Today's Pix - Tuesday, Oct. 3rd, 2006

[He219]

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French police officers simulate a hostage taking situation on a tour boat during an exercise of the French Police , Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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French police officers simulate a hostage taking situation on a tour boat during an exercise of the French Police , Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A soldier from France's Foreign Legion holds an automatic rifle as he passes Lebanese soldiers before the start of a ceremony to officially open a two-way metal bridge replacing a bridge destroyed in Israeli bombardment on July 14, on the airport highway, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Some French soldiers are in Lebanon to help the Lebanese army in rebuilding some bridges destroyed or damaged by Israeli airstrikes during 34 days of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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Soldiers of France's Foreign Legion hang a French flag before the start of a ceremony to officially open a two-way metal bridge they reconstructed to replace a bridge, knocked down following Israeli bombardment on July 14, on the airport highway, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Some French soldiers are in Lebanon to help the Lebanese army in rebuilding some bridges destroyed or damaged by Israeli airstrikes during 34 days of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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Chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte,left, faces Serbia's prime minister Vojislav Kostunica and war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic, second right, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia. Del Ponte is in a two day visit to review pledges by the Serbia's government to arrest top war crimes fugitives-a key European Union condition for resuming pre-membership talks with the Balkan state. She claimed that both the Bosnian Serb wartime commander, Ratko Mladic, and their 1990s political leader, Radovan Karadzic, were hiding in Serbia under the protection of hard-liners in the military and police. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
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Bundesverfassungsgerichtspraesident Hans-Juergen Papier, Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Bundestagspraesident Norbert Lammert, Bundespraesident Horst Koehler und Schleswig-Holsteins Ministerpraesident Peter Harry Carstensen, von links, posieren am Dienstag 3. Oktober 2006, in Kiel anlaesslich der Feierlichlichkeiten zum 16. Tag der Deutschen Einheit fuer die Medien. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) --- Hans-Juergen Papier, President of Germany's Constitutional Court, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Norbert Lammert, Speaker of the German Parliament, German President Horst Koehler and Peter Harry Carstensen, state governor of Schleswig Holstein, from left, pose for the media in Kiel, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006 during celebrations for the 16th anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany which had been separated by different social systems after World War II. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
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Ein Musiker geht am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006 beim Start der Musikparade an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Eva Koehler, Bundespraesident Horst Koehler, Schleswig-Holsteins Ministerpraesident Peter Harry Carstensen, Bundesverfassungsgerichtpraesident Hans-Juergen Papier und Kiels Oberbuergermeisterin Angelika Volquartz, von links, vorbei. In Kiel finden die zentralen Feierlichkeiten zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit statt. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth) --- A musician of a brass band walks by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Eva Koehler, German President Horst Koehler, Peter Harry Carstensen, State governor of Schleswig-Holstein, Hans-Juergen Papier, president of the German Constitutional Court, and Angelika Volquartz, mayor of Kiel, from left, during a parade on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Germany's Reunification in Kiel, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)
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Besucher posieren am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006, in einem Festzelt des Oktoberfestes in Muenchen mit Bier. Das 173. Oktoberfest endet am heutigen Dienstagabend. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- Shooters fire of salutes during the last day ceremony of the 173. beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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Boellerschuetzen geben Salutschuesse am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006, zum Ende des Oktoberfestes in Muenchen ab. Das 173. Oktoberfest endet am heutigen Dienstagabend. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- Shooters fire of salutes during the last day ceremony of the 173. beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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Besucher sitzen am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006 in einem Zelt des Oktoberfestes. Das 173. Oktoberfest endet am heutigen Dienstagabend. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- Visitors sits in a tent during the last day of the 173. beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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Kirsten Harms, the director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (German Opera Berlin), second right, sits on the stage during a discussion about the cancellation of the Mozart opera Idomeneo. The Deutsche Oper Berlin had cancelled the staging of the opera on Sept. 25, 2006 due to fears of possible Islamic hostilities after Berlin security officials warned of an "incalculable risk" due to scenes dealing with Islam, as well as other religions. At the stage from left: Guenter Piening, Berlin's migration commissioner, Ulrich Khuon, director of the Thalia Theater Hamburg, Erhart Koerting, Berlin's Interior Senator, Wolfgang Huber, Head of the German Protestant Church, Eike Gebhardt, Journalist and Moderator, Kirsten Harms, director of the Deutschen Oper and John Kornblum, former US ambassador in Germany.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Die Intendantin der Deutschen Oper Berlin Kirsten Harms, 4. von rechts, diskutiert auf einer Podiumsdiskussion im Grossen Saal der Oper mit Vertretern aus Politik und Gesellschaft ueber ihre Entscheidung, die Mozart Oper Idemeneo aus dem Programm zu nehmen, in Berlin am 3. Oktober 2006. Harms faellte die Entscheidung nach einer Warnung der Sicherheitsbehoerden. Bei den Berliner Sicherheitsbehoerden seien "nach deren Einschaetzung durchaus ernst zu nehmende Hinweise" eingegangen, dass Szenen der "Idomeneo"-Inszenierung, die sich neben den anderen grossen Weltreligionen auch mit dem Islam auseinander setzten, derzeit ein unkalkulierbares Risiko fuer das Haus darstellten. Das Podium von links nach rechts: Guenter Piening, Berliner Migrationsbeauftrater, Ulrich Khuon, Intendant des Thalia Theaters Hamburg, Erhart Koerting, Innensenator Berlin, Wolfgang Huber, Ratsvorsitzender der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschland, Eike Gebhardt, Journalist und Moderator, Kirsten Harms, Intendantin der Deutschen Oper, John Kornblum, ehemaliger US Botschafter in Deutschland, Thomas Flierl, Kultursenator Berlin und Riem Spielhaus Islamwissenschaftlerin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) --- Kirsten Harms, the director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (German Opera Berlin), 4. from right, sits on the stage during a discussion about the cancellation of the Mozart opera Idomeneo. The Deutsche Oper Berlin had cancelled the staging of the opera on Sept. 25, 2006 due to fears of possible Islamic hostilities after Berlin security officials warned of an "incalculable risk" due to scenes dealing with Islam, as well as other religions.At the stage, from left, are Guenter Piening, Berlin's migration commissioner, Ulrich Khuon, director of the Thalia Theater Hamburg, Erhart Koerting, Berlin's Interior Senator, Wolfgang Huber, Head of the German Protestant Church, Eike Gebhardt, Journalist and Moderator, Kirsten Harms, director of the Deutschen Oper, John Kornblum, former US ambassador in Germany, Thomas Flierl, Berlin's Culture Senator and Riem Spielhau
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A 100 year old banyan tree, which was cut back by an Islamic youth group Sunday, still stands strong on Tuesday, Oct, 3, 2006. Muslim hard-liners chopped up a 100-year-old banyan tree in Jakarta to halt a rumor about its special powers from spreading among superstitious locals, prompting city authorities to report the attackers to police, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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** FILE ** An Ijaw militant loyal to Dokubo Asari, protects the jetty at Okorota, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in this Friday, June 25, 2004 file photo. Dozens of militants sank two military patrol boats in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, in an attack that killed five soldiers and left nine others missing, an army spokesman said. Maj. Sagir Musa said 15 soldiers were on a routine boat patrol in a delta outlet in Nigeria's Rivers state when 70 militants attacked, sinking two military boats. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)
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Zambia's military police perform a gun salute for the newly appointed President Levy Mwanawasa, during the swearing ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Mwanawasa was sworn in for a second five-year term Tuesday after a bitter campaign and violent reaction to earlier indications he was winning. A main challenger cried fraud but later said he would not contest the results. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

[JVeld]

Good pics He..... ^^ Im digging the sling on the AK !

