Today's Pic's - Friday, April 9

[He219]

Today's Pic's - Good Friday, April 9
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Sgt. John Meyer, from Leewood, Kan., climbs down a ridge in Afghanistan near the Pakistani border on Tuesday. Meyer and other soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, are searching this area for al Qaida, Taliban and other terrorist groups.

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Spc. John Jones, from Edgar Springs, Mich., sights down his M14 near the Pakistani border on Wednesday.

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Lt. Jim Estes looks for targets during an engagement with anti-coalition forces near the Pakistani border on Wednesday.

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Capt. Jonathan Chung, the commander of Blackfoot Company, sketches out a quick plan for an Afghan Militia Force soldier in preparation for checking an improvised explosive device (IED) on Wednesday. Soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, and Afghani militia forces engaged anti-coalition members (ACM) in southeastern Afghanistan. The ACM set an improvised explosive device and tried to ambush coalition forces as they arrived on the scene, engaging them with machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). No coalition forces were wounded in the action.

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Spc. Edgar Guzman, from Los Angeles, and Sgt. Nick Engelage, from Orange Park, Fla., mark their position with an orange “vis” panel on Wednesday near the Pakistani border so coalition aircraft can spot friendly positions.

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Air Force Capt. A. Rodell Severson and Airman 1st Class Kristopher Dunning, from Brookfield, Wis., signal to patrolling A-10s in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. Both are with the 354th Operations Group from the 354th Fighter Wing based at Eilson Air Force Base, Alaska.

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A Marine AH-1W Super Cobra flies cover over soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and Afghan Militia Forces,who engaged anti-coalition members in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday

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Air Force Lt. Jim Estes talks with Capt. A. Rodell Severson, an A-10 pilot and battalion air liaison officer from San Diego on Wednesday. Pictured with them is a soldier from the Afghan Militia Force.

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Left to right, Sgt. Cole Roupe, from Orifino, Idaho, Spc. Daniel Wert, from Milwaukee, Sgt. Christopher Loken, from Crestview, Fla., and Spc. Cole Crawford, from Tyler, Texas, look toward the Pakistani border as they sit on a ridge in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

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Lt. Shawn Ibe and Spc. Jose Rivera, a radio and telephone operator from Aguadilra, Puerto Rico, keep watch over a “Wadi” in southeastern Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

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Lt. Shawn Ibe, a fire support officer from Waupaca, Wis., works out of his Pashtun phrase book with villagers from Kharkai, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

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Border 4 checkpoint commander Maj. Nor Wali talks with Blackfoot Company commander Capt. Jonathan Chung, from Poquoson, Va., on Tuesday. The two have been coordinating their efforts on the border to locate al Qaida, Taliban and other terrorist elements. Blackfoot Company is part of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Richardson, Ark.

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Spc. Joshua, from Jamestown, N.H., and attached to the Sapper Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, rides atop an up-armored Humvee in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday.

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Army Spc. Colby Hover, from Moroni, Utah, makes friends with a little goat outside the village of Zan Shora, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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Army Lt. Jim Estes, from Lancaster, Calif., and leader of 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, and Bryan Hanks, from Spokane, Wash., pause Tuesday while walking down from the village of Zan Shora, in southeastern Afghanistan.

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Left to right, Spc. Lawrence Sims, from New Jersy, Pfc. Mike Doswell, from Atlanta, and Spec. William Baily, from Worland, Wyo., detain a terrorist suspect in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday. Soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, have been searching the area for al Qaida, Taliban and other terrorist elements.

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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter transports an M119 105 mm Howitzer over Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Army aviation and artillery assets are playing a critical role in Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. Photo by Sgt. Christopher Kaufmann.

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April 9, 2004 - Soldiers and Coalition troops from the Republic of Korea distribute blankets and humanitarian supplies in a village near Bagram, Afghanistan. The Soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment. By improving the lives of Afghan people, the Coalition is helping bring stability to the country and eliminating conditions favorable to remnants of the former Taliban regime and to Al-Qaeda terrorists.

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Spc. Paul Rains, from Tibbie, Ala., passes lip balm to Spc. Michael Slack, from Claremont, N.H., after a night spent watching the Pakistani border on Wednesday.

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The Minister of National Defence, The Honourable David Pratt, speaks with the President of the Republic of Haiti during his visit to city of Port-au-Prince. Operation HALO is the Canadian Forces commitment to the United Nations sanctioned Multinational Interim Force (MIF), which was created at the end of February and is scheduled to last for about 90 days. The mission of the MIF is to contribute to a secure and stable environment in the country, to facilitate the provision of relief aid to those in need, and to help the Haitian police and the Haitian Coast Guard maintain law and order and protect human rights.

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The Minister of National Defence, The Honourable David Pratt, inspects and speaks to Canadian troops during his visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons move into a precontact position with a KC-135E Stratotanker before refueling during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. The F-16s are assignes to the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif. and the KC-135E is assigned to the 940th Aerial Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons begin to roll into position for a rapid decent during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. The F-16s are assigned to the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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A B-17 named the Aluminum Overcast, takes off on the second of two media flights at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 8, 2004. The public has the opportunity to tour and fly in the vintage B-17 bomber this weekend in Oklahoma City, in the first stop of a national tour. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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This is a handout photo from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center of "Spinner" made in August of 2003 during a test in Pittsburgh. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has given Carnegie Mellon $5.5 million to devlop the Spinner, a five-ton combat vehicle that could operate on almost any terrain under any conditions , without a foot on a pedal or a hand on a steering wheel.(AP Photo/CMU)

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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 6, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) catches the wire to make a successful arrested landing on the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently at sea conducting Joint Training Force Exercises (JTFEX) off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Andre Rhoden. (RELEASED)

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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 6, 2004) - Lt. Cmdr. James Logsdon, of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., straps into the cockpit of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently at sea conducting training exercises. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas. (RELEASED)

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April 9, 2004 - Soldiers in a humvee prepare to drive through a checkpoint manned by Polish troops who are providing security services at the main entrance to Camp Babylon, Iraq. U.S. Soldiers are working closely with their Coalition allies to bring stability and prosperity to Iraq in the aftermath of the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

This image posted yesterday ...

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April 8, 2004 - U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. John Abizaid, second from right, is escorted by Polish troops during a visit to Camp Babylon, Iraq. Abizaid received a briefing on operations happening conducted in the area. A polish general is in command of the Multinational Division Central South, which is comprised of 21 different nations. Photo by Department of Defense.

