Today's Pix - Friday, Mar. 3rd, 2006

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An Army AH-64 Apache helicopter provides air support for U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division, during a raid in Remagen, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2006. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shawn Hussong, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard and French soldiers from the Escadron de Chasse 2/3 'Champagne," participate in an exercise in Djibouti, a country in East Africa between Somalia and Eritrea.
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Sgt MacKenzie Verdi, a military policeman from the 101st Airborne Division, provides security for fellow Soldiers and Iraqi workers at a reconstruction project in east Baghdad.
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Pvt. John Robinson and fellow Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, along with troops from the 4th Iraqi Army Division, prepare to search houses for terrorists in Baji.
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Iraqi army soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, stand tall during a transfer of authority ceremony March 2, 2006 at Forward Operating Base Constitution. The Iraqi army brigade assumes the security responsibilities from U.S. Army 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jason Thompson
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Brig. Gen. Aziz Noor of the 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, answers questions of media during a Transfer of Authority ceremony on March 2. The Iraqi Army took over a large area of operations from the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, as part of the ongoing transition of security operations to Iraqi forces.


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Something burning in the background. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason T. Bailey)(Unclassified, Released)
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Albanian Kommandos, 1st Battalion, controls the battle space east of LSA Diamondback as well as guard towers on the north end of the installation.

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BAGHDAD – Soldiers from the 9th Iraqi Army Division, watch over the streets of western Baghdad Monday. The Iraqi army took the lead in providing an increased security presence in Baghdad .
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jason Thompson, 4th Inf. Div. PAO)

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A French army Puma helicopter lifts off, carrying a team of commandos of the elite GIGN police force, seated on a folding rescue net, or so-called 'umbrella', during an exercise at the Beynes camp, outside Paris, Thursday, March 2, 2006. French elite GIGN police force took part in an exercise on Thursday involving a chemical attack scenario, with police teams and military units being lowered from helicopters in a new high tech 'umbrella' in order to secure the zone and rescue a hostage from a contaminated building. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A team of commandos of the elite GIGN police force, seated on a folding rescue net, or so-called 'umbrella', prepare to lift off with a hostage they freed, second left, being carried by a French army Puma helicopter, during an exercise at the Beynes camp, outside Paris, Thursday, March 2, 2006. French elite GIGN police force took part in an exercise on Thursday involving a chemical attack scenario, with police teams and military units being lowered from helicopters in a new high tech 'umbrella' in order to secure the zone and rescue a hostage from an H5N1 strain of bird flu contaminated building. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Commandos of the elite GIGN police force evacuate a hostage during an exercise at the Beynes camp, outside Paris, Thursday, March 2, 2006. French elite GIGN police force took part in an exercise on Thursday involving a chemical attack scenario, with police teams and military units being lowered from helicopters in a new high tech 'umbrella' in order to secure the zone and rescue a hostage from an H5N1 strain of bird flu contaminated building. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, left, shakes hand with a member of the elite GIGN police force after an exercise at the Beynes camp, outside Paris, Thursday, March 2, 2006. French elite GIGN police force took part in an exercise on Thursday involving a chemical attack scenario, with police teams and military units being lowered from helicopters in a new high tech 'umbrella' in order to secure the zone and rescue a hostage from a contaminated building. A French army Puma helicopter is seen behind. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Training für GOOD HOPE II. Decklandung und Tauchereinsatz von Bord der Fregatte HAMBURG. Streitkräftegemeinsame Zusammenarbeit zwischen Südafrika und Deutschland. (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr/ Matthias Dörendahl)

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Fregatte RHEINLAND-PFALZ vor dem Kap der Guten Hoffnung (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr/ Matthias Dörendahl)

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Fregatte HAMBURG mit einem ORYX-Hubschrauber der südafrikanischen Luftwaffe bei einem Versorgungsmanöver mit dem Einsatzgruppenversorger BERLIN vor Südafrika. Im Hintergrund die südafrikanische Korvette AMATOLA. (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr/ Matthias Dörendahl)

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Überflug eines TORNADOS über der HAMBURG (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr)
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RHEINLAND-PFALZ beim Abschuss eines SEASPARROWS (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr)

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KORMORAN Abschuss von einem der am Manöver beteiligten TORNADOS (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr)

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Taucher der südafrikanischen Marine bereiten sich auf den Tauchgang im Marinehafen von Simonstown vor. Der Rumpf der Fregatte HAMBURG wird zusammen mit deutschen Tauchern überprüft. (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr/ Matthias Dörendahl)

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Tauchereinsatz von Bord der Fregatte HAMBURG. Ein letztes optisches Signal, bevor die Taucher für 45 Minuten abtauchen, um den Schiffsrumpf des 143 Meter langen Schiffes zu überprüfen. Südafrikanische Taucher sind mit dabei und geben Hinweise für die Besonderheiten in den Gewässern. (Quelle © 2006 Bundeswehr/ Matthias Dörendahl)

[EsoognomEhT]

nice umbrella

[Hellfish]

Interesting to see the Germans conducting maneuvers with the South Africans.

