Today's Pix - Tuesday, Aug. 8th, 2006

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Submit Date 08/07/2006 16:34:57 A U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet launches flares as he rolls on the side during the the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises, July 20, 2006, off Ilan, 80 kilometers, 49 miles, west of Taipei, Taiwan. The annual Taiwanese defense showcase is designed to demonstrate the island's readiness to repel an attack by nearby China, but it also serves as a useful reminder that its back-up muscle comes from Washington. (AP Photo)
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Submit Date 08/07/2006 16:35:27 A U.S.-made Cobra attack helicopter fires rockets during the the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises, July 20, 2006, off Ilan, 80 kilometers, 49 miles, west of Taipei, Taiwan. The annual Taiwanese defense showcase is designed to demonstrate the island's readiness to repel an attack by nearby China, but it also serves as a useful reminder that its back-up muscle comes from Washington. (AP Photo)
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An Israeli tank crosses from southern Lebanon into Israel at sunrise at a border crossing near the town of Metulla Tuesday, Aug. 8 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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UNIFIL soldiers observing the peace in southern Lebanon look from a watchtower at Israeli troops returning to Israel from southern Lebanon at a border crossing near the northern Israeli town of Metulla early Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Lebanon's government rejected a U.N. cease-fire plan backed by President Bush on Monday, demanding Israel immediately withdraw even before a peacekeeping force arrives and promising to send 15,000 troops to take control of the Hezbollah stronghold along the border. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Smoke billows between buildings in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006, following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli artillery pounded villages and hills throughout south Lebanon while a complete curfew was imposed on any civilians still trapped in the heart of the war zone. (AP Photo/Lotfallah Daher)
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Israeli reservists drive in an old military jeep past a line of armored vehicles and troops which had crossed the border from Lebanon back into northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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An Israeli army armored vehicle advances along the Lebanese-Israeli border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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An Israeli soldier wipes his face after returning from southern Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers clean their weapons after returning from southern Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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An Israeli soldier removes the camouflage paint off his face in the mirror of an army jeep after his unit crossed the border from Lebanon back into northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Israeli soldiers place bags of propellant used for artillery shells at a position in northern Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)
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Israeli soldiers walk toward a bus after returning from southern Lebanon, in northern Israel, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)
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In this photo made available by the Israeli Defense Forces, IDF, parts of a Hezbollah drone that was shot down by the Israeli army are on display at a navy base in Haifa, northern Israel, late Sunday, Aug. 7, 2006. Israeli media reported that the unmanned aircraft had the capacity to carry 90 pounds of explosives, nearly as much as the more powerful rockets Hezbollah has been firing into Israel for the last 27 days. (AP Photo/IDF, Anna Brosh, HO)
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This image made from a video released by the Israeli Defense Forces, Monday Aug. 7, 2006, purports to show a man identified by the IDF as alleged Hezbollah militant Hussein Ali Suleiman during an interrogation at an unidentified date and location. In the video, Suleiman acknowledges his part in the raid on an Israeli army patrol July 12, the spark that ignited the current conflict with Lebanon. The text in the image is a Hebrew translation of part of Suleiman's Arabic response to an interrogator's question, which roughly translates as "...we left Beirut in a car, a Range Rover sort of car". (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces)
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Palestinian youths gather next to a burning barricade during an Israeli army arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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Palestinian militants hold their weapons during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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A Palestinian militant fires toward Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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A Palestinian militant fires toward Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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Lebanese civil defense rescuers work to remove the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete of the destroyed buildings, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Lebanese civil defense rescuers, unseen, work to recover the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete of destroyed buildings, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Lebanese men stand as civil defense rescuers, unseen, work to recover the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete of destroyed buildings, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Injured Lebanese boy Hassan Al Raai rests in the intensive care unit of Hayat hospital in the Chiah suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Hassan was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building following an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut shortly after nightfall Monday that killed at least 15 people, police said. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Surgeon Hassan Nassar examines injured Lebanese boy Hassan Al Raai, 13, in the intensive care unit of Hayat hospital in the Chiah suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Al Raai was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building following an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut shortly after nightfall Monday that killed at least 15 people, police said. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Injured Lebanese boy Hussein Rmeity, 9, suffering from head trauma and brain contusion rests in the intensive care unit of Mount Lebanon hospital in Hazmiyeh, Lebanon, near the capital Beirut, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Hussein was rescued from the rubble of their collapsed apartment building following an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut shortly after nightfall Monday that killed at least 15 people, police said. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Employees of Geneva airport load cross-country vehicles and medical equipment of the ICRC into an Ilyushin at Geneva International Airport, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. With two aircrafts, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) intensifies its airborne operation to deliver aid supplies to Lebanon's war-torn capital of Beirut. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Employees of Geneva airport load an ICRC cross-country vehicle into an Ilyushin at Geneva International Airport, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. With two aircrafts, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) intensifies its airborne operation to deliver aid supplies to Lebanon's war-torn capital of Beirut. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Vehicles of the ICRC are ready to be loaded into an Ilyushin at Geneva International Airport, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. With two aircrafts, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) intensifies its airborne operation to deliver aid supplies to Lebanon's war-torn capital of Beirut. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Filipino soldiers place a coconut tree trunk in the middle of a road to prevent motorists from getting within the six-kilometer (3.7 miles) Permanent Danger Zone as Mayon volcano (unseen) still exhibits restiveness Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006 from Matanag village in Legazpi city in Albay province about 340 kilometers (212 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. Three more ash emission were recorded overnight with volcanologists warning an explosive eruption is still imminent. The ash emission Monday prompted the raising the volcano's alert level to "4" and evacuated tens of thousands of residents near the volcano where authorities extended the danger zone to eight kilometers (five miles) on the southeastern slope. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A Filipino soldier guarding the six-kilometer (3.7 miles) Permanent Danger Zone, takes a souvenir shot of the brownish mushroom cloud of volcanic ash that is formed at the lower slope of Mayon volcano of what volcanologists term as "collapsed type pyroclastic flow" which is caused by disintegrating huge chunk of molten lava early Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006 as seen from Matanag village in Legazpi city in Albay province about 340 kilometers (212 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. Three more ash emission were recorded overnight with volcanologists warning an explosive eruption is still imminent. The ash emission Monday prompted the raising the volcano's alert level to "4" and evacuated tens of thousands of residents near the volcano where authorities extended the danger zone to eight kilometers (five miles) on the southeastern slope. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Jammu and Kashmir police display arms and ammunition recovered from Jaish-e-Mohammed militants at the Nagrota police station, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Indian security forces killed three militants in two separate clashes in Kashmir on Tuesday, police said, adding that two were suspected to be plotting ahead of India?s Independence Day celebrations. (AP Photo/ Channi Anand)
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Soldiers place an injured colleague onto a stretcher at the base hospital in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Suspected rebels Tuesday ambushed a government patrol near an air force base, killing one airman and wounding two more, military spokesman Maj. Upali Rajapakse said. One civilian was also hurt in the attack in Trincomalee district, about 215 kilometers (135 miles) northeast of Colombo, he said. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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An unidentified relative of an aid worker grieves as she comes out after identifying a body outside the base hospital in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. International aid group Action Against Hunger said Tuesday it found the bodies of two more of its workers after discovering 15 others killed last week in Sri Lanka's northeast and suspended its operations of post-tsunami relief in the seaside town of Muttur. On left is a Sri Lankan Navy soldier. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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A U.S. soldier stands guard next to U.S. military Stryker vehicles convoy on a main highway, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, exposing a rift with his American partners on security tactics, as 24 people were killed Tuesday in a series of bombings and shooting. (AP Photo/Assad Mouhsin)
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An Iraqi woman walks away from the site of a bomb blast in a market, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006.Two roadside bombs exploded in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad within minutes of each other, killing 10 people and injuring 50, said police. Meanwhile, Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, exposing a rift with his American partners on security tactics. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, Pool)
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An Iraqi woman carries her injured daughter, a victim of a market bomb blast, after her treatment from a hospital, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Two roadside bombs exploded in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad within minutes of each other, killing 10 people and injuring 50, said police. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, smoke fumes over the explosion site in central Baghdad, capital of Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Two successive roadside bombings rocked Baghdad's busy commercial area on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 70 others. (AP Photo / Xinhua Photo, Yan Junyan)
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U.S. soldier is on watch during a flight of a Chinook helicopter on its way to the U.S. base in Naray, Aug 3, 2006 in northen Afghanistan. U.S. soldiers have raised their northernmost base in Afghanistan, pushing further up its eastern border to block militants crossing jagged mountain ranges from Pakistan, train fledgling local defense forces and build support with wary local tribes people. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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Val Paraiso, Chile (Aug. 3, 2006) – Marines check the wounded during a training exercise, part of the Pacific phase of UNITAS 2006. UNITAS is an annual exercise held throughout the South America. This year’s Pacific phase, hosted by Chile, includes navies from seven countries; Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Spain and the United States. The exercise is designed to train each navy in a variety of maritime scenarios, with each operating as a component of the multinational force. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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Soldiers from the 6th Battalion of The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) in front of guard tower four at Camp Smitty. These soldiers make up the Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) Platoon, a part of Combat Team Bravo (CBT-B). These 6RAR soldiers operate the Bushmaster IMVs that are located at Camp Smitty as part of Al Muthanna Task Group 3.
Pictured (front L-R): Corporal (CPL) Benjamin Smith, CPL Royce Blair, CPL Anthony Anderson, Private (Pte) Matthew Hart, Lance Corporal (LCPL) Daniel Keighran, Lieutenant (LT) Scott Toohey and Sergeant Adrian Ross. Middle (L-R): Pte Barton Mc Entee, Pte Jared Mackinney, Pte Graham Blake, Pte Steven Wilson (on ground), CPL Ryan Biss, Pte Tyron Casey and Pte Andrew Walker. Back Row: Pte Mitchell Standing (under antennae on left).
(Date taken: 07 July 2006)