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April 9, 2004 -Col. Robert Dean fires a 9 mm pistol while moving during a Close Quarters Marksmanship (CQM) drill at the Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait. The CQM drill is a portion of the Entry Control Point range required for all security forces in theater. Dean is commander of the 114th Area Support Group and attended the range with the senior leaders of the 377th Theater Support Command

[Vance]

Nice pics :D

[Vance]

Oh, and this to add, was posted on CNN's front page for awhile, I found it very moving.

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Marines pray over a dead comrade

RIP :(

[Gordon]

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We got the animals on our side, now for the next step.

[seruriermarshal]

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Marines pray over a dead comrade


RIP :(

[MVSpartan117]

RIP :(

[Merik]

Whats the little green pouch on the legs of the Airborne troops in the first five pics? Are those ammo pouches?

[MVSpartan117]

Spent mag puches maybe?

They're too small to be Gas masks bags

[The .45 says...]

Knee pads. They are too tight to wear on you knees when walking so you slide 'em down around your ankles.

[Seoulstriker]

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Army Spc. Colby Hover, from Moroni, Utah, makes friends with a little goat outside the village of Zan Shora, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

hahaha. nice caption. :lol:

[Seoulstriker]

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whoa, what kind of body armor?



fantastic pics today, he219! (armytimes has some great captions. :) )

[The .45 says...]

The soldiers are wearing Interceptor. The guy with a sandbag over his head, who knows.

[He219]

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U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment prepare a mortar to fire in the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 9, 2004. U.S. Marines have been fighting insurgents in several neighborhoods in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah in order to regain control of the city. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment fire mortar shells in the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 9, 2004. U.S. Marines have been fighting insurgents in several neighborhoods in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah in order to regain control of the city. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents wave their national flag as they celebrate in front of a burning US military tanker after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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Iraqi youths hold a U.S. military uniform near a convoy of burning fuel trucks after they were attacked in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib April 9, 2004. Insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy carrying fuel west of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least nine people, witnesses said. *******/Akram Saleh

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents celebrate after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: An Iraqi celebrates as he carries a pair of boots belonging to the driver of a US military tanker after insurgents attacked a US military convoy 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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I say a strafing run would be entirely appropriate .. Napalm perhaps?

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents celebrate in front of a burning US military tanker after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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No wonder why Saddam killed them wholesale ..

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents celebrate in front of a burning US military tanker after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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Iraqi youths plunder a convoy of burning fuel trucks after they were attacked in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib April 9, 2004. Insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy carrying fuel west of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least nine people, witnesses said. *******/Akram Saleh

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Is that a Polish Beryl? ...................................................^

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents celebrate after attacking a US military convoy 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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Terminate w/ extreme prejudice ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: An Iraqi insurgent brandishes his Kalashnikov while celebrating in front of a burning US military tanker, part of a military convoy, attacked 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: An Iraqi Sunni Muslim insurgent shoots as US military tanker burns after being attacked 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: An Iraqi Sunni Muslim insurgent stands out from the rooftop of a car as smoke billows from a burning US military tanker, part of a military convoy, attacked 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: A US military helicopter flies over a burning US military tanker, part of a military convoy, attacked 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: A US tank arrives at the site where a US military tanker burns after being attacked 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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An Iraqi fireman tries to douse a burning supply truck after a mob set it ablaze on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 9, 2004. A witness said a crowd had merely suspected the truck was being used to bring food for American military personel when they attacked it. (AP Photo/ Micah Garen)

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U.S. Army troops pass a burned truck after it was attacked in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib April 9, 2004. Bloody turmoil reigned in Iraq (news - web sites) on Friday, the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s fall, with Sunni and Shi'ite rebels battling U.S.-led forces and holding three Japanese and other foreign hostages. *******/Akram Saleh

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On the anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, an American soldier removes posters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that were hanging Friday April 9 2004 on a statue on Firdos Square in Baghdad, Iraq. One year ago, U.S. soldiers pulled down Saddam Hussein's statue from this very place. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi man stands guard as Iraqi Sunni Muslims perform the Friday midday prayer at Baghdad's Umm Qura mosque 09 April 2004. Thousands of Iraqis gathered in solidarity with the people of Fallujah calling for revenge. More than 300 Iraqis have been killed and 500 wounded in the US offensive launched after four US contractors were killed last week in Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/***** Images)

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Thousands of Shiite Muslims chant "Long live Muqtada al-Sadr" during traditional Friday prayers at the al-Hikma Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 9, 2004. The Coalition Authority has declared al-Sadr, seen in the poster at left, an outlaw and is battling with his militia throughout Iraq. Poster at right shows Muqtada al-Sadr's father Mohammed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines, watches the industrial area in Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he protects a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April, 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the supension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines, watches a window in an industrial area of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he protects a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April, 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the supension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines from the First Battalion Fifth Marines, guard Iraqis leaving in an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as they protect a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April, 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the supension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines, takes cover in an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April, 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the supension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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MIZORAM, INDIA: TO GO WITH INDIA-US-MILITARY A US Army soldier (C) poses for photographers with two Indian counterparts as they take part in a Indo-US army exercise in the Indian state of Mizoram,06 April 2004. Some 100 US army infantry soldiers and 120 Indian troops took part in training of unconventional battle tactics during the exercise organised by the Indian army's Counter Insurgency Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS). AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/***** Images)

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ISTRES, FRANCE: Colonel Patrick Morvan looks at a piece of the landing gear of French aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Lockheed Lightning P38 aircraft at Istres' military base, south western France, 09 April 2004. Saint-Exupery's plane which vanished July 31, 1944 during a wartime reconnaissance mission, were found off the coast of the Mediterranean city of Marseille 07 April 2004, the Culture Ministry's Department of Sub-aquatic and Submarine Archeological Research said. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who wrote the beloved children's story "The Little Prince", may have committed suicide, a historian said 07 April 2004 as wreckage from the author's plane was found 60 years after he disappeared. AFP PHOTO GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/***** Images)

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French diver Luc Vanrell poses next to debris of the Lockheed Lightning P-38 plane belonging to Antoine de Saint Exupery, during a press conference at an Air Force base in Istres near Marseille, southern France, Friday April 9, 2004. The Air Force had confirmed Wednesday that the plane, first spotted by Vanrell on the Mediterranean seabed almost two decades ago, belonged to Saint Exupery, the famed aviator and author of the beloved tale "The Little Prince" who took off on a World War II spy mission forthe Allies and was never seen again. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Looks like the supercharger..

