Today's Pix - July 14th, 2006

[Sir James]

http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B7/34.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6207581/6208917/0/)

Opfer der anhaltenden Gewalt: Kind in Gaza.
Casulties of the violence in Gaza
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B7/AC.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6207283/6207284/0/)

Abmarsch auch nach Libanon: Israelische Kampf- und Transportpanzer im Gazastreifen.Leave for Libanon: Israelian tanks in Gaza
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B8/6A.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6207283/6207404/0/)

Israelische Truppen rücken in den Südlibanon ein.Israelian troops advance to southern Libanon
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B9/60.420

Erinnerungen an 1982: Ein Soldat befestigt eine Rakete an einem israelischen Kampfflugzeug für den Libanon-Einsatz.Rocket fixed on israelian fighting jet for operations in Libanon
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/BD/97.420

Die Treibstofftanks am Beiruter Flughafen brennen nach einem israelischen Luftangriff.The fuelstorage at the Beirut Airport in fire after an Israelian airstrike
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/BD/95.420

Nimrod Cohen wurde 19 Jahre alt. Er ist eines der israelischen Opfer bei der Eskalation im Nahen Osten.Nimrod Cohen 19 is one of the casulties in the new escalation of violence in the far east.http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B8/60.420

Hisbollah-Treffen in Beirut zu Zeiten, als der Südlibanon noch von Israel besetzt war. (Archivbild von 1996)Hisbollah meatting in Beirut when teh Libanon was still under israelian control.
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/BC/C1.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6207581/6208013/0/)

Ein Feuerwehrmann hilft einem Verletzten. Hisbollah-Raketen haben die nordisraelische Stadt Nahariya getroffen.A firefighter helps a wounded after the northisraelian city Nahariya was hit by Hisbollah-rockets.
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/BA/0D.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6207581/6207582/0/)

Eine F-16 startet von der nordisraelischen Luftwaffenbasis Ramat David zu einem Einsatz im Libanon.A F-16 takes off from israelian airbase Ramat David for operations in Libanon.
http://img.web.de/c/00/5E/B8/5E.420 (http://portale.web.de/Schlagzeilen/Nahost/msg/6208913/6045081/0/)

Israels Ministerpräsident Olmert macht die libanesische Regierung verantwortlich für die Angriffe an der Nordgrenze.Israelian Primeminister Olmert gives the responsibility for the attacs to the Government of Libanon.

So I trayed to translate the howle stuff in proper English and hope it does not have to many mistakes.

[towelie]

you might want to put the captions in english, as not everyone can read german.

[JQ24]

Thanks for the pics man! Nice job with the translation. ;)

[X@nder]

you might want to put the captions in english, as not everyone can read german.

theres been a lot of german captions lately, to the point ive giveen up on reading most of them..

[Canuck Farrier]

Israeli arty is getting lots of practice in a good way.:)

[Bert]

Israeli arty is getting lots of practice in a good way.:)
Yeah, lots of practice shooting at open fields.. Durr.

The Western media makes it seem as if Israel is turning Gaza and Lebanon into two black spots on the map, yet they're holding back immensely. Too much, I'd say.

[WarriorMonk]

I think the French are almost done with celebrating Bastille Day now...where's the pics?

[frenchy]

I think the French are almost done with celebrating Bastille Day now...where's the pics?

I was there this morning, but I couldn't take any pics. My camera is broken.:-(

But it was very nice.

[gilgoul]

I was there this morning, but I couldn't take any pics. My camera is broken.:-(

How was it?
Did they make the défilé with Leclerc MBT's?

[frenchy]

How was it?
Did they make the défilé with Leclerc MBT's?

of course, mirage-2000, foreign legion, gazelle, puma among others things
Very nice and very noisy too.:)

[CFD Ambos]

Foreign Legion was beautyful as usual, and so was the footage about the 2 REG.

Chirac looked pretty impressed when the CPA 10/20/30 passed by...

[gilgoul]

of course, mirage-2000, foreign legion, gazelle, puma among others things
Very nice and very noisy too.:)

12 years ago, on the 25 th of august, we did the official presentation of the Leclerc in Paris and the 50's anniversary of the entry of the 2 ème DB in Paris.
Even if it does look a little bit "light " compared to the Merkava, I like the tank, it is really beautiful, and seems pretty lethal.

[vener6]

of course, mirage-2000, foreign legion, gazelle, puma among others things
Very nice and very noisy too.:)

What impressed me the most is the new plane of the French Air Force, I named the Rafale as well as
the new combat helicopter of the French Army that is to say the Tiger!
If not as a whole I believe that it was the best parade that I saw! :D

Here you can find a video and a couple of photographs about the Rafale! (http://www.dassault-aviation.com/actualite/actualite/article.cfm?id=2687)

Rafale

http://www.air-defense.net/dossier/65/gallerie1965.jpg


Tiger (I love it!) woot

http://www.air-defense.net/dossier/74/gallerie5230.jpg


For those which like the French Foreign Legion here (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4932119638514416729&q=legion) is a very beautiful video! ;)

Merry July 14! :hug:

Bye ;)

[Dexx]

Can someone please post a vid of the parade?

[Daniel San]

I'm going to post Bastille day pics from ***** Images. There's a load of them so give me a few minutes.

[Daniel San]

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Paris, FRANCE: French gendarmerie school officiers parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French air force scholl cadets parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)


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Paris, FRANCE: French navy school cadets parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Navy school cadets parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French EMIA (military school) cadets parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Saint-Cyr cadets parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)


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Paris, FRANCE: French Ecole Polytechnique (High school) students parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French President Jacques Chirac pays his respect to French national flag in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 the in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AF

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Paris, FRANCE: General view of the armoured cars prior to the start of the Bastille Day military parade, 14 July 2006 on the Champs Elysees in Paris. AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: A French soldier jumps from his armoured car prior to the start of the Bastille Day military parade, 14 July 2006 on the Champs Elysees in Paris. AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French mountain infantry soldiers parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French military school Saint-Cyr Coetquidan (western france) students parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French military school Saint-Cyr Coetquidan (western france) students parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Ecole Polytechnique (High school) students mountain infantry soldiers parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: Troops of the French Foreign Legion parade down the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: Troops of the French Foreign Legion parade down the Champs Elysees during the Bastille Day military parade, 14 July 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French police members take part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 on the Champs Elysees in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French police members form a French national flag and sing the national anthem while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 the in Paris. AFP PHOTO JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Leclerc tanks wait Place de l'Etoile to parade in the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day 14 July 2006 the in Paris AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: Refueling aircrafts fly above the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 in Paris.First ground are Leclerc tanks. AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Republican guards, standing in front of Arc de Triomphe, wait to parade in the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day 14 July 2006 the in Paris AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: Troops in tanks, standing in front of Arc de Triomphe, wait to parade in the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day 14 July 2006 the in Paris AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/***** Images)


LOADS MORE TO COME.

