Today's Pic's. - Jan. 28

[He219]

A 'brutal' day today....


Warning! Somewhat graphic images herein:


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Canadian soldiers stand at attention as army pipers play during a memorial service for Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy, 26, of Conception Harbour, Newfoundland, who was killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing attack, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan civilian was also killed in the attack and three other Canadian soldiers wounded. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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Canadian soldiers salute the casket of Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy, 26, of Conception Harbour, Newfoundland who was killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing attack, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan civilian was also killed in the attack and three other Canadian soldiers wounded. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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Canadian soldiers stand in prayer in front of the ravaged former King's palace near their base during a memorial ceremony for Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy, 26, of Conception Harbour, Newfoundland, who was killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing attack, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan civilian was also killed in the attack and three other Canadian soldiers wounded.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)


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RIP :(

Soldiers at Camp Julien prepare to transport the body of Cpl. Jamie Murphy Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Murphy died when a suicide bomber targeted a Canadian patrol near Kabul Tuesday. (AP Photo/CP, Les Perreaux)

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Gurkhas attached to the British peacekeeping force in Afghanistan secure a blast site in Kabul, January 28, 2004. A British soldier from was killed and three other British troops wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on NATO-led peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said. *******/Ahmad Masood

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RIP :(

NATO forces guard the scene of a suicide bomb attack against British soldiers Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004 in the snow in Kabul, Afganistan. Two attacks, one a suicide attack against British forces the other an explosion near the main German base left one British soldier dead, and at least five others wounded. The attacks came during a memorial ceremony for a Canadian soldier killed in a suicide attack in Kabul just the day before. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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British soldiers search in the snow the scene of a suicide bomb attack against British soldiers Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004 in Kabul, Afganistan. Two attacks, one a suicide attack against British forces the other an explosion near the main German base left one British soldier dead, and at least five others wounded. The attacks came during a memorial ceremony for a Canadian soldier killed in a suicide attack in Kabul just the day before. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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A British soldier stands guard in the snow the scene of a suicide bomb attack against British soldiers Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004 in Kabul, Afganistan. Two attacks, one a suicide attack against British forces the other an explosion near the main German base left one British soldier dead, and at least five others wounded. The attacks came during a memorial ceremony for a Canadian soldier killed in a suicide attack in Kabul just the day before. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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A British soldier stands guard as a bombed-out British army vehicle which was hit by a suicide car bomb is hoisted onto a truck Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber attacked a small British army convoy killing one British soldier and injuring others. The attack came as a memorial service was being held for a Canadian soldier who was killed Tuesday in another suicide attack. (AP Photo/ Amir Shah)

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Iraqi men walk by the scene of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-storey building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/str)

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U.S. soldiers carry an injured man from the scene of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-storey building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/str)

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Iraqi firemen put out a fire at the scene of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/str)

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U.S. and Iraqi troops secure the area of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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U.S. troops and Iraqi police secure the area of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wdnesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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U.S. troops and Iraqi police secure the area of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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NPR mentioned a South African casualty... RIP :(

U.S. troops, and an unidentified man, stand guard over the body of a man who was killed in an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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A U.S. soldier helps an Iraqi man walk through the rubble of an explosion site at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004

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U.S. soldiers comb the area in front of a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. after a car bomb exploded, partially destroying the three-storey building and gutting several cars.

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U.S. troops secure the area after an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad partially destroying the three-storey building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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A wounded man screams while being treated by doctors following a bomb attack at Baghdad's Sheheen hotel, January 28, 2004. A suspected car bomb blew up outside a hotel in central Baghdad shortly after dawn on Wednesday, destroying the building and causing many casualties, witnesses said. *******/Ali Jasim

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An injured Iraqi man is wheeled from a ward in a Baghdad hospital after an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-storey building and gutting several cars.

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Iraqi Sonia Tatyosian, right, is helped by an unidentified woman through the area of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. Tatyosian's home, which is across the street from the hotel, was badly damaged in the blast. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars.