Does anyone know if there's any truth to the stories I've heard that a lot of NATO countries use SA for aircraft exercises?

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Holy sh!t He!! wootwootwoot

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Task force Marshall, Staff Sgt. David Lyle, shows Navy personnel how to maneuver around a building during urban operations training at McCrady Training Center. Lyle is helping to train more than 200 U.S. Navy Sailors along with other Army Cadre. The training involves weapons, convoy and urban assault tactics, field medicine, local cultural basics training and other skill sets needed before deploying overseas. U.S. Army photo by Mr. Chris Rasmussen
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) Sailors transport personnel with in a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB), during a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are underway conducting Tailored Ship’s Training Availability/Final Evaluation Period. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Long
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Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. William J. Fallon, visited the crew aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) to thank them for helping to support recovery efforts following the Feb. 17th landslide on Leyte Island. Sailors and Marines from the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), Essex and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), arrived off the coast of Leyte Feb. 19 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class James Evans Coyle
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An HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Tridents" of Anti-Submarine Squadron Three (HS-3) transfers stores during a vertical replenishment between the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Spica (T-AFS 9) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen Early
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An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter is directed onto the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA 2). The helicopter is performing "touch and go" training in order for the squadron and the ship to meet qualification standards to maintain deployment readiness. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Patrick W. Mullen III
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An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the "Valions" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five (VFA-15) lifts from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Javier Capella
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An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) makes its approaches for landing aboard Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird
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Preparing for flight Feb. 28, Sgt. Nicolas Glyshaw, a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., goes through the pre-flight checklist at Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Glyshaw is an unmanned aerial vehicle mechanic with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The squadron is responsible for several support missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom and is nearing the completion of their third deployment to Iraq with more than 3,000 flight hours in seven months.
Photo by:Lance Cpl. Brandon L. Roach
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(From left to right) Sgt. Diego Sarracino, Lance Cpl. Salvador Caban and Sgt. Nicolas Glyshaw prepare the RQ-2B Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle and the pneumatic launch truck for an upcoming flight at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 28. The three Marines are UAV mechanics with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The pneumatic launch slingshots the Pioneer into the air while the engine is at full throttle. When the UAV clears the truck, an external UAV operator takes control of the aircraft. With the average flight lasting only five hours and the squadron having reached more than 3,000 flight hours, the Marines of VMU-1 have honed their skills to complete their mission a cut above the rest.
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A newly installed amphibious assault vehicle turret trainer sits in an old armory building at 2nd Assault Amphibious battalion while Marines learn how to use the new computer systems for future training. The virtual simulator prototype was tested for five months before an approved design by Lockheed Martin was finally built. Alpha Company, 2nd AA battalion used the trainer before deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in September 2005.
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Staff Sgt. Brian L. Sears (right), crew chief course instructor, Headquarters and Support Company, Assault Amphibious battalion, sits behind a computer driving simulator at the new amphibious assault vehicle turret trainer Feb. 28 while Staff Sgt. Scott J. Russo, section leader, H&S Co., AA Battalion, sets up scenarios on another computer. Sears and Russo are attending the three day trainer course with other Marines to get familiarized with the newly installed simulator.
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Three RQ-2B Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicles awaiting flight are staged in the hangar of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 28. The squadron has flown more than 3,000 hours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The squadron is a part of Marine Aviation Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, based out of Marine Corps Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. They are currently finishing up their third seven-month deployment to Iraq.
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Sgt. Lavon Mitchell motivates a recruit to keep his hands during a grip exercise in the training area.
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A close look at the extendable camera of the MARCbot IV remote-operated robot, taken Feb. 22 at a firm base near Fallujah, Iraq, shows the eyes of the system. Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, recently acquired the device to employ when convoys come across unexploded ordnance.

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The MARCbot IV remote-operated robot extends its camera at a firm base, near Fallujah, Iraq, Feb. 22. Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, recently acquired the device to investigate unexploded ordnance encountered during patrols.