[Greg27]

sad sad world we're living in...

only a tiny step away from burning books...
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

—> The Deutsche Oper Berlin had cancelled the staging of the opera on Sept. 25, 2006 due to fears of possible Islamic hostilities after Berlin security officials warned of an "incalculable risk" due to scenes dealing with Islam, as well as other religions.

—> A 100 year old banyan tree, which was cut back by an Islamic youth group Sunday, still stands strong on Tuesday, Oct, 3, 2006. Muslim hard-liners chopped up a 100-year-old banyan tree in Jakarta to halt a rumor about its special powers from spreading among superstitious locals.

thanks He.

[MoFo]

They are cutting tree's down in the name of religion! hah thats a new one to me! :bash:

[He219]

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A Russian soldier drives a military truck being offloaded from a Russian plane at Beirut international airport, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, carrying 17 soldiers and 80 tons of equipment. Russia, who began airlifting equipment and troops Tuesday from a military engineering unit to Lebanon to aid the war-battered country's reconstruction, will send about 300 soldiers and 130 tons of equipment. The unit, which will rebuild bridges destroyed during the 34-day war in Lebanon, will not take part in peacekeeping operations. Russia has not contributed troops to the 5,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping contingent in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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A Russian officer hands a Lebanese flag, top, to a soldier holding his national flag to hang on a military vehicle upon their arrival at Beirut international airport, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Russia, who began airlifting equipment and troops Tuesday from a military engineering unit to Lebanon to aid the war-battered country's reconstruction, will send about 300 soldiers and 130 tons of equipment. The unit, which will rebuild bridges destroyed during the 34-day war in Lebanon, will not take part in peacekeeping operations. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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Lebanese children wave as French U.N. peacekeepers drive their Leclerc tank near Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. The French have taking positions only a few miles away from the Lebanese-Israeli border maintaining a bufferzone, part of efforts aimed at cementing the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Seven-year-old Rima, right, cries as the body of her father, Lebanese-American Hezbollah fighter Radwan Anwar Saleh, is lowered into its grave in Yaroun, southern Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. Residents said Saleh was killed early on in the July 12- Aug. 14 fighting but his body was retrieved only after Israeli troops withdrew from the area they occupied on Sunday Oct. 1, 2006 and that Saleh also carried U.S. citizenship and had returned to his native Yaroun from California in 1998. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A boy holds a Hezbollah flag as others pray behind the coffin of Lebanese-American Hezbollah fighter Radwan Anwar Saleh in Yaroun, southern Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. Residents said Saleh was killed early on in the July 12-Aug. 14 fighting but his body was retrieved only after Israeli troops withdrew from the area on Sunday Oct. 1, 2006, Saleh also carried U.S. citizenship and had returned to his native Yaroun from California in 1998. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Polish army Lt. Col. Andrzej Kujawa, commander of the Civilian Military Cooperation (CIMIC) unit at Camp Echo, Iraq, gives a toy to an Iraqi girl during a site survey of a finished generator project at a medical clinic in Ghammas, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2006. The Polish CIMIC funds, contracts, and inspects projects designed to help revitalize Iraq's economy and provides supplies and services to Iraqi army soldiers and civilians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
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Polish army Lt. Col Andrzej Kujawa, commander of the Civilian Military Cooperation (CIMIC) unit at Camp Echo, Iraq, shakes hands with an Iraqi contractor at the inspection and completion of an electrical project his company completed in Sudayr, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2006. The Polish CIMIC funds, contracts, and inspects projects designed to help revitalize Iraq's economy and provides supplies and services to Iraqi army soldiers and civilians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
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GHAMMAS, Iraq (October 2, 2006) - Polish Army Lt. Col Andrzej Kujawa, Commander, Civilian Military Cooperation Unit, Camp Echo, shakes hands with Iraqi doctors following a site survey at a medical clinic in Ghammas. The Polish CIMIC funds, contracts, and inspects projects. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price, U.S. Air Force.

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Polish army Lt. Col. Andrzej Kujawa, commander of the Civilian Military Cooperation unit at Camp Echo, Iraq, shakes hands with Ali Muhammad Hussein, a local religious leader, following a site survey of the finished generator project at a medical clinic in Ghammas, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price
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MOSUL, Iraq (October 2, 2006) - Iraqi soldiers engage targets during training conducted by Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment at Nifty Range in Mosul. Photo by Spc. Christa Martin.

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Iraqi police officers and U.S. Army soldiers conduct a patrol in the streets of Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christa Martin
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U.S. Navy Seaman Samuel L. Blanco, a hospital corpsman plays with Iraqi children during a combat patrol near Husayba, Iraq, Sept. 23, 2006. He and the Marines of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment paused the patrol to spend time with the kids. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis
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FALLUJAH, Iraq (September 30, 2006) - Sgt. Flavio D. Mendes, rifle team leader, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, questions local citizens in Fallujah during Operation Matador. Photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers.

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RAMADI, Iraq (September 28, 2006) - Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division search for insurgents in houses located across the street from Outpost 293 in Ramadi, after a mortar attack and gunfire were received on the outpost. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock.

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BAQUBAH, Iraq (September 28, 2006) - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Iraqi soldiers participate in a live-fire exercise near Baqubah. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt
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BASRA, Iraq (September 27, 2006) - Iraqi Soldiers and a British Soldier assigned to the Air Reaction Force (ARF) from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (DWR), brace against the prop wash of an approaching helicopter at a landing zone site at the Basra Airport, in Basra, Iraq. Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Crawford.

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HUSAYBA, Iraq (September 27, 2006) - U.S. Marines trudge up a sandy hill after a patrol through a neighborhood east of Husayba, Iraq Sept. 23, 2006. The unit went house-to-house to meet local Iraqis and deter insurgent activity. Photo by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis.