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Lieutenant Wong Yuzhou, an F5 Tiger Fighter Jet Pilot from 149 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force, proudly poses in front of an F5 parked at an Ordnance Loading Area hangar at RAAF Base Tindal.

[JVeld]

Greeeeeat pics He, you're my idol !!!

what type of sight is on that M-4 ....??? It clearly is a most likely captured Israeli weapon by the looks of the sling !

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[caleb]

looks like some kind of flip-up sight.

[Beaufort]

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*******/Ronen Zvulun
Israeli soldiers patrol near the Israeli-Lebanese border in the early morning August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah.



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*******/Ronen Zvulun
An Israeli tank moves towards Lebanon from its position near the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah.


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A soldier speaks on the radio as an Israeli tank returns from Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanon border August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah.



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*******/Ronen Zvulun
An Israeli soldier cleans his weapon after retuning from a mission in Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah.



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*******/Finbarr O'reilly
An Israeli tank travels through the village of Yar'in, in Lebanon, near the border with Israel, August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah.


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Israelis relax by the beach in Tel Aviv August 7, 2006. Tel Aviv is a city some 220 km (130 miles) from Lebanon but a world apart from the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah and the daily rocket attacks the group has directed against northern Israel. Tel Aviv's beaches and restaurants are packed. Many residents of Israel's embattled north have found refuge in the city, boosting revenues for local business owners. Picture taken August 7, 2006.




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*******/Yonathan Weitzman
Beachgoers play volleyball in Tel Aviv August 7, 2006. Tel Aviv is a city some 220 km (130 miles) from Lebanon but a world apart from the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah and the daily rocket attacks the group has directed against northern Israel. Tel Aviv's beaches and restaurants are packed. Many residents of Israel's embattled north have found refuge in the city, boosting revenues for local business owners. Picture taken August 7, 2006.



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*******/Yonathan Weitzman
A beachgoer stands on the shore in Tel Aviv August 7, 2006. Tel Aviv is a city some 220 km (130 miles) from Lebanon but a world apart from the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah and the daily rocket attacks the group has directed against northern Israel. Tel Aviv's beaches and restaurants are packed. Many residents of Israel's embattled north have found refuge in the city, boosting revenues for local business owners. Picture taken August 7, 2006.

[B25Hmitchell]

My parents would have been upset with me if I stood that close to a guy firing a weapon at other armed men.

[Count Lippe]

Am I the ony one who thinks that Israeli rifle slings look like guitar straps...p-)

[He219]

Nice pix, Beaufort!
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Greeeeeat pics He, you're my idol !!!

what type of sight is on that M-4 ....??? It clearly is a most likely captured Israeli weapon by the looks of the sling !

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Yeah, it's a flip-up sight like I've only seen the Palis use.

I've seen this sight before:

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A Palestinian militant fires toward Israeli troops operating in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Thursday, May 18, 2006. One militant was arrested and a soldier and another militant were wounded during the clashes and were taken to Israel for treatment, the army said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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A Palestinian militant runs after shooting toward Israeli troops operating in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Thursday, May 18, 2006. One militant was arrested and a soldier and another militant were wounded during the clashes and were taken to Israel for treatment, the army said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)


*shyte, it's the same guy, same hat & same weapon ...*

[KaG90]

only a few comments:
He219, awesome post, as always!



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this looks dangerous...i dunno, but we handle our charges very differently in the swiss artillery. theyre only exposed shortly prior to being used.
sure, if one of those charges were to go off there wouldnt necessarily be an explosion, but every charge in the open would catch fire and those things burn quite fecking hot!



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the guy on the left does seem to have had some training. his stance is pretty good and hes got the triggerfinger long...not what you usually see from "militants"...

[oswald]

*shyte, it's the same guy, same hat & same weapon ...*
Same photographer too. Maybe his PR agent? p-)

[AMBUSH]

NIce pics. Thanks.

[chopsticks]

The IDF should browse this site once in a while, they can ID some pal militants here. :D

[Greg27]

Same photographer too. Maybe his PR agent? p-)

since that Pallywood vid, i'm afraid i'll never see the palestinian pictures from the same eye anymore.

we all knew some of those pictures were/are staged, but as george w once said "catch me once, shame on me, catch me twice... no wait, catch me once, shame on you... no, wait..."

:)

[He219]

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lance Cheung photographs himself and a three-ship formation of F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, on Aug. 3, 2006. The Strike Eagles are attached to the 492nd Fighter Squadron and are practicing basic surface attack techniques. Cheung is a photojournalist for the Air Force News Agency in San Antonio, Texas. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung, U.S. Air Force.
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EUFOR - CH 53 GS im Landeanflug. (Quelle Pressestelle Kinshasa)
July 27th, 2006 - The first German helo lands in Congo
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Kinshasa, 08/08/2006 Auf dem Flugplatz N´Dolo. (Quelle Pressestelle Kinshasa)
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The colors of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade are unfurled at Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, on Monday. The 12th CAB is U.S. Army Europe’s main aviation component.
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The 12th Combat Aviation Brigade color guard during the brigade’s activation ceremony at Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, on Monday.
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Michael Abrams / S&S
Soldiers of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade pass in review at the conclusion of the brigade’s activation ceremony at Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, on Monday.
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Michael Abrams / S&S
The colors of the 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division are cased in Germany for the last time by Col. Timothy Edens, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Hector Marin at Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, on Monday. The unit was replaced at Katterbach by the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade
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Lieutenant General Richards inspects the parade 7 August 2006Yesterday, a French brigade took over command of ISAF’s Kabul sector from the Bulgarian led South Eastern Brigade Europe (SEEBRIG). As the French took over command, the Kabul Multi National Brigade (KMNB) was re-named the Regional Command Capital (RCC). The Bulgarian led SEEBRIG had been in command for six months. The ceremony at Camp Warehouse followed the renaming of the KMNB to the RCC at midnight on the 31 July.


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[Betelgeuse]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855951.jpg

OMYGOSH SO LOUD!!!!111on1

[JVeld]

Nice pix, Beaufort!
:)



Yeah, it's a flip-up sight like I've only seen the Palis use.

I've seen this sight before:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/AP/more/30320788.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/AP/more/30320262.jpg



*shyte, it's the same guy, same hat & same weapon ...*
gotcha, thanks....interesting sight nevertheless......never seen it before !

[JVeld]

Am I the ony one who thinks that Israeli rifle slings look like guitar straps...p-)
nope....I think so too......but on the other hand they must be really confortable, and thats what you really want !

[Hiroshima]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855951.jpg

And people were wondering where I got the 'Bystander syndrome' theory from.... (the theory states most people wounded in clashes between two armed groups are those who foolishly stood around while one group fires from relative proximity...and the bystanders end up catching the bullets)...

And yes, I know they're around the corner from the direction of the guy's target...