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Fuselage debris of the Lockheed Lightning P-38 plane belonging to Antoine de Saint Exupery is displayed during a press conference at an Air Force base in Istres near Marseille, southern France, Friday April 9, 2004.

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Landing gear debris of the Lockheed Lightning P-38 plane belonging to Antoine de Saint Exupery is displayed during a press conference at an Air Force base in Istres near Marseille, southern France, Friday April 9, 2004.

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Militiamen loyal to Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum ride horses near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan in this November 28, 2001 file photo. The powerful warlord's forces overran Maymana, the capital of the remote Afghan province of Faryab, Thursday, April 8, 2004, forcing the governor to flee in what could be the biggest challenge yet to U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

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Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum is seen near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan in this November 28, 2001 file photo. The powerful warlord's forces overran Maymana, the capital of the remote Afghan province of Faryab, Thursday, April 8, 2004, forcing the governor to flee in what could be the biggest challenge yet to U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)


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Islamic Jihad gunmen look on as puppets representing U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon burn, Friday, April 9, 2004 in Gaza city during pro-Iraq rally by Islamic Jihad supporters. Thousands of Palestinians staged pro-Iraq rallies Friday to mark the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, calling on Iraqis to rise up against the United States in a holy war.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

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Far-right National Front protesters shout slogans and carry signs outside London's Finsbury Park Mosque, Friday, April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/John D McHugh)

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Right-wing National Front protesters shout slogans and burn an image of Osama bin Laden outside London's Finsbury Park Mosque, Friday April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/John D McHugh)

Good Friday Commemorations:

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A Christian carries a cross in a procession depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday in Bombay, India, April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)

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Filipinos Re-enact Crucifixion On Good Friday

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Christians Re-enact The Crucifixion In Seoul

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Sicily Holy Week Easter Processions

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Greek-Orthodox Archbishop Isihios carries a cross along Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Orthodox Easter Good Friday procession Friday April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

[Operation Ivy]

Those ****ing Iraqi's, we dont treat there dead like that, hope that tank shot them all the bits :bash:

[HELEX]

Sixgun, who of them are you? :lol:

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[FinnishMF]

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This picture is awesome woot

[Jack Mehoff]

Sixgun, who of them are you? :lol:

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=582340

Which one of them are you in this picture below me?

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[Gringo]

Why do u assume that just because the guy doesn't like extreme right-wingers(?) that makes him a terrorist?

[Jack Mehoff]

Why not? Six gun is anti-Islam and anti-Euro. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

[HELEX]

Why do u assume that just because the guy doesn't like extreme right-wingers(?) that makes him a terrorist?

Because he really doesnt like differing Opinions. ;)


Why not? Six gun is anti Islam. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

Just show me one anti american quote of me or something that says I enjoyed the things happened in Falludja.... Im waiting... :cantbeli:

[Gringo]

Why not? Six gun is anti Islam. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

I'm not anti-Islam, and hate terrorists. What does thatr make me?

[seruriermarshal]

Who's six gun ?

[Jack Mehoff]

Why do u assume that just because the guy doesn't like extreme right-wingers(?) that makes him a terrorist?

Because he really doesnt like differing Opinions. ;)


Why not? Six gun is anti Islam. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

Just show me one anti american quote of me or something that says I enjoyed the things happened in Falludja.... Im waiting... :cantbeli:

Keep on doing what you're doing. Hood will show you the same door just like he did to Sixgun.

[Sergei]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284186.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5262E3E973996BFAB7

I see the resistance fighters are getting their hands on some OG-7V caliber fragmentation grenades. Watch the guy in the middle.
Those are not anti-armor but anti-personnel charges for RPG, perfect for urban warfare.

[HELEX]

@Who's six gun ?

A KKK-right wing weirdo banned in this forum.

@Jack Mehoff

Just show me one anti american quote of me or something that says I enjoyed the things happened in Falludja.... still waiting....

[Jack Mehoff]

Nice lock thread

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11547

[HELEX]

I just asked something there, and as stated before I like the american People. So go give me a quote of something anti american I said. Or something positive about terrorists.

Still waiting :roll:

[kinghk]

9 april 1940
Germany attacks Norway and Denmark.
Denmark was overrun in about 24 hours, but the germans suffered some casualties in Norway including the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blucher.

http://www.godoy.gs.mr.no/2verdskrig/Marit03/blucher.jpg

On the way to the bottom of the Oslo fjord.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/SchwKreuzer/blucher-2.jpg

[Jack Mehoff]

I just asked something there, and as stated before I like the american People. So go give me a quote of something anti american I said. Or something positive about terrorists.

Still waiting :roll:

WTF? Read the ****ing thread. Why do you think it was locked?

[HELEX]

WTF? Read the f*** thread. Why do you think it was locked?

Why dont you read it yourself, you seem to be a little slow in Brainwork....


Beowulf wrote:


this thread has run its course...

End.

[Brozozo]

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This picture is awesome woot

What are you saying?

Personally, right now I have the appetite to see some pics of dead Iraqis.

[Gringo]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

What are you saying?

Personally, right now I have the appetite to see some pics of dead Iraqis.

that would be iraqi combatents?

[REMOV]

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Is that a Polish Beryl? ...................................................^Of course not! Beryl has completly different butt (see below).

In my opinion this is 7,62mm Belgian FN FAL battle rifle, He219, but I cannot say which model exactly 50-63 or 50-64 ;) (very similar butt has also Galil and very early models of FN CAL/FNC).

http://dboy.cpgl.net/russain/kalashnikov/foreign/polish/Beryl_1.gif
5,56mm kbs wz.96 Beryl assault rifle

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7,62mm FN FAL 50-63 battle rifle

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7,62mm FN FAL 50-64 battle rifle

http://dboy.cpgl.net/fn/fnc/cal2.jpg
5,56mm FN CAL assault rifle

http://world.guns.ru/assault/galil-sar.jpg
5,56mm Galil SAR assault rifle

[He219]

Thanks, REMOV!