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U.S. Marines with the Helicopter Support Team prepare to hook an immobilized UH-60 Blackhawk to the CH-53E Super Stallion hovering over them in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, Sept. 27, 2006. The Blackhawk was disabled earlier in the week upon landing during a routine training mission. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James B. Hoke
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AR RAMADI, Iraq (September 26, 2006) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mark R. Britton, mortar man, mans a M240G machine gun as Staff Sgt. Jeremiah J. Caudill takes aim on the surrounding area during training at the government center in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2006. Photo by Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

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Een machtige B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ overvliegt de basis van Bevekom, tot groot plezier van de liefhebbers.

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De Defensiedagen 2006 in Bevekom waren een groot succes. Zowat 85.000 bezoekers keerden naar huis terug met een andere kijk.

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[ZoneOne]

A rather interesting last picture

[Switek]

He, thanks for starting this thread today and awesome pix :) esp. Marine with MG - just men at work... and Oktoberfest... I wish I were there p-)


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Pennsylvania state police spokesman Cmdr Jeffrey Miller comments on the shooting at a Georgetown school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania October 2, 2006. Gunman Charles Carl Roberts opened fire in the Amish school killing three girls and wounding seven others before turning the weapon on himself, police said.
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NICKEL MINES, PA - OCTOBER 2: State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller addresses the media about the shooting at a one room Amish schoolhouse October 2, 2006 in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. According to reports, a milk truck driver identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the schoolhouse, let the boys and adults go free, tied up the girls and shot them execution style before committing suicide. Three girls are dead and at least seven others injured. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/***** Images)
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NICKEL MINES, PA - OCTOBER 03: Reporter Ann Curry (R) holds a newspaper with the headline reading "Death of Innocents" while she interviews Pennsylvania State Police Col. Jeffrey Miller (R) near the scene of the shooting at a one room Amish schoolhouse October 3, 2006 in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. Officials said a milk truck driver identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the schoolhouse, let the boys and adults go free, tied up the girls and shot them execution style before committing suicide. Five girls are dead and at least seven others injured. (Photo by Mark Wilson/***** Images)
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NICKEL MINES, PA - OCTOBER 03: State police and local officials stand at a road block near the scene of the shooting at a room Amish schoolhouse October 3, 2006 in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. Officials said a milk truck driver identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV entered the schoolhouse, let the boys and adults go free, tied up the girls and shot them execution style before committing suicide. Five girls are dead and at least seven others injured. (Photo by Mark Wilson/***** Images

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Montigny-les-Metz, FRANCE: Convicted serial killer Francis Heaulme (R), 47, is pictured, 03 October 2006 in Montigny-les-Metz, Eastern France, during a reenactment near railroad tracks where two children were found dead 28 September 1986. Heaulme is already serving a life sentence for six murders. AFP PHOTO JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/***** Images)
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Montigny-les-Metz, FRANCE: Convicted serial killer Francis Heaulme (R), 47, is pictured 03 October 2006 in Montigny-les-Metz, Eastern France, during a reenactment near railroad tracks where two children were found dead 28 September 1986. Heaulme is already serving a life sentence for six murders. AFP PHOTO JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: French troops of honor stand on alert during a ceremony 02 October 2006 to reopen "Airport Bridge" that was reconstructed by French troops just outside the devastated southern suburb of Beirut. The bridge was destroyed in an Israeli air raid during the Jewish state 34-day offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah. Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time in more than two centuries on a mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. A first group of some 20 soldiers flew in to Beirut airport and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane, part of an aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: A French officer stand in front of 02 October 2006 the reconstructed "Airport Bridge" that was built by French troops just outside the devastated southern suburb of Beirut. The bridge was destroyed in an Israeli air raid during the Jewish state 34-day offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah. Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time in more than two centuries on a mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. A first group of some 20 soldiers flew in to Beirut airport and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane, part of an aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: French troops of honor stand on alert during a ceremony 02 October 2006 to reopen "Airport Bridge" that was reconstructed by French troops just outside the devastated southern suburb of Beirut. The bridge was destroyed in an Israeli air raid during the Jewish state 34-day offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah. Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time in more than two centuries on a mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. A first group of some 20 soldiers flew in to Beirut airport and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane, part of an aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: A Lebanese officer inspects French troops of honor during a ceremony 02 October 2006 to reopen "Airport Bridge" that was reconstructed by French troops just outside the devastated southern suburb of Beirut. The bridge was destroyed in an Israeli air raid during the Jewish state 34-day offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah. Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time in more than two centuries on a mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. A first group of some 20 soldiers flew in to Beirut airport and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane, part of an aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers stand near their military vehicles before being downloaded at Beirut airport, 02 October 2006. A Russian military plane landed in the Lebanese capital loaded with vehicles and equipment for troops to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's July-August war on Hezbollah guerrillas. In Russia's first such deployment in Lebanon since the time of Catherine the Great, some 130 troops were to fly in to Beirut later the same day, for a military aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers arrive at Beirut airport, 02 October 2006. A Russian military plane landed in the Lebanese capital loaded with vehicles and equipment for troops to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's July-August war on Hezbollah guerrillas. In Russia's first such deployment in Lebanon since the time of Catherine the Great, some 130 troops were to fly in to Beirut later the same day, for a military aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers arrive at Beirut airport, 02 October 2006. A Russian military plane landed in the Lebanese capital loaded with vehicles and equipment for troops to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's July-August war on Hezbollah guerrillas. In Russia's first such deployment in Lebanon since the time of Catherine the Great, some 130 troops were to fly in to Beirut later the same day, for a military aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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eirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers stand at Beirut airport after their arrival in Lebanon, 02 October 2006. A Russian military plane landed in the Lebanese capital loaded with vehicles and equipment for troops to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's July-August war on Hezbollah guerrillas. In Russia's first such deployment in Lebanon since the time of Catherine the Great, some 130 troops were to fly in to Beirut later the same day, for a military aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/***** Images)
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian soldiers stand in formation during a rehearsal for their upcoming anniversary ceremony in Jakarta, 03 October 2006. The Indonesian military will celebrate its 61th anniversary on 05 October with a display of its military might in the presence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/***** Images)
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian soldiers stand in formation during a rehearsal for their upcoming anniversary ceremony in Jakarta, 03 October 2006. The Indonesian military will celebrate its 61th anniversary on 05 October with a display of its military might in the presence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/***** Images)

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Check out the improvised armor ..