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Twenty-two year-old Cpl. Chris Kozuch, an armorer with Headquarters and Support Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, remotely operates the company’s newly acquired MARCbot IV at a firm base in the Al Anbar Province, Feb. 22.
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U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Wilkes provides security during an operation in Tall Kayf, Iraq, March 1, 2006. Wilkes is from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster
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U.S. Army Spc. Miguel Contreras provides security while on a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. Contreras is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessie Bryand and an Iraqi police officer pause on the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, while on a patrol in the village marketplace, Feb. 28, 2006. Bryand is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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A young Iraqi girl peers out from a door as she watches U.S. soldiers on a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Ellingsworth stands in a doorway as he provides security while on a dismounted patrol in the marketplace in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. Ellingsworth is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Ellingsworth and Spc. Miguel Contreras provide rear security for Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, as they conduct a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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Iraqis continue their daily routine as U.S. soldiers assigned to the 324th Tactical Psychological Operations Company conduct business with local shop owners in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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Iraqi militiamen, loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, search people attending a Friday prayer service on March 3, 2006 in the Sadr city Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. A daytime ban on private vehicles was imposed in Baghdad on Friday, Muslims day of prayers, in a bid to stop the sectarian violence that escalated after the bombing of a holy Shiite Shrine located in the predominantly Sunni city of Samara February 22. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /***** Images).
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An Iraqi militiaman (L), loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, provides security as Iraqi Shiites attend a Friday prayer service March 3, 2006 in the Sadr city Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. A daytime ban on private vehicles was imposed in Baghdad on Friday, Muslims day of prayers, in a bid to stop the sectarian violence that escalated after the bombing of a holy Shiite Shrine located in the predominantly Sunni city of Samara February 22. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /***** Images).

[Swedish Chef]

Woohoo! Nice pic's today.woot

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Private William Wurliri and CPL Winston Lami Lami on shore east of Darwin.
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NORFORCE Patrol prepares to depart from LCM8 to conduct surveillance operation.
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Private Bruce Harding on a beach landing site.
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Pte Nigel Brown [front] Pte LCPL Luke Bayetto [right rear] Pte Jock Sommerville [left rear] on patrol 17 Feb 06 east of Darwin.
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Zodiac F470 preparation for NORFORCE Patrol on board LCM8 17 Feb 06.

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Private David Campbell from B Company, 1st Royal Australian Regiment serving in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the Australian Security Detatchment protecting the Australian Embassy.

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Corporal Perrin Walsh from B Company, 1st Royal Australian Regiment serving in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the Australian Security Detatchment protecting the Australian Embassy.

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Private Andrew Evans from B Company, 1st Royal Australian Regiment serving in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the Australian Security Detatchment protecting the Australian Embassy.

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Corporal Jason Hatcher from 2/14 Light Horse Regiment serving in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the Australian Security Detatchment protecting the Australian Embassy.

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Australian personnel on guard in an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) as a United States Army Blackhawk helicopter takes off in Baghdad, Iraq
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Private Kym Baldock from 1st Royal Australian Regiment serving in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the Australian Security Detatchment protecting the Australian Embassy