More PICTURES!
:D

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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 7, 2004) - The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) cruises the calm waters of the Southern California operating area. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) successfully completed the Joint Task Force Exercises (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word. (RELEASED)

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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 7, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet, front, and a F/A-18E Super Hornet prepare to launch from the waist catapults on the flight deck aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) recently completed the Joint Task Force Exercises (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word. (RELEASED)

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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 7, 2004) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) launches from one of the two waist catapults aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) recently completed the Joint Task Force Exercises (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word. (RELEASED)

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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. (Apr. 08, 2004) - Lt. William Eastman, of Baltimore, Md., performs a pre-flight radio check with Aviation Electronic Technician 3rd Class Ryder Buttrey, of San Diego, Calif (background). Lt. Eastman pilots Search and Rescue (SAR) UH-3H Sea King helicopters based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris Otsen. (RELEASED)

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Oak Harbor, Wash. (Apr. 08, 2004) - Sonar Technician 3rd Class Justin Mosiman, of Portland, Ore., clears out of the target drop zone while team member's fast rope repel out of a UH-3H Sea King helicopter. Petty Officer Mosiman is assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven (EODMU-11). The unit is conducting fast rope and rappelling exercises to help prepare the team for real combat situations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris Otsen. (RELEASED)

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An Israeli soldier throws a concussion grenade at rock-throwing Palestinian youths, during clashes over construction of the controversial Israeli security barrier, in Beitunia, on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah, Friday, April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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As a cloud of tear gas floats by behind them, Palestinian youths take cover from Israeli soldiers behind a hill of rocks and dirt where they planted a Palestinian and Islamic flag, during clashes over construction of the controversial Israeli security barrier, in Beitunia, on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah, Friday, April 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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A Polish Army soldier takes part in an afternoon patorl around the perimeter of Camp Babylon, Iraq March 21, 2004. This was in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) (Released)

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A Polish Army soldier patroling the perimeter of Camp Babylon, Iraq, detains two Iraqi civilians driving a Volkswagon Bug suspected of having illegal weapons, while Staff Sgt. Nathan Germann, a videographer from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, documents the scene, March 21, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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A Polish Army soldier on patrol halts an Iraqi civilian from getting out of his car March 21, 2004. This was during a Polish Army afternoon patrol around the perimeter of Camp Babylon, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The civilian was checked to make sure he did not have any illegal weapons on him or in the car. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) (Released)

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Polish Army soldiers search an Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) member before he leaves the main gate at Camp Babylon, Iraq, March 18, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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From left: Colonel Anthony Cucolo, deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-180; Group Captain Gavin Howse, New Zealand Defense Force; Mohammad Abdul Karim Khalili, vice president of Afghanistan; and Dr. Mohammad Sharif Faiz, minister of higher education; applaud during a speech given at the Bamian University opening ceremony heldheld at Bamia, Afghanistan, April 3, 2004. The ceremony is the result of more than a year of construction and funding of almost U.S.$600,000 from the United Statesand New Zealand. The reconstruction was coordinated by the Bamian Provincial Reconstruction Team, which facilitates various civil and military infrastructure program to accelerate Afghanistan’s growth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl James Patrick Douglas) (Released)

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1st Lt. Mathew Koch, Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security while Sgt. Maj. Richard Ramirez, also with 6th Marine Regiment, has a look around the Bamian University campus during the school's re-opening ceremony at Bamia, Afghanistan, April 3, 2004. The regimental headquarters recently assumed command and control of the Bamian Provincial Reconstruction Team, which is responsible for coordinating funding and reconstruction of the university. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl James Patrick Douglas) (Released)

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Aviation Ordnance Marines give signals to the pilots of a AH-1W Cobra while they do a last minute check of the helicopter's weapons systems, April 7. The pilots keep their hands above their heads as a safety precaution while the ordnance Marines check the systems. The Marines are from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, which sent a small contingent of helicopters and personnel to Al Taqaddum air base in support of Operation Vigilant Resolve.
Photo submitted 04/09/2004 Taken by Sgt. Nathan K. LaForte

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The lead AH-1W Cobra takes off while the trail helicopter waits for its turn to launch, April 7.

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An aviation ordnance Marine watches as a AH-1W Cobra pilot taxis his helicopter to the launch point further down the runway, April 7, at Al Taqaddum air base, Iraq. The Marine and the helicopter belong to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 which is in the Sunni Triangle area in support of Operation Vigilant Resolve.

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A flightline mechanic walks off the flightline as an AH-1W Cobra pilot taxis to the end of the runway, April 7. The Marines and helicopter belong to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167.

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An AH-1W Cobra flies over the outskirts of Al Ramadi, Iraq, April 6. The Helicopter was providing escort to a CH-46 Sea Knight, which was conducting a casualty evacuation mission in the middle of the city during Operation Vigilant Resolve. The Cobra belongs to Marine Light Attack Squadron 167, which is in the Sunni Triangle area in support of the operation.

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KUT, IRAQ: A column of US military vehicles enter the city of Kut 09 April 2004. US-led coalition troops have regained control of Kut following fierce fighting early morning with Shiite Muslim militiamen.. AFP PHOTO/ Karim SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines patrols an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the suspension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: An Iraqi girl holding a child walks out of a house being searched by US marines from the First Battalion Fifth Marines in an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as they escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the suspension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines checks the documents of an Iraqi man living in an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the suspension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: An elderly Iraqi man salutes a US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines in an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the suspension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion Fifth Marines patrols an industrial zone of Fallujah, 50 km West of Baghdad, as he escorts a Civil Affairs unit visiting the area 09 April 2004. Periodic bursts of machine-gun fire were heard from the US side and rockets and mortars from the insurgents in the area after the suspension announced by coalition civil administrator Paul Bremer came into force. AFP PHOTO/Cris BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/***** Images)

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NAJAF, IRAQ: A member of radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr's Army of Mehdi rides with his RPG on the back of a pick-up truck 09 April 2004 in the central Iraqi city of Najaf. Ten Iraqis were killed and 20 wounded in clashes the day before in this Shiite city between coalition forces and supporters of the radical Shiite cleric. AFP PHOTO/ Karim SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/***** Images)

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JERUSALEM, -: Christian Orthodox pilgrims carry wooden cross past Israeli border policemen during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem 09 April 2004, as thousands walked along the route Jesus Christ is believed to have taken to his crucifixion. AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)

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JERUSALEM, -: An armed Jewish man passes by Christian Orthodox pilgrim during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem 09 April 2004, as thousands walked along the route Jesus Christ is believed to have taken to his crucifixion. AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)

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Andreas Vom Rothenbarth from Germany takes his turn during a match at the World Marbles Championships held at the Greyhound pub in Tinsley Green, England, Friday April 9, 2004. The winning team are presented with the Meux Cup which has been played for since the 1930's. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA)
p-)

[Operation Ivy]

woot Nice pics He219 and here's one i made p-)

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v60/OpIvy/Animation1.gif

[He219]

Very nice, Operation Ivy!
:lol:

[Seoulstriker]

nice, opIvy! :D woot



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damn, that toyota tacomas are really popular. :|

[SerbPVO]

Very imaginative...though I believe, the Iraqis took out that tank as well.