[He219]

Lots of armor today:

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[Daniel San]

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Paris, FRANCE: US Awacs and French Mirage 2000 aircrafts fly above the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 the in Paris AFP PHOTO MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

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Paris, FRANCE: French Rafale aircrafts fly above the Champs Elysees while taking part in the Bastille Day military parade 14 July 2006 the in Paris AFP PHOTO MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/***** Images)

I'll let He take care of the rest

[Daniel San]

A video summary of the parade, in french : Video (http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/france/0,,3316674,00.html)

[Createdeemcee]

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Saab's, Gripen?

[USMC Tanker]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71438415.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0728AEAE53C12FE08

Lego Tanks! Weeeee!

[Daniel San]

Nope, not Gripen, Rafale by Dassault Aviation.

[tuercas]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71438699.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D042AE3B475BD1BDB3

Saab's, Gripen?
nope , Rafale.

Is the rafale going to replace Mirage 2000 or will it just compliment it?

[vener6]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71438699.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D042AE3B475BD1BDB3

Saab's, Gripen?

Look at my message in the first page.
This plane is a Rafale! ;)

Edit: Grilled !!!
The Rafale will just supplement the Mirage 2000!

Bye :D

[Kaplanr]

Is France the last western country that regularly has a real military parade anymore?

[Createdeemcee]

Can some one tell me what nationalities the French Foreighn Legion consists of??

[I_hate_posers]

Russian, British, Dutch, Japanese, Canadian, American, etc...

[vener6]

All of nationalities! :)
You can find French, English, American, Japanese…

Edit: Grilled !!! Once again !!! This is my bad luck day! :(

Bye :D

[Bert]

Is France the last western country that regularly has a real military parade anymore?
The rest of us don't need regular intervals of ***** inflation. p-)

[Greek soldier]

Is France the last western country that regularly has a real military parade anymore?

No. Greece holds 2 Military Parades per Year
1) October 28th in Thessaloniki (we celebrate the "NO" Metaxas said to the Italian Ambassador in 1940, for not allowing Italian troops to set foot in Greece)

and

2) March 25th in Athens (March 25th 1821-Declaration of War against the Ottoman Turks)

[DaGreatRV]

Do the Foreign Legion troops wear beards because of deployment in Afghanistan?

It's just that all those breards stand out from the rest, who are all well groomed.

[camerashy]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71439349.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0B56AEDAC08BE9FBF




So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?

[Boina verde]

Tradition!

Portugal also does military parades; of course that is much smaller…we have small armed forces.

[Cpt. Spaulding]

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We're hoping that Israel continues to vigorously defend herself and refuse negotiations with Hezbollah and Hamas for the kidnapped Israeli soldiers. In our cartoon "Non-negotiable" (http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000877.html) we celebrated such an aggressive response. But it should be remembered that the terrorists' tactics have worked for them in the past. A FoxNews article (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203076,00.html) yesterday noted this fact in passing:

Israel has carried out several prisoner swaps with Hezbollah in the past to obtain freedom for captures Israelis. These include a January 2004 swap in which an Israeli civilian and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers were exchanged for 436 Arab prisoners and the bodies of 59 Lebanese fighters. In 1985, three Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon in 1982 were traded for 1,150 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners.The Jewish Virtual Library has more on the issue: Israel-Hizbollah Prisoner Exchange (2004) (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/prisonerswap012904.html):

In exchange for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers, missing since October 2000, and one Israeli businessman, abducted in October 2000 under questionable circumstances, Israel released more than 430 Arab prisoners on January 29, 2004. Those released by Israel included 400 Palestinian prisoners who were released to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Another 29 prisoners from Arab nations, and a German-citizen who worked with Hizbollah, were flown to Germany and then most went to Lebanon. In addition, the bodies of approximately 60 Lebanese terrorists were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross at the Israel-Lebanon border near Rosh Hanikra. The prisoner exchange was the latest example of Israel's determination to bring its soldiers home, dead or alive. In 1985, Israel freed 1,150 prisoners in exchange for three Israeli soldiers kidnapped in Lebanon by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)-General Command. Many of the Arabs who were freed became leaders in the first Palestinian intifada. ...
In the wake of the morning rush hour bus bombing in Jerusalem's upscale Rehavia neighborhood, some last minute voices were heard urging the government to stop the prisoner swap. MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) told Maariv, "Yesterday this murderous organization promised us a 'surprise,' so we must stop the release of 400 terrorists before we discover that they've put us in a death trap." According to Dr. Shmuel Bar, a senior research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, the message this swap sends to the Palestinians is that "the only way in which anyone can succeed in freeing prisoners is Hezbollah's way of abducting Israeli soldiers and citizens … We're going to be sorry for this."

The Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center (http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/engsite/html/search.asp?isSearch=yes&isT8=yes&searchText=T104&pid=167&sid=13&preview=) has more information on Hezbollah's ongoing war against Israel.

[epc]

What's the difference with all those academies?

EMIA, Sait Cyr, E'Cole Polytechnique?

[epc]

What's the difference with all those academies?

EMIA, Sait Cyr, ECole Polytechnique?

[Conga]

So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?

and why they wear a****s...

[DaGreatRV]

....and carry axes :bash:


(how do you say 'timber' in French?)

[Boina verde]

I believed for the same reason. They must be from a Foreign Engineer Regiment...but I'm not legionnaire so I'm just guessing!

[frenchy]

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Very good.:)

[frenchy]

....and carry axes :bash:


(how do you say 'timber' in French?)

It's an idioma but i'd say

Fais gaffe !!

[gilgoul]

So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?

Old tradition of the Legion.
Those who are sporting beard are selected legionnaires who receive the honour to carry the tradition of the legion's pionneers, building soldiers who wear also a leather a**** and an ax.
They are at the front of the parade by tradition since the great napoleonian army, and also because the parade pace of the Legion is slower than the rest of the army.

[Atlantic Friend]

So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?

It's a Legion tradition for its combat engineers (called the sapeurs).

[Hydro]

Similar thing with British Army Pioneers. Sergeants can sport full beards, and they carry axes on parade.

[frenchy]

So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?

these guys are "pioneers" axe and beard remind they are the builder of Foreign legion.

[Atlantic Friend]

What's the difference with all those academies?

EMIA, Sait Cyr, ECole Polytechnique?

Different schools, different military specialties.

Polytechnique's forte is engineering (and used to provide lots of artillery officers), Saint Cyr is an officer school (like West Point), Saint Maixent is a NCO school, you also have specialized schools for military doctors, police officers, etc.

[Atlantic Friend]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71438415.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0728AEAE53C12FE08

Lego Tanks! Weeeee!

You don't disassemble them that easily, though !

[gilgoul]

Similar thing with British Army Pioneers. Sergeants can sport full beards, and they carry axes on parade.
I didn't know that, interresting.

[AROUETLJ]

What impressed me the most is the new plane of the French Air Force, I named the Rafale as well as
the new combat helicopter of the French Army that is to say the Tiger!
If not as a whole I believe that it was the best parade that I saw! :D
Merry July 14! :hug:

Bye ;)

Did you visit the CPA 10 stand at Les Invalides? It was fantastic.