[Greg27]

is it just me or suddenly we see german troops all over the place? Afghanistan, Congo, maybe Lebanon...

Don't germany and japan have some sort or constitutional restriction about troop deployment overseas? or does the UN charter void that?

does anyone have info about german troops deployed (how many, where...)?

[Irish]

Nice pix He..the 4th 5th and 6th pic of your last bunch are red Xs:((for Me anyway)

Cheers He..I can See them now.:)

[Luno]

Damn I hope the child that owns the teddy is ok :-(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30856076.jpg

[nerdman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855904.jpg

the guy on the left does seem to have had some training. his stance is pretty good and hes got the triggerfinger long...not what you usually see from "militants"...

His firing arm elbow is down as well.

[3rdMillhouse]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855951.jpg

And then people ask why so many civilians get killed. I know the reason. Stupid curiosity.

[D-gin]

As always great photos today. woot

[He219]

Nice pix He..the 4th 5th and 6th pic of your last bunch are red Xs:((for Me anyway)
What, and not the 7th one?
;)

Hosted the links for ya ..

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Two U.S. Marines walk down a street as they conduct a patrol in Barwanah, Iraq, on July 31, 2006. The Marines are attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). DoD photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner, U.S. Marine Corps.
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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roy Lee, left, and Sgt. 1st Class James Haftmann, both with the High Value Personnel Recovery Team, 5th Corps Artillery, Multi-National Corps - Iraq, check to see what a ground penetrating radar (GPR) device is showing after passing over a large section of land in Iraq, Aug. 1, 2006. The GPR x-rays the Earth's surface to determine densities of different objects. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips
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An Iraqi army soldier, left, from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, watches as U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Haftmann, center, with the High Value Personnel Recovery Team, 5th Corps Artillery, Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Keith Lembkel, a personnel recovery officer with 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, operate a ground penetrating radar (GPR) device while surveying a large piece of land in Iraq, Aug. 1, 2006. The GPR x-rays the Earth's surface to determine densities of different objects. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips
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U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Shmuts, from 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, begins to excavate the ground in Iraq as an Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division looks on, Aug. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips
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U.S. Army Sgt. Terry Brown, from 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, guides U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Shmuts as he dumps dirt on a recently excavated site in Iraq, Aug. 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips
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U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Shmuts, from 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, digs up an area of the ground that a ground penetrating radar (GPR) device identified as having an unusual density while an Iraqi soldier looks on at an excavation site in Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips
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U.S. Army soldiers from 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division convoy from an excavation site in Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Phillips

Other interesting pix:

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/gallery/2006/romgenvisit/images/general%20addresses%20troops.jpg


Lt Gen Catrina addresses Romanian troops prior to unveiling a memorial to Romanian airmen
(http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/gallery/2006/romgenvisit/index.html)

The transfer of authority of southern provinces of Afghanistan from Coalition to NATO/ISAF command (http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/gallery/2006/choc2/index.html)

ISAF Instructors from the Alpine Training Centre in Aosta and soldiers from the 2nd Alpini regiment conduct a climbing course for ANA soldiers (http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/gallery/2006/climbing/index.html)

[Macs.]

is it just me or suddenly we see german troops all over the place? Afghanistan, Congo, maybe Lebanon...

Don't germany and japan have some sort or constitutional restriction about troop deployment overseas? or does the UN charter void that?

does anyone have info about german troops deployed (how many, where...)?

I its in the japanese constituation that they can only deploy their troops if there is a danger for japan. (Or so I heared, I guess there are people on here who know better.

Germany got no restrictions.

Currenty deployments:
http://einsatz.bundeswehr.de/C1256F200023713E/CurrentBaseLink/W26N5M56184INFODE/$FILE/20060601_weltkarte.jpg

All in all currently around 8000 soldiers deployed.

[Irish]

What, and not the 7th one?
;-)


For some reason,I could see the last one..thanks again for fixing them...woot

[HorrigEn]

Interesting pics
Thanks He ;-)

[He219]

np - Also, I think Japan just altered their constitution to deploy not just as a defensive force
(looking at North Korea)
p-)

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A Palestinian militant from the Nasser Salahedin Brigades, the armed faction of the Popular Resistance Committees, fires his weapon during an Israeli army incursion into the village of Qabatiya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, 08 August 2006. Some 40 armoured vehicles thrust into the town of Qabatiya and Israeli troops captured two members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed offshoot of the mainstream Fatah party, the sources said. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH (Photo credit should read SAIF DAHLAH/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli soldier unloads the weapon of his lightly injured comrade sitting in a military ambulance after he returned from operations in southern Lebanon at the Israeli-Lebanese border 08 August 2006. Israel cautiously welcomed Beirut-proposed changes to a UN resolution on ending the month-old Lebanon war, but ordered its army to prepare for an expanded ground offensive if diplomatic efforts fail. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Beirut's offer to deploy up to 15,000 troops in south Lebanon "an interesting step that we have to study." AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli infantry soldier checks his gun after returning to the Israeli side of the border from operations in southern Lebanon 08 August 2006. Israel cautiously welcomed Beirut-proposed changes to a UN resolution on ending the month-old Lebanon war, but ordered its army to prepare for an expanded ground offensive if diplomatic efforts fail. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Beirut's offer to deploy up to 15,000 troops in south Lebanon "an interesting step that we have to study." AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli army officer carries his gear following his unit's return to Israel after combating Hezbollah militia in south Lebanon August 8, 2006 at a forward base on Israel's border with Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said that Israel would only accept a cease-fire when southern Lebanon was demilitarized, and Hezbollah was disbanded and returned the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers whose abduction sparked the current crisis. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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Lion of Zion; I thought that was a Rasta thing? :p
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An Israeli soldier prays on his tank along the Israeli-Lebanese border 08 August 2006 as he prepares to enter south Lebanon. Israel warned of no limits to its four-week onslaught in Lebanon, which readied 15,000 troops for the south once Israeli troops leave, as UN diplomats prepared for a fresh push to end the war. AFP PHOTO/Hrvoje POLAN (Photo credit should read HRVOJE POLAN/AFP/***** Images)
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A column of Israeli armored personnel carriers return to Israel from operations in southern Lebanon 08 August 2006. Israel cautiously welcomed Beirut-proposed changes to a UN resolution on ending the month-old Lebanon war, but ordered its army to prepare for an expanded ground offensive if diplomatic efforts fail. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Beirut's offer to deploy up to 15,000 troops in south Lebanon "an interesting step that we have to study." AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)

[Yeoman]

first I've ever seen of stock like that on a 5.56 lmg outside of the canadian military, pretty neat.
Greg

[nerdman]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602685.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0530365D3066E1D46

Guy has his magazine "dummy corded" to his weapon. Strange.

[saigonsmuggler]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855864.jpg
this looks sorta like east LA.. :)

thanks for the pix He!

[He219]

Guy has his magazine "dummy corded" to his weapon. Strange.
Not his, the wounded comerade's weapon.
They just brought it back.
;)

http://www.defenselink.mil/DODCMSShare/NewsPhoto/2006-08/060731-M-9019H-059.jpghires (http://www.defenselink.mil/DODCMSShare/NewsPhoto/2006-08/hires_060731-M-9019H-059.jpg)
Didn't notice the stock.
Nice.

[nerdman]

Not his, the wounded comerade's weapon.
They just brought it back.
;)

"Guy," as in the guy sitting in the ambulance has his magazine "dummy corded."

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602685.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0530365D3066E1D46

[AFG]

don't they do that so when they reload, they dont have to worry about putting the empty mag away and just reload?

[homerjsimpson94]

Damn I hope the child that owns the teddy is ok :-(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30856076.jpg

That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear turn up next...

[nerdman]

don't they do that so when they reload, they dont have to worry about putting the empty mag away and just reload?

I wouldn't want anything dangling from my weapon like that. Dummy cords are notorious for getting wrapped around things.

[Roy Batty]

Not his, the wounded comerade's weapon.
They just brought it back.
;)

http://www.defenselink.mil/DODCMSShare/NewsPhoto/2006-08/060731-M-9019H-059.jpghires (http://www.defenselink.mil/DODCMSShare/NewsPhoto/2006-08/hires_060731-M-9019H-059.jpg)
Didn't notice the stock.
Nice.

Ours.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3822/index1pi1.jpg

[Roy Batty]

That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear turn up next...