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U.S. soldiers take evidence samples from a bomb crater in front of the area of an explosion at a Baghdad hotel Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. A car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday, partially destroying the three-story building and gutting several cars. Iraqi police said three people were killed but the U.S. military put the toll at one dead. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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An armed Palestinian from the military wing of the militant group Hamas prepares a roadside bomb during a raid by Israeli tanks into Gaza City, January 28, 2004. Israeli soldiers shot dead at least eight Palestinians during a gun battle that erupted when tanks raided the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said. *******/Mohammed Salem

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Israeli tanks fire towards Palestinian militants during clashes in the Zitoun neighborhood in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the Zitoun neighborhood in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Palestinian militants prepare a rocket propelled grenade during clashes with Israeli forces in the Zitoun neighborhood in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Medical workers wheel a Palestinian man who was killed during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Zitoun neighborhood into the hospital in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Relatives cry as they identify the body of Ewad Raiy who was killed during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Zitoun neighborhood into the hospital in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004.

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Medical workers wheel a Palestinian man who was killed during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Zitoun neighborhood into the hospital in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Relatives of a Palestinian man who was killed during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants weep in the doorway of their house in the Zitoun neighborhood in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Palestinian police officers hug each other outside the police headquarters in the southern West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian police and other security forces in West Bank cities received new uniforms and started deploying in the streets for the first time since a major Israeli military offensive in April 2002, in an effort to re-establish Palestinian government authority on the streets. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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A Palestinian police officer sets up a Palestinian flag outside the police headquarters in the southern West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian police and other security forces in West Bank cities received new uniforms and started deploying in the streets for the first time since a major Israeli military offensive in April 2002, in an effort to re-establish Palestinian government authority on the streets. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, right, walks with United States Special representative John Wolf after their meeting at the premier's office in West Bank town of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. U.S. envoys John Wolf and David Satterfield met with Qureia in an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Iraqi construction workers build a road to the site of the new Japanese camp area, in Samawah, southern Iraq,Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Japan's defense chief issued a dispatch order Monday for the bulk of the ground troops it is sending to Iraq, moving ahead with the humanitarian mission despite concerns about the soldiers' safety. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Colonel Masahisa Sato, center, commander of Japanese advance troops,gestures as Iraqi construction workers build a road of their new camp area in Samawah, southern Iraq,Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Japan's defense chief issued a dispatch order Monday for the bulk of the ground troops it is sending to Iraq, moving ahead with the humanitarian mission despite concerns about the soldiers' safety. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Local Iraqi Sheiks talk to Japanese soldier from the self-defense forces stands as they inspect their new camp area, in Samawah, southern Iraq,Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004.

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A Japanese soldier from the self-defense forces secures the road as he stands outside their new camp area, in Samawah, southern Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Japan is preparing for a possible terrorist attack in a southern Iraqi city where hundreds of ground troops will be dispatched as early as next month, a news report said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Mohammed Jassim Khudayir, Iraqi minister of displacement and migration, Daryal Batibay, senior Turkish foreign ministry official, Arthur Dewey, U.S. State Department official and Raymond Hall, European director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, from left, speak to the media in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. The officials reached an agreement on repatriating about 9,000 Turkish Kurds who crossed into Iraq in the early 1990's to escape fighting between Turkey's military and Kurdish rebels. The refugees are mostly living at the Makhmur refugee camp, southwest of Irbil. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Leader of the Felix Drug Cartel captured!

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Mexican Defense Secretary General Gerardo Clemente Vega Garcia speaks at a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, in Mexico City. Vega Garcia announced the arrest of alleged drug lord Javier Torres Felix. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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BBC TV reporter Andrew Gilligan who interviewed the late weapons advisor David Kelly arrives at the BBC headquarters at Portland Place in London Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. Lord Hutton cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair's administration Wednesday of any direct involvement in the suicide of a government expert on Iraqi weapons but criticized the BBC for its reporting in the scandal that shook the British leadership. (AP Photo/Max Nash)

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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves his official London residence, 10 Downing Street, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004.

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Indian army soldiers ski on the slopes during their patrol in Gulmarg, 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. With no more daily gunfire on its Pakistan frontier, India felt it was safe enough Wednesday to once again hold its National Winter Games in the snowy Kashmir resort, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the once deadly border. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Former Pakistan's army chief Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg talks to the Associated Press, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan's program to develop a nuclear bomb relied on black market suppliers, and Pakistani scientists who may have shared their contacts with Iran and Libya committed "no crime." (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Iraqi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Sami Al-Majoun (L) opens an employment center in the capital Baghdad with U.S. Secretary of Labour Elaine Chao, January 28, 2004. Al-Majoun's hotel was attacked hours earlier by a suicide bomber who blew up a car packed with more than 180 kg of explosives, killing two Iraqis, wounding several others and ripping the front off the three-story building. *******/Oleg Popov