Iraqi women pass 172nd Stryker Brigade armored vehicles in western Baghdad Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006 as thousands of Sunni demonstrators protested nearby a kidnapping of 24 workers from a factory producing frozen food on Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )
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Iraqi Sunni Arabs demonstrators march through the al-Amil neighborhood of western Baghdad protesting the Sunday night kidnapping of 24 workers from a factory producing frozen food, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. Seven bodies found late Sunday in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dora were identified as victims of the kidnapping, but the whereabouts of the others are still unknown. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )
RIP

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Iraqis look at the damage on a car in which hidden explosives detonated in Baghdad's Karradah district, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. One person was killed and nine more injured. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
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Actor Sean Penn lights a cigarette during a newsconference at al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, Sunday Dec. 15 , 2002. In his statement to the media Penn said " my trip here is to personally record the human face of the Iraqi people so that their blood along with that of American soldiers would not be invisible on my own hands". (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Actor Sean Penn speaks to an Iraqi doctor while standing next to the bed of six-year-old leukemia patient Yasser Younis during his visit to the al-Mansour Hospital in Baghdad on Friday, Dec. 13, 2002. Penn is on a three-day visit to Iraq. (AP Photo/Suhaib Salem, Pool)
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Iraqi soldiers mark the transfer of authority from U.S. forces to the 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division at Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq.
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Brig. Gen. Robert Neller (center), deputy commanding general for Mutli-National Forces West, congratulates Iraqi commanders following the transfer of authority from Marine to Iraqi control.

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A landing craft air cushion, or LCAC, from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Little Creek, Va., rolls right up onto the beach Sunday in Kuwait.
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Amphibious armored vehicles stream onto the sandy beaches of Kuwait Sunday morning, as the silhouette of a destroyer is barely visible miles from shore.

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Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C., look around as they roll up onto the sand of Kuwait Sunday morning in an amphibious armored vehicle.
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Marine Cpl. Alex Rodriguez, 20, of Miami, Fla., assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C., walks up a ramp Sunday at a beach in Kuwait toting his rucksack.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Hickling gives the OK sign after completing a dive at a Kuwaiti port on the Persian Gulf Sunday prior to the arrival of a U.S. ship. Hickling is a reservist with the Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment-Kuwait, which falls under Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 354.
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A rescue crew from the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., test a "Kangaroo Duck" in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Apalachicola, Fla. The K-Duck is an inflatable raft that is strapped to the underbelly of a rescue helicopter so it can be easily dropped to better assist with water-rescue scenarios like those experienced during Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Schelli Jones)
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Pararescuemen from the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., prepare to extract "survivors" during "Kangaroo Duck" training recently in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Apalachicola, Fla. The K-Duck is an inflatable raft that is strapped to the underbelly of a rescue helicopter so it can be easily dropped to better assist with water-rescue scenarios like those experienced during Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Schelli Jones)
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An armed member of the Zambian Police keeps a close eye on the proceedings at the inauguration ceremony of President Levy Mwanawasa in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Oct., 3, 2006. President Levy Mwanawasa was sworn in for a second five-year term Tuesday after a bitter campaign and violent reaction to earlier indications he was winning. A main challenger cried fraud but later said he would not contest the results. Only hours after the final results were announced, Chief Justice Ernest Sakala, in scarlet robes and a white, colonial-style shoulder-length horsehair wig, heard the 58-year-old Mwanawasa's oath at an inauguration ceremony in the grounds of the Lusaka Parliament building. (AP Photo/ Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Smoke billows from a burning armored vehicle of a Canadian military convoy after a suicide bomber rammed into the convoy in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a Canadian military convoy in southern city, but no troops were injured, said Maj. Daryl Morrell, a NATO-led force spokesman. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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:D There military police are pretty well tooled up.

[He219]

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Elite French police members of Ajaccio (BREC and SPIG) get ready to storm a post office in the city of Ajaccio on the southern French island 03 October 2006, while an armed man is holding three people hostage. The hostages -- all post office employees -- were released unhurt and the hostage-taker, a man in his 20s armed with a pistol that fired ball bearings, had a police record for robbery and an outstanding warrant for his arrest. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE AGOSTINI (Photo credit should read STEPHAN AGOSTINI/AFP/***** Images)
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Elite French police members of Ajaccio (BREC) arrest an armed man who had taken three people hostage at a post office in the city of Ajaccio on the southern French island 03 October 2006. The hostages -- all post office employees -- were released unhurt and the hostage-taker, a man in his 20s armed with a pistol that fired ball bearings, had a police record for robbery and an outstanding warrant for his arrest. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE AGOSTINI (Photo credit should read STEPHAN AGOSTINI/AFP/***** Images)

[Macs.]

Great Pictures today !

German google today:

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[Ol' Bob]

I'm seeing more and more pics of marines with M4's lately, what's the deal with that?

[Weasel]

sad sad world we're living in...

only a tiny step away from burning books...
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

—> The Deutsche Oper Berlin had cancelled the staging of the opera on Sept. 25, 2006 due to fears of possible Islamic hostilities after Berlin security officials warned of an "incalculable risk" due to scenes dealing with Islam, as well as other religions.

—> A 100 year old banyan tree, which was cut back by an Islamic youth group Sunday, still stands strong on Tuesday, Oct, 3, 2006. Muslim hard-liners chopped up a 100-year-old banyan tree in Jakarta to halt a rumor about its special powers from spreading among superstitious locals.

thanks He.

Lucky world, if these would be the only problems............

[Greg27]

Lucky world, if these would be the only problems............

that's what my grandfather said in 1936.

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"Last year I went to Iraq. Before Team America showed up, it was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles."

[Weasel]

that's what my grandfather said in 1936.

Wise guy.

123456

[He219]

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, prepare for a patrol through Adhamiyah Sunday.
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Spc. Marvin Ayala, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, provides security in Adhamiyah Sunday while other members of his team search an open field for hidden weapons.
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On 22 September 2006, a team of Marines and civilians inspect recovered Iraqi weapons before redeploying them to the Iraqi Army. The team is part of Ammunition Platoon, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Regiment-15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and has assumed these duties on top of their usual daily workload. "We need to arm our allies," said Warrant Officer Robert P. Smith, officer in charge of Camp Taqaddum's Ammunition Supply Point. "We not only need to train them on our tactics, we need to arm them with what they need to fight the insurgents." Camp Taqaddum is not the only base contributing to the redeployment of seized weapons. The Marine Corps has also established collection points at Al Asad and Fallujah. Supply Company, Combat Logistics Regiment-15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) is deployed with I MEF (FWD) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Ben Eberle)
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On the second day of a validation operations in Tal Afar, Iraq, Iraqi Army Soldiers patrolled the village of Mzloomeen looking for insurgents while Coalition Forces provided security. Photo by Spc Yolanda Moreno Leon, 138th MPAD.