As opposed to pro-Isreali editing???????? I see what you mean man it looks totaly staged *rolleyes*

[nerdman]

Ours.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3822/index1pi1.jpg

A guy I know who was in 10th Mountain told me they recieved those same stocks just before he left.

Pre-deployment goodies.

[ckabusk]

I think that they ought go ahead and killing civilians who stands nearby with Hamas militias. What is the main reason why Isreali soliders didnt return the fire to whom standing next to civilans? Hamas are using western weapons now?

[He219]

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Soldier stand near a fire in Cotobade, northwestern Spain, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The army were brought in to help after police arrested four men on suspicion of deliberately lighting forest fires that have raged across northwestern Spain, killing three people and threatening historic towns, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
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A soldier speaks on a phone as others are seen near a fire in Cotobade, northwestern Spain, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The army were brought in to help after police arrested four men on suspicion of deliberately lighting forest fires that have raged across northwestern Spain, killing three people and threatening historic towns, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

[homerjsimpson94]

As opposed to pro-Isreali editing???????? I see what you mean man it looks totaly staged *rolleyes*

Your not a photographer, are you? Did you know that some of the best "photo's" are/have been staged?.
As well, find me some Israeli photojournalists that have been prooven to have staged/doctored their photo's...

[Frost]

Damn I hope the child that owns the teddy is ok :-(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30856076.jpg

suuuure. I can't really believe many of the pictures from lebanon and palastina these days. That bear looks strangly clean to me. And the way he's throwing it almost makes me think the whole thing was staged for a nice dramatic photo.

None the less I would like to stress that I am, of course, against civilian losses (on both sides). Innocent civilians are becomming the victims because hezbollah hides behind them and Isreal won't let that stop them targeting buildings. Both sides are wrong in doing so, but the biggest part of the blame should rest with hezbollah.

[GREEK71AIRBORNE]

That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear turn up next...

Ofcourse!! All the photographers and the journalist broadcasting from Lebanon are Hesbolah Suporters!!
And Ofcourse Israel does not kill civilians nor kids! Its all Hesbolah Propaganda!!

[Elemental666]

Ofcourse!! All the photographers and the journalist broadcasting from Lebanon are Hesbolah Suporters!!
And Ofcourse Israel does not kill civilians nor kids! Its all Hesbolah Propaganda!!


Yea thats exactly what he said.Way out of line man :cantbeli:

[He219]

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Bulldozers remove rubble from a destroyed building which was attacked by an Israeli airstrike on Monday in the Chiah suburb, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)


That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear turn up next...


** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30857069.jpg) ** The body of Lebanese Hadi Jaafar, 2, lies on the floor as he is prepared to be buried in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after he was killed when Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings Monday killing fifteen people. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in Ghaziyeh on Tuesday, sending 1,500 mourners wailing through the streets and killing at least six people in nearby buildings, witnesses and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A Lebanese man passes by blood stains at a partly demolished house that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Brital in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. According to the director of the Dar El Amal hospital Dr. Rakan Allam, Israeli war plane missiles killed ten and wounded 18. Battles between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas raged Tuesday across southern Lebanon as diplomats at the United Nations struggled to keep a peace plan from collapsing over Arab demands for an immediate Israeli withdrawal. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A Lebanese civil defense rescue worker tries to remove the body of a dead woman (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30856829.jpg) found trapped under debris and concrete of the destroyed buildings, attacked late Monday by an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese civil defense rescuers trying to remove two blanket-wrapped bodies, found trapped under destroyed buildings which were attacked late Monday in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese civil defense rescuer directs a buldozer as he stands next to a two blanket-wrapped bodies, center, found trapped under the destroyed buildings, which were attacked late Monday in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese Hussein Rmeity, left, is comforted by a Lebanese soldier, as he waits next to Lebanese civil defense rescuers, unseen, trying to recover the bodies of his relatives and other civilians believed to be trapped under the debris and concrete of a building that was destroyed late Monday by Israeli airstrike in the Chiah suburb, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 15 people, police officials said.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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An injured Lebanese man is under treatment at the Dar El Amal hospital after his house along with others was struck by Israeli war plane missiles in the village of Brital in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. According to the director of the Dar El Amal hospital Dr. Rakan Allam, ten people were killed and 18 wounded in the attack. Battles between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas raged Tuesday across southern Lebanon as diplomats at the United Nations struggled to keep a peace plan from collapsing over Arab demands for an immediate Israeli withdrawal. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Relatives and friends of Staff Sergeant Moshe Malko Ambao react during his funeral at the military cemetery in the city of Lod, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Ambao, 22, was one of three soldiers killed on Monday during fighting with with Hezbollah guerrillas in the village of Bint Jbail in south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli artillery fires across the Lebanese border from a position in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

RIP

[flanker7]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602685.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0530365D3066E1D46

Guy has his magazine "dummy corded" to his weapon. Strange.


There was a long discussion on this "practice" I think in the gear section

[Luno]

That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear turn up next...


Get back under your bridge, you evil, little troll ...

[homerjsimpson94]

Get back under your bridge, you evil, little troll ...

Get your head out of the sand you naive little sheep.

[He219]

Your not a photographer, are you? Did you know that some of the best "photo's" are/have been staged?
Yep, for propaganda and sometimes other purposes ..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30854267.jpg

This two photo combination shows two versions of an Associated Press photo from the Prudhoe Bay oil field which was taken Friday Aug. 4, 2006 and and originally transmitted on the AP wire Sunday evening Aug. 6 to illustrate a story on the shutdown of the oil field. In the image on the left, oil technician Bob Newton appears to have four hands and there is a section of the pipe which appears to have a double image due to a distortion in the image caused by careless use by the photographer of a software feature in Photoshop called a "cloning tool." The photographer had used the feature in an attempt to clear up a glitch in the picture caused by a dirty sensor, the part of a digital camera that records the image. AP's ethical guidelines permit use of "cloning" in limited circumstances to clean up dirt or scratches from an image. The image on the right is the original image without the erroneous clone tool use. Earlier Monday, The ******* news agency said it has cut its ties with a Beirut-based freelance photographer who it found had intentionally manipulated two photographs from the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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** REPLACES ELIMINATED PHOTO AKAG106 TRANSMITTED AUG. 6, 2006 ** Bob Newton uses ultrasound to scan a section of pipe looking for weak spots along an oil transit pipeline that leaked 200,000 gallons of oil in March 2006 at the Pardoned Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope, Friday, Aug. 4, 2006. BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. began shutting down the Prudhoe Bay oil field Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, after the discovery of unexpectedly severe corrosion and a spill from a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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This undated photo released by BP Exploration Alaska Inc. in Anchorage, Alaska Monday, Aug. 7, 2006 shows an arial view of a where an oil transit pipeline leaked on Sunday at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope. BP, the world's second-largest oil company, began shutting down the pipelines on Sunday and said it would replace 16 miles of the 22 miles of transit pipeline it operates in the Prudhoe Bay field following a leak discovered Sunday. (AP Photo/ BP Exploration Alaska Inc.)

[homerjsimpson94]

With all due respect He, what does Alaska have to due with Terriorisim in the middle east? and the futherence of their agenda by supposeidly "un-biased" photojournalists?

[nerdman]

There was a long discussion on this "practice" I think in the gear section

I'd be interested in reading the discussion. I did a search but wasn't able to find anything.

[Swedish Chef]

With all due respect He, what does Alaska have to due with Terriorisim in the middle east? and the futherence of their agenda by supposeidly "un-biased" photojournalists?

With all due respect, Homer. If you think things trough before you post, perhaps you wouldn't seem like such hot headed biased little kid.

Thanks for the pictures He! :D

[Beaufort]

Edit.

.....

[Far]

Great pics He, thanks.

what's this "pallywood" thing? a sudden revelation that some of the pictures in the media are posed, doctored or staged? Propaganda at its best is when you believe it's true.

[He219]

reading my post above you will notice that news images in general are routinely digitally altered - though the extent and purposes vary. Touchups are routine for all photojournalists.

To say that only Jihadists and their chronies stage and alter images is a very biased statement at the very least.

Yes, they certainly ham it up and have great likelyhood for staged images in a shrewd effort to wage a propaganda war.

