Today's Pic's. - Jan. 17

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A man rides a horse through a bonfire during the traditional 'Luminares' fiesta in the village of Sant Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, 100 km west of Madrid Friday Jan. 16, 2004. The ancient ritual is said to purify the horses on the eve of Sant Anton, the patron saint of all animals in Spain. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)


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In a military exercise Spanish Commandos arrest crewmen aboard a US supply ship, the USNS Saturn, in the Arabian Sea, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004, as part of the Sea Saber Exercise, a global initiative announced by US President George Bush in May 2003 to help stop the flow of weapon of mass destruction. Sixteen nations participated in the Sea Saber maritime exercise, some operational and some as observers. (AP Photo/Ali Fraidoon)

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Spanish Commandos storm a US supply ship, the USNS Saturn, during a military exercise in the Arabian Sea, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004. The exercise is part of the Sea Saber Exercise, a global initiative announced by US President George Bush in May 2003, to help stop the flow of weapons of mass destruction. Sixteen nations participated in the Sea Saber maritime exercise, some operational and some as observers. (AP Photo/Ali Fraidoon)

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CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTING DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH Spanish King Juan Carlos (L) greets Chilean officers upon his arrival at the Chilean Eduardo Frei Antarctic base, January 16, 2004. The king will visit a Chilean and Spains bases at the Antarctic continent. Picture taken on January 16. *******/Victor Rojas/POOL

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Spanish King Juan Carlos (R) and Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, look over the signs that mark distance from south pole to different countries, during their visit to Chilean Eduardo Frei Antarctic base, January 16, 2004. The king is visiting Chilean and Spains Antarctic bases. Picture taken on January 16. *******/Alex Ibanez-Presidential Palace NO SALES

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Members of the advance team of Japanese soldiers arrive at Kuwait International Airport on Saturday, Dec.17, 2004. The 30 military men dressed in civilian clothes where whisked out of the VIP Lounge to a waiting bus which transport them to Camp Virginia in the Kuwaiti desert, 80 Km North West of Kuwait City. After training, the Japanese soldiers are expected to be transfered to Iraq on a humanitarian mission. (AP Photo/Mauro Ferrari)

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A Japanese soldier looks through a bus window as Japanese troops arrive at Kuwait airport. An advance unit of 35 Japanese ground troops arrived in Kuwait to set the stage for humanitarian operations into Iraq (news - web sites), a US forces spokesman told reporters. e(AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat)

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US Army Lt. Col. Vick Harris from Yellow Springs, Ohio, left, salutes the Commander of the Japanese Self Defence Force, Col. Masahisa Sato, from Tokyo, Japan, on the arrival of the Japanese contingent to Camp Virginia, in the Kuwaiti desert, 80 km north of Kuwait City on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004. Members of the advance team of Japanese soldiers arrived Saturday for training, and are expected to be transfered to Iraq on a humanitarian mission. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

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.S. Army Lt. Col. Gregory Heller, far right, guides Japanese troops at Camp Virginia, in the Kuwaiti desert, 80 kilometers north of Kuwait City on Saturday, January 17, 2004. An advance team of Japanese soldiers arrived Saturday in Kuwait for training at a U.S. military base before they cross overland to Iraq on a humanitarian mission that puts the nation's soldiers in a combat zone for the first time since World War II. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

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Japan's Army Col. Masahisa Sato, from Tokyo, right, Commander of the Japanese Self Defense Forces, talks to his soldiers inside a tent at Camp Virginia, in the Kuwaiti desert, 80 km north of Kuwait City on Saturday, Jan.17, 2004, after arriving in the country.

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Japanese commander Colonel Sato speaks with journalists on arrival at camp Virginia, south of the Iraqi border in northern Kuwait, January 17, 2004. A team of Japanese soldiers heading to Iraq (news - web sites) in the Asian power's most controversial deployment since World War II arrived in Kuwait. Photo by Caren Firouz/*******

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A banner hanging on the ceiling of an indoor market in Samawa, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 reads,"To our Japanese friends in Samawa, a message of peace and love from all Iraq ". Japanese troops are scheduled to arrive in Samawa in the next few days. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Soldiers from the Italian Army's Sassari Brigade are welcomed by friends and relatives upon returning from their mission in Iraq, in Cagliari's Elmas airport, Sardinia, Italy, early Friday Jan. 16, 2004. (AP Photo)