[Genre]

Very good pics today :)

[He219]

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Spanish soldiers with the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila. UN sources have said the strengthened ROE for international peacekeeping force in south Lebanon has the authority to arrest gunmen or even open fire on them.(AFP/Hassan Ammar)
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A French peacekeeping tank patrols the Lebanese-Israel border in Houla village, south Lebanon October 3, 2006. The French soldiers are part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL). *******/Ali Hashisho
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French peacekeepers rest on a tank in Tiri village, south Lebanon October 3, 2006. The French soldiers are part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL). *******/Ali Hashisho
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A Lebanese soldier standing on the Lebanese side of the border fence with Israel, watches as Israeli military patrol with their military vehicles on the Israeli side, at the Fatima gate, in the southern town of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, days after Israeli forces ended their brief occupation of southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Lotfallah Daher)
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Russian soldiers stand in line upon their arrival at Beirut international airport, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, aboard a plane carrying 130 troops. Russia, who began airlifting equipment and troops Tuesday from a military engineering unit to Lebanon to aid the war-battered country's reconstruction, will send about 300 soldiers and 130 tons of equipment. The unit, which will rebuild bridges destroyed during the 34-day war in Lebanon, will not take part in peacekeeping operations. Russia has not contributed troops to the 5,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping contingent in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Kyrgyz Defence Minister Ismail Isakov (L) greets Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on his arrival to a Russia's Kant airbase near the country's capital Bishkek October 3, 2006. *******/Vladimir Pirogov
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Left to right top: National Security Advisor of Grenada, Nestor Ogilvie; Ramon Aquino, Armed Forces Secretary of Domincan Republic; Roberto Gonzalez, Defense Minister of Paraguay; left to right middle: Odeen Ishmael Ambassador of Guyana; U.S. Defense Secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld; Marcelo Delgado, Defense Minister of Ecuador; bottm: Michael Kin, OAS Ambassador of Barbados and Nilda Garre, Defense Minister of Argentina during offical photo opotunity the VII Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in Managua, Nicaragua on Monday Oct. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Oliver Kahn, goalie of FC Bayern Munich soccer club , is cheered by the crowd while walking with his girl friend Verena to a visit of the renown Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. Players and coaches spent an afternoon at the festival with their families. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Bayern Munich's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, left, and his girlfriend laugh during the team visit of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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An overview shows one of the 14 huge beer tents at the 173rd Oktoberfest, the biggest beer festival in the world, in Munich, October 2, 2006. Germans, in party mood after the World Cup and cheered by a pickup in the economy, have 18 days to consume millions of litres of beer and hundreds of thousands of sausages as the festival has been extended to include October 3 public holiday. *******/Alexandra Beier
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Girls in traditional Bavarian clothes toast with beer at Munich's Oktoberfest October 3, 2006. The world's biggest beer festival, which drew about 6 million visitors, ended today. *******/Michaela Rehle
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Besucher posieren am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006, in einem Festzelt des Oktoberfestes in Muenchen mit Bier. Das 173. Oktoberfest endet am heutigen Dienstagabend. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- Young boys pose with beer mugs during the last day of the 173. beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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Ein Kellner serviert am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006, in einem Festzelt des Oktoberfestes in Muenchen Essen. Das 173. Oktoberfest endet am heutigen Dienstagabend. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- A waiter serves food during the last day of the 173. beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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A waitress serves grilled chicken at Munich's Oktoberfest October 3, 2006. The world's biggest beer festival, which drew about 6 million visitors, ended today. *******/Michaela Rehle
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A girl in traditional Bavarian clothes toasts with a beer mug at Munich's Oktoberfest October 3, 2006. The world's biggest beer festival, which drew about 6 million visitors, ended today. *******/Michaela Rehle

[Switek]

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Today October 3rd, 2006, President of Republic of Poland designated new commander of Land Forces, Maj. Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak (C) and designated, for second tour current commander of Navy, Fleet Adm. Roman Krzyżelewski (R)

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[He219]

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Czech European decathlon champion Roman Sebrle, dressed in the battle gear, stands in the turret of a tank as he poses for a photo at the compound of Czech military academy in Vyskov near Brno, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. Sebrle, who as a member of Czech army sports club holds officers rank of Major, is supposed to undergo one-day military training once a year. (AP Photo/CTK, Igor Zehl)
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*need help with the Czech translation, please*
27. 9. 2006
"Major Šebrle ke střelbě připraven!"

Tato věta v různých obměnách zněla v úterý 26. září 2006 areálem Ředitelství výcviku a doktrín několikrát.

Nejen pro majora Romana Šebrleho, ale i pro další třicítku sportovců z ASC Dukla připravili ve Vyškově Den výcviku armádních sportovců.


Tento výcvik zahájil ředitel Ředitelství výcviku a doktrín brigádní generál František Maleninský spolu s novým velitelem Sil podpory a výcviku generálmajorem Jiřím Halaškou a generálporučíkem Janem Ďuricou, který koncem letošního roku odchází do zálohy.



Na pěti stanovištích změřili své síly v „čistě vojenských“ disciplínách medailisté z olympijských her, či světových šampionátů. Při jízdě tankem T-72 a bojovým vozidlem pěchoty, střelbě z ručních zbraní, či horolezení byli k vidění sportovci, které jsme zvyklí vídat na lehkoatletických stadionech, sportovních střelnicích, vodních kanálech nebo v sedle kol. Nechyběli pochopitelně ani prostějovští parašutisté.

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New Miss World, Tatana Kucharova of the Czech Republic, smiles during a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. The 18-year-old student won the crown a day earlier in the Polish capital. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Czech Republika !1Strong!1
;)

[Somalimafia]

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G36 is as sexy as ever woot

mm Oktoberfest. I wanna get there too.

Nice Muskets or Arquebuses. Dont really know that they are exactly. More like hand cannons O_o Just look at that barrel!

[madpendos]

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New Miss World, Tatana Kucharova of the Czech Republic, smiles during a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. The 18-year-old student won the crown a day earlier in the Polish capital. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Czech Republika !1Strong!1
;)

Sounds like a russian name. Is it common in Czech republic to have second names end with "-ov" ?

[Wiseman]

So are the Russian Army Engineers there because Putin wanted to show a gesture of goodwill or does he honestly care about rebuilding Lebanon's roads/bridges?

[nick_ua]

great pics today
wonna go to Germany right now

[madpendos]

great pics today
wonna go to Germany right now

without T-34 ?

[BusterHyman]

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Czech Republika !1Strong!1
;)

Radar O'Reilly?

[Daniel San]

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I will never get used to seeing a white Leclerc! Nice pictures He, as usual!

[Switek]

R.I.P.

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An Israeli woman sits next to the graves of fallen Israeli soldiers during a memorial ceremony commemorating the 1973 Middle East War, in the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem October 3, 2006.
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An Israeli man walks next to the graves of fallen Israeli soldiers during a memorial ceremony commemorating the 1973 Middle East War, in the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem October 3, 2006
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Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz kisses a gravestone during a memorial ceremony commemorating the 1973 Middle East War at the military cemetery in Tel Aviv October 3, 2006.
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Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz (L) stands near an Israeli soldier during a memorial ceremony commemorating the 1973 Middle East War at the military cemetery in Tel Aviv October 3, 2006.