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U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (R) is kissed by a young Iraqi girl while opening a new employment center in the capital Baghdad, January 28, 2004. *******/Oleg Popov

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Iraqi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Sami Al-Majoun (L) arrives to inaugurate an employment center in the capital Baghdad with U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, January 28, 2004. Al-Majoun's hotel was attacked hours earlier by a suicide bomber who blew up a car packed with more than 180 kg of explosives, killing two Iraqis, wounding several others and ripping the front off the three-story building. *******/Oleg Popov



Edit: Thanks REMOV!
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[REMOV]

Psst, psst, He219, today is 28th January not 27th ;)

[mustamato]

That pic of those Indian soldiers in the snow is quite funny. Not the way you usually think of India. It´s like these pictures from Iran:

http://www.pathfindertravels.nu/media/iran/damavand.jpg

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http://www.pathfindertravels.nu/pages/iran2.html

[Apogee]

Warren Miller did a segment on skiing in Iran in his movie Cold Fussion.

[Dave the Dawg]

That pic of those Indian soldiers in the snow is quite funny. Not the way you usually think of India. It´s like these pictures from Iran: ... http://www.pathfindertravels.nu/pages/iran2.html

I don't know what you usually think of when you think of India, but the Indian Army has more combat experience in high-mountain conditions than pretty much any army in the world. Indian and Pakistani troops have been facing and fighting each other on the Siachen Glacier since at least 1984. The glacier is 20,000 feet above sea level.

I won't waste bandwidth linking to the pictures directly, since they are not "Today's Pics" and are thus off topic, but there are plenty of images, and a little background information, here:

http://users.senet.com.au/~wingman/siachen.html

and some better images here:

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Images-1984.html

[oldsoak]

Be honest, when I think of India, I think of hot, dry or hot, wet. Of course India is vast, with quite a range of climates but one might well be forgiven for falling into the trap of the stereotype.

[He219]

Be honest, when I think of India, I think of hot, dry or hot, wet. Of course India is vast, with quite a range of climates but one might well be forgiven for falling into the trap of the stereotype.
No offense, oldsoak - but you can't tell me people don't know of the Himalayas, Sir George Everest and the Survey of India or that the Dala-i-Lama resides adjacet to Tibet on the Indian side?

And of course there are the lush tropics of the south that include the old Portugese colonies of Goa and Cochin and jungles that extend to Sri Lanka.....
;)

Dave the Dawg is right. India AND Pakistan are the most battle-hardened high altitude fighters in recent times at elevations of 21,500ft (Conway Saddle) and elswhere in the Siachen!

[Loco]

Be honest, when I think of India, I think of hot, dry or hot, wet. Of course India is vast, with quite a range of climates but one might well be forgiven for falling into the trap of the stereotype.
Highest mountains of the earth are in India, didn´t you see The Man Who Would Be King??? Sean Connery and Michael Cane almost die in the indian´s snow! ;)

[Parzival]

Shame on you Bush!

[He219]

Shame on you Bush!
:cantbeli:

http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/aug2003/index/ii080303b.jpg

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"Saddam Hussein became the first leader in the world to systematically and aggressively gas his own people. Between 1983 and 1988 alone, he murdered more than 30,000 Iraqi citizens with mustard gas and nerve agents. Several international organizations claim that he killed more than 60,000 Iraqi citizens with chemicals, including large numbers of women and children. During his two-year Anfal campaign against the Kurdish population, Saddam Hussein used these chemical weapons against more than 40 villages."
Iraq: A Population Silenced, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor


Terrorizing Kuwait, kicking UN Weapon's inspectors out, violating GW1 peace terms, shooting at coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zone, syphoning BILLIONS in Oil of Food money to build lavish palaces while his own people suffered - shame on you for doing NOTHING about it!
:bash:

[Falco]

Good post He219

[Royal]

Highest mountains of the earth are in India, didn´t you see The Man Who Would Be King??? Sean Connery and Michael Cane almost die in the indian´s snow! ;)

'The man who would be king' is set in Afghanistan...

[George W. Bush]

Must... reply... to... socialist... propaganda... can't...

[Parzival]

Has the Iraqish army the same uniforms as the US army?

[Parzival]

Has the US troops bodyarmor?

[FallenAngel]

Has the Iraqish army the same uniforms as the US army?

The Iraqi Civil Defence Corps is more akin to a state police/ National Gaurd I believe that handles situations in Iraqi itself. They use the old style US 6 color "Chocolate Chip" camo that US forces used in the first Gulf War (1991). The current US desert camo is the 3 color (Also worn by Danish troops I believe).