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In cahoots ;)

French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie meets with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Friday January 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Talk about Ameriphobia ... ;)

French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie gestures during a press conference at the United Nations Friday January 16, 2004. While France remains a major partner of the United States, Minister Alliot-Marie singled out on Friday what she called American aspirations for economic supremacy as well as assertions of cultural and political supremacy. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld escorts French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie into the Pentagon on Jan. 15, 2004. The two leaders are meeting to discuss defense issues of mutual interest. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel. (Released)

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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie pose for photographers prior to their meeting in the Pentagon on Jan. 15, 2004. The two leaders are meeting to discuss defense issues of mutual interest. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel. (Released)

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French Minister of Defense Michelle Alliot-Marie (center) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on Jan. 15, 2004. From left to right: Mr. Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, director of strategic affairs; Jean David Levitte, French ambassador to the United States; Alliot-Marie; interpreter; Vice Admiral d'escadre, Francois Dupont, head of the military cabinet. The two leaders are meeting to discuss defense issues of mutual interest. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel. (Released)

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A young woman wearing a tricolor headband takes part in a Muslim demonstration in Lille, northern France, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, to protest the government's plan to ban religious attire in public schools. The proposed law would ban Muslim head scarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses from public schools to keep them secular and avoid religious strife. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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An unidentified man is pictured in Paris during a demonstration by up to 10,000 anti-nuclear protestors. The main target of the nuclear protests is the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPWR), to be built in Finland by a consortium including the French state-owned Areva group and German engineering giant Siemens at a cost of three billion euros (3.7 billion dollars).(AFP/Jean-Pierre Muller)

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During the Moruroa Atoll tests November 21, 1995, Chirac unilaterally defied a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution which called for an "immediate cessation of all nuclear testing." You make the connection ...

A man wearing a mask caricaturing French President Jacques Chirac gestures in Paris, during a demonstration by up to 10,000 anti-nuclear protestors. The main target of the nuclear protests is the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPWR), to be built in Finland by a consortium including the French state-owned Areva group and German engineering giant Siemens at a cost of three billion euros (3.7 billion dollars).(AFP/Jean-Pierre Muller)

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Uncle Cho, didn't you say they had already found the second two weeks ago? ;)

Egyptian investigators hold the flight data recorder Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 from the Egyptian plane that crashed Jan. 3 into the Red Sea shortly after taking off, killing 148 people. A small French submarine robot retrieved the recorder, commonly known as a black box. (AP Photo/Abu Eman)

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Hong Kong - A Hong Kong Government Services EC 155 Dauphin helicopter hovers over the flight deck of USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during joint training with the Seventh Fleet Flag Ship in Hong Kong harbor. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Novia E. Harrington. (RELEASED)

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Northern Arabian Sea (Jan. 13, 2004) -- Capt. Wan Mun Chin examines a patient suffering from a sore throat and high fever. Capt. Wan is assigned to the Republic of Singapore tank landing ship RSS Endurance (L 207). Endurance is participating in a 15-nation coalition exercise Sea Saber 2004. Endurance will participate as both a compliant and non-compliant vessel for boarding teams. Sea Saber will provide a multi-tiered training scenario in locating weapons of mass destruction aboard suspect ships operating in waters currently patrolled by coalition forces in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood. (RELEASED)

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Philippine Sea (Jan. 16, 2004) -- Inspectors from the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) observe crewmembers aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) run simulated missile defense drills in the ship’s Combat Direction Center (CDC). Periodic inspections evaluate the ship’s material condition and operational capability. Kitty Hawk is America’s oldest active warship and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason C. Winn. (RELEASED)

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Philippine Sea (Jan. 16, 2004) -- Sailors and members of the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) check the ship's counter-measure wash down system aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The counter-measure wash down system consists of piping and a series of nozzles specially designed to spray a large amount of water and Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) on all open weather deck surfaces, in the event of a chemical, biological, or radiological attack, and major damage control and firefighting. These required inspections evaluate ship material condition and operational capability. Kitty Hawk is America’s oldest active warship and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason R. Williams. (RELEASED)