[Fenna]

:lol:

Artist

[Herrmannek]

nice, opIvy! :D woot



http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284885.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52D5A7FB05FF2CE7CD

damn, that toyota tacomas are really popular. :|

but wheels for it are not...

[Operation Ivy]

Very imaginative...though I believe, the Iraqis took out that tank as well.

ummm no

[Shadow]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284247.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF521A9B805C4E916F87
Hey Mom! I am on TV!!!!!
:D

[Parzival]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents wave their national flag as they celebrate in front of a burning US military tanker after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040409/i/r3635919379.jpg

Iraqi youths hold a U.S. military uniform near a convoy of burning fuel trucks after they were attacked in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib April 9, 2004. Insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy carrying fuel west of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least nine people, witnesses said. *******/Akram Saleh

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284174.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52B07ED914A1875D9F

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284152.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52AF7BEA4A30DC5F2D

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents celebrate after attacking it with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284182.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FBF51008A7DAE47F

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: An Iraqi celebrates as he carries a pair of boots belonging to the driver of a US military tanker after insurgents attacked a US military convoy 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. A US military convoy was attacked on the road leading Baghdad to Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)


Gah, That makes me so fu***ng angry. Just let them burn in hell f*****g Iraqis.

[MaDuce]

http://members.aol.com/hoovafatt/cc.gif

HELEX poses for a photo

[Undo]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

[cut]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

nice anti-finnish presumption there, you should be more open minded, do you honestly thin this guy is proffessing support for the insurgents?
Get a brain.

[Undo]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

nice anti-finnish presumption there, you should be more open minded, do you honestly thin this guy is proffessing support for the insurgents?
Get a brain.

Uhm...I don't give a damn what he was proffessing. I looked at the pic and looked at the comment. Seems pretty straight forward to me. So, uh...why don't you "get a brain" and try to amp up the intelligence of your response. "Get a brain," indeed.

[cut]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

nice anti-finnish presumption there, you should be more open minded, do you honestly thin this guy is proffessing support for the insurgents?
Get a brain.

Uhm...I don't give a damn what he was proffessing. I looked at the pic and looked at the comment. Seems pretty straight forward to me. So, uh...why don't you "get a brain" and try to amp up the intelligence of your response. "Get a brain," indeed.

like got to hell was an intelligent response? at least I had more to say you don't think things through, you jump to conclusion, just like the palestinians.

[AVZ]

http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/040318-F-2902B-011.jpg



has the polish army swiched to mountain bikes???? :lol:



Why does the shield on the HMMVE looks so different compared left to right of itself?????

[He219]

The asymmetrical shield is probably to cover reloading on the ammunition can side ...

http://photo.worldnews.com/PhotoArchive//uploads/2004/4/9/uploaded-46685_large.jpg

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3285034.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52F60F7EAA78B62A8D

BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier patrols the centre of Baghdad 09 April 2004. One year after the fall of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, US and coalition forces are now battling insurgence forces, militias, petty crime, kidnappings, smuggling and general lawlessness, while the Iraqi people still live lack of water, electricity and other amenities and worry about their day-to-day safety and the high unemployment. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284989.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5265217B698099FF7A

BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier patrols the centre of Baghdad 09 April 2004. One year after the fall of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, US and coalition forces are now battling insurgence forces, militias, petty crime, kidnappings, smuggling and general lawlessness, while the Iraqi people still live lack of water, electricity and other amenities and worry about their day-to-day safety and the high unemployment. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3290088.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4DED7CF8E0F3E8194FFCA5814482B08

TAINAN, TAIWAN: US forensic scientists use a laser to determine the point where a bullet was fired at the jeep in which President Chen Shui-bian was shot in Tainan, 09 April 2004. A US forensic scientist in Taiwan to investigate the pre-election shooting of President Chen Shui-bian, which the opposition says may have been staged to swing the vote, said, 09 April he had found new clues. AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/***** Images)

[Undo]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

nice anti-finnish presumption there, you should be more open minded, do you honestly thin this guy is proffessing support for the insurgents?
Get a brain.

Uhm...I don't give a damn what he was proffessing. I looked at the pic and looked at the comment. Seems pretty straight forward to me. So, uh...why don't you "get a brain" and try to amp up the intelligence of your response. "Get a brain," indeed.

like got to hell was an intelligent response? at least I had more to say you don't think things through, you jump to conclusion, just like the palestinians.

So I saw a picture that seems to clearly say "hoorah, the iraqis killed some Americans/civilian contractors" and I expressed my feelings. You call me anti-Finnish? Then I explain the context of my post and you compare me to a Palestinian, as if it is an insult? Look, friend, I don't know what your problem is, but if it means that much to you, you can win this little pissing contest. I have no use for asshats who are of the opinion that the image in question was somehow cause for celebration and I don't know why it seems to matter so much to you. I have no anti-this or anti-that agenda. You seem to be presuming an aweful lot with no justification or rationale. You feel like pissing up a pole, feel free, but you won't get far with me.

[Whistler]

nice, opIvy! :D woot



http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284885.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52D5A7FB05FF2CE7CD

damn, that toyota tacomas are really popular. :|

I think thats a Nissan Frontier (or whatever they call them in the Mideast) woot .

[Salty Dog]

nice, opIvy! :D woot



http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284885.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52D5A7FB05FF2CE7CD

damn, that toyota tacomas are really popular. :|

I think thats a Nissan Frontier (or whatever they call them in the Mideast) woot .

i have a frontier....but mine is better....does that make me an iraqi insuregent?!?! :oops: :P

[dez000]

Why not? Six gun is anti-Islam and anti-Euro. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

So it's ok to be anti-Euro but it isn't ok to be anti-American? Or did I misunderstood?

[perdurabo]

has the polish army swiched to mountain bikes???? :lol:
yes yes they are much better protected than our Leo2A4 and with much greater fire power... rofl
you know bike is quite fast and good much better than your "Foots mk1"
....
But i smiled at this photo too :)

[Felix]

Do you guys seriously think that American soldiers aren't capable of being cruel? Every man on earth has that capacity.

Furthermore, in none of these pictures do I see the Iraqis disrespecting the bodies at all. Yea, they are searching the pockets, so what? Its standard practice in all armed forces to search enemy bodies.

And please, do not accuse me of being anti-american, because I'm not, I served my country for 5 years, and I would die defending this country. I just think it was pointless to go to Iraq. **** em. Why should we care they weren't free? we've helped plenty of dictators before. We even used to be freindly with Saddam.