The Iraqi Army is only barely in existance, the first classes graduating last month I believe. Their uniform is very similar to the 6 color worn by the CDC but incorporates some patches of light green into it.

US forces do have body armor- it's the woodland (green) vests you see US troops wearing.

[Loco]

Highest mountains of the earth are in India, didn´t you see The Man Who Would Be King??? Sean Connery and Michael Cane almost die in the indian´s snow! ;)

'The man who would be king' is set in Afghanistan...
Afghanistan doesn´t exist, Dravot and Carnehan travelled to Khafiristan. p-)

[Royal]

Afghanistan doesn´t exist, Dravot and Carnehan travelled to Khafiristan. p-)

Afghanistan doesn't exist? Tell that to the families of the troops killed there this week.


‘Neither drunk nor sunstruck,’ said Dravot. ‘We have slept over the notion half a year, and require to see Books and Atlases, and we have decided that there is only one place now in the world that two strong men can Sar-a-whack. They call it Kafiristan. By my reckoning it’s the top right-hand corner of Afghanistan, not more than three hundred miles from Peshawar. They have two-and-thirty heathen idols there, and we’ll be the thirty-third and thirty-fourth. It’s a mountainous country, and the women of those parts are very beautiful.

The man who would be king

[oldsoak]

Yo He219 Uhu - :D yes, know all about the Hindu Kush and all that, just still think of India as a hot place. No good reason why, bit like thinking Indian food is all curries - when in fact the cusine is incredibly varied. Must sort out these stereotypes sometime after tiffin.
rgds

[Whistler]

Shame on you Bush!

What in the **** are you talking about Swede?

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BBC TV reporter Andrew Gilligan who interviewed the late weapons advisor David Kelly arrives at the BBC headquarters at Portland Place in London Wednesday Jan. 28, 2004. Lord Hutton cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair's administration Wednesday of any direct involvement in the suicide of a government expert on Iraqi weapons but criticized the BBC for its reporting in the scandal that shook the British leadership. (AP Photo/Max Nash

andrew giligan is not a TV reporter, I should know I'm a BBC addict. He does (did) a radio program in the morning, I'd never heard of him until the whole thing erupted.

[Spleen]

"Saddam Hussein became the first leader in the world to systematically and aggressively gas his own people. Between 1983 and 1988 alone, he murdered more than 30,000 Iraqi citizens with mustard gas and nerve agents. Several international organizations claim that he killed more than 60,000 Iraqi citizens with chemicals, including large numbers of women and children. During his two-year Anfal campaign against the Kurdish population, Saddam Hussein used these chemical weapons against more than 40 villages."
Iraq: A Population Silenced, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Not making any statement on Iraq here, but how does Hitler not qualify as the first leader to do these things?

[DE_Six]

"Saddam Hussein became the first leader in the world to systematically and aggressively gas his own people. Between 1983 and 1988 alone, he murdered more than 30,000 Iraqi citizens with mustard gas and nerve agents. Several international organizations claim that he killed more than 60,000 Iraqi citizens with chemicals, including large numbers of women and children. During his two-year Anfal campaign against the Kurdish population, Saddam Hussein used these chemical weapons against more than 40 villages."
Iraq: A Population Silenced, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Not making any statement on Iraq here, but how does Hitler not qualify as the first leader to do these things?

Because Hitler directed is genocidal campaign at neighboring populations as well. In fact, IIRC, the majority of the Jews who perished in death camps were from Poland and Russia. I think what they mean is that Hussein's regime was the first one to engage in massive gassing of his own population only. This said, those two mustaches are in the same league in my book.

[M203]

vacon: Remove that picture of what you say i ssg, the picture is from a movie!!! a f****** motion picture and has nothing absolutely nothing to do with ssg. Get a real picture from försvarets forum eller armenytt.

Have a good day

[Loco]

Afghanistan doesn´t exist, Dravot and Carnehan travelled to Khafiristan. p-)

Afghanistan doesn't exist? Tell that to the families of the troops killed there this week.

:roll: ...oh please, you win. I only used those reds coats, Dravot and Carnehan, for my own purposes(Kipling forgive me): In India THERE IS snow, a lot, I know they leave India in their journey to Kafiristan, btw many people out of India listened about Kashmir and some little hills like Namga Parbat or Gasherbrun.