The parade was excellent as usual, but the organization was a bit crappy, especially for those of us who aren't familiar with the proceedings. I got up at 0500 and arrived at Champs Élysées at about 0600, and found a briliant spot, right beside the VIP stands. Then we were told we couldn't stand beside the railings and had to move further up towards Arc de Triomphe. By the time (around 2 hours later) I went throught the security check so we could stand by the goddaln railings, I had been precedeed by a few thousand Chinese tourists who had ambled by at 10 o'clock. I ended up have to crane my neck and peep through three rows of heads, and my photos were ****.

What really struck me was the way in which the people welcomed the military, especially when the Sapeurs-Pompiers passed by. People were applauding them and cheering as if they were stars. Listening to the French media, you would think no one gives a **** about the armed forces. On apprend toujours, eh Vener6....

The afternoon was more fruitful. Great atmosphere chez CPA 10, very friendly NCO and all. I'll post the pics in a separate gigantic thread. Oh and fantastic freefall display, with pinpoint accuracy.

[desantnik85]

Fantastic pics!

You'll all no doubt knock me for saying it, but the French look pretty damned good in that.

Would have liked to have seen that for myself, maybe next year.

[Dark Avenger]

So can anyone explain why these guys are sporting beards?
I think it is a tradition for Foreign Legion sappers to grow beards.

[WarriorMonk]

You don't disassemble them that easily, though !

you can with an RPG...heheh

[AROUETLJ]

I think it is a tradition for Foreign Legion sappers to grow beards.

Not just FFL. Napoleonic sappers were also bearded. he 'sapper' tradition needs a thread all to itself though, if we are to discuss it properly.

[Daniel San]

You'll all no doubt knock me for saying it, but the French look pretty damned good in that.

And why would we be inclined to do such a thing? The French military is one hell of an army.

[Ralf174978]

Can some one tell me what nationalities the French Foreighn Legion consists of??
For the year 2003:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_20031_114.gif

For the year 2004:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_20041_112.jpg

For the year 2005:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_2005_klein1_414.jpg

[daily666]

For the year 2003:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_20031_114.gif

For the year 2004:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_20041_112.jpg

For the year 2005:
http://www.lalegion.ch/forum/files/statistik_2005_klein1_414.jpg


So Poles, Russians, Czechs, Serbs, Croats, Slovaks etc. and so on make up to 34% of the whole Foreign Legion, that's a lot.

It's considered a serious crime in Poland for serving in another country's army, but AFAIK nobody cares.

[Atlantic Friend]

you can with an RPG...heheh

On the tracks, maybe, but I wouldn't bet too much on a RPG on front and side armor.

[Daniel San]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/netpub/server.np?original=12877&site=combatcamera&catalog=photos&aspect&width=430


July 13 2006
Afghanistan

Supplies are dropped from a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules aircraft over an undisclosed location in Afghanistan to resupply coalition forces undergoing combat operations.

It is the first time since the Korean War that Canadian military aviators have flown such missions for Coalition troops engaged in combat operations. The Hercules aircraft currently operating out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, is from 436 Squadron, Tactical Airlift Unit (TAU) from Camp Mirage, South West Asia.


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July 13 2006
Afghanistan

Supplies roll to the back of the ramp of a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules aircraft over an undisclosed location in Afghanistan to resupply coalition forces undergoing combat operations.

It is the first time since the Korean War that Canadian military aviators have flown such missions for Coalition troops engaged in combat operations. The Hercules aircraft currently operating out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, is from 436 Squadron, Tactical Airlift Unit (TAU) from Camp Mirage, South West Asia.


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July 13 2006
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

Private Christy Goodfellow, an Air Traffic Technician, secures a parachute static line to an anchor cable onboard a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules aircraft. The cargo load being secured in the aircraft will be air dropped to Coalition troops engaged in combat operations somewhere in Afghanistan.

[vener6]

Did you visit the CPA 10 stand at Les Invalides? It was fantastic.

The parade was excellent as usual, but the organization was a bit crappy, especially for those of us who aren't familiar with the proceedings. I got up at 0500 and arrived at Champs Élysées at about 0600, and found a briliant spot, right beside the VIP stands. Then we were told we couldn't stand beside the railings and had to move further up towards Arc de Triomphe. By the time (around 2 hours later) I went throught the security check so we could stand by the goddaln railings, I had been precedeed by a few thousand Chinese tourists who had ambled by at 10 o'clock. I ended up have to crane my neck and peep through three rows of heads, and my photos were ****.

What really struck me was the way in which the people welcomed the military, especially when the Sapeurs-Pompiers passed by. People were applauding them and cheering as if they were stars. Listening to the French media, you would think no one gives a **** about the armed forces. On apprend toujours, eh Vener6....

The afternoon was more fruitful. Great atmosphere chez CPA 10, very friendly NCO and all. I'll post the pics in a separate gigantic thread. Oh and fantastic freefall display, with pinpoint accuracy.

Not, I couldn't go there because I was to eat with my girl friend!
But I would have agreed to make a turn!
I already visited some stand two or three years ago and it was really interesting!
(especially when I discussed with a member of the 13th RDP)

Bye ;)

[F. De Saxe]

So Poles, Russians, Czechs, Serbs, Croats, Slovaks etc. and so on make up to 34% of the whole Foreign Legion, that's a lot.

It's considered a serious crime in Poland for serving in another country's army, but AFAIK nobody cares.
About a year ago our government changed the law - now Poles can serve in foreign armies if they solve problems with our army (we have in Poland mixed common conscription with professional army like in Germany)

[Ralf174978]

Can someone please post a vid of the parade?
--> Short video of the French Foreign Legion in Paris (http://www.hypertainer.com/fremdenlegion/14-07.mpg)

[daily666]

About a year ago our government changed the law - now Poles can serve in foreign armies if they solve problems with our army (we have in Poland mixed common conscription with professional army like in Germany)


Didn't know about that, thanks for the info...

[vener6]

So Poles, Russians, Czechs, Serbs, Croats, Slovaks etc. and so on make up to 34% of the whole Foreign Legion, that's a lot.

It's considered a serious crime in Poland for serving in another country's army, but AFAIK nobody cares.

You know, there are some people who come to have a new life, a better life and which wants to start again to zero! Perhaps in their fatherland they have had problems with justice or even with their own army! They were disgusted of their country or I don't know what and they prefer to come in the Foreign Legion because the legion like the French Army have values! And for the moment there is only the Foreign Legion which allows that!

Bye ;)

[vener6]

you can with an RPG...heheh

Well, you can destroy a tank on-armoured with a RPG and even with a coktail molotov! But to arrive there ,it's almost impossible!

Bye :D

[USMC Tanker]

You don't disassemble them that easily, though !

M1A1 Crew:

TC: GUNNER, SABOT, TANK!
GNR: IDENTIFIED!
LDR: UP!
TC: FIRE!
GNR: ON THE WAY!

*BOOM*

Lego tank to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.