I'll give you some examples of unaltered images:


Rescue workers use their bare hands to remove the dead body (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71604045.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0CD2CBE665388CBE4) of ten day-old Lebanese baby Waad, liying in her mother's arms 08 August 2006, in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beirut late 07 August 2006. Rescue workers had used machines and their bare hands to clear the debris and recover 13 bodies from the gaping hole left by the demolished buildings after the strike. Thirteen members of the Wehbeh family were killed in the attack. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

A rescue worker hands the dead body (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71604127.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D06BB8CD22A2EE96FA) of ten day-old Lebanese baby Waad, 08 August 2006, found in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beirut late 07 August 2006, while a Lebanese army soldier protects his face from the smell of death. Rescue workers had used machines and their bare hands to clear the debris and recover 13 bodies from the gaping hole left by the demolished buildings after the strike. Thirteen members of the Wehbeh family were killed in the attack. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

rescue worker gestures as he removes the dead body (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71604152.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D0BCAB337165739A80) of a Lebanese teenager found, 08 August 2006, in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beirut late 07 August 2006, while a Lebanese army soldier protects his face from the smell of death (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71604165.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D054BAABB40C4175D6). Rescue workers had used machines and their bare hands to clear the debris and recover 13 bodies from the gaping hole left by the demolished buildings after the strike. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)
and an example of (likely) staged photographs ..
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A Palestinian militant fires towards Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank village of Qabatiyeh near Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Four Palestinians were wounded when the army arrested an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant, Palestinians sources said. The army said two Islamic Jihad militants were arrested during the operation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)


Here is the Pallywood (http://www.break.com/index/what_really_happens_pallywood.html) link ...

[homerjsimpson94]

With all due respect, Homer. If you think things trough before you post, perhaps you wouldn't seem like such hot headed biased little kid.

Thanks for the pictures He! :D

In all honesty, what are you going on about?

[homerjsimpson94]

reading my post above you will notice that news images in general are routinely digitally altered - though the extent and purposes vary. Touchups are routine for all photojournalists.

To say that only Jihadists and their chronies stage and alter images is a very biased statement at the very least.

Yes, they certainly ham it up and have great likelyhood for staged images in a shrewd effort to wage a propaganda war.

He, I know full well that image manipulation is done by photojournalists, but when it starts to become "unethical", thats where the problems start.

UNETHICAL: Editing should maintain the integrity of the photographic images' content and context. Do not manipulate images or add or alter sound in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.

Please provide me with a photo that has been edited in a way that it will change public opinion in favour of the Israels.


EDIT, I wont futher disrupt this thread, I will look to find a thred in a different part of the forum, sorry for the interuption.

[goat89]

[quote=He219;1837787]
Nice pics today He219! Esp those below. Keep it coming!

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hires (http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060803-N-8977L-015.jpg)
Wow, the Chilean Marines look damn good. Good for them.

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Go Diggers, go! Stay safe!
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WOOHOO! Seeing the RSAF here makes me proud. Train hard!

[chauncy republicans]

In all honesty, what are you going on about?
Hey stupid **** can't you read!? This thread is titled "Strictly photos and video", so take your ****ing pathetic dribble to the "Political Discussions and Rants" forum! Dirtbags like you always manage to **** up good threads.

[Beerman]

"Guy," as in the guy sitting in the ambulance has his magazine "dummy corded."

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I remember my Israeli buddy telling be about this some time ago. This is kind of obvious, but he told me it had to do with old days in Lebanon to prevent soldiers from leaving behind empty mags... the actual rationale behind it escapes me at the moment.

[He219]

He, I know full well that image manipulation is done by photojournalists, but when it starts to become "unethical", thats where the problems start.
Totally agree with you there, but I don't want this to turn into a doctored image thread
Back on track then. No reason to leave.
:)

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Israeli army tanks and bulldozers are positioned on the runway of the Gaza airport in the town of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel's Gaza Strip offensive was sparked after militants staged a cross-border raid in June in which two Israeli soldiers were killed and another was captured. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Israeli soldiers treat a fellow soldier with an injured arm in the front seat of an armored vehicle after they crossed the border from Lebanon back into northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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An Israeli soldier walks over fellow soldiers' boot prints in the dirt along the border with Lebanon after he and his unit crossed the border from Lebanon back into northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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An Israeli combat engineer sleeps in the dirt as a tank shell casing lies nearby August 8, 2006 after crossing back into northern Israel from the Lebanese border. Israel has said that it will remain in southern Lebanon until an international force is in place to stop Hezbollah attacks. (Photo by John Moore/***** Images)
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An Israeli combat engineer rests August 8, 2006 after crossing back into northern Israel from the Lebanese border. Israel has said that it will remain in southern Lebanon until an international force is in place to stop Hezbollah attacks. (Photo by John Moore/***** Images)
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Israeli combat engineers clean their weapons August 8, 2006 after crossing back into northern Israel from the Lebanese border. Israel has said that it will retain most of its troops in southern Lebanon until an international force is in place to stop Hezbollah attacks. (Photo by John Moore/***** Images)
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An Israeli tank and a military bulldozer move next to a UN position in Lebanon at the border as they return from operations in southern Lebanon 08 August 2006. Israel cautiously welcomed Beirut-proposed changes to a UN resolution on ending the month-old Lebanon war, but ordered its army to prepare for an expanded ground offensive if diplomatic efforts fail. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Beirut's offer to deploy up to 15,000 troops in south Lebanon "an interesting step that we have to study." AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier walks with his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Sallukh (R) after he disembarked from a French military helicopter upon his arrival to Beirut 08 August 2006. Steinmeier said that UN Security Council countries have agreed on the wording of a resolution designed to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/HAITHAM MUSSAWI (Photo credit should read HAITHAM MUSSAWI/AFP/***** Images)
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Staff Sgt. Orr and Sgt. Gutierez from the Tigerforce Scout Plt., 1-327th Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), chat while pulling security in the city of Hawijah during Operation Gaugamela. 20-21July06
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Spc. Spain and Staff Sgt. Orr from the Tigerforce Scout Plt., 1-327th Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull rooftop security in the city of Hawijah during Operation Gaugamela. 20-21July06
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Staff Sgt. Orr, from the Tigerforce Scout Plt., 1-327th Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls security in a market in the city of Hawijah during Operation Gaugamela. 20-21July06
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Sgt. Gutierez and Spc. Spain, from the Tigerforce Scout Plt., 1-327th Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), team up to pull security in the city of Hawijah during Operation Gaugamela. 20-21July06

[One?]

That picture does absolutly nothing for me, given the past editing of photo's by those so-called "photographers" (read Pro Hez supporters). I can only say that this photo was more than likely staged, the only question is that remains is, where will this bear trn up next...

hey asshole go watch tv and you will see the babies that were picked up from the rubble. you retarded dimwit.

[One?]

I remember my Israeli buddy telling be about this some time ago. This is kind of obvious, but he told me it had to do with old days in Lebanon to prevent soldiers from leaving behind empty mags... the actual rationale behind it escapes me at the moment.

everything on the weapon is corded, sights, mag, etc...They don't want to lose anything on the battlefield. And like someone else said, a faster mag change. You wont have to worry about the empty mag and what pouch it goes back into.

[JVeld]

What kind of rifle is this ? never seen a sight in the front like that !

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[Xlimit]

http://www.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/img/0608/27344.jpg

Wow thats a nice camo paint.. blends with his ACU. Great pics He and the rest. Thanks!

[goat89]

What kind of rifle is this ? never seen a sight in the front like that !

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I'm thinking its a Negev MG. Might be wrong though. And yeah, its got a rather unique sight.

[Chairborne_Ranger]

only a few comments:
He219, awesome post, as always!



this looks dangerous...i dunno, but we handle our charges very differently in the swiss artillery. theyre only exposed shortly prior to being used.
sure, if one of those charges were to go off there wouldnt necessarily be an explosion, but every charge in the open would catch fire and those things burn quite fecking hot!



the guy on the left does seem to have had some training. his stance is pretty good and hes got the triggerfinger long...not what you usually see from "militants"...

Either that or they've been playing America's Army or Ghost Recon a lot, lol.

[JVeld]

I'm thinking its a Negev MG. Might be wrong though. And yeah, its got a rather unique sight.
Thanks man, whatever works I guess,,,lol

[nerdman]

everything on the weapon is corded, sights, mag, etc...They don't want to lose anything on the battlefield. And like someone else said, a faster mag change. You wont have to worry about the empty mag and what pouch it goes back into.

Havings your sights, PAQ-4, etc. dumby corded is all good and well, but having all your mags dumby corded (especially to the weapon) would make for messy situtation. It would be a web of fukc.