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Pakistani Islamists chant anti-U.S. slogans during a strike in Lahore, Pakistan, March 3, 2006. U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Pakistan on Friday where he is expected to urge greater efforts against Islamist millitants from a crucial U.S. ally in a global war on terrorism.
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Pakistani Islamists beat effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a strike in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border city of Chaman March 3, 2006. A nationwide strike called by Islamist parties paralysed Pakistan on Friday as it awaited the arrival of Bush a day after a suicide car bomber killed an American diplomat and two other people.
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally at Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, March 3, 2006. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas on Friday despite Israeli objections, and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state.
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Islamic Jihad leader Nafez Azzam talks to Islamic Jihad supporters during a rally at Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, March 3, 2006. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas on Friday despite Israeli objections, and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state.
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Pakistan's opposition leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman addresses supporters during a rally in Multan, Pakistan, March 3, 2006. A nationwide strike called by Islamist parties paralysed Pakistan on Friday as it awaited the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush a day after a suicide car bomber killed an American diplomat and two other people.
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Supporters of Pakistan's opposition Islamic alliance chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Multan, Pakistan, March 3, 2006. A nationwide strike called by Islamist parties paralysed Pakistan on Friday as it awaited the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush a day after a suicide car bomber killed an American diplomat and two other people.
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A man sledgehammers the remains of a home destroyed by the earthquake in the city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir March 3, 2006.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrives to deliver a speech at Purana Qila in New Delhi, India, March 3, 2006.
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U.S. President George W. Bush greets people after a speech at Purana Qila in New Delhi, India, March 3, 2006.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrives to deliver a speech at Purana Qila in New Delhi, India, March 3, 2006.
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Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites attend a Friday prayer service in the southern Iraqi city of Basra March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against "inflammatory" language from pulpits on Friday. In mosques across the country, preachers made calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22.
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Israeli border policemen clash with Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the Israeli controversial barrier in the West bank village of Beit Sira on March 3, 2006.
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Israeli border policemen clash with Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the Israeli controversial barrier in the West bank village of Beit Sira on March 3, 2006.
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Iraqi Shi'ite men and women sit in separate sections during Friday prayers in the holy city of Kerbala, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against "inflammatory" language from pulpits on Friday. In mosques across the country, preachers made calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22.
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Indian Muslim boys shout slogans during a protest against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata March 3, 2006. Bush on Friday defended job outsourcing to India during a whistlestop tour of an Indian technology city as Muslims clashed with Hindus and police in protests against his visit.
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Pakistani activists from Islami Jamiat Talaba burn an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest in Islamabad March 3, 2006. Pakistan braced for Bush's arrival on Friday, as an Islamist organised strike took hold and security was high after a suicide car bomber killed a U.S. diplomat and two other people.
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A Pakistani activist from Islami Jamiat Talaba burns a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest in Islamabad March 3, 2006. Pakistan braced for Bush's arrival on Friday, as an Islamist organised strike took hold and security was high after a suicide car bomber killed a U.S. diplomat and two other people.
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U.S. President George W. Bush picks up four-year-old Verkabunanan as he meets rural Indian women involved in agriculture at the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University in Hyderabad, India March 3, 2006. President Bush flew to Hyderabad to visit the agricultural university and meet Indian entrepreneurs at a school of business.
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U.S. soldiers board a U.S. navy hovercraft, or landing craft air cushion (LCAC), as they leave the remote coastal town of Panamao, in the war-torn Jolo island, southern Philippines March 3, 2006. U.S. troops, working with Philippine soldiers training to fight terrorism, building schools and giving medical aid to residents, have started to leave the heartland of Muslim extremists in the strife-torn Jolo island after the two-week mission formally ended on Friday.
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Iraqi policemen set up a checkpoint along a deserted road in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use "inflammatory" language from pulpits.
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A masked Iraqi soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use "inflammatory" language from pulpits.
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An Iraqi soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use "inflammatory" language from pulpits.
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An Iraqi soldier points his weapon towards approaching cars at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use "inflammatory" language from pulpits.
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An Iraqi tank is parked at a checkpoint along a deserted intersection in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use "inflammatory" language from pulpits.
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Israeli border policemen gather around a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin March 3, 2006.
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Israeli border policemen clash with a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the Israeli controversial barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin March 3, 2006.
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U.S. President George W. Bush is shown a traditional Indian agricultural worker's tool as he tours the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University in Hyderabad, India March 3, 2006. President Bush flew to Hyderabad to visit the agricultural university and meet Indian entrepreneurs at a school of business.
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U.S. President George W. Bush (C) holds up a giant jackfruit as he tours the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University in Hyderabad, India March 3, 2006. President Bush flew to Hyderabad to visit the agricultural university and meet Indian entrepreneurs at a school of business.

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(NO PUBLICATION IN UK MEDIA FOR 28 DAYS - sorry guys/don't look) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall meets members of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment prior to the Battalion's deployment to Afghanistan at Hyderabad Barracks and is shown some of the equipment that will be taken with them, on March 3, 2006 in Essex, England. (Photo by POOL/ Tim Graham Picture Library/ ***** Images)
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(NO PUBLICATION IN UK MEDIA FOR 28 DAYS) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall meets members of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment prior to the Battalion's deployment to Afghanistan at Hyderabad Barracks and is shown some of the equipment that will be taken with them, on March 3, 2006 in Essex, England. (Photo by POOL/ Tim Graham Picture Library/ ***** Images)
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A US soldier secures along with Iraqi police a Sunni mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk, where Sunni and Shiite Iraqi worshippers performed a combined Friday noon prayer, 03 March 2006. Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed on imams to issue a plea for calm during Friday prayers as gunmen killed 18 Shiite men in attacks on two brick factories. The men were shot dead Thursday in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, an area where 47 men were found shot dead just eight days previously, an interior ministry official said. There were no immediate details on why they had been killed. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/***** Images)
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An Iraqi soldier guards Shiites, loyal to al-Fadillah party, demonstrating following Friday noon prayer in the southern city of Basra , 03 March 2006. Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed on imams to issue a plea for calm during Friday prayers as gunmen killed 18 Shiite men in attacks on two brick factories. The men were shot dead Thursday in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, an area where 47 men were found shot dead just eight days previously, an interior ministry official said. There were no immediate details on why they had been killed. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/***** Images)
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Police blocks the way to a farm 03 March 2006 in Haltern, northern Germany, where 80 pigs died of swine fever. AFP PHOTO DDP/JUERGEN SCHWARZ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JUERGEN SCHWARZ/AFP/***** Images)
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Israeli border police clash with Palestinians during a demonstration against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Beit Sira 03 march 2006. AFP PHOTO/JAMAL ARURI (Photo credit should read JAMAL ARURI/AFP/***** Images)
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Minsk, BELARUS: A woman gestures as she passes next to a pro-Lukashenko election poster reading "for Belarus" in the capital Minsk, 03 March 2006. The European Union urged Belarus today to ensure the safety of candidates in this month's presidential election, the day after one was beaten and arrested by police. In Brussels the European Union described the detention as a "serious development". The US administration urged the country's hardline regime to allow free elections or face consequences. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/***** Images)
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Secret Service agents protecting US President George W. Bush walk away from a helicopter after after touching down at a landing zone at the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad, 03 March 2006. Bush met farmers and weavers in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, as Muslim protesters clashed with police and brought the business centre to a standstill. Bush's whistle-stop visit to the hi-tech city, capital of Andhra Pradesh state, comes a day after he and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sealed a deal that aims to give India access to US civilian nuclear technology. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/***** Images)