[Kevlarhead]

Radar O'Reilly?

LOL... Was thinking exactly the same thing...

[Capit]

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Smoke billows from a burning armoured vehicle of a Canadian military convoy after in Kandahar on Tuesday. (AP / Allauddin Khan)

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Heavy smoke billows from a burning armored vehicle of a Canadian military convoy after a suicide bomber rammed into the convoy in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP / Allauddin Khan)

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Kandahar, Afghanistan

A CanadianTaurus, Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV), makes it's way across the tarmac at the Kandahar Air Field after delivery on a C-17 Transport Aircraft (back ground). Weighing in at nearly 100,000lbs the ARV will be used by the Electrical Machanical Engineers (EME) to recover Leopard Tanks and other disabled vehicles in the field which have bogged down or require maintenance due to mechanical failure.

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Finally... With a good bridge like this one Hezbollah can get back about the business of shipping Iranian rockets to Southern Lebanon and illegal narcotics to Europe for the Syrians.

[Switek]

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Baghdad, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman comes out of her house to see US soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat team perform a scouting mission in her street in Obeidi, eastern Baghdad, 02 October 2006. US forces are preparing to mount security operations in Shiite districts of east Baghdad, a bastion of radical anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia and the base of some of the sectarian death squads operating in the city. AFP PHOTO/DAVE CLARK (Photo credit should read DAVE CLARK/AFP/***** Images)
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Markaba, LEBANON: Spanish UN soldiers patrol the Lebanese southern village of Markaba, 02 October 2006. Lebanon deployed its army on its southern border with Israel for the first time in almost 40 years, vowing to reassert control in the area by stopping attacks and arms smuggling. At a ceremony to mark the occasion, army commander Brigadier General Michel Sleiman called on his troops to confront any violations of an August 14 UN-brokered ceasefire that ended Israel's 34-day war against Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/MUSTAPHA MAHMOUD (Photo credit should read MUSTAPHA MAHMOUD/AFP/***** Images)
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Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS: A man is held under arrest at a police station during security joint operations between the Honduran police and the Army 02 October, 2006 in Tegucigalpa in the eve of a regional summit. The heads of state of Central American countries alongside with United States, Dominican Republic and Taiwan's observers will gather Tuesday to discuss crime issues, specially those related to juvenile gangs. AFP PHOTO/Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/***** Images)
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Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS: A Honduran soldier guards people under arrest at a police station during security joint operations with the police 02 October, 2006 in Tegucigalpa in the eve of a regional summit. The heads of state of Central American countries alongside with United States, Dominican Republic and Taiwan's observers will gather Tuesday to discuss crime issues, specially those related to juvenile gangs. AFP PHOTO/Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/***** Images)
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Amritsar, INDIA: An Indian official of Punjab Police' Special Narcotics Cell displays part of four kilograms of high grade heroin, worth 40 million Indian Rupees (873,500 USD) in the international market, after a seizure near the international bus terminal in Amritsar, in India's northwestern state of Punjab, 03 October 2006. Police arrested three alleged smugglers in the case. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/***** Images)
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Kabul, AFGHANISTAN: A suspected Afghan militant sits beside a display of automatic weapons in Kabul, 03 October 2006, after being stopped by security forces in the Afghan capital. Police seized dozens of weapons hidden in almond and pistachio sacks being smuggled into Kabul. The haul was unusual because guns are more often smuggled out of the heavily secured city to the provinces, where a Taliban-led insurgency is raging, said General Ali Shah Paktiawal, Kabul's police criminal investigation chief. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Kabul, AFGHANISTAN: A suspected Afghan militant sits beside a display of automatic weapons in Kabul, 03 October 2006, after being stopped by security forces in the Afghan capital. Police seized dozens of weapons hidden in almond and pistachio sacks being smuggled into Kabul. The haul was unusual because guns are more often smuggled out of the heavily secured city to the provinces, where a Taliban-led insurgency is raging, said General Ali Shah Paktiawal, Kabul's police criminal investigation chief. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images
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Beirut, LEBANON: Belgian UN soldiers stand in line as they wait to board a bus upon their arrival at Beirut airport, 03 October 2006. Some 150 Belgian soldiers arrived in Beirut as part of UN peacekeeping troops in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time in more than two centuries on a mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. A first group of some 20 soldiers flew in to Beirut airport and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane, part of an aid effort outside the umbrella of United Nations peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: A robot for explosives is on display at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair that opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: An Italian Fiat APC is displayed at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: A model of the French Rafale fighter is displayed at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: Russian battle tanks are on display at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: Visitors watch the Russian missile systems at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens, 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems. The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: An US F/A-18 Hornet fighter is displayed at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Piraeus, GREECE: Iranian chemical and wehicle weapons are on display at the 'Defendory 2006' Greece's biennial arms fair opened in Piraeus near Athens 03 October 2006, with global contractors showcasing land, sea and air defence systems .The list of exhibitors at the October 3-7 Defendory fair includes national delegations from Britain, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, among the 32 countries present. AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/***** Images)
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Palestinian Fatah militants march in the village Ellar near the West Bank city of Tulkarm October 3, 2006.
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A military police wipes a colleague's forehead before Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa's swearing in ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia, October 3, 2006. Zambians returned to work on Tuesday as fears of political violence subsided, and Mwanawasa began a new term after a bruising election race threatened unrest in one of Africa's most peaceful states.
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Soldiers look at weapons confiscated from suspected insurgents at an Iraqi army camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 3, 2006. About 250 insurgents detained in an Iraqi army camp in Baquba were arrested in Diyala province with assorted weapons and munitions confiscated from them, an Iraqi military official said
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Blindfolded suspected insurgents walk in a line at an Iraqi army camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 3, 2006. About 250 insurgents detained in an Iraqi army camp in Baquba were arrested in Diyala province with assorted weapons and munitions confiscated from them, an Iraqi military official said.
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A suspected insurgent walks past soldiers in an Iraqi army camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 3, 2006. About 250 insurgents detained in an Iraqi army camp in Baquba were arrested in Diyala province with assorted weapons and munitions confiscated from them, an Iraqi military official said.
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A soldier inspects weapons confiscated from suspected insurgents at an Iraqi army camp in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 3, 2006. About 250 insurgents detained in an Iraqi army camp in Baquba were arrested in Diyala province with assorted weapons and munitions confiscated from them, an Iraqi military official said.
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A French peacekeeper holds up remains of an Israeli shell to show the media in Kounin village, south Lebanon October 3, 2006. The French soldiers are part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL)
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*******/Ali Hashisho
A French peacekeeper cordons off the area around the remains of an Israeli shell in Kounin village, south Lebanon October 3, 2006. The French soldiers are part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL).