[He219]

Yeah, Negev with a Reflex sight mounted way up front.

Hey One, no need for name-calling.
I'm jonesing on trying out the new infraction system.
Consider yourself warned.
:)

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An Israeli warplane drops missiles over Burj al-Shemali, three kms east of the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre 08 August 2006. The Israeli air force carried out some 40 raids in 20 diferent locations across the border region today. Amid increasing alarm about the humanitarian situation, Tyre is cut off from the outside world after the Israeli army destroyed a bridge connecting the city to the north and warned residents living in the south not to travel by car. AFP PHOTO/ HASSAN AMMAR (Photo credit should read HASSAN AMMAR/AFP/***** Images)
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Smoke billows from the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre following an Israeli air strike 08 August 2006. The Israeli air force carried out some 40 raids in 20 diferent locations across the border region today. Amid increasing alarm about the humanitarian situation, Tyre is cut off from the outside world after the Israeli army destroyed a bridge connecting the city to the north and warned residents living in the south not to travel by car. AFP PHOTO/ HASSAN AMMAR (Photo credit should read HASSAN AMMAR/AFP/***** Images)

A gravely injured girl (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71603675.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D074C10F05B4A81F40) who later died in surgery is wheeled on a stretcher into the hospital after she was injured in an Israeli airstrike today in the coastal village of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, 08 August 2006. At least six people were killed in the fresh strikes, which came as the villagers were preparing the bury the 14 civilians killed in airstrikes the day before. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/***** Images)

A gravely injured girl (http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71603668.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D018E839845A98AFD9) who later died in surgery is wheeled on a stretcher into the hospital after she was injured in an Israeli airstrike today in the coastal village of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, 08 August 2006. At least six people were killed in the fresh strikes, which came as the villagers were preparing the bury the 14 civilians killed in airstrikes the day before. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/***** Images)
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Lebanese rescue workers throw a teddy bear 08 August 2006 found under the rubble of buildings destroyed the previous day by Israeli bombardment in Shiah, a suburb of southern Beirut. Rescue workers were still searching today for 26 people missing after Israeli air strikes hit residential buildings in Shiah, the civil defence service said. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/***** Images)

[Rakki]

everything on the weapon is corded, sights, mag, etc...They don't want to lose anything on the battlefield. And like someone else said, a faster mag change. You wont have to worry about the empty mag and what pouch it goes back into.

Hmm, wasn't it to stop any loose items of gear being ****y trapped when some poor bastard tries to retrieve it?

[Alex-L]

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Wrap your jackt around that shell and youve got a perfect pillow

Thanks for the pictures HE

[Beaufort]

Pix from Fresh (Israeli) military forum...



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Israeli soldiers get off an armored truck after returning from southern Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Lebanon's offer to deploy 15,000 troops along the border with Israel is 'interesting' and worthy of further consideration, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)



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An Israeli soldier gestures on top of his tank while returning from Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel 's four-week-old war with Hizbollah. *******/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL)




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Israeli troops board a bus near the Israel-Lebanon border after returning from military operations in southern Lebanon, August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel 's four-week-old war with Hizbollah. *******/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL)


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Israeli troops rest and unload their gear near the Israel-Lebanon border after returning from military operations in southern Lebanon, August 8, 2006. Arab nations will press the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate Israeli pullout from south Lebanon to make way for the Lebanese army in any resolution to end Israel's four-week-old war with Hizbollah. *******/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL)




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An Israeli soldier walks towards a bus after returning from southern Lebanon, in northern Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Israel will press ahead with its war on Hezbollah and is poised to occupy more areas of south Lebanon from which rockets are fired, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)





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Israeli infantry soldiers stand around their APC (Armored Personal Carrier) near Israel's border with Lebanon 08 August 2006. Two Israeli army reservists were killed today in clashes with Shiite militant group Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the army said. The deaths brought to 63 the number of troops killed since Israel launched its offensive against its northern neighbour on July 12 after Hezbollah captured two soldiers in a deadly cross-border raid. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)





Pix from Fresh (Israeli) military forum...








http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T175937Z_01_ROZ05B_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Ronen Zvulun
Israeli soldiers patrol near the Israeli-Lebanese border during the evening August 8, 2006.


http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T194458Z_01_GIL21D_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Gil Cohen magen
An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) manoeuvres along the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006.


http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T195002Z_01_GIL23D_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Gil Cohen magen
Israeli soldiers gesture from their armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they enter Lebanon along the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006.


http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T194333Z_01_GIL22D_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Gil Cohen magen
Israeli soldiers gesture from their armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they enter Lebanon along the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006.

[Hullebullen]

The red dirt on the Israeli armor and on the Israeli green unis makes me think of pics from the Vietnam war. No other correlation between those two conflicts if any of you thinks I'm implying something...

...and great pics as always, guys!

[He219]

Quick break from all the violence:

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A worker using gloves to handle day old male panda twin cubs at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, Aug. 7, 2006. A 7-year old panda "Qi Yuan" gave birth to the panda twins on Sunday evening. Weighing 169 grams and 119 grams, the pair were the first panda twins to be born in the world this year. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)**
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A newly-born panda cub is seen at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Center in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province August 7, 2006. (China Daily/*******)
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A panda mother holds her newly-born panda cub in her mouth at a feeding base in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province August 7, 2006. (Stringer/*******)
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A newly-born panda cub is fed at a feeding base in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, August 7, 2006. (Stringer/*******)
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Potawatomi Zoo director Greg Bockheim holds a pair of female baby red pandas in South Bend, Ind., July 25, 2006. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Barbara Allison)
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Twin baby pandas are displayed at Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Ind., July 25, 2006. The baby red pandas were born June 27 at the zoo. They are distantly related to the coatis and giant pandas. Potawatomi is only one of 33 zoos in the United States to have lesser red pandas. The Lesser Red Panda Management Committee in the United States is very selective as to where they allow the 114 such animals in the U.S. to live. The Lesser Red pandas species originates from northern China. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Barbara Allison)
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Three baby red pandas are held by zookeepers, Tuesday, Aug.1, 2006, at the Greenville Zoo in Greenville, S.C., The pandas, born at the zoo on June 6, 2006, are not on public display yet. (AP Photo/The Greenville News, Owen Riley Jr.)

[Switek]

This break was so needed. Thanks He! woot

[Digital Marine]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602885.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D040F4A1140047459E

They sure find alot of undamaged teddybears under the rubble...p-)

[Beerman]

Hmm, wasn't it to stop any loose items of gear being ****y trapped when some poor bastard tries to retrieve it?

Yeah, now that you mention it, I think that is what my buddy said. I recall him saying that there was one specific incident in the late 90's in S. Lebanon where a piece of gear was ****y trapped and the end result was something like 10 Israeli soldiers killed. Again, details in my mind are kind of hazy.

[Switek]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602885.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D040F4A1140047459E

They sure find alot of undamaged teddybears under the rubble...p-)

Yeap seems to be so clean... Like just taken from my doughter room...

[He219]

Back to the Graphic violence ...