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Philippine Sea (Jan. 16, 2004) -- A Sailor assigned to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) brings a sample of water and Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) mixture to a member of the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) during an evaluation of the ship's counter-measure wash down system. The counter-measure wash down system consists of piping and a series of nozzles specially designed to spray a large amount of water and Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) on all open weather deck surfaces, in the event of a chemical, biological, or radiological attack, and major damage control and firefighting. These required inspections evaluate ship material condition and operational capability. Kitty Hawk is America’s oldest active warship and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason R. Williams. (RELEASED)

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Washington, D.C. (Jan. 16, 2004) -- Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England pins the Bronze Star on Rear Adm. Willie C. Marsh during a ceremony held in the Secretary’s Pentagon office. Marsh was recognized for meritorious achievement in his duties as Commander, Task Force 51, from January 1, 2003 to Mary 31, 2003, while executing support for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. According to the citation, his leadership was “instrumental in the coalition’s rapid victory in the liberation of Iraq. As commander of the largest Amphibious Task Force since World War II, Marsh’s amphibious ships supported more than 2,600 combat sorties and effectively delivered ordnance on a wide range of targets, expediting the rapid advance on Baghdad.” U.S. Navy photo Chief Journalist Craig P. Strawser. (RELEASED)

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Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth O. Preston, center, has his rank insignia changed to Sergeant Major of the Army by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker, left, and his wife, Karen, prior to being sworn in on Thursday at the Pentagon.

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Staff Sgt. Gerald Knapp, with the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, launches a Desert Hawk surveillance system at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia on Thursday. Desert Hawk is a seven-pound aircraft equipped with a global positioning system, as well as day- and night-capable cameras.

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MCB CAMP FOSTER — Members of the Special Reaction Team (SRT) approach the Kubasaki Gym to recover an injured hostage taker and drop off a direct wired telephone to comunicate with the remaining hostage taker.

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Capt. David Poland, 3/383, 3rd Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support), discusses training with an Afghan Army officer. Poland acted as a mentor to the commander of a rifle company during his deployment to Afghanistan.

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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen remove a concrete pillar during the Jan. 11 cleanup effort to help restore a mosque here. Project volunteers represent several 506th Air Expeditionary Group units here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, U.S. Central Command Deputy Commander, answers questions from airmen assigned to the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kirkuk AB, Iraq. The general visited Kirkuk and two other bases in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alicia Sarkkinen) SEE LATEST STORIES

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An engineer with A Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division hangs a field-expedient shaped charge, called a water impulse, over a gate in preparation for his team members to breach the gate in Samarra, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Benjamin R. Kibbey

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Members of A Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, secure gear to their Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle and prepare to mount up as the Spiral Minaret of Samarra rises behind them. The soldiers moved out of the city after 36 hours of continuous operations as part Operation Ivy Blizzard. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Benjamin R. Kibbey

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U.S. and Iraqi troops are seen in this image made from television, as they stand guard at the spot where three U.S. and two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb, when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck the explosive device while patrolling a road near Taji, Iraq (news - web sites), about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/APTN)

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U.S. and Iraqi troops are seen in this image made from television, at the spot where three U.S. and two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb, when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck the explosive device while patrolling a road near Taji, Iraq (news - web sites), about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004.

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Iraqi militiamen guard a group of civilians, in this image made from television, at the spot where three U.S. and two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb, when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck the explosive device while patrolling a road near Taji, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004.(AP Photo/APTN)

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The destroyed turret of a US Bradley fighting vehicle is taken away on the back of a truck after three US and two Iraqi soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb blew apart their armored vehicle.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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The site of a bomb blast north of Baghdad, near the town of Taji, January 17, 2004. The blast killed five inside a Bradley armored vehicle. *******/Ali Jasim

ISAF:

Agreement signed authorizing heavy weapons movement
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -Major General Andrew Leslie, Deputy Commander ISAF watches as Lieutenant General Bismullah Kahn, Ministry of Defense Chief of Staff, sign the document authorizing the movement of Heavy Weapons from Afghan Militia Forces' locations in and around Kabul to cantonment sites outside the Kabul City limits. The Heavy Weapons Cantonment, agreed upon by the MOD and the acting ISAF Commander, began at 88th Brigade Headquarters. A press conference was held at the 88th Brigade Headquarters to mark the start of this historical occasion.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Lt Gen. Bismullah Kahn, MOD Chief of Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence Mr. Abdul Rahim Wardak inspect the soldiers before the press conference in Kabul.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -Some of the heavy weapons to be taken to the cantonment sites in Kabul.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - The first units waiting to move the heavy weapons to cantonment sites in Kabul.