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Tirana, ALBANIA: An Albanian policemen secure the area around the Mother Teresa airport of Tirana, 03 October 2006. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 plane carrying more than 100 passengers was hijacked in Greek airspace after taking off from Albania and later landed at Italy's Brindisi airport. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU (Photo credit should read GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/***** Images)
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Tirana, ALBANIA: An Albanian policemen secure the area around the Mother Teresa airport of Tirana, 03 October 2006. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 plane carrying more than 100 passengers was hijacked in Greek airspace after taking off from Albania and later landed at Italy's Brindisi airport. Italian aviation officials say the apparently unarmed hijackers are in negotiations with Italian authorities for the release of the passengers. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU (Photo credit should read GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/***** Images)
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Tirana, ALBANIA: An Albanian policeman secures the area around the Mother Teresa airport of Tirana, 03 October 2006. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 plane carrying 107 passengers was hijacked in Greek airspace after taking off from Albania and later landed at Italy's Brindisi airport. Turkish authorities said they had identified the two hijackers, naming one as Hakan Ekinci and the other only as Mahmut. The passengers were released unharmed. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU (Photo credit should read GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/***** Ima
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Bogota, COLOMBIA: Silvio Hernandez holds a portrait of his son -police officer Elkin Hernandez, kidnapped since October 1998- during a demonstration in favor of the humanitarian exchange between the government and the leftist guerrillas Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 03 October, 2006, in Bogota. Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has agreed to withdraw troops from two towns in southern Colombia to carry out a prisoners swap with the FARC. AFP PHOTO/ Mauricio DUENAS (Photo credit should read MAURICIO DUENAS/AFP/***** Images)
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Paris, FRANCE: French president Jacques Chirac (R) talks to the new chief of army staff Jean-Louis Georgelin (L) and his predecessor general Henri Bentegeat (2ndR), during a ceremony to celebrate the end of his duty as chief of army staff, 03 October 2006 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. AFP PHOTO POOL PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)
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Paris, FRANCE: French president Jacques Chirac (L) reviews the troops flanked by general Henri Bentegeat during a ceremony to celebrate the end of his duty as chief of army staff, 03 October 2006 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. AFP PHOTO POOL PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)
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Paris, FRANCE: The new chief of army staff Jean-Louis Georgelin reviews the troops during a ceremony to celebrate the end of the duty of his predecessor general Henri Bentegeat, 03 October 2006 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. AFP PHOTO POOL PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers arrive at Beirut airport, 03 October 2006. Russian troops deployed in Lebanon for the first time since the 18th century on a limited and cautious mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. In an aid effort not under the UN flag, some 150 non-combat troops landed at Beirut international airport on two flights and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers receive their passports as they arrive at Beirut airport, 03 October 2006. Russian soldiers deployed in Lebanon for the first time since the 18th century on a limited and cautious mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. In an aid effort not under the UN flag, some 150 non-combat troops landed at Beirut international airport on two flights and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)
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Beirut, LEBANON: Russian soldiers arrive at Beirut airport, 03 October 2006. Russian soldiers deployed in Lebanon for the first time since the 18th century on a limited and cautious mission to repair bridges destroyed in Israel's war against Hezbollah guerrillas. In an aid effort not under the UN flag, some 150 non-combat troops landed at Beirut international airport on two flights and unloaded trucks and jeeps from a giant Antonov cargo plane. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police arrest an anti-Nazi demonstrator October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against a march by a group of approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police arrest an anti-Nazi demonstrator October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against a march by a group of approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Imag
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police escort a march by neo-Nazis October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against the march by approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Neo-Nazi supporters gather prior to marching October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against the march by approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: A neo-Nazi supporter listens to speeches prior to a march by neo-Nazis October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against the march by approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police watch a march by neo-Nazis October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against the march by approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: A neo-Nazi supporter with a shirt that reads "National Resistance" listens to speeches prior to a march by neo-Nazis October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against the march by approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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Leipzig, GERMANY: Policemen lead away a far-left demonstrator after protesting against a neo-Nazi demonstration in Leipzig, 03 October 2006. About 70 far-left protesters were arrested after clashing with police at a neo-Nazi demonstration in this eastern German town. AFP PHOTO DDP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN WILLNOW GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police stand near a a burning trash container October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against a march by a group of approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Riot police carry away an anti-Nazi demonstrator who had been blocking a street October 3, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. Counter-demonstrators protesting against a march by a group of approximately 200 neo-Nazis through the city became violent, hurling stones and bottles at police and setting fire to trash containers in streets near the march route. Police made at least 70 arrests. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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Leipzig, GERMANY: Policemen clear a street from burning garbage cans after far-left demonstrators protested against a neo-Nazi demonstration in Leipzig, 03 October 2006. About 70 far-left protesters were arrested after clashing with police at a neo-Nazi demonstration in this eastern German.AFP PHOTO DDP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN WILLNOW GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/***** Images)
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Leipzig, GERMANY: A Policeman clashes with a far-left protestor during a protest against a neo-Nazi demonstration in Leipzig, 03 October 2006. About 70 far-left protesters were arrested after clashing with police at a neo-Nazi demonstration in this eastern German.AFP PHOTO DDP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN WILLNOW GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/***** Images)
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Brazzaville, CONGO: Congolese soldiers stand guard in front of the coffin of French-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, draped in French flag, 03 October 2006 in Brazzaville. Solemn ceremonies began today in the Congolese capital for the reburial of the explorer, who founded the city exactly 126 years ago. The explorer, born in 1852 in Rome to an Italian aristocratic family, later acquiring French nationality, died in Senegal but was buried in the Algerian capital where he retired after a career in the French colonial administration. AFP PHOTO/LIONEL HEALING (Photo credit should read LIONEL HEALING/AFP/***** Images)
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Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS: El presidente de El Salvador Antonio Saca (C) participa de la Cumbre Extraordinaria de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de los Paises Miembros del Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA) sobre seguridad, que se realiza en el Club Campestre Bosques de Zambrano 35 km al norte de Tegucigalpa, el 03 de octubre de 2006. Los presidentes centroamericanos y el mandatario electo de Mexico Felipe Calderon, junto a observadores de Estados Unidos, Republica Dominicana y Taiwan, se reunen en Honduras para formar un solo bloque contra la delincuencia y especialmente las pandillas juveniles. AFP PHOTO/ Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/***** Images)

[Scorpion]

Sounds like a russian name. Is it common in Czech republic to have second names end with "-ov" ?

no, actually her father's name is "Kuchar" (means "cook"). If he would be "Kucharov", her name would be "Kucharovova". In czech and slovak, the women's names end with "-ova". (Except the male name ends with an "y". For example a guy named "Dvorsky" would have a wife and/or daughter named "Dvorska"). I believe in Russia you add just "-a".