[daily666]

M1A1 Crew:

TC: GUNNER, SABOT, TANK!
GNR: IDENTIFIED!
LDR: UP!
TC: FIRE!
GNR: ON THE WAY!

*BOOM*

Lego tank to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.

flamebait?

[Hydro]

M1A1 Crew:

TC: GUNNER, SABOT, TANK!
GNR: IDENTIFIED!
LDR: UP!
TC: FIRE!
GNR: ON THE WAY!

*BOOM*

Lego tank to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.


Leclerc crew:

TC: LE GUNNER, LE SABOT, UN CHAR!
GNR: L'INDENTIFIED!
LDR: LE UP!
TC: LA FIRE!
GNR: L'ON LE WAY!

*BOOM*

M1A1 reduced to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.


(NB: The French in this post may not be exactly correct ;))

[apm]

M1A1 Crew:

TC: GUNNER, SABOT, TANK!
GNR: IDENTIFIED!
LDR: UP!
TC: FIRE!
GNR: ON THE WAY!

*BOOM*

Lego tank to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.

:roll: flamewars about equipment again? you cant really compare the worlds leading mbts to each other because there are so many points wich could change the results of a challenge (for example how good the crew is). thats also why the manufacturers of the worlds leading mbts have difficulties to sell their products. m1 abrams, challenger, leclerc, leopard 2, t90 - everything in the same league.

nice pictures btw, those legionaries look really bad-ass :)

but those pictures of the french national holiday reminds me off another thing...werent there also some parades on july 14th with the participation of units from not-french armed forces? or is it only allowed for the french armed forces?

[vener6]

M1A1 Crew:

TC: GUNNER, SABOT, TANK!
GNR: IDENTIFIED!
LDR: UP!
TC: FIRE!
GNR: ON THE WAY!

*BOOM*

Lego tank to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.

Yes, but your shoot is missed! p-) The only thing that you made it's to have made a big hole in the ground! With Leclerc it's not the case! Because it can always follow a target and make fire on the target while rolling to 60 km/h! The more so as recharging is automatic step as the M1-ABRAMS where it's with manual recharging! But good, Leclerc isn't comparable by report to the other tank (or perhaps with the Leopard) because it makes party of a new generation! The M1-ABRAMS is more comparable with a T-90!

Bye ;)

[vener6]

but those pictures of the french national holiday reminds me off another thing...werent there also some parades on july 14th with the participation of units from not-french armed forces? or is it only allowed for the french armed forces?

I remember that English, American and German soldiers ravelled for the parade of July 14!

Bye ;)

[Createdeemcee]

thanks for the breakdown!

[wormie]

Leclerc crew:

TC: LE GUNNER, LE SABOT, UN CHAR!
GNR: L'INDENTIFIED!
LDR: LE UP!
TC: LA FIRE!
GNR: BUT IM LE TIRED!
TC: SO TAKE A NAP, THEN FIRE ZE SABOT!

p-)


UGH 23423423593025932094920342

[Hydro]

p-)


UGH 23423423593025932094920342



Well played, sir.

[c_r_b]

Leclerc crew:

TC: LE GUNNER, LE SABOT, UN CHAR!
GNR: L'INDENTIFIED!
LDR: LE UP!
TC: LA FIRE!
GNR: L'ON LE WAY!

*BOOM*

M1A1 reduced to steaming pile of metal...all in under 4 seconds.


(NB: The French in this post may not be exactly correct ;))

I thought Leclerc has an autoloader.

[USMC Tanker]

Yes, but your shoot is missed! p-) The only thing that you made it's to have made a big hole in the ground! With Leclerc it's not the case! Because it can always follow a target and make fire on the target while rolling to 60 km/h! The more so as recharging is automatic step as the M1-ABRAMS where it's with manual recharging! But good, Leclerc isn't comparable by report to the other tank (or perhaps with the Leopard) because it makes party of a new generation! The M1-ABRAMS is more comparable with a T-90!

Bye ;)

The Leclerc has an auto loader. SLOW compared to a good loader's time of 3-4 seconds. Having a human loader is FASTER, period. Human loaders don't jam either!

The M1A1 Abrams can also fire while on the move so...

[Greek soldier]

The M1A1 and A2 has a German cannon p-)

Hence its reliability. :)

[zg18]

So Poles, Russians, Czechs, Serbs, Croats, Slovaks etc. and so on make up to 34% of the whole Foreign Legion, that's a lot.

It's considered a serious crime in Poland for serving in another country's army, but AFAIK nobody cares.

I know there are plenty Croats and Serbs in Legion,for information Croatian gen.Ante Gotovina was former Legionar and Serb commander Milorad Luković "Legija"(Legion).

[daily666]

The Leclerc has an auto loader. SLOW compared to a good loader's time of 3-4 seconds. Having a human loader is FASTER, period. Human loaders don't jam either!

The M1A1 Abrams can also fire while on the move so...

And Leclerc cannot?

STFU you guys and stop this stupid "my toy is better than yours" flamewar.

[Greek soldier]

daily666, when the Greek Army evaluated the Leopard 2, Leclerc, Challenger 2E, T-84 and M1A2 in 1998 at Litohoro, Leclerc proved to be too slow on auto-loading... The Leopard 2A5 (Strv 122) kicked everybody's a.....

And the L55 will kick better woot

[daily666]

daily666, when the Greek Army evaluated the Leopard 2, Leclerc, Challenger 2E, T-84 and M1A2 in 1998 at Litohoro, Leclerc proved to be too slow on auto-loading... The Leopard 2A5 (Strv 122) kicked everybody's a.....

And the L55 will kick better woot

It was about firing on the move, not the autoloader.

[Greek soldier]

Eh, sorry then.:hug:

[vener6]

The Leclerc has an auto loader. SLOW compared to a good loader's time of 3-4 seconds. Having a human loader is FASTER, period. Human loaders don't jam either!

The M1A1 Abrams can also fire while on the move so...

I invite you to read this! Click here (http://www.giat-industries.fr/asp/fr/pdf/fr_ftech_canon120.pdf) this is very interesting! ;)
If you can't read this because it's writing in french, use a translator!