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A formation of F-15 Eagles target and fire on a decoy as part of a joint service training exercise Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. The three-day exercise, conducted near Okinawa, Japan, tests the capabilities of the 18th Wing and Pacific Command's assets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard Freeland)
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Mediterranean Sea (March 2, 2006) - An F-14D Tomcat from the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF 31) lifts from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations
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Senior Airman William Glidewell loads his weapon as Capt. Matthew Gibson assists during a sniper training and rifle advancement course at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. The Airmen are with 736th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Miranda Moorer)
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Airman Robert Blessing prepares to enter an abandoned house for pre-deployment training at Camp Blanding, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006. The training helps Airmen hone their skills through realistic combat scenarios. The Airman is with the 824th Security Forces Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Angelita Collins)
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Staff Sgt. Matthew Warters aims his weapon before entering an abandoned building at Camp Blanding, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, for pre-deployment training. The training helps Airmen hone their skills through realistic combat scenarios. Sergeant Warters is with the 824th Security Forces Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Angelita Collins)
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An injured Canadian soldier is taken to a U.S. helicopter on Thursday, March 2, 2006 at Camp Nathan Smith for transport to Kandahar airfield where a more sophisticated hospital is available. A Canadian soldier died and six others were injured Thursday when an armored vehicle rolled just outside Kandahar city limits while on routine patrol. An Afghan interpreter was also hurt in the crash. (AP PHOTO/CP, Les Perreaux)
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In this photo released by the Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian and U.S. medical personnel transport an injured Canadian soldier for treatment at the Canadian-run hospital at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on Thursday, March 2, 2006 after being evacuated from an accident scene by a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter. One Canadian soldier died and six others were injured Thursday when an armored vehicle rolled just outside Kandahar city limits while on routine patrol. An Afghan interpreter was also hurt in the crash. (AP PHOTO/CP, Canadian Armed Forces-Sergeant, Carole Morissette)
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A Canadian soldier stands beside the damaged armored vehicle after the suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Friday, March 3, 2006. A suicide bomber hit a Canadian armored vehicle outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, wounding a soldier, while police in a neighboring province killed eight suspected Taliban militants in a gun battle, officials said. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)
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Police investigator looks for evidence at a bomb blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006. Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila 03 March but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, Manila, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Philippine National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao (C) along with National Capital Region commander Vidal Querol (front R) inspect the blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006.Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Police SWAT members guard the bomb blast site (far right) near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006.Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Police investigators examine evidence at the first bomb blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006.Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Police investigators look for evidence at a second bomb blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006. Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Philippine National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales (2nd L) along with Natonal Capital Region Police commander Vidal Querol (right C) inspect the first bomb blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006. two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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A police investigator looks for evidence at a bomb blast site near a police detachment in Manila, 03 March 2006. Two explosions occurred in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila but no one was hurt in the blasts, police said. The explosions occurred just a few meters (feet) apart near a police post in the Ortigas district of Pasig City, National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/***** Images)
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Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad Movement walk on Israeli and U.S flags during a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)
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Leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, otherwise known as Hamas, Ahmad Nimer (2nd R) and the Islamic Jihad Movement leader Nafez Azzam (3nd R) walk on U.S. and Israeli flags during a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)
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Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad Movement burn Danish and Israeli flags during a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)
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Leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, otherwise known as Hamas, Shekh Ahmad Nimer (2nd R) and the Islamic Jihad Movement leader Nafez Azzam (3nd R) attend a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)
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Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad Movement attend a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)
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Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad Movement shout anti-Israel slogans, during a rally March 3, 2006 at Khan Younis refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip. Russia opened talks with Palestinian election winner Hamas today despite Israeli objections and urged the Islamic militant group to abide by interim peace deals with the Jewish state. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)

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How original. Guess they were out of gasoline.