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An Israeli warplane sends out a flare as three bombs are dropped on an area during a mission over the southeast of the port city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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A Lebanese Red Cross rescuer flashes three fingers, the number of injured civilians he found under the rubble of a building that collapsed in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30857507.jpg) ** A Lebanese youth shows the body of a baby (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30857492.jpg) after it was recovered under debris of a destroyed building, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 16 people, police officials said, as Lebanese civil defense rescuers were still working on recovering the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30857471.jpg) ** Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and civil defense rescuers carry the body of a child after it was recovered under the debris of a destroyed building, attacked late Monday by Israeli forces, in the southern Beirut suburb of Chiah, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. The raid on the Muslim southern suburb next to a Christian neighborhood killed at least 16 people, police officials said, as Lebanese civil defense rescuers were still working on recovering the bodies of citizens believed to be trapped under debris and concrete late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A Lebanese injured man lies in a hospital bed in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after a building collapsed in the town of Ghaziyeh following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30858574.jpg) ** A Lebanese morgue worker and a nurse cover the body of a dead l girl at a hospital morgue in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after a building collapsed in the town of Ghaziyeh following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30858627.jpg) ** A Lebanese injured woman lies in a hospital bed in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after a building collapsed in the town of Ghaziyeh following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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The father of Lebanese Hadi Jaafar, 2, kisses his son's wrapped body during the mass funeral of Lebanese civilians in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after they were killed when Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings Monday killing fifteen people. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A Lebanese man carries the wrapped body of Lebanese baby Hadi Jaafar, 2, as he prepares to bury him during a mass funeral of Lebanese civilians at the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, after he was killed when Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings Monday killing fifteen people. Israeli airstrikes hit near a funeral procession in south Lebanon on Tuesday, sending some of the 1,500 mourners running in panic and killing at least 13 people in nearby buildings, witnesses, hospital officials and the town's mayor said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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In this photo released by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger, center, pauses after crossing on foot from one side of the Litani River to the other following Israeli bombardment, on his way to visit the port city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Kellenberger visited the area, which has been cut off from the rest of the country, to assess the organisation's humaitarian efforts in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Marko Kokic/ICRC)
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In this photo released by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC workers pass boxes of aid supplies intended for southern Lebanon from one side of the Litani River to the other following Israeli bombardment, north of the port city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. The road was destroyed in Israeli bombardment early Monday essentially sealing the city off from the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Marko Kokic/ICRC)
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Israeli soldiers after a patrol along the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. New fighting raged Tuesday in south Lebanon, where Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded seven, and troops killed 25 guerrillas, the army said. More than 145 rockets hit northern Israel, lightly injuring four people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers clear their weapons after returning from a patrol along the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. New fighting raged Tuesday in south Lebanon, where Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded seven, and troops killed 25 guerrillas, the army said. More than 145 rockets hit northern Israel, lightly injuring four people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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A U.N. observer stands inside a hilltop post along the Israel and Lebanon border Tuesday Aug. 8, 2006. Lebanon's government rejected a U.N. cease-fire plan backed by President Bush on Monday, demanding Israel immediately withdraw even before a peacekeeping force arrives and promising to send 15,000 troops to take control of the Hezbollah stronghold along the border. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

[humandefence]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855864.jpg
[quote=saigonsmuggler;1837967]this looks sorta like east LA.. :)

he just loves to play grand theft auto :P

[Giddy]

Amazing Pics guys, cheers

[Roy Batty]

As a father this pic just kills me
http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9629/30857861gq4.jpg

[REMOV]

Interesting thing - there isn't any Tavor assault rifles in the hands of Israeli soldiers. Even single piece.

[EvanL]

As a father this pic just kills me
http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9629/30857861gq4.jpg
THe saddest thing is the people who have nothing to do with this war are the ones who are dying. On both sides.

[frenchy]

THe saddest thing is the people who have nothing to do with this war are the ones who are dying. On both sides.

like all war civilians pay a heavy price. :-(

[Switek]

THe saddest thing is the people who have nothing to do with this war are the ones who are dying. On both sides.

that's the side effect of war.... inevitable...:-( we can blame everyone, No good address...

[Lapulapu]

thanx 4 da pix, keep it coming guys.

[11bhooah]

A guy I know who was in 10th Mountain told me they recieved those same stocks just before he left.

Pre-deployment goodies.

I'm in theater now, and we received the same stocks, as well as the shortened barrells before deployment.

[11bhooah]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602885.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D040F4A1140047459E

They sure find alot of undamaged teddybears under the rubble...p-)

I second that...

[Todd022]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30855951.jpg

OMYGOSH SO LOUD!!!!111on1

hahaha!!...probably hit the shooter with his purse for doing that.

[saigonsmuggler]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602885.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D040F4A1140047459E

They sure find alot of undamaged teddybears under the rubble...p-)
hey good point... hmm.

[He219]

http://www.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/img/0608/27138.jpg
hires (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27138.jpg)

08/05/2006 The 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division recently arrived in Mosul, Iraq for their second tour. Soldiers are out on a daily patrol getting a feel for the neighborhoods that they will become a familiar face in helping to stabilize an area that has become a lot safer over the past year. Photo by Maj. David Albano, commander, 138th MPAD
http://www.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/img/0608/27124.jpg
hires (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27124.jpg)
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The 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division recently arrived in Mosul, Iraq for their second tour. Soldiers are out on a daily patrol getting a feel for the neighborhoods that they will become a familiar face in helping to stabilize an area that has become a lot safer over the past year. Photo by Maj. David Albano, commander, 138th MPAD
http://www.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/img/0608/27179.jpg
hires (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27179.jpg)

from left to right: Spc. Timothy Winkelman and Sgt. First Class Arthur "Pete" Chambers from the Tigerforce Scout Plt., 1-327th Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) cover both ends of the street during a cordon and search in a villiage in the Hawijah District. 17-18July06

[Hippo]

bendert (sp?) short dot sight on the guy on the left in the last picture

[akd]

He, I know full well that image manipulation is done by photojournalists, but when it starts to become "unethical", thats where the problems start.

UNETHICAL: Editing should maintain the integrity of the photographic images' content and context. Do not manipulate images or add or alter sound in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.

Please provide me with a photo that has been edited in a way that it will change public opinion in favour of the Israels.


EDIT, I wont futher disrupt this thread, I will look to find a thred in a different part of the forum, sorry for the interuption.

Staged photos are much more a concern than image manipulation, especially in regards to photojournalism/documentary photography. Staging goes on behind the camera and unless it is witnessed, only conjecture can be made. (As He219 pointed, the examples he used are probably staged). Extensive image manipulation in the field under pressure is very difficult. Just look at the two examples Mr. Hajj has provided us. Hardly the stuff of vast conspiracies.

Furthermore, there is direct and indirect staging of photographs. The majority of "staging" probably occurs with zero input or direction from the photographer and is simply a result of the subjects awareness of the presence of media. In that case, the breach of ethics or simple unprofessionalism occurs because the photographer is ignorant that the subject is "performing," the photographer makes a poor choice selecting the image as news worthy, the photographer uses a vague or misleading caption for the photo, or the photographer chooses to become complicit in the staging and falsifies a caption outright.

By the way, that Pallywood doc seems pretty tenuous to me. A case of drawing very simplistic conclusions from a complex scene (this could of course, function either way).

[He219]

http://www.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/img/0608/27076.jpghires (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27076.jpg)

1st Platoon Company A 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Regiment 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2nd Infantry Division dismounts in Mosul Iraq August 3rd.


bendert (sp?) short dot sight on the guy on the left in the last picture
Yeah (http://www.vickerstactical.com/articles/shortdotarticle.pdf) .. Schmidt & Bender Short Dot sight

Just like that SF pic (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Moughoun1/hk4163.jpg) with the HK 416

[haze99]

Great photos HE, much appreicated!
Yes, it is disappointing to see dead Lebanese children. Though let us not forget how the situation came about!
Israel left southern Lebanon in the Spring of 2000! One of the arrangements was for hizbollah to be dimilitarized! And as we have seen the last 6+ years, that NEVER took place. So if Israel destroys the entire nation, so be it! The Lebanese government knew DAMN well, what hizbollah's intentions were! If you cannot see that, that your an idiot.

[AROUETLJ]

So if Israel destroys the entire nation, so be it!

That's not what Ehud Olmert's saying.

[TuNeRsHaRk]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7687/westbankjp7.jpg

[Roy Batty]

That's not what Ehud Olmert's saying.

It's also not what most of the world is saying.

[Macs.]

Yeah (http://www.vickerstactical.com/articles/shortdotarticle.pdf) .. Schmidt & Bender Short Dot sight

Just like that SF pic (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Moughoun1/hk4163.jpg) with the HK 416

Cool, didn't know that was a german company.

Contract with US Marines:
http://www.schmidtbender.com/marines.htm

[bakercompany]

Thanks for the pics, HE! Especially the 101st and Stryker

woot woot

[He219]

that your an idiot.
What are you going on about?!
Is it because I posted graphic images and perhaps I struck a nerve?

I am aware of the situation that brought Israel to act and even supported it.
That doesn't mean I don't empathize with the plight of civilians.

Debate the merits of targeting appartments and neighborhoods by airstrikes instead.

Yes, Hezbollah hides launchers everywhere.
Yes, Hezbollah and their supporters live everywhere.
So do their families, friends, neighbors and countrymen.

There's not much of a moral difference with the thousands of dumb rockets Hezbollah launches against Israel and the net result of bombing Israel does against Lebanon.