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An unidentified man is pictured in Paris during a demonstration by up to 10,000 anti-nuclear protestors. The main target of the nuclear protests is the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPWR), to be built in Finland by a consortium including the French state-owned Areva group and German engineering giant Siemens at a cost of three billion euros (3.7 billion dollars).(AFP/Jean-Pierre Muller)

Can someone here that know about these things explain this to me. What the hell is these protests about? Nuclear energy is good, so Finland will remain a beautiful country, which hardly would be the case if coal would be used instead, or hundreds of thousands of wind mills... about the left-overs I guess we still just sell them to Russia for a couple of rubles. :)

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I posted that one because it specifically referenced Finland - and because it's funny, mustamato. Protestors are concerned about the radioactive waste of Nuclear Power and the possible dangers posed by a meltdown. Windmills would also kill a lot of birds. ;)

It just goes to show that people will always find something to protest about, while nations act to serve their own interests ....

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Good pics woot woot.

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A man rides a horse through a bonfire during the traditional 'Luminares' fiesta in the village of Sant Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, 100 km west of Madrid Friday Jan. 16, 2004. The ancient ritual is said to purify the horses on the eve of Sant Anton, the patron saint of all animals in Spain. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)


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In a military exercise Spanish Commandos arrest crewmen aboard a US supply ship, the USNS Saturn, in the Arabian Sea, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004, as part of the Sea Saber Exercise, a global initiative announced by US President George Bush in May 2003 to help stop the flow of weapon of mass destruction. Sixteen nations participated in the Sea Saber maritime exercise, some operational and some as observers. (AP Photo/Ali Fraidoon)

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Spanish Commandos storm a US supply ship, the USNS Saturn, during a military exercise in the Arabian Sea, Saturday Jan. 17, 2004. The exercise is part of the Sea Saber Exercise, a global initiative announced by US President George Bush in May 2003, to help stop the flow of weapons of mass destruction. Sixteen nations participated in the Sea Saber maritime exercise, some operational and some as observers. (AP Photo/Ali Fraidoon)

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CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTING DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH Spanish King Juan Carlos (L) greets Chilean officers upon his arrival at the Chilean Eduardo Frei Antarctic base, January 16, 2004. The king will visit a Chilean and Spains bases at the Antarctic continent. Picture taken on January 16. *******/Victor Rojas/POOL

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Spanish King Juan Carlos (R) and Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, look over the signs that mark distance from south pole to different countries, during their visit to Chilean Eduardo Frei Antarctic base, January 16, 2004. The king is visiting Chilean and Spains Antarctic bases. Picture taken on January 16. *******/Alex Ibanez-Presidential Palace NO SALES

Alot of Spanish news great,This guys are form UOE SF of Spanish Marines
some weeks a go Spain, France USA and GB, make some exercices in mediterranena to prevent de devellopement of traffic of WOD
3 sapnish shops, 4 helico`ters some aircrafts were involved i will post some pics tomorrow.

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[quote]A man rides a horse through a bonfire during the traditional 'Luminares' fiesta in the village of Sant Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, 100 km west of Madrid Friday Jan. 16, 2004. The ancient ritual is said to purify the horses on the eve of Sant Anton, the patron saint of all animals in Spain. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)


great pics He,
man thats cool wouldnt that be hard to get a horse to ride through a bon- fire?

[He219]

Alot of Spanish news great,This guys are form UOE SF of Spanish Marines
some weeks a go Spain, France USA and GB, make some exercices in mediterranena to prevent de devellopement of traffic of WOD
3 sapnish shops, 4 helico`ters some aircrafts were involved i will post some pics tomorrow.

I posted a couple already, in the 'Today's Pic's.' Threads ...

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Arabian Gulf (Jan. 12, 2004) -- Members of the Spanish 19th Special Forces team approach the Spanish Navy Santa Maria-class frigate Victoria (F 82), in a Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Spanish Navy units are part of a 15-nation US-led coalition force participating in the multi-nation exercise Sea Saber 2004. Sea Saber will provide a multi-tiered training scenario in locating weapons of mass destruction aboard suspect ships operating in waters currently patrolled by coalition forces in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood. (RELEASED)

[MARINO]

NO, i mean two montjs ago an exercice was organized by Spain in Medetirreanean Sanso03 sea near Spain, not in the arebian gulf, will post them tomorrow.