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Two U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes are seen parked at the Balad air base in southern Iraq, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. In a secretive operation, the heavily armed, highly lethal gunship versions of these C-130 have begun arriving in Iraq as U.S. forces look for new tools in the fight against the Iraqi insurgency. (AP Photo/Charles Hanley)
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In this photo provided by the Presidential press service, from left, Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta, Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino, Rosa Calipari, widow of Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, her daughter Silvia, Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Calipari's mother (name not available), and Calipari's brother Don Maurizio, right, walk with two priests, in the foreground, during a commemorative ceremony to mark the first
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A US soldier and Iraqi police secure a Sunni mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk, where Sunni and Shiite Iraqi worshippers performed a combined Friday noon prayer. Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)
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Iraqis chant slogans against Iran following Friday noon prayer at the bombed holy al-Hadi shrine in the northern city of Samarra. Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Dia Hamid)
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A hooded policeman secures an empty street in the city of Baquba. Car traffic was banned in Baquba and the war-torn capital to prevent any violence during Friday noon prayer. Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Ali Yussef)
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An Iraqi boy looks at Iraqi Shiite worshippers performing Friday noon prayer in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City. Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
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A hooded Iraqi police commando secures the area leading to the the bombed holy shrine of al-Hadi in the northern city of Samarra before Friday noon prayer. Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Dia Hamid)
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Saudi security forces stand guard on a road leading to the house where five men were killed during clashes in Riyadh, in February 2006. Saudi Arabia said that a national detained in Iraq on suspicion of involvement in a foiled attack on the world's biggest oil processing plant was psychologically unstable and demanded his rendition.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)
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General George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, December 23, 2005. Casey said on Friday the crisis of sectarian violence triggered by last week's bombing of a Shi'ite shrine has passed but added the latest bloodshed would factor into his recommendation this spring on possible troop cuts. *******/Jim Young
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In this photo provided by the Presidential press service, Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, left, holds hands with Rosa Calipari, widow of Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, during a commemorative ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Calipari at a US checkpoint in Iraq, in Rome, Friday, March 3, 2006. Calipari was heading to Baghdad airport in a car with an Italian journalist who had just been released after being held hostage by insurgents
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In this photo provided by the Presidential press service, Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi unveils a monument dedicated to Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, during a commemorative ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Calipari at a US checkpoint in Iraq, in Rome, Friday, March 3, 2006. Calipari was heading to Baghdad airport in a car with an Italian journalist who had just been released after being held hostage by insurgents when he was killed by US gunfire at the checkpoint. (AP Photo/Enrico Oliverio-Italian presidency, ho)
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Hundreds of people from the Basra, Amara and Nasiriyah areas gathered after a call from Sheik Sabah al-Saiedi, Iraqi parliament member from the Al-Fadhila party, shout anti government slogans after Friday prayers in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. The Al-Fadhila party threatened to cut off oil supplies and cease export from Basra city if their demand to protect the citizen and provide services were not met by the government. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)
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An Iraqi soldier secures an empty street in Baghdad. Sectarian tension flared anew in Iraq as 19 Shiites were brutally gunned down east of Baghdad while Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.(AFP/Karim Sahib)
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Member of the Iraqi parliament from the Al-Fadhila party, Sheik Sabah al-Saiedi speaks during Friday prayers, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Friday, March 3, 2006. The Al-Fadhila party threatened to cut off oil supplies and cease export from Basra city if their demand to protect the citizen and provide services were not met by the government. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard as hundreds of people from the Basra, Amara and Nasiriyah areas gather for Friday prayer after a call from the member of parliament from the Al-Fadhila party, Sheik Sabah al-Saiedi, in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. The Al-Fadhila party threatened to cut off oil cease the export from Basra city if their demand to protect the citizen and provide services were not met by the
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An armed Shi'ite militiaman (R) stands guard at a Friday prayer service in the southern Iraqi city of Basra March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. In mosques across the country, preachers made calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Atef Hassan
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An Iraqi soldier (L) and an armed Shi'ite militiaman (R) stand guard at a Friday prayer service in the southern Iraqi city of Basra March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. In mosques across the country, preachers made calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Atef Hassan
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An Iraqi policeman plays soccer with local boy during curfew hours, in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Gunmen stormed an electricity substation and slaughtered Shiite factory workers in separate attacks during a night of carnage that killed at least 19 people in Baghdad's southeastern suburbs, police said Friday. The attacks raised the toll from Thursday's violence to 58. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)
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An Iraqi policeman keeps vigil from a pedestrian bridge during curfew hours, in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Gunmen stormed an electricity substation and slaughtered Shiite factory workers in separate attacks during a night of carnage that killed at least 19 people in Baghdad's southeastern suburbs, police said Friday. The attacks raised the toll from Thursday's violence to 58. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)
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Iraqi police search a vehicle at a traffic checkpoint during a daytime curfew in the town of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. In mosques across the country, preachers made calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Helmiy