To the wise ;)

[He219]

Shut the 'ell up and just post some more bloomin' pictures ...
p-)




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Smoke rises and debris fly from a bridge as it is targeted by an Israeli air raid, in the Zahrani region, on the Mediterranean coast, southern Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah _ and with it, the country _ for the capture of two Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Smoke rises from a bridge as it is targeted by an Israeli air raid, in the Zahrani region, on the Mediterranean coast, southern Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah _ and with it, the country _ for the capture of two Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)
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Smoke rises from a bridge as it is targeted by an Israeli air raid, in the Sawfar region, on the highway between Beirut and Damascus, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah _ and with it, the country _ for the capture of two Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/Pierre Bou Karam)
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Israeli Navy ship Tarshish fires a 76mm artillery round towards the area of the southern Lebanon town of Necore as it patrols off the southern Lebanese coast, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers. In the background the Lebanese town of Sidon.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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Israeli soldiers stand on the bridge of the Israeli Navy ship Keshet as it patrols off the southern Lebanese coast next to the Lebanese town of Necore, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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Israeli soldiers stand on the bridge of the Israeli Navy ship Keshet as it patrols off the southern Lebanese coast next to the Lebanese town of Necore, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

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Israeli Navy Ship Tarshish patrols off the southern Lebanese coast next to the Lebanese town of Necore, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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Israeli soldiers stand on the bridge of the Israeli Navy ship Keshet as it patrols off the southern Lebanese coast next to the Lebanese town of Necore, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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In Israeli soldier is sprayed by a wave as he stands next to a machine gun on board the Israeli Navy Ship Keshet as it patrols off the southern Lebanese coast next to the Lebanese town of Necore, in Lebanese territorial waters, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday in order to punish Hezbollah, and with it, the country, for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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A Lebanese soldier, sitting behind an anti-aircraft gun, fires at Israeli warplanes flying overhead, from his position in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel brought its offensive in Lebanon to south Beirut on Friday, with warplanes blasting residential neighborhoods in an attempt to hit Hezbollah's headquarters and road links. Airstrikes cut the main highway to Syria and exploded fuel tanks, sending palls of smoke over the capital. (AP 0Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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An Israeli artillery piece fires a shell towards the Gaza Strip at a position near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, just outside the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 14, 2006. Thousands marched around Gaza Friday in support for Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers in the northern border between Israel and Lebanon, saying the two peoples are united in their fight against Israel. Israel launched a major offensive in southern Lebanon Wednesday after Hezbollah killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two more. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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An Israeli policeman runs after a Hezbollah-fired rocket landed nearby in the town of Nahariya, northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Hezbollah guerrillas fired scores of Katyusha rockets at northern Israel on Friday, wounding at least 11 people and escalating the fierce fighting between Israel and Lebanese militants. The rockets hit eight different areas of northern Israel, and the army said at least 60 of the projectiles had been fired at Israel from southern Lebanon on Friday. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)
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An elderly Israeli is helped by a police officer after being wounded by a rocket fired by Hezbollah guerrillas from across the border in southern Lebanon in the northen Israel coastal town of Nahariya Friday July 14, 2006. Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas fired more rockets into northern Israel late Friday, lightly injuring at least one person, the Israeli rescue services said.(AP Photos/Herzl Shapira)
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Israeli police and firemen inspect the area after a rocket fired by Hezbollah guerrillas from across the border in southern Lebanon hit in the northen Israel coastal town of Nahariya Friday July 14, 2006. Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas fired more rockets into northern Israel late Friday, lightly injuring at least one person, the Israeli rescue services said.(AP Photos/Herzl Shapira)
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Israeli policemen climb up a bullding in search for residents next to the site where a Hezbollah-fired rocket directly hit a main road in the coastal town of Nahariya Friday, July 14, 2006. Hezbollah guerrillas fired scores of Katyusha rockets at northern Israel on Friday, wounding at least 11 people and escalating the fierce fighting between Israel and Lebanese militants. The rockets hit eight different areas of northern Israel, and the army said at least 60 of the projectiles had been fired at Israel from southern Lebanon on Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli air strike hits the runway of Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006, while fires burns from the fuel storage tanks following a bombing run. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight according to the police.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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An Israeli air strike hits the runway of Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight according to the police.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Lebanese youths gather on a hilltop overlooking the city of Beirut in Lebanon at sunset Friday, July 14, 2006 to watch smoke continuing to billow from a fuel dump at Beirut International airport which was hit by an Israeli airstrike Thursday. Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon, striking hundreds of targets including airports, highways and army bases to put pressure on the government and force Hezbollah to free two Israeli soldiers the guerrillas captured Wednesday. Seventy-three people have been killed in Lebanon since the offensive began. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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An MEA plane from Lebanon seen parked at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Friday, July 14, 2006. Lebanese officials have begun to move their civilian aircraft to Amman in the face of ongoing air strikes at the Beirut airport by Israeli fighter jets.(AP Photo/Nader Daoud)
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A passenger plane sits on the tarmac of Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006, while fuel storage tanks burn after Israeli helicopter gun ships targeted it with missiles late Thursday. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital, where Hezbollah has its strongholds, killed three people and wounded 55 overnight.(AP Photo)
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fuel storage tank at a power station that was set on fire after Israeli warplanes targeted it, in Jiyyeh, in the south of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel has widened its offensive on Lebanon, with fighter bombers blasting the airport for a second day, residential buildings in the southern suburbs of the capital, igniting fuel storage tanks and cutting the main highway to Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Smoke billows from a power station that was set on fire after Israeli warplanes targeted its fuel storage tank, in Jiyyeh, in the south of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel has widened its offensive on Lebanon, with fighter bombers blasting the airport for a second day, residential buildings in the southern suburbs of the capital, igniting fuel storage tanks and cutting the main highway to Syria. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)
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Lebanese citizens inspect the damage after Israeli air raids targeted the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight. Israel's widening military offensive brought to 50 the number of Lebanese killed since Wednesday, when Israel attacked Lebanon to rescue two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese citizens look at a large crater in the middle of a residential neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006, after Israeli air strikes overnight. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight, police said.(AP Photo)
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Lebanese army personal inspect a bridge that was knocked down when Israeli air raids targeted it, in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight, police said.(AP Photo)
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A Lebanese soldier stands next to a crater following Israeli airstrikes at the main Mar Mikhail crossroads in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel has widened its offensive on Lebanon, with fighter bombers blasting the airport for a second day, residential buildings in the southern suburbs of the capital, igniting fuel storage tanks and cutting the main highway to Syria. (AP Photo/Pierre Bou Karam)
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A vehicle is being pulled from a bomb crater full of water following an Israeli air strike at the main Mar Mikhail cross road in south Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 14, 2006. Israel has widened its offensive on Lebanon, with fighter bombers blasting the airport for a second day, residential buildings in the southern suburbs of the capital, igniting fuel storage tanks and cutting the main highway to Syria. (AP Photo)
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A worker in the Hakoumi hospital in Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern town of Tyre, Lebanon, closes the door of a refrigirator-truck, full of bodies of victims of the last two days of Israeli forces' offensive, Friday July 14, 2006. Hospital officials say they had received bodies of 33 people in these two days, as Israel continues its operations on Lebanon for a second day. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

[Switek]

Hard to say He but thank You. You brought the MP's world to the reality. Thank for those sad but full of truth picts

[goat89]

Nice Israeli pics He219 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/member.php?u=1032)! First time I see an Israeli Navy ship (with troops with it!....Hmmm....Marines? :))

[AROUETLJ]

@Vener6

I was to eat with my girl friend

That beats any military show any time.

[apm]

holy s*** these last pictures are frightening...a real war from one to another minute!

[Jo_GER]

It is terrible! That is the beginning of the end! Sorry, but I believe Israel goes too far!

[Macs.]

It is terrible! That is the beginning of the end! Sorry, but I believe Israel goes too far!

Its a very compley conflict, but Israel can't show weakness at this point otherwise it would hit back Israel bad.

