist Tim Hogan of the 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan. uses a metal detector while searching for weapons caches outside a home Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004 near Ramadi, Iraq. Hogan and his unit, called Bushmaster, patrol through yards and search homes looking for weapons caches and signs of explosive devices. Hogan is from Nashua, NH. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Iraqis gather around burning old Iraqi Army trucks in Abu Ghraib district near Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004. According to Iraqis on the scene U.S Army soldiers and Iraqi police have set seven trucks on fire. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at governor's office in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash. Erdogan met with Denktash about the island's future. In the meantime, leaders of two Turkish Cypriot parties said Subday they had agreed to form a new government in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus led by a party favoring a U.N.-backed plan for reunification with Greek Cypriots. The announcement comes amid increasing pressure on Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to find a solution to the island's division. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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Palestinian men block the road while protesting the Israeli army's closure of the Tapuah junction, near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday Jan. 11, 2004. Palestinians prevented from going through the junction sat on the road closing it and jammed the traffic of Israeli vehicles before being removed with force by the army. ( AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Two Israeli soldiers drag a Palestinian man while another is detained after blocking the road protesting the Israeli army closure of the Tapuah junction, near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday Jan. 11, 2004.

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Thai soldiers take part during the Polish takeover ceremony held at Camp Babylon, in Hilla, some 110km south from Iraq (news - web sites)'s capital Baghdad. The Polish-led multinational division in Iraq changed commanders today in a ceremony where the military leaders hailed their successes in rebuilding the war-shattered country.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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Thai troops (top) observe a Polish guard of honor during a change of command ceremony in the Iraqi town of Babylon, January 11, 2004. Polish Major General Mieczyslaw Bienek took over Major General Andrzej Tyskiewicz post as Multinational Division Center South commander on Sunday. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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Polish Major General Andrzej Tyskiewicz (L) hands the headquarters flag to Major General Mieczyslaw Bienek during a change of command ceremony in the Iraqi town of Babylon, January 11, 2004. Polish Major General Mieczyslaw Bienek took over Major General Andrzej Tyskiewicz post as Multinational Division Center South commander on Sunday. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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U.S. commander in Iraq (news - web sites) Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez attends a change of command ceremony in the Iraqi town of Babylon, some 100 km from Baghdad January 11, 2004. Polish Major General Mieczyslaw Bienek took over Major General Andrzej Tyskiewicz post as Multinational Division Center South commander on Sunday. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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Soldiers from the Dominican Republic laugh while walking to attend a change of command ceremony in the Iraqi town of Babylon, January 11, 2004. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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A Danish soldier examines mortar shells unearthed by Danish forces stationed in southern Iraq (news - web sites), on a road near Basra, in a photo released on January 11, 2004. Denmark said on Saturday its troops had found 36 mortar shells buried in southern Iraq that initial chemical weapons tests showed could contain blister gas. The shells had been buried for at least 10 years and the site may contain another 100, it said. EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******/HO/Danish Army Operational Command

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A Danish soldier carries a mortar shell unearthed by Danish forces stationed in southern Iraq (news - web sites) on a road near Basra, in a photo released on January 11, 2004. Denmark said on Saturday its troops had found 36 mortar shells buried in southern Iraq that initial chemical weapons tests showed could contain blister gas. The shells had been buried for at least 10 years and the site may contain another 100, it said. EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******/HO/Danish Army Operational Command

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South Korean bodyguards from the New Korea Total Service (NKTS), a private security service provider, train for missions in Kapyong, some 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul January 11, 2004. The NKTS announced on Sunday it will send 50 bodyguards this month and another 50 next month to Iraq (news - web sites) to carry out security missions for international businesses in the war-torn country. KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVE *******/Byeon Yeong-wook/The Dong-A Ilbo

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Bulgarian health workers sit in a metal cage in a court-room in Benghazi, Lybia in this 2003 file photo. Six Bulgarian health workers are accused of deliberately infecting the children in what Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at one point describes as a plot by the CIA and Israel's Mossad to undermine his regime by spreading the disease. A verdict could come as early as Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, and the defendants could get the death penalty, but some Bulgarians hope Gadhafi will pardonthem as part of his newlyemerging effort to make peace with the West. (AP Photo)