[Parzival]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

nice anti-finnish presumption there, you should be more open minded, do you honestly thin this guy is proffessing support for the insurgents?
Get a brain.

Uhm...I don't give a damn what he was proffessing. I looked at the pic and looked at the comment. Seems pretty straight forward to me. So, uh...why don't you "get a brain" and try to amp up the intelligence of your response. "Get a brain," indeed.

like got to hell was an intelligent response? at least I had more to say you don't think things through, you jump to conclusion, just like the palestinians. Idiot, Don´t you understand that a picture that shows Iraqis murders in a just minutes before have killed civillian americans etc and a guys comment the picture like "This picture is awesome" makes peapole upset.

[American Patriot]

Goddamn ******* are colluding with the enemy.

[He219]

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DONETSK, UKRAINE: Members of Ukrainian 'Alfa' special police unit take a train carriage by storm during exercises at a railway station in Donetsk, East Ukraine, 09 April, 2004. AFP PHOTO/ Victoria SINISTRA/ ss (Photo credit should read VICTORIA SINISTRA/AFP/***** Images)

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND ? APRIL 9: A cloud of dust emerges as Mounts Bay a newly constructed landing craft for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary hits the opposite quayside of the River Clyde after sliding down the slipway into the waters of the Clyde, April 9, 2004 at the Govan Shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. The vessel which has taken two years to build will be used for delivering tanks or heavy equipment to theatres of war or scenes of natural disasters. (Photo by Chris Furlong/***** Images)

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040409/i/r2940195242.jpg
East German AK?

A member of the Iraqi civil defence force watches over a street in the northern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Mosul April 9, 2004. U.S. troops guarding Mosul's city hall were engaged by attackers and killed three of them. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen

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Members of the Iraqi civil defense force crouch while guarding Mosul's city hall in the northern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Mosul April 9, 2004. U.S. troops guarding Mosul's city hall were engaged by attackers and killed three of them. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen

[Jack Mehoff]

Why not? Six gun is anti-Islam and anti-Euro. HELEX on the other hand enjoyed it when those 4 Americans civilian contractors hacked to pieces in Fullajah the other day. Did I mention HELEX is also anti-American?

So it's ok to be anti-Euro but it isn't ok to be anti-American? Or did I misunderstood?

And guess what? Sixgun was banned while HELEX is still here.

[born_to_kill]

iraq reminds me of palestine :(

[[AFSOC]]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=582340

ok..WOW

you know your racist when...

Maybe they should worry about brushing there teeth rather then worrying about a mosque.

[Ekie]

I really enjoy this board, and browse it daily, but hardly participate. Would be nice if we had a "ignore list" option like on ak-47.net. You know, an option that would allow you to go thru a thread like this one without having to be nauseated by all the nonsensical Euroarabian and or Islamofacist sympathizer posts.

[S'13]

iraq reminds me of palestine :(

More like Lebanon than the territories...

[mustamato]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?

[FallenAngel]

my gf's cousin is in the 1/5th Marines. He's an Asshole with a capital A, but I hope he stays safe over there.

As for the Iraqis, after looking at those pictures, I almost agreed with some of our more liberal members. Namely, bring our boys home and let the Iraqis get what they want. If they tear the country apart (again) then that's their problem. We try to help and what do we get? Cowardly attacks on innocent civilians and aide workers...

...and then I remember that's the "easy" and selfish way out.

[S'13]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?

No, it makes them civilized... :roll: :bash:

[Haiw]

Goddamn ******* are colluding with the enemy.
Err yeah... AFP, *******, they're all in on it! Kill them all! :roll:

BTW
http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7231/7231116.jpg
Have they copied the Goliath 60 years later? :D

[He219]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?

Your disdain for Americans is quite easy to discern. What's 'savage' is the murder of the civilian truckdriver, the vulturous looting of personal posessions and the euphoria they take in the in doing so.

Such behavior certianly is not civilized or morally acceptible to me; pehaps for you it is - or until the same fate meets a family member of yours, somother time and place, for all to see in the media.

:roll:

[HELEX]

http://members.aol.com/hoovafatt/cc.gif

HELEX poses for a photo

Nice, should I make that my Avatar? :lol:

[Jack Mehoff]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?

Maybe I should kill you and then loot your dead body while celebrating. See how you'll like it, hey?

[mustamato]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?

Your disdain for Americans is quite easy to discern. What's 'savage' is the murder of the civilian truckdriver, the vulturous looting of personal posessions and the euphoria they take in the in doing so.

Such behavior certianly is not civilized or morally acceptible to me; pehaps for you it is - or until the same fate meets a family member of yours, somother time and place, for all to see in the media.

:roll:

If we put it like this. The day you die, which could be tomorrow when a truck
drives over you the police will empty your pockets. If you die in 60 years by
a heart attack your pockets will most probably be emptied as well. I don´t think
anyone would call them "savages".

By the way, didn´t the caption (could be wrong though) say that it was a US
military tanker. Military targets of opposing forces in occupied countries are
legitimate to hit, and hm, I guess even US soldiers empties the pockets of killed
insurgents and don´t cry many tears for them. And I don´t think you should
say all too much about my so called "anti-Americanism", because you obviously
also have this "we against them (the savages)"-menthality.


Maybe I should kill you and then loot your dead body while celebrating. See how you'll like it, hey?

How would I know how it feels if I´m already dead?

[Haiw]

Well no offense, but when someone's dead already I don't think it makes any difference if you take the money from his wallet or not...

[Ratamacue]

If we put it like this. The day you die, which could be tomorrow when a truck
drives over you the police will empty your pockets. If you die in 60 years by
a heart attack your pockets will most probably be emptied as well. I don´t think
anyone would call them "savages".

That is the stupidest comparison I've ever heard. They empty your pockets for identification and to give the possessions on you to your next of kin or to be used as evidence in a trial. You're not a stupid person, I don't understand how someone such as yourself could make such a blatantly misleading comparison of two completely different situations.

[Fintin]

i would say doing anything to a dead body other then putting it in a box and properly buring it is well savage like...we need to just cut them down at the knees and force them to learn they cant stop us

[b00n]

Well no offense, but when someone's dead already I don't think it makes any difference if you take the money from his wallet or not...

Same here, taking his guns, equipment, money that doesnt make a difference. As long as you dont burn him and drag him through the streets :fork:

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

Well no offense, but when someone's dead already I don't think it makes any difference if you take the money from his wallet or not...