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Shiite Muslims assemble for Friday prayers, in the Shiite district of Sadr city, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr helped police check cars and patrol the area in a bid to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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A Shi'ite worshipper shields his head from the sun during Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. Fiery Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr told followers to pray with Sunnis. In mosques across the country, preachers made similar calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Kareem Raheem
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Shi'ite worshipers pray during Friday services in Baghdad's Sadr City March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. Fiery Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr told followers to pray with Sunnis. In mosques across the country, preachers made similar calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Kareem Raheem
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A militiaman loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stands guard in the Shiite district of Sadr city, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Shiite militiamen helped police check cars and patrol the area in a bid to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stand guard in the Shiite district of Sadr city, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Shiite militiamen helped police check cars and patrol the area in a bid to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr frisk Iraqi people in the Shiite district of Sadr city, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Shiite militiamen helped police check cars and patrol the area in a bid to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Shi'ite worshipers attend Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City March 3, 2006. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clergy against 'inflammatory' language from pulpits on Friday. Fiery Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr told followers to pray with Sunnis. In mosques across the country, preachers made similar calls for unity after the destruction of the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22. *******/Kareem Raheem
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Iraqi men walk past the wreckage of the Golden Mosque during a daytime ban on cars in the town of Samarra, 125 km (77 miles) north of Baghdad March 3, 2006. Gunmen raided a small town near Baghdad and shot dead at least 19 people in what police said on Friday was a sectarian attack by Sunnis on Shi'ites, latest in a string of killings since the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra was bombed on February 22. *******/Sabah Al Bazee
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Iraqi police stand guard outside the wreckage of the Golden Mosque during a daytime curfew, March 3, 2006. *******/Sabah Al Bazee
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Iraqi children play on a deserted street during curfew hours, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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An Iraqi policeman patrols in the compound of a Sunni mosque, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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An Iraqi army soldier frisks an Iraqi civilian as other questions occupants of the car during curfew hours, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard as people attend Friday prayers, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of a Sunni mosque during curfew hours, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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Two Iraqi women pass by an Iraqi army tank patrolling during curfew hours, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and it's outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed))
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A U.S. soldier stands guard on an armored vehicle, as an Iraqi civilian waits at a check point, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and its outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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An Iraqi boy looks at soldiers manning a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use 'inflammatory' language from pulpits. *******/Namir NoorEldeen
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An Iraqi girl sits on a roadside while waiting for transport along a nearly deserted road in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use 'inflammatory' language from pulpits. *******/Namir NoorEldeen
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An Iraqi soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use 'inflammatory' language from pulpits. *******/Namir NoorEldeen
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A masked Iraqi soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use 'inflammatory' language from pulpits. *******/Namir NoorEldeen
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An Iraqi soldier takes position outside a closed shop in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to use 'inflammatory' language from pulpits. *******/Namir NoorEldeen
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An Iraqi policeman stops motorists at a checkpoint in Baghdad March 3, 2006. Iraqi troops and police patrolled the deserted streets of Baghdad on Friday after the government imposed a daytime traffic curfew to avert violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites on the Muslim day of prayer. Embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned clerics not to
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Two Iraqi men talk standing next to a deserted street, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 3, 2006. Iraqi police and soldiers took to the streets Friday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in the strife-****e capital and its outskirts. The measure was designed to avert attacks during midday prayers Friday when large numbers of Muslims congregate for the most important service of the week. (AP photo/Manish Swarup)
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An Iraqi resident reacts after his shop at a market was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad March 2, 2006. *******/Thaier al-Sudani
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A vendor displays weapons for sale inside a clandestine shop selling firearms in Baghdad March 2, 2006. The sheer proliferation of armed groups -- some official, some unofficial and some that operate in the murky middle ground -- underscores the lawlessness of Iraq , where neither U.S. Forces who invaded in 2003 nor the Iraqi armed forces they trained have been able to impose their authority on the whole country. Picture taken March 2, 2006. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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A buyer examines a weapon inside a clandestine shop selling firearms in Baghdad March 2, 2006. The sheer proliferation of armed groups -- some official, some unofficial and some that operate in the murky middle ground -- underscores the lawlessness of Iraq , where neither U.S. Forces who invaded in 2003 nor the Iraqi armed forces they trained have been able to impose their authority on the whole country. Picture taken March 2, 2006. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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A man holds a newly bought weapon from a clandestine shop selling firearms in Baghdad March 2, 2006. The sheer proliferation of armed groups -- some official, some unofficial and some that operate in the murky middle ground -- underscores the lawlessness of Iraq , where neither U.S. Forces who invaded in 2003 nor the Iraqi armed forces they trained have been able to impose their authority on the whole country. Picture taken March 2, 2006. *******/Faleh Kheiber
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A boy looks at a weapon inside a clandestine shop selling firearms in Baghdad March 2, 2006. The sheer proliferation of armed groups -- some official, some unofficial and some that operate in the murky middle ground -- underscores the lawlessness of Iraq , where neither U.S. Forces who invaded in 2003 nor the Iraqi armed forces they trained have been able to impose their authority on the whole country. Picture taken March 2, 2006. *******/Faleh Kheiber