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Military officers and flight crew direct the loading into an Antonov 124 transport plane a special submarine that can dive to 1, 100 meters (3, 610-feet), Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at the military air base of Istres, southern France. The submarine, owned by French state-run France Telecom, is to be flown Saturday by France to Sharm El-Sheik to try to recover the two black boxes from the charter jet that crashed into the Red Sea last Saturday, Jan. 3. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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A French soldier stands guard on the outskirts of the city of Korhogo, about 850 km (528 miles) from Abidjan in the north of the Ivory Coast January 10, 2004. About 200 French soldiers were deployed in Korhogo, which is the first time the French have put any significant numbers on the ground deep in rebel zones in the north. In background right is Mount Korhogo. *******/Luc Gnago

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A French soldier talks with children in the rebel-held town of Korhogo, about 850 km (528 miles) from Abidjan in northern Ivory Coast, January 10, 2004. About 200 French soldiers were deployed in Korhogo, which is the first time the French have put any significant numbers on the ground deep in rebel zones in the north. *******/Luc Gnago


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A helicopter patrols the skies of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad at sunset, January 9, 2004. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

[usa320]

IS that an MH-6 little bird?

ALso i hope they nab Karadzic, hes a bastard.[/img]

[Uncle Chô]

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Looks more like a NH 500E (Aeronautica Militare Italiana does have any helo in Iraq ?) than a MH-6 Little Bird (no round nose à la Cayuse)...

[Chris1]

couldn't not post this one :)
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Caption reads RRW!
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[Whistler]

Might be an Ex-Iraqi Army MD 500.

They had a bunch of them and they are now getting put back into service with the new Iraqi defence forces and police

[Uncle Chô]

Might be an Ex-Iraqi Army MD 500.They had a bunch of them
Really ?? Do you have any pic ? Who did they get them from ? I thought they only had Russian and French helos.

[Marmot1]

ha ha and you belive any of them is in flyable condition??? I heard that on one of the abondoned airbases iraqi junk collector pulled some nice stuf in cabin of old sukhoi bomber and catapulted himselve :-) he was badly injured since he did't fastened belts and he landed in pile of metal junk :-) but any way that must have looked very funny woot

[He219]

I saw the same model 500 chopper in a picture Dec. 12 circling the removal of the Saddam Busts....

It was painted a civilian blue color scheme but the caption also noted it as a military helo.


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Thousands of protesters demonstrate at a rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004 against possible evacuation of the Jewish settlements. Several dozens of thousands of people participated in a right-wing demonstration organized by right-wing movements to protest Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government planned evacuation of settlement outposts and unilateral steps to reduce Israel's presence in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli police search for the remains of 19-year-old Palestinian Iyad Bilal Masri in the village of Ginsafut near the West Bank town of Qalqiliya Sunday Jan. 11, 2004. The Palestinian man from the West Bank Town of Nablus, apparently en route to Israel, was killed when a bomb he was carrying exploded prematurely the Israeli military said. ( AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Soldiers carry a body of an alleged rebel of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, at a military base in Popayan, some 230 miles southwest of Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Jan.11, 2004. Seven alleged rebels were killed in fighting against government troops in the rural area of Tambo, in the southern Cauca state of Colombia, Army officials said. (AP Photo/ J. George)

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[He219]

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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- An F-15E Strike Eagle supporting operations here prepares to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron on Dec. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)

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WASHINGTON -- Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche unveiled a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan.8 to honor Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman who was killed March 4, 2002, while fighting against the Taliban during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. He was posthumously decorated with the nation's second-highest award for valor, the Air Force Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

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Keith Luse, an unofficial U.S. delegation to North Korea member, is surrounded by South Korean reporters upon his arrival January 11, 2004 at Incheon International airport, South Korea. U.S. Congressional aides who recently viewed North Korea´s "nuclear deterrent" arrived in South Korea January 11 as the North marked the anniversary of its withdrawal from the global nuclear arms control treaty ... (***** Images)

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Kent u het spreekwoord "Waar gehakt wordt, vallen spaanders". Betrokken chauffeur, die met dat ietwat beteuterde gezicht, had een Patria, een voertuig dat toch groot genoeg is om niet over het hoofd te hoeven gezien te worden, helaas niet gezien. Dat de andere collegae daarover enig leedvermaak hadden lijkt mij duidelijk. Een Patria raken met je witte MB-etje is nooit grappig !