Pretty much, its standard practice for both sides to search the fallen enemy for weapons and intel. It seems to come as a shock to most people though for some reason :roll:

[Ratamacue]

Well no offense, but when someone's dead already I don't think it makes any difference if you take the money from his wallet or not...

Pretty much, its standard practice for both sides to search the fallen enemy for weapons and intel. It seems to come as a shock to most people though for some reason :roll:

You really think these people are searching his body for "intel?"

[Undo]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?



Your disdain for Americans is quite easy to discern. What's 'savage' is the murder of the civilian truckdriver, the vulturous looting of personal posessions and the euphoria they take in the in doing so.

Such behavior certianly is not civilized or morally acceptible to me; pehaps for you it is - or until the same fate meets a family member of yours, somother time and place, for all to see in the media.

:roll:

If we put it like this. The day you die, which could be tomorrow when a truck
drives over you the police will empty your pockets. If you die in 60 years by
a heart attack your pockets will most probably be emptied as well. I don´t think
anyone would call them "savages".

By the way, didn´t the caption (could be wrong though) say that it was a US
military tanker. Military targets of opposing forces in occupied countries are
legitimate to hit, and hm, I guess even US soldiers empties the pockets of killed
insurgents and don´t cry many tears for them. And I don´t think you should
say all too much about my so called "anti-Americanism", because you obviously
also have this "we against them (the savages)"-menthality.

You are quite the fool, aren't you? Yes, military, police, and civil authorities will empty the pockets of the dead in order to either gather intelligence from them or determine the identity of the dead or to pass those possessions along to the family. Any chance that is what motivated these f@cking animals to go through this guys pockets? If you want to compare these guys to some element of society that goes through pockets, compare them to murderers and theives, because that is what they are. If you can't discern the difference, then I pity you. These guys are one step away from flinging poo at one another, but if you think this is civilized, controlled behaviour, well...

Also, this was a civilian contractor they are LOOTING, not a soldier.

By the way, well said He219.

[mustamato]

If we put it like this. The day you die, which could be tomorrow when a truck
drives over you the police will empty your pockets. If you die in 60 years by
a heart attack your pockets will most probably be emptied as well. I don´t think
anyone would call them "savages".

That is the stupidest comparison I've ever heard. They empty your pockets for identification and to give the possessions on you to your next of kin or to be used as evidence in a trial. You're not a stupid person, I don't understand how someone such as yourself could make such a blatantly misleading comparison of two completely different situations.

Well I wasn´t comparing the reason to why the pockets are emptied, rather
saying that emptying pockets isn´t "savage behaviour". But yes, in the western
and christian world it´s seen as rather nasty behaviour, in example German soldiers
caught looting were often shot on the spot by their own (maybe not according
to Hollywood, but according to the veterans and the historians). But well, those
are not neither christian or living in the western world. Their culture is simply
different. We are talking about something that happened in Iraq. Their culture
is the one that should be applied to what happened, not what we think.


these f@cking animals.

Actually they belong to the human species, homo sapiens sapiens you know.

[5jumpchump]

After reading a few posts I'm officially done with this site never to return .
****- place has gone to utter **** . By all . Stay alive . :(

[Claymore]

Well, this is a great place to find out why there are wars...as long as there are humans in this planet.

[Merik]

my gf's cousin is in the 1/5th Marines. He's an Asshole with a capital A, but I hope he stays safe over there.

As for the Iraqis, after looking at those pictures, I almost agreed with some of our more liberal members. Namely, bring our boys home and let the Iraqis get what they want. If they tear the country apart (again) then that's their problem. We try to help and what do we get? Cowardly attacks on innocent civilians and aide workers...

...and then I remember that's the "easy" and selfish way out.


Exactly FallenAngel, if we pull out now then we will be the whole laughing stock of the UN and of the rest of the world. Mostly the French and Germans will probably keep saying "I told you so" and all that BS for as long as they live because they are a bunch of ****s, not all of them but a lot of them. Then we will get blamed for the entire regions problems for the next 200 years or so all because we didnt just nuke the whole goddamn place.

And the Iraqis that shot up the tanker truck and were standing around celebrating. Thats the job of a A-10, just ****ing drop a **** load of bombs on their asses because they were stupid enough to stick around. I dont know why all these convoys are not getting CAS. Its pathetic planning and really sad.

[Marmot1]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284885.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52D5A7FB05FF2CE7CD
look they covered it with mud??? wonder for what??? to make is stealth ;) ?

[budanski]

BTW
http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7231/7231116.jpg
Have they copied the Goliath 60 years later? :D

Were the Goliaths capable of "spinning"?
Popular Science (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,405596,00.html)

http://i.timeinc.net/popsci/images/auto/auto0203rollover_B_438.gif

[Haiw]

Well no, but the Germans didn't have acces to the present-day cartoons for inspiration. ;)

[memphiz]

RIP :( US soldiers

[Undo]

Well I wasn´t comparing the reason to why the pockets are emptied, rather
saying that emptying pockets isn´t "savage behaviour". But yes, in the western
and christian world it´s seen as rather nasty behaviour, in example German soldiers
caught looting were often shot on the spot by their own (maybe not according
to Hollywood, but according to the veterans and the historians). But well, those
are not neither christian or living in the western world. Their culture is simply
different. We are talking about something that happened in Iraq. Their culture
is the one that should be applied to what happened, not what we think.



Great idea! So when coalition soldiers start beheading prisoners in a football stadium you won't say anything, right? Because we should look at this the way the iraqis do, right? Hey, as long as it happens in iraq, maybe we could set some of them on fire, too?

Damn, this is pathetic.

[Parzival]

GRAPHIC IMAGE! (http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284217.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52FFBFC9A922EF11EA)
F#*king Savages ...

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: The driver of a US military tanker lies dead on the ground as Iraqi insurgents empty his pockets after attacking the tanker with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

So emptying the pockets of a dead man makes them savages?
No, it makes them to heroes :roll: :bash:

[mustamato]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284186.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5262E3E973996BFAB7
Is that a Polish Beryl? ...................................................^

ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Iraqi insurgents celebrate after attacking a US military convoy 09 April 2004 in Abu Gharib, 15 kms west of Baghdad. Armed insurgents seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of Abu Gharib with the besieged city of Fallujah further west of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

http://www.army.lt/guns/gallery/F9.jpg
FN FAL Para

[redhawk_six]

Well no offense, but when someone's dead already I don't think it makes any difference if you take the money from his wallet or not...

Pretty much, its standard practice for both sides to search the fallen enemy for weapons and intel. It seems to come as a shock to most people though for some reason :roll:

You really think these people are searching his body for "intel?"