[Vintendo]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=520261

Japanese troops arrive in a Lexus. Nice.
BTW, whats with the flags on their backs? And will they have a desert uniform? I like their flecktarn-like pattern.

[Operation Ivy]

Operation Ivy Blizzard

Damn so close :D

[ExtraT]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=520275

.S. Army Lt. Col. Gregory Heller, far right, guides Japanese troops at Camp Virginia, in the Kuwaiti desert, 80 kilometers north of Kuwait City on Saturday, January 17, 2004. An advance team of Japanese soldiers arrived Saturday in Kuwait for training at a U.S. military base before they cross overland to Iraq on a humanitarian mission that puts the nation's soldiers in a combat zone for the first time since World War II. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

Damn. These flag patches look like targets painted on their backs. Who the hell came up with this idea? :(

[Ghostwolf]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=520275
Damn. These flag patches look like targets painted on their backs. Who the hell came up with this idea? :(

I also said exactly the same about their vehicles, check out my comments
here (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7437&start=20).

If you scroll the page further down, you can see the descriptions about the
types of vehicles the JSDF is sending over. Strangely enough they are not
sending ANY of the heavier armored vehicles at all, only the thin skin
vehicles. I can somehow feel a sense of arrogance in their behavior, but
that's their decision, and time will tell if it is the right one.

[ExtraT]

I also said exactly the same about their vehicles, check out my comments


I've seen them. I agree, these patches on the back are similair to what they have on vehicles.



Strangely enough they are not
sending ANY of the heavier armored vehicles at all, only the thin skin
vehicles.
I can somehow feel a sense of arrogance in their behavior... ,


I don't think it's arrogance. I think it's a misguided belief that this will protect them from attacks. I'm afraid it will not.

Also, I was under the impression that they were going to commit a greater force. There was even talk of tanks some time ago, or am I mistaken?

[ShotOver]

Heh, Frenchies apposing Nuclear power... didnt they build a nuclear thinggy for Iraq?

Then Isreal came and took it out woot


Great pictures as usual mate :D

[Vintendo]

I think Japan is supposed to have a 600 man force by May or something. So i think some of their heavier equipment will arrive with the larger troop deployment.

And as for the flags plastered all over. Well I think they assume Arabs don't hate Japan as much as Western nations, so it will keep them safe. But I doubt it.

[EvanL]

Heh, Frenchies apposing Nuclear power... didnt they build a nuclear thinggy for Iraq?

Then Isreal came and took it out woot


Great pictures as usual mate :D
Well they were also the ones to supply Israel with the Uranium to make their first Nuclear Weapons.

[EvanL]

yeeeeh Get some.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/cpress/20040118/capt.w011845a.jpg

Canadian soldiers escort suspects away from a compound in Kabul on Sunday where they arrested 17 people after finding a stash of drugs, cash and weapons. This is Canadian Forces' first offensive action since arriving in Afghanistan (news - web sites) last August. (CP/Terry Pedwell)

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040118/i/r2515399877.jpg

Members of Parachute Company, Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR Bn Gp) lead detainees from a residential compound in southwest Kabul following the successful execution of a raid during Operation Tsunami, January 16, 2004. Canadian soldiers assisted Kabul City Police (KCP) in seizing a suspected narcotics node which also may have connections with the Hezb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin (HiG) terrorist group. Seventeen persons were detained without incident. Picture taken January 16, 2004. *******/DND MCpl Brian Walsh EDITORIAL USE ONLY

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040118/i/r3809996313.jpg

Members of Parachute Company, Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR Bn Gp) lead detainees from a residential compound in southwest Kabul following the successful execution of a raid during Operation Tsunami, January 16, 2004. Canadian soldiers assisted Kabul City Police (KCP) in seizing a suspected narcotics node which also may have connections with the Hezb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin (HiG) terrorist group. Seventeen persons were detained without incident. Picture taken January 16, 2004. *******/DND MCpl Brian Walsh EDITORIAL USE ONLY
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040118/i/r2924903755.jpg