Voor zover de berichtgeving vanuit Kidhr.

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Wanneer je in dit land rondloopt en je bent ver van huis en haard, dan heb je niet echt het idee dat je ooit nog familie tegenkomt. Ik weet niet hoe het u vergaat, maar bij de volgende foto had ik toch de gedachte dat deze collega een irakese "neef" had ontmoet. Oordeelt uzelf ! Voor de goede orde, die rechter is de Irakees.

[kinghk]

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[quote]NATO peacekeepers search vehicles at a checkpoint during a search for most wanted war crimes fugitive, Radovan Karadzic, in the eastern Bosnian town of Pale Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004.

Old german licence plates, isn't it? Stolen car?

Nice pics as usual He219.

[fantassin]

Really ?? Do you have any pic ? Who did they get them from ? I thought they only had Russian and French helos

You can add another 30 to 40 MBO 105 helicopters built under licence in Spain and supplied by Spain to Iraq when Iraq was still considered an ally against the spread of Iran.

[Skyranger]

WASHINGTON -- Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche unveiled a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan.8 to honor Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman who was killed March 4, 2002, while fighting against the Taliban during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. He was posthumously decorated with the nation's second-highest award for valor, the Air Force Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)


wasn't this the guy who dropped that bomb on his SF unit killing three of them and 20 afgan fighters. if so why was he awarded a medal.

[He219]

I don't know about the friendly fire incident, but here's the story...

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WASHINGTON -- Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche unveiled a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan.8 to honor Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman who was killed March 4, 2002, while fighting against the Taliban during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. He was posthumously decorated with the nation's second-highest award for valor, the Air Force Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

Roche unveils AF hero memorial (http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006341)

by Master Sgt. Scott Elliott
Air Force Print News

1/9/2004 - WASHINGTON -- The secretary of the Air Force unveiled a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 8 to honor the service’s highest-decorated combat controller.

Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, from the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, was killed March 4, 2002, while fighting against the Taliban during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. He was posthumously decorated with the nation’s second-highest award for valor, the Air Force Cross.

The memorial, a glass-enclosed life-size model of a combat controller in full combat gear, features Sergeant Chapman’s award citation and photos of him on duty in Afghanistan. It will remain on display in the cemetery’s visitor center until March 15, after which it will move to Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Fla., for two weeks. The display then will travel to the Air Force Enlisted Heritage Museum at the Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., where it will be permanently displayed beginning March 31.

A duplicate memorial will be on permanent display at Lackland AFB, Texas.

“This display exemplifies all we value in the Air Force,” Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche told Sergeant Chapman’s relatives and representatives of the combat control career field. “John’s personal bravery in the face of the enemy was emblematic of the warrior ethos.”

According to his award citation, Sergeant Chapman was attached to a Navy SEAL team when their helicopter was hit by enemy machinegun fire. A rocket-propelled grenade then hit the helicopter, causing a SEAL team member to fall from the aircraft into enemy-held territory.

Sergeant Chapman called in an AC-130 gunship to protect the stranded team after the helicopter made an emergency landing more than four miles from the fallen SEAL.

After calling in another helicopter to evacuate his stranded team, Sergeant Chapman volunteered to rescue his missing team member from the enemy stronghold. He engaged and killed two of the enemy before advancing and engaging a second enemy position -- a dug-in machinegun nest.

From close range, the citation reads, Sergeant Chapman exchanged fire with the enemy from minimum personal cover until he succumbed to multiple wounds. His engagement and destruction of the first enemy position, and advancement on the second enemy position, enabled his team to move to cover and break enemy contact.

The Navy SEAL leader praised Sergeant Chapman unequivocally with saving the lives of the entire team.