[drgamtd]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/72075341.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=8AF8AF6A335E5B08B22D41FFBBCCD55D

Can our Russian friends identify what units went to Lebanon? They don't appear to be from the Airborne or SF... I would have thought that Monsieur Putin would have sent a high profile unit to, "show the flag" as the Americans say.


Thanks in advance,

drgamtd

[Greg27]

i don't know what unit they belong to, but jeez they look young...

[Wojsko Polskie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/28_03.jpg

Awesome pic!

[Macs.]

Can our Russian friends identify what units went to Lebanon? They don't appear to be from the Airborne or SF... I would have thought that Monsieur Putin would have sent a high profile unit to, "show the flag" as the Americans say.


Thanks in advance,

drgamtd

First Plane With Russian Combat Engineers Arrives in Lebanon (http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/10/03/combatengineers.shtml)

[Wiseman]

nevermind, someone already posted the same thing

[LaoSexMachine]

http://i.today.*******.com/pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-10-03T161637Z_01_BAG317_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg

"You are SOOOO going to get rape!"

[AlexNenadic]

I gotta get this off my chest. The next dumb**** who asks me "does Canada even have a military?" is going to regret the day he was born.

[SBL]

http://i.today.*******.com/pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-10-03T162140Z_01_ZMB10D_RTRIDSP_2_ZAMBIA-INAGURATION.jpg





I think this picture is pretty funny.
Any ideas as to what's being said here?p-)

[Victrix]

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/72075341.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=8AF8AF6A335E5B08B22D41FFBBCCD55D

Can our Russian friends identify what units went to Lebanon? They don't appear to be from the Airborne or SF... I would have thought that Monsieur Putin would have sent a high profile unit to, "show the flag" as the Americans say.


Thanks in advance,

drgamtd

to build bridges you have stroibat...

they're animals they dont even get weapons

[goat89]

Nice pics! Keep it up!

[Rictor]

Looks like Russia got new standard issue uniforms. They look all new and shiny, and more importantly they're all wearing a single camo pattern (which is something I haven't seen in Russian pics too often). I think it first showed up in a picture of Sergei Ivanov attending military exercises with Uzbekistan a few weeks ago.

[SBL]

to build bridges you have stroibat...

they're animals they dont even get weapons


Are stroibat units comprised of military convicts, or are they just really poor soldiers?

[Wiseman]

No they are not comprised of convicts. Think about it, would Russia send soldiers with prison history to help a foreign nation?

[SBL]

No they are not comprised of convicts. Think about it, would Russia send soldiers with prison history to help a foreign nation?

Logically no. I guess convicts was the wrong word, but when he referred to them as "animals" that was the first thing that came to mind.

[Wiseman]

He was joking.

[SBL]

He was joking.

aaaah, ok.

[drgamtd]

http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/b489267461c96439852571fb005b292d/$FILE/IMG_5289low.jpg

From the flightdeck of the USS Iwo Jima, Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit climb aboard a CH-53E Sea Knight before flying into Kuwait to begin a training exercise there. The exercise in Kuwait is the latest in a series of maneuvers the MEU has conducted since its deployment began in June. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Andrew Carlson

Hi Res:
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/b489267461c96439852571fb005b292d/$FILE/IMG_5289.JPG

http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/b6f885fb3589a057852571fb005c8e9a/$FILE/IMG_5286low.jpg

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit climb aboard a CH-53E Sea Knight before flying from the USS Iwo Jima to Kuwait for a training exercise. The exercise in Kuwait is the latest in a series of maneuvers the MEU has conducted since its deployment began in June. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Andrew Carlson

Hi Res:
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/b6f885fb3589a057852571fb005c8e9a/$FILE/IMG_5286.JPG

http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/2bed3db064f221c4852571fb005db837/$FILE/IMG_5338low.jpg

From the flightdeck of the USS Iwo Jima, Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard a CH-53E Sea Knight fly off the ship on their way to Kuwait to begin a training exercise there. The exercise in Kuwait is the latest in a series of maneuvers the MEU has conducted since its deployment began in June. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Andrew Carlson

Hi Res:
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/2bed3db064f221c4852571fb005db837/$FILE/IMG_5338.JPG

[Victrix]

Are stroibat units comprised of military convicts, or are they just really poor soldiers?

naw they're just soldiers with construction background....and those who didnt make infantry rofl

oh and pattern camo was a standard issue since 1998, they all look alike because they were issued with new uniform from the same stock

[EvanL]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061004/capt.47205dd516324f278b1041947e8697e8.canada_afghan_fallen_soldier_fng105.jpg?x=380&y=288&sig=J2dj_x.9M4DB4_LAAJ.HIA--

Carol Klukie, mother of deceased Private Josh Klukie, is escorted by Capt. James Davis, lefT, and Padre Kerry McLaughlin as she walks to place a flower on his casket in the back of the hearse during the repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. Following are sons Daniel and David. (AP PHOTO/CP,Frank Gunn)
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Carol Klukie, mother of Private Josh Klukie, is hugged by her son and his fiancee after watches his casket being carried to a waiting hearse during the repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP,Frank Gunn)
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Carol Klukie, mother of Private Josh Klukie, is hugged by Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor during the repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP,Frank Gunn)

[camerashy]

http://i.today.*******.com/pictures/galleries/newspictures/2006-10-03T161637Z_01_BAG317_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg

"You are SOOOO going to get rape!"
OK I wasn't going to say anything but I haven't been able to get this out of my mind for over an hour. HILARIOUS!!

[RECON DOC]

So can anyone tell me why the press is making such a big deal over the French snapping together a 65 year old (British designed) Bailey bridge?

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/72073074.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=8AF8AF6A335E5B0847B66B426DEE073A

Wow, beautiful. I dont know what gene pool she came out of, but it was most assuredly not from mine. My grandmother was Czech and to put it mildly, she was rather hard on the eyes. She had a face that could stop a train brother.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/31225061.jpg

Czech Republika !1Strong!1
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[Sergei]

i don't know what unit they belong to, but jeez they look young...

They are stroibat between 18-21 years old.

[Sergei]

Logically no. I guess convicts was the wrong word, but when he referred to them as "animals" that was the first thing that came to mind.

He was joking. There is a joke, that stroibat soldiers (construction batalion) are so rough and violent that they don't need weapons as VDV and marines, because they can handle their enemies with a showel. :D

[SBL]

He was joking. There is a joke, that stroibat soldiers (construction batalion) are so rough and violent that they don't need weapons as VDV and marines, because they can handle their enemies with a showel. :D

Ah, makes sense now. Thanks.