Lebanon decided to attack Israel, and now they have to face the consequences.

[Kvakva]

Its a very compley conflict, but Israel can't show weakness at this point otherwise it would hit back Israel bad.

Lebanon decided to attack Israel, and now they have to face the consequences.
Not Lebanon, hezbollah did.

[Hydro]

The M1A1 and A2 has a German cannon p-)

Hence its reliability. :)


It has British armour, hence it's survivability p-)

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An UN armed personnel carrier of the Uruguayan battallion of the MONUC patrols 14 July 2006 in the central district of Kinshasa, DRCongo. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/***** Images)

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Armed personnel of the Uruguayan battallion of the MONUC secure a perimeter 14 July 2006 while patrolling in Kinshasa, DRCongo. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/***** Images)

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Polish military policeman, belonging to the European Force (EUFOR) in charge of securing the 30 July 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), patrols 14 July 2006 the perimeter the EUFOR camp in N'dolo, Kinshasa. The DRC is holding its first elections in more than 40 years with some 25 million voters expected to cast their ballots at 50,000 polling stations across the vast former Belgian colony. In all, 33 candidates are running for president in polls seen as a key step in bringing lasting peace to the war-scarred nation, which is the size of Western Europe but has hardly any infrastructure. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/***** Images)

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The French commander of the European Force (EUFOR) in charge of securing the 30 July 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), General Christian Damay, looks up after giving a press conference 14 July 2006 at the EUFOR camp in N'dolo, Kinshasa, a day after his arrival. The DRC is holding its first elections in more than 40 years with some 25 million voters expected to cast their ballots at 50,000 polling stations across the vast former Belgian colony. In all, 33 candidates are running for president in polls seen as a key step in bringing lasting peace to the war-scarred nation, which is the size of Western Europe but has hardly any infrastructure. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/***** Images)

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[Macs.]

Not Lebanon, hezbollah did.

Its the job of the Lebanese goverment to stop the Hezbollah from doing so, and since they didn't do anything...

[Kaplanr]

Nice Israeli pics He219 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/member.php?u=1032)! First time I see an Israeli Navy ship (with troops with it!....Hmmm....Marines? :))

Nope, standard OD battle dress. Their whites are only for "show" and going home or admin duties.

Givati Infantry Brigade used to call itself Israel's Marines, but I'm not sure it's true anymore. Don't know if anything in their training included real amphibious work.

In basic we had a sargeant who made us play Iwo Jima for 5 hours when we were at the beach near Hadera. He had us wading into the Med in full pack up to our necks, walking around for 5-10 minutes at that depth and then charge the beach ala John Wayne. All we could think of was how much rust and sand we'd need to remove from our Galils and MAGs.