To me it's not about the justification, but the net result of actions that only exacerbate a pre-existing situation and formets even greater hate and resentment for decades to come.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30846181.jpg

Crude oil covers the historic port of Byblos in Jbeil, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. Much of Lebanon's coastline is now awash with crude oil believed to originate from the Jiyeh power plant, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Jbeil which has been ablaze since it was targeted by Israeli airstrikes and is said to have leaked around 15,000 tons of oil into the Mediterranean sea, according to local environmental organizations. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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This satellite image shows oil leaking into the water (light streaks along coastline) of the area known as Jiyyeh (Jiyyey power station) July 25, 2006 just north of Saida, Lebanon. (Photo DigitalGlobe via ***** Images)
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An Israeli tank, hit by a missile, stands burned on the side of the road August 8, 2006 on the Israel-Lebanon border, Israel. Hezballoh missiles continue to fall throughout the north of Israel as the Israeli armed forces continued their offensive in the south of Lebanon. (Photo by Shaul Schwarz/***** Images)

[budanski]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71602885.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=08A8BA3C818346D040F4A1140047459E

They sure find alot of undamaged teddybears under the rubble...p-)

No Coincidence.
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88260)

[Beaufort]

http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T200207Z_01_FOR10_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Finbarr O'reilly
An Israeli tank drives towards the Israel-Lebanon border to conduct night military operations in southern Lebanon August 8, 2006.



http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T195720Z_01_FOR09_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Finbarr O'reilly
An Israeli tank drives towards the Israel-Lebanon border to conduct night military operations in southern Lebanon August 8, 2006.



http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T195125Z_01_GIL24D_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Gil Cohen magen
Israeli soldiers look out from their armoured personnel carrier (APC) as they enter Lebanon along the Israeli-Lebanese border August 8, 2006.



http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T195328Z_01_FOR06_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Finbarr O'reilly
An Israeli soldier prepares to cross into Lebanon for night military operations August 8, 2006.


http://i.today.*******.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-08-08T200323Z_01_FOR08_RTRIDSP_2_MIDEAST.jpg

*******/Finbarr O'reilly
Israeli soldiers prepare to cross into Lebanon for night military operations August 8, 2006.

[B25Hmitchell]

Any hi-res pics of those F-15's in action ?

[Kaplanr]

Any hi-res pics of those F-15's in action ?

Ask *******. They can position them wherever you want, in any nation's colors.

[Javehn]

Ask *******. They can position them wherever you want, in any nation's colors.


Snap !!

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2535/11eg4.jpg

[He219]

Personally I liked 2Shed's Godzirra better ..
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/2shedsjackson/aeu.jpg




... but I certainly didn't hear ANYONE cry foul about this staged shot.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/06/world/middleeast/06cnd-mideast7.650.jpg

An Israeli soldier's boot smoldered next to a destroyed car.

Sensationalism sells the news.
It's used to suit your own sentiments.

[Javehn]

Personally I liked 2Shed's Godzirra better ..
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/2shedsjackson/aeu.jpg




... but I certainly didn't hear ANYONE cry foul about this staged shot.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/06/world/middleeast/06cnd-mideast7.650.jpg


Sensationalism sells the news.
It's used to suit your own sentiments.

I was reffering to Hajj photoshoped pictures , and not the toys pictures .
And we all sentimental people , yet we live in heartless world (some smart guy said that once ) .

[remo williams]

http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/aug2006/photoessays/pi060807b2.jpg
Guy in the middle is SF (?). They get to play with the coolest toys (ground radar unit). thanx for the pics HE.

[He219]

And we all sentimental people , yet we live in heartless world (some smart guy said that once ) .

Well said DJ Javehn.

[DnA]

http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/aug2006/photoessays/pi060807b2.jpg
Guy in the middle is SF (?). They get to play with the coolest toys (ground radar unit). thanx for the pics HE.



He's not SF, could be in a support MOS an in a SFG, or was attached to one for OEF or OIF.

Lack of the SF tab is the give away.

[B25Hmitchell]

Ask *******. They can position them wherever you want, in any nation's colors.


Request sent, I hope they don't mistake F-16's for F-15's and send the wrong pictures...again.

[homerjsimpson94]

Personally I liked 2Shed's Godzirra better ..
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/2shedsjackson/aeu.jpg




... but I certainly didn't hear ANYONE cry foul about this staged shot.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/06/world/middleeast/06cnd-mideast7.650.jpg


Sensationalism sells the news.
It's used to suit your own sentiments.

Ok sorry, I said I wan't going to be a budinski any more but...
Sorry, I have not seen this one until now, this photo to me, just doesnt seem to be as provocative as the others. But I do wonder how many cigarettes they/he went through before getting the shot right (Ap size/ DoF ect.), not to mention trying to find the right size rock, just to be able to prop up the shoe at just the right angle so the smoke would billow out. ;-)

[nerdman]

He's not SF, could be in a support MOS an in a SFG, or was attached to one for OEF or OIF.

Lack of the SF tab is the give away.

Wrong shoulder. Tabs go on the left shoulder.

[Jan]

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/1183/mazingercl3.jpg

[Cpt. Spaulding]

Anti Armour Grenade - Iraq:

Link Deleted

Info: http://inert-ord.net/russ02i/rkg3_upg8/index.html

Regards,

beware man, its terrorist propaganda

[manifestdestiny]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30856401.jpg





weird, it looks like an israeli star of david on their roof

[American Patriot]

Arabs use that symbol quite a lot in architecture

[saigonsmuggler]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/71606777.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A6FC9CA3E08D97D7F0329DF394FE942516
reminds me a lot of south vietnam '75.. lots of burning tank hulks, sometimes with soldiers still in them. :(

[goat89]

reminds me a lot of south vietnam '75.. lots of burning tank hulks, sometimes with soldiers still in them. :(
I'm sorry to hear that saigonsmuggler. It was a bloody war. RIP to the fallen. Btw, if I might ask, did you fight in 'nam?

[goat89]

Quick break from all the violence:










http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30858143.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30858146.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30820089.jpg
Aww...you are a cute little fella. Can I scratch your neck, can I? Awwww, knew you were like it, good boy! What the...
SNAP!
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AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.....
To all members of MP.net this posting is not meant to show that the Red Pandas are not vicious animals, but meant for humor purposes. These red Pandas are indeed rare and are pretty smart. They're just basically the Asian version of the North American racoon. Both species share 1 thing in common- they are both smart and mischevious! Btw, He219, thanks for the break!

[Hukatus]

weird, it looks like an israeli star of david on their roofcheck your eyes man, it has 8 tips instead of 6
indeed it is common arabic symbol.

[Seoulstriker]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/30858146.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9937/babyewok01rd3.jpg

[Raiden]

And yes, I know they're around the corner from the direction of the guy's target...There is no "target". I would say there isn't an Israeli soldier within 100 miles, but Israel is small, so it's probably more like 1 mile. ;) Even just comparing one of Mohammed Ballas' photos with others, he somehow manages to get pictures of perfectly composed, clean, non-sweaty "fighters" in perfect focus with clean composition every time... Because they're firing at walls, or into empty buildings, or at nothing at all. Then he writes the caption that they're "shooting at Israelis" and another Pallywood image is born.

Seriously, Ballas is a master at this, I'd say he's the best of the fakers they have. If you see enough of his photos, you can pick them out of a whole post full of pictures from Israel. He's very consistent, and IMO he's very good. A few weeks ago there were pictures from Israel showing an "old Palestinian fighter" (remember the pics of the guy with the gray beard?) and a group of guys with a rocket launcher "exchanging fire with Israeli troops", except he managed to get photos of them in different poses from all sorts of interesting angles, from 360 degrees around their position, and not a one of them looked a little bit stressed from being "shot at".

This is not to say that all the pics from Lebanon or Gaza, etc. are staged, but there's a lot of BS in there. "Media" and "Prostitute" are synonyms in a lot of ways.

Anyhow... Great photos as usual, it's odd how these threads become news sources rather than just a source of cool pictures to look at.

[haze99]

First of all He, I was responding to a post by Switek. Second of all, if you like to play the Moral Relativity game. Knock yourself out. Life is not fair. Nor is a war. Non-combantants have always been killed in war. This is nothing new. (Except to those you, who view the world through a post-modern lense!)
Israel is NOT targeting civilians for the hell of it. (though if you and others believe so, again knock yourself out.)
It is a good thing the US & UK didn't stop at Bastonge, in 1944. To ask for a cease-fire with the Wehremacht. Or that the US/ANZAC forces didn't stop fighting at Papua New Guinea, to ask Emporer to disengage. Otherwise WWII would never have been won!

H99