Members of Parachute Company, Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR Bn Gp) lead detainees from a residential compound in southwest Kabul following the successful execution of a raid during Operation Tsunami, January 16, 2004 Canadian soldiers assisted Kabul City Police (KCP) in seizing a suspected narcotics node which also may have connections with the Hezb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin (HiG) terrorist group. Seventeen persons were detained without incident. Picture taken January 16, 2004. *******/DND MCpl Brian Walsh EDITORIAL USE ONLY *******

Notice the glow sticks around their necks, like the ones the JTF2 assaulters had on in the pics of them storming a building.
I wonder if the dwyer hill boys had anything to do with this.

[Haiw]

Well they were also the ones to supply Israel with the Uranium to make their first Nuclear Weapons.
Wasn't that the South Africans? I mean, didn't the SA's and Israeli's help eachother in eachothers nuclear programs? I could be wrong tho...

[EvanL]

Well they were also the ones to supply Israel with the Uranium to make their first Nuclear Weapons.
Wasn't that the South Africans? I mean, didn't the SA's and Israeli's help eachother in eachothers nuclear programs? I could be wrong tho...
France supplied the uranium and Israel developed it with the SAF's in SA, because they dont really have anywhere to develop a weapon like that. I dont believe the SAFs ever had nukes, or even nuke power, but then again i could be wrong.

[Haiw]

SA did have them, but they turned them all in or something like that. At least they abandoned their nuclear power. As far as I know (from being told by a SA guy on my study) it was basically the Israeli's that supplied the tech for the SA's and the SA's that supplied the uranium for the Israeli's.

[juhae]

Can someone here that know about these things explain this to me. What the hell is these protests about? Nuclear energy is good, so Finland will remain a beautiful country, which hardly would be the case if coal would be used instead, or hundreds of thousands of wind mills...
From what I know, atleast one of the standing points is to concentrate on various energy conservation programmes, instead of constantly building new sources, and to maintain a somewhat balanced growth in energy consumption, instead of a drastic increase.

The common phrase concerning the new nuclear plant is usually that our industry needs more energy for its' expansion, yet I still haven't figured out what industry is currently expanding, as most big companies are mostly outsourcing to cheaper countries or just generally laying off a lot of employees.

[mustamato]

Can someone here that know about these things explain this to me. What the hell is these protests about? Nuclear energy is good, so Finland will remain a beautiful country, which hardly would be the case if coal would be used instead, or hundreds of thousands of wind mills...
From what I know, atleast one of the standing points is to concentrate on various energy conservation programmes, instead of constantly building new sources, and to maintain a somewhat balanced growth in energy consumption, instead of a drastic increase.

The common phrase concerning the new nuclear plant is usually that our industry needs more energy for its' expansion, yet I still haven't figured out what industry is currently expanding, as most big companies are mostly outsourcing to cheaper countries or just generally laying off a lot of employees.

In Finlands neigbouring country, Sweden that is for you that didn´t know, the government has decided to get rid of nuclear energy, the process is already in the way and atleast one reactor has been shut down, I think nr 2 is going to or will soon be. The point is that Sweden doesn´t have anything to compensate the loss for, and must import electricity in the future in a much larger extenth. I bet that Finland will be selling its nuclear energy to Sweden (and also other coubtries) in, let say around 2010. And how ironic wouldn´t that be, the swedes get rid of their nuclear capabilities just to end up buying da **** from another country. Politicians... I think that Finland will just gain from having cheap electricity, there has been a big debate here in Sweden about expensive-as-hell prices, for normal people it just feels a little in the wallet, but for the industries it costs hundreds of millions so it´s not small pocketmoney.

Personally I believe in nuclear energy. Finnish nuclear plants can´t really be compared to Chernobyl anyway, they are safe. And for the left-overs I´m sure that our engineers, soon or in the near future will come up with something that can be done about this "radioactive for 10.000 years"-garbage, kind of make it harmless. Although I must admit that I have almost no knowledge in stuff like this, so maybe I´m just having a wild imagination?

[Truthsayer]

Even thou I'm all for nuclear powerplants, I have to point out that the danish is protesting about the fact that we have yet to shut down the reactors in on the east-coast since incase of an accident, they are going to be heavily affected. =)