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A military police boat patrols as a Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter is lifted from the deck of the Coast Guard vessel Earl Grey at the dock at CFB Shearwater, near Halifax , Nova Scotia, Canada on Friday, July 14, 2006. The aircraft crashed on a training flight off the Nova Scotia, coast claiming the lives of three crew members.(AP PHOTO/CP,Andrew Vaughan)
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Military technicians neutralize hazardous materials on a Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter on the deck of the Coast Guard vessel Earl Grey at the dock at CFB Shearwater, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Friday, July 14, 2006. The aircraft crashed on a training flight off the Nova Scotia coast claiming the lives of three crew members.(AP PHOTO/CP,Andrew Vaughan)
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A Thai army helicopter sits after an attack on a landing spot at a military base in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand Sunday, July 9, 2006. Thailand expressed "grave concern" over Myanmar's shooting of a Thai helicopter near the two countries' border earlier this week. The helicopter was delivering food Sunday to army rangers in Thailand's northern Mae Hong Son province, near a military base in Myanmar, when it was shot at three to five times. Thailand's foreign ministry statement said "Myanmar" fired the shots, but did not say specifically who might have done it or why. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)
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The holes created by rounds of ammunition is seen piercing on a Thai army helicopter in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand Sunday, July 9, 2006. Thailand expressed "grave concern" over Myanmar's shooting of a Thai helicopter near the two countries' border earlier this week. The helicopter was delivering food Sunday to army rangers in Thailand's northern Mae Hong Son province, near a military base in Myanmar, when it was shot at three to five times. Thailand's foreign ministry statement said "Myanmar" fired the shots, but did not say specifically who might have done it or why. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)
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Jack Dragoni of Chaffee, Mo., a Vietnam veteran stands near a Army Huey helicopter which is on display at the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Mo. Wednesday, July 5, 2006. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)
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Macedonian Air Force Sargeant Dragan Davitkovski, center, says his farewells with his family and his comrades upon his departure to Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Friday, July 14, 2006, at Skopje's airport Petrovec. Macedonia is sending on Friday 17 officers and two helicopters to Bosnia-Herzegovina as its contribution to the EU peacekeeping mission Althea. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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Macedonian Air Force officer waves to his wife and son before boarding a helicopter on a departure to Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Friday, July 14, 2006, at Skopje's airport Petrovec. Macedonia is sending on Friday 17 officers and two helicopters to Bosnia-Herzegovina as its contribution to the EU peacekeeping mission Althea. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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Macedonian Air Force pilot says his farewells to his comrade before taking off to Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Friday, July 14, 2006, at Skopje's airport Petrovec. Macedonia is sending on Friday 17 officers and two helicopters to Bosnia-Herzegovina as its contribution to the EU peacekeeping mission Althea. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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Investigators and police officers at the scene of an explosion in Tskhinvali, Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, Friday, July 14, 2006. A bomb exploded in the main city of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia on Friday, killing two people and wounding two others, a government official said. A homemade explosive device packed with nails and metal balls was planted in a tree near an apartment building in Tskhinvali. (AP Photo/RES, Andrei Tadtayev)
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A Lebanese soldier stands on alert behind an anti-aircraft gun after Israeli warplanes destroyed the Qassmieh bridge, on the main north-south highway, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid Wednesday, triggering an Israeli assault with warplanes, tanks and gunboats against southern Lebanon as Israeli troops crossed the frontier to hunt for the captives. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Palestinian militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades display weapons and shoot in the air during a rally to show support for Hezbollah in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus, Friday, July 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Israeli policemen lifts a Katyusha rocket fired from southern Lebanon at a residential building in the northern coastal Israeli town of Nahariya,14 July 2006. Four rockets exploded in the centre of the Mediterranean coastal resort of Nahariya causing a fire and damaging houses and businesses but not causing any casualties, she said. A military source said around 170 rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon since 12 July, including at the port of Haifa. two israelis have been killed in the attacks and over 50 injured. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/***** Images)
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An israeli man looks at the damaged roof og his home damaged after a Katyusha-style rocket fired from neighboring southern Lebanon hit the building 14 July 2006 in the northern Israeli town of Safed. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for restraint in its military offensive in Lebanon, her spokesman said today. Hezbollah has fired some 300 rockets into northern israel the past two days, killing four civilians including one child. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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Relatives grieve after a grandmother and her grandson were killed in Meron village after a Katyusha-style rocket fired from neighboring southern Lebanon fell on their house 14 July 2006. The grandmother and the boy, were killed today as guerrillas fired some 90 rockets into Israel from Lebanon on the second straight day of a rocket blitz, medical sources said. Five other relatives were also wounded in the attack, including the mother of the dead child. Their deaths took the civilian death toll in northern Israel to four, after two people were killed in similar rocket strikes yesterday and more than 40 people were taken to hospital today, three in serious condition, although the vast majority admitted for treatment were suffering from a state of shock, the military source said. AFP PHOTO/ MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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Flames are seen as Israeli policemen in protective gear arrive to the scene where a Katyusha rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit a house in the coastal Israeli town Nahariya,14 July 2006.Forty-four people were taken to hospital today after guerrillas fired some 80 rockets into Israel from Lebanon on the second straight day of a rocket blitz, a military source said. The vast majority of those admitted for treatment were suffering from a state of shock, the source added. Four Israelis have been killed in the attacks in the past two days.. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON . (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli man shows off the shell of a Katyusha-style rockets fired from neighboring southern Lebanon fell in the northern Israeli city of Safed 14 July 2006. Eight people were wounded, including one seriously, when a salvo of rockets hit the northern town of Safed in the early afternoon, a military source said. Earlier three rockets landed in the town, missing buildings but slightly injuring another person, while seven more hit the outskirts, according to an army spokeswoman. AFP PHOTO/ MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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Israeli army soldiers perpare their Merkeva tank for possible action against Hezbollah militants July 14, 2006 on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. Israel has stepped up its action against Hezbollah targets in an effort to drive the Islamic militants from the border and to force the return of two soldiers captured by the group in a cross-border attack two days ago on July 12. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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Blood stains the face of an Israeli soldier wounded during a protest by Palestinian and foreign demonstrators gathered for their weekly rally against Israel's construction of the controversial West Bank separation barrier 14 July 2006, which runs through the occupied West Bank village of Bilin.Israel justifies the massive sprawl of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete wall snaking across the West Bank as vital to stop potential attackers from infiltrating the country and Jewish settlements. The Palestinians condemn the wall as an attempt to grab land and undermine the viability of their promised future state. The UN International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling in 2004 that parts of the barrier in the West Bank were illegal and should be removed. EDS; RECROP VERSION- AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/***** Images)
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A Palestinian man holding his child scuffles with an Israeli officer during a wedding ceremony, as part of a protest against Israel's separation barrier, at the construction site of the barrier in the village of Bil'in, near the West Bank town of Ramallah, Friday, July 14, 2006. Two Israeli border police officers and 26 Palestinians and international activists were injured, including the bride, when Israeli border police broke up the celebration. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Hamas militants hold their weapons as they drive trough the crowd along the wall that separates the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and the border area with Egypt Friday, July 14, 2006. Palestinian militants forced open a border gate between Egypt and Gaza on Friday, wounding an Egyptian officer before letting at least 600 people who had been trapped on the Egyptian side of the border to get into Gaza, Palestinian security said.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Palestinian police run along the wall that separates the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and the border area with Egypt Friday, July 14, 2006. Palestinian militants forced open a border gate between Egypt and Gaza on Friday, wounding an Egyptian officer before letting at least 600 people who had been trapped on the Egyptian side of the border to get into Gaza, Palestinian security said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A palestinian man looks up for Israeli helicopters as he and his family leaves in a taxi after crossing from Egypt next to the wall that separates the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and the border area with Egypt Friday, July 14, 2006. Palestinian militants forced open a border gate between Egypt and Gaza on Friday, wounding an Egyptian officer before letting at least 600 people who had been trapped on the Egyptian side of the border to get into Gaza, Palestinian security said.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Shiite militia soldiers in the Mahdi Army guard a Shiite mosque, Wednesday, July 12, 2006, in the Shiite Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The Mahdi Army, led by Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, keeps a sharp eye for strangers entering Baghdad's Shiite enclaves, home to 2.5 million people. During the day the weapons are out of sight but at night, militiamen set up checkpoints and search cars, looking for would-be suicide bombers or Sunni extremists. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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An Iraqi army officer checks a wrecked Iraqi army vehicle on the site where unidentified gunmen killed 13 Iraqi soldiers near the Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk. At least 30 people were killed across Iraq, including 13 Iraqi soldiers, security officials said.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)
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A member of the Iraqi special forces guards suspects during a joint a raid in the town of Sidiara, 40 kilometres north of the city of Tikrit. At least 30 people were killed across Iraq, including 13 Iraqi soldiers in an attack on their checkpoint near the northern oil hub of Kirkuk, security officials said.(AFP)
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A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates how to properly clear a hallway for Iraqi police recruits during a hallway clearing scenario at Forward Operating Base Duke, Iraq, July 4, 2006. Iraqi police recruits go through a two-week training course called The Crucible, which is conducted by the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment and civilian contractors. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katrina Beeler
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Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, participate in Operation Starlit, July 6, 2006. The nine-day mission was conducted in the Salah-Ad-Din providence of Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika

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MG James R. Myles, right, awards MAJ. Steven W. Collins, a member of the Forward Operational Assessment Team V, with a meritorious service medal Friday, July 14, 2006, at Fort Hood, Texas. Part of the unit's responsibilities while in Iraq was to test systems countering Improvised Explosive Devices. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Andrew Nenque)
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Lance Cpl. Ben Martin, 20, of Osceola, Ind. says goodbye to his girlfriend, Veronica Collmer, 18, of Granger,as Marines from the 6th Engineering Support Battalion are deployed to Iraq from the Army National Guard and Marine Reserve Center in South Bend, Ind., Friday, July 14, 2006. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Jim Rider)
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Lance Cpl. Steve Spitz, 22, of Anderson, Ind., kisses the hand of his sister, Doria Phelps, 5, as he prepares to deploy Friday, July 14, 2006, to Iraq from the Army National Guard and Marine Reserve Center in South Bend, Ind. Spitz belongs to the 6th Engineering Support Battalion. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Jim Rider)
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Sgt. Ross Fuller, 23, of Eagle, Mich. kisses the hand of his wife, Stephanie, 22, as he prepares to deploy to Iraq Friday, July 14, 2006, from the Army National Guard and Marine Reserve Center in South Bend, Ind. Fuller belongs to the 6th Engineering Support Battalion. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Jim Rider)