[Beckett]

[quote=He219]

hires (http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060302-N-0685C-002.jpg)

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060210-F-5853M-020.jpg
hires (http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060210-F-5853M-020.jpg)

wow i never knew the airforce had snipers. wonder why the need full face paint when there in a chopper and wearing white helmets.

[Zamboni]

participate in an exercise in Djibouti

I know that I am old enough that this shouldn't make me laugh, but it still does.

[haze99]

actually, the USAF has counter-sniper's. Not snipers. USAF Security Forces are for base-defense.

[ckabusk]

wow i never knew the airforce had snipers. wonder why the need full face paint when there in a chopper and wearing white helmets.

Prepared for E and E when crashed, eh?

[He219]

http://www.stripes.com/photos/35445_32164736.jpg

Andrew Tilghman / S&S
An Iraqi soldier prepares to go on patrol in an armored Humvee, but without body armor. Up to 50 percent of the Iraqi soldiers in the Mahmudiyah-based brigade do not have protective gear. U.S. troops charged with training the Iraqi units have tried to help them get more equipment from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, but have met with little success.
http://www.stripes.com/photos/35467_33175427.jpg

Kent Harris / S&S
Canadian soldiers carry the coffin of Cpl. Paul Davis toward a C-17 Hercules cargo plane Friday during a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
http://www.stripes.com/photos/35467_33175329.jpg

Kent Harris / S&S
Canadian soldiers salute a fallen member of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during a ramp ceremony Friday at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Cpl. Paul Davis, 28, was killed in a vehicle crash on Thursday.
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_md=1807
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_md=1806
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_md=1805hires (http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_lg=1805)
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_md=1802
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=mndcs&id_md=1799
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Change of Command Ceremony
of the Slovak Engineer Unit:
The first Slovakians came into Iraq in August 2003 to work within the structure of Multinational Division Central-South in Iraq.
On March 1st, 2006 Slovak Engineer Unit held a change of command ceremony at Camp Echo, Ad-Diwaniyah in Iraq. The 5th rotation of the Slovak Engineer Unit handed over the commanding into the 6th rotation composing of 100 troops.

[Greek soldier]

Andrew Tilghman / S&S
An Iraqi soldier prepares to go on patrol in an armored Humvee, but without body armor. Up to 50 percent of the Iraqi soldiers in the Mahmudiyah-based brigade do not have protective gear. U.S. troops charged with training the Iraqi units have tried to help them get more equipment from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, but have met with little success.

Lack of funds??

[Beckett]

thanks for the info about the AF guys. makes sense.

[Creeper]

@ HE 219 - SNIPER SKULL - ED 316:Thank you for the work - the pics that are posted on this thread bring a truthfull and unique perspective to this 'smaller globe'.
You guys should be each driving a Ferrari as a 'salery' for your contributions!
Cheers,

[Resurrection]

Thanks guys, great pics. RIP to the Canadian soldier.

[evanfitz]

I bet the Pakastanis buy more American Flags than the U.S. does

:/

[Atreides]

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Thanks for the pics guys. But pardon my noobish question though ... I've always wondered how vulnerable those huge tires are on armoured vehicles. Will a shot from a handgun punture those tires, or will it take something more powerful (say, a shot from an M4 assault rifle), before they get punctured? Will smaller-caliber rounds just bounce off by the way?

[Fox]

:) Those are relly cool pics:)

[Supe]

http://www.defence.gov.au/opcatalyst/images/gallery/20060303/20060225adf8099240_030_lo.jpg



It's the mutton chop brigade. I guess sideburns have made a comeback.

[RecceGuy]

Thanks for the pics guys. But pardon my noobish question though ... I've always wondered how vulnerable those huge tires are on armoured vehicles. Will a shot from a handgun punture those tires, or will it take something more powerful (say, a shot from an M4 assault rifle), before they get punctured? Will smaller-caliber rounds just bounce off by the way?
Most tyres on armoured vehicles have a runflat system inside them. Not sure what the newer ones are but when we had Ferret scout cars and Saladin armoured cars it consisted of a very thick rubber rim type affair inside the tyre. It was rigid enough to support the vehicle should the tyre lose it's pressure and allow it still to move in a fashion

[Macabi]

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AP - Fri Mar 3, 5:10 AM ET

A Palestinian who fainted during a protest against Israel's separtion barrier is treated by a Palestinian woman and an Israeli border police ofiicer in the West Bank village of Bil'in, Friday, March 3, 2006. Israel is building a West Bank security barrier for the declared purpose of preventing Palestinian militants from attacking Israeli towns and cities. Parts of the barrier are in the West Bank, and the Palestinians condemn it as a land grab. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)