“It takes a particular breed of warrior to accomplish these missions,” said Senior Master Sgt. James Lyons, commandant of the Air Force Combat Control School. “(It takes) an exceptional brand of courage, as well as confidence and patriotism, not mention just a little bit of daring.”

The memorial’s unveiling comes nearly a year to the day after Secretary Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper presented the Air Force Cross to Sergeant Chapman’s widow, Valerie.

“John died fighting terrorism, and we continue to live free today because of his sacrifice and the sacrifices of others,” the secretary said.

Sergeant Chapman’s aunt and uncle, Sallie and Dale Chapman, helped Secretary Roche unveil the memorial, pulling off the olive drab parachute that had covered it.

“It’s wonderful; what a tribute,” Sallie Chapman said, her voice breaking with emotion. “My favorite part is the photo of him holding the (Afghan) child. I think they captured, in just this small display, every part of him.”

:D

[Dave the Dawg]

Really ?? Do you have any pic ? Who did they get them from ? I thought they only had Russian and French helos

You can add another 30 to 40 MBO 105 helicopters built under licence in Spain and supplied by Spain to Iraq when Iraq was still considered an ally against the spread of Iran.

Helicopter deliveries to Iraq since 1973, excluding the USSR and France:
- Canada: 6 BO-105s in 1988
- Egypt: 18 SA-342K/L Gazelle in 1986-87
- Germany: 6 BK-117s in 1984, 16 BK-117s in 1988-89, 6 BK-117s in 1990 and 20-23 Bo-105Cs in 1979-82.
- Italy: 2 A-109 and 6 S-61s in 1982
- Jordan: 2 S-76 Spirit, 1985
- Poland: 15 Mi-2, 1984-85
- Spain: 24 Bo-105C, 1982-83
- USA: 31 Bell-214ST in 1987-88; 30 Hughes-300/TH-55 in 1984; 30 MD-500MD in 1983; and 26 MD-530F in 1985-86.

In almost all cases, these were for civilian, search & rescue or VIP transport use. Many, naturally, were taken over by the Iraqi armed forces.

French deliveries were 31 SA-316B Alouette-3s in 1975-77, 10 SA-321H Super Frelons in 1976-80, 6 more Super Frelons in 1981, 3 SA-330 Pumas in 1976, 20 more Pumas in 1980-81, 40 SA-342K/L Gazelles in 1976-77, 20 more Gazelles in 1980-81, and 18 more Gazelles in 1986-88.

Soviet deliveries included 37 Mi-17s, 52 Mi-24D/Mi-25/Hind-Ds, 10-15 Mi-6T/Hook-As, 90 Mi-8T/Hip-Cs and 30 Mi-8TV/Hip-Fs.

[fantassin]

Thanks, good infos !

[Dalleer]

In my opinion, the "powers that be" are not doing enough to catch this Radovan Karadzic.

That man is just the same as Milosevic, an outright warcriminal and a coward for not having the guts to account for his actions in Haag. (although, Milosevic was finally brought to justice)

My plan for his capture would be to play it dirty; I'd go for that bastards family as well. I'd broadcast the picture of his family in the TV and state that Mr. Karadzic has 24 hours to show up to a NATO-controlled area and surrender to the specific troops there.

If not, Mr. Karadzic would see his beloved family get executed with the same style that he once ordered (or more like, knew about) other civilians to be murdered in cold blood.


You can call me a bastard as well for writing my views down on a such harsh manner, but the fact is that either the "powers that be" are not willing to do enough, or are not capable of capturing Radovan Karadzic.

Of course my "plan" would be too inhumane, some people will say.

[fantassin]

Of course my "plan" would be too inhumane, some people will say

Well, NATO is supposed to do hostage rescue, not hostage taking...

[Dalleer]

Well, NATO is supposed to do hostage rescue, not hostage taking...

Exactly, however that could be one of the effective ways to take Karadzic into custody, since the current methods are not really paying off since that guy seems to always know where the next raid's going to take place...

And, I doubt that Karadzic will ever be caught with these current methods, and that's the honest truth.

So something very radical has to be thought in the near future, if , "the powers that be" really want to catch Karadzic.