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Members of the Arkansas National Guard, prepare to test fire a 105mm Howitzer with blanks, Friday, July 14, 2006 at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., in preparation for a changing of the guard ceremony Saturday. Their will be a 13 gun salute using the Howitzer Saturday, when Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow, commander of the Arkansas National Guard will step down from his post and Maj. Gen. Ron Chastain, who commanded the 39th Infantry Brigade in Iraq, will replace him. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
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Members of the Arkansas National Guard, test fire a 105mm Howitzer with blanks, Friday, July 14, 2006 at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., in preparation for a changing of the guard ceremony Saturday. Their will be a 13 gun salute using the Howitzer Saturday, when Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow, commander of the Arkansas National Guard will step down from his post and Maj. Gen. Ron Chastain, who commanded the 39th Infantry Brigade in Iraq, will replace him. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
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Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow, leader of the Arkansas National Guard, signs his name on the last steel plate to be placed on the top of $34 million aircraft maintenance building, in background, Friday, July 14, 2006, at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark. On Saturday, Morrow will step down from his post and Maj. Gen. Ron Chastain, who commanded the 39th Infantry Brigade in Iraq, will replace him. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
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High over Wyoming, on Thursday, July 13, 2006, an Air-Force Thunderbird re-fuels underneath a KC-135R Stratotanker from Grand Forks N.D. Air Force Base. The Thunderbirds squandron performs in a Milwaukee air show this weekend. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald Jay Pickthorn)
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Guns mounted inside the wings are seen in this fully-restored North American P-51D "Mustang" as part of Paul G. Allen's plane collection Monday, July 3, 2006. The Flying Heritage Collection is an exhibit of fully functioning authentic warplanes from the WWI and WWII eras which are housed in adjoining hangers at the Arlington, Wash., airport. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
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A Mongolian man waits with a child as another holds a AK-47 rifle at a military tourism center where visitors pay to fire live rounds from various weapons and even drive a tank or fly in a helicopter on the outskirts of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Friday, July 14, 2006. Mongolia's authorities are keen to capitalize on its assets ranging from the legendary Genghis Khan, its scenic landscape to its stockpile of obsolete Russian weaponry to bring in much needed tourism dollars. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Mongolian woman walks past an antiquated Russian made tank at a military tourism center where visitors pay to fire live rounds from various weapons and even drive a tank or fly in a helicopter on the outskirts of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Friday, July 14, 2006. Mongolia's authorities are keen to capitalize on its assets ranging from the legendary Genghis Khan, its scenic landscape to its stockpile of obsolete Russian weaponry to bring in much needed tourism dollars. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Mongolian man push the barrel of an antiquated Russian made tank into position at a military tourism center where visitors pay to fire live rounds from various weapons and even drive a tank or fly in a helicopter on the outskirts of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Friday, July 14, 2006. Mongolia's authorities are keen to capitalize on its assets ranging from the legendary Genghis Khan, its scenic landscape to its stockpile of obsolete Russian weaponry to bring in much needed tourism dollars. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A Mongolian boy in traditional Mongolian wrestling costume wails as he is parted from his father during a wrestling competition on the second day of Naadam in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Mongolians celebrated the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest this year with the annual Naadam sporting festival featuring traditional Mongolian events like wrestling, archery, horse racing and ankle bone shooting. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Mongolian wrestlers during the final day of Naadam held in Ulan Bator , Mongolia, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Mongolians celebrates the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest this year with the annual Naadam sporting festival featuring traditional Mongolian events like wrestling, archery, horse racing and ankle bone shooting. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A referee celebrates after Sumiyabazar, left, the elder brother of famed Sumo wrestler Asashoryu, defeats Azjargal, right to win the grand champion of Mongolian wrestling during the final day of Naadam held in Ulan Bator , Mongolia, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Mongolians celebrates the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest this year with the annual Naadam sporting festival featuring traditional Mongolian events like wrestling, archery, horse racing and ankle bone shooting. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Sumiyabazar, left, the elder brother of famed Sumo wrestler Asashoryu, touches his forehead to the ceremonial banner after defeating Azjargal second left to win the grand champion of Mongolian wrestling during the final day of Naadam held in Ulan Bator , Mongolia, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Mongolians celebrates the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest this year with the annual Naadam sporting festival featuring traditional Mongolian events like wrestling, archery, horse racing and ankle bone shooting. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A rare two-toned lobster is seen in this Thursday, July 13, 2006, photo taken in Bar Harbor, Maine. The lobster caught by Alan Robinson in Dyer's Bay is a typical mottled green on one side; the other side is a shade of orange that looks cooked. Robinson, of Steuben, donated the lobster to the Mount Desert Oceanarium. Staff members say the odds or finding a half-and-half lobster are 1 in 50 million to 100 million. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Abigail Curtis)
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"Leclerc" tanks drive down the Champs Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day military parade, Friday July 14, 2006 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Ricardo Miyares, left, of Miami, Fla., races with Kevin Butler during the Annual Bastille Day block party at Les Halles, Friday, July 14, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Guests stroll in the gardens of the Elysee Palace during the garden party, as part of Bastille Day ceremonies, Friday July 14, 2006 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Guests stroll in the gardens of the Elysee Palace during the garden party, as part of Bastille Day ceremonies, Friday July 14, 2006 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Pacific Ocean (July 13, 2006) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) approaches the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) just prior to making an arrested landing. Stennis is currently underway conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Hyde
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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (July 13, 2006) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) arrives in Souda Bay for a routine port visit. Barry is currently scheduled to participate in the multi-national exercise Sea Breeze taking place in the Black Sea. Nations participating in exercise Sea Breeze 2006 include Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. The scenario-based series of exercises is designed to advance the cooperation of the nations and increase regional maritime domain awareness, maritime security and interoperability. U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Paul Farley
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A female sea cadet parades on board amphibious assault vessel HMS Albion as it travels down the River Thames in London, 12 July 2006. The Ship, launched in March 2001, sailed past Greenwich celebrating the 250th anniversary of The Marine Society and Sea Cadets. 250 Sea Cadets joined the ship's company as a part of the celebrations. Queen Elizabeth is to visit the ship later in the week. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/***** Images)
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Policemen show off the cache of firearms during a press conference at the police Headquarters in Manila, 14 July 2006. The firearms seized at a raid on the house of suspected gunrunners in Batangas City, just south of Manila. The raid resulted in the arrest of about 22 people and the seizure of the arsenal which included rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles. The suspects allegedly had contacts with local politicians and "uniformed people"-- a local term referring to policemen or soldiers. AFP PHOTO/Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/***** Images)
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TRINWILLERSHAGEN, GERMANY - JULY 13: A security police officer checks area on July 13, 2006 in Trinwillershagen, Germany. U.S. President George W. Bush visited Merkel's constituency in former East Germany before stopping in the city of Stralsund and later in the day visiting the small village of Trinwillershagen for a barbecue with residents. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/***** Images)
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GSG9? Secret Service survey the area overlooking wild boar barbecue attended by US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel with 60 invited guests, 13 July 2006 in the village of Trinwillershagen at the Baltic coast near the city of Stralsund, Germany. Bush meet Merkel for a day of political talks and informal bonding meant to cement their growing ties during his two-day visit to Germany before attending the G8 summit in Russia. AFP PHOTO DDP/MARCUS BRANDT GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MARCUS BRANDT/AFP/***** Images)



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[djiti]

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NICE!!!!!!!! :)

[Swedish Chef]

Shut the 'ell up and just post some more bloomin' pictures ...
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Amen, brothah! Thanks for the pic's oh wise one. woot

[Damnhot]

sweet pics as always, Go Israel!