No, they're searching for supplies, things they can use. It still doesn't make a diffrence. Let me put it this way, if you were at war, thrown out there with only a gun and a couple of spare mags, you'd probably search every dead body you came accross for something you could use. Through out time, soldiers have always done this. In world war 2, US soldiers would search dead germans, taking medals, papers, weapons, etc as souveniers. How is this any diffrent? It's not. You can't condon what those people are doing, and not condon what US troops do all the time. You don't think marines search and take souveniers from dead Iraqis? You'd be suprised, it's very common for soldiers to do this. It's something that's be done for many, many years.

[Unit-Qz52]

They have just further demonstrated their inability to evolve with the rest of the modern world. Every place on earth has people like this, they just happen to have AK's and RPG's. This doesn't mean every Iraqi is like this, just the ones dancing and celebrating in the photos. Good job, those rebels are really making a case for why the rest of world needs them around.

[haze99]

:) Yes< He219, that would be a DDR MpikM (AKM) rifle! Good eye!!

p-) Hey!!?? REMOV! Mustamato!

Did you see on the first page, the GROM troopers with the US Generals? The one GROM tooper has a Romanian AIM (AKM) forward pistol grip on his Beryl 1996 rifle! (Kalashnikov, interchangeability, sweet!)

As for all of our arm chair warriors, since you are not there. You may as well just keep silent!

[atnadastra]

BTW
http://accuweather.ap.org/apdbs/Intl_Photos/views/mini/7231/7231116.jpg
Have they copied the Goliath 60 years later? :D

Were the Goliaths capable of "spinning"?
Popular Science (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,405596,00.html)

http://i.timeinc.net/popsci/images/auto/auto0203rollover_B_438.gif

I thought maybe they called it "Spinner" because it looks a lot like the flying police cars (called "Spinners") in the movie Bladerunner...

[Catch22]

Did you see on the first page, the GROM troopers with the US Generals? The one GROM tooper has a Romanian AIM (AKM) forward pistol grip on his Beryl 1996 rifle! (Kalashnikov, interchangeability, sweet!)


That pic was posted day before (He219 mentioned it) They're not GROM operators - there more regular commandos form 1PSK (1st Special Commando Regiment) from Lubliniec. They're seem to improvise with their issue Beryl rifles lately (various custom foregrips, flashlights) - just check some recent threads... And As for interchangeability among "members" of AK family it is indeed interesting... Maybe we get some more unusual examples.

GROM which is now operating (oficial info) as a part of 2bat/3rd SFG uses SF classics - various M4 SOPMOD combos lately fitted with Eotech Holosights.

[Argo AdAm]

p-) Hey!!?? REMOV! Mustamato!

Did you see on the first page, the GROM troopers with the US Generals? The one GROM tooper has a Romanian AIM (AKM) forward pistol grip on his Beryl 1996 rifle! (Kalashnikov, interchangeability, sweet!

These commandos are not GROM but from other Polish special operation forces - 1 PSK (1st Special Commando Regiment) [it's unit a little similiar to US SF, but rather like something between SF and Delta (CAG)]
And yes, in Iraq they sometimes modify their weapons using Romanian pistol grip. - edit: upss... "Catch22" was faster than me ;)


GROM which is now operating (oficial info) as a part of 2bat/3rd SFG uses SF classics - various M4 SOPMOD combos lately fitted with Eotech Holosights.
Is this an official info or only press info that GROM operates as a part of 2bat/3rd SFG? I suppose that journalists from "NTW" (polish millitary magazine) wrote that because they saw few pictures showing GROM operators using Humvee borrowed from this US SF unit. But of course officially GROM is under US SOF command so it's possible that this press info is true.

[talib_killa34]

Alot of that Iraqi punk- celebrating is sorta like a really crap baseball team getting creamed 350-0, who insist on celebrating every "base on balls" they get.
woot

All the hostages, the RPG's, the convoy bushwacks, the killing of 12 or even 100 coalition soldiers is militarily INSIGNIFICANT!


Don't let the pictures get you, stand fast. :|

[Felix]

Yea, your right, the death of 12 or 100 coalition soldiers is militarily insignificant, but not insignificant to public opinion and perception around the world. Not everyone in the world is as right-wing as people on this board.

Also, how the hell is ******* colluding with the enemy? thats reporting, good reporting, covering both sides. ******* has lost several people killed by AMERICAN ****ups. If it was pictures of dead Iraqis, nobody here would complain..

But to clarify, I agree, the insurgents all need to die, not so much for what they are doing, but because it will help speed along the process of getting out of the country and letting the wolves go at each other.

[cut]

]http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=582340

ok..WOW

you know your racist when...

Maybe they should worry about brushing there teeth rather then worrying about a mosque.

ok these guys are national front racists, insult them if you want but don't insult all brits

[Haiw]

If they're really so worried about it, then why don't we round up all those extreme-right jackasses and drop 'em in downtown Fallujah with a rifle?

[Mudcat]

Op Ivy. :lol: Like the cartoon.

[Operation Ivy]

Im glad you did, it cools me down making those p-)

[Vintendo]

No picking through a dead soldier's belongings alone doesnt make them savages. But that's completely out of contex. They were posing for photos and celebrating next to their bodies.
Tearing apart bodies, hanging them on a bridge and then dragged through the streets, all while cheering and celebrating. And those were not just fighters but the civilians living in Fallujiah. They've showed the world they're nothing but f**king savages and then cry and complain when they get shot at like they're so innocent.

[talib_killa34]

No picking through a dead soldier's belongings alone doesnt make them savages. But that's completely out of contex. They were posing for photos and celebrating next to their bodies.
Tearing apart bodies, hanging them on a bridge and then dragged through the streets, all while cheering and celebrating. And those were not just fighters but the civilians living in Fallujiah. They've showed the world they're nothing but f**king savages and then cry and complain when they get shot at like they're so innocent.

Those specific Iraqi's there present, at that very time and place, commiting those very acts, with camera crews there as the world's eyes....

those people are nothing short of PATHETIC lifeforms.

[ShotOver]

Hrmm... i'm thinking resurect the Vietnam pheonix program. Go house to house in these towns, and anyone with posters of stuff we don't like, then drag them outside, and put one in their chest, and two in the head.

Oh, and don't forget the covering of the body in pigs blood. Add's a kind of "This is for putting those bodies onto that bridge, you ****ers" feel to it.

That whole Fallujah, or whatever the **** it's called needs to say hello to Mr. Napalm.

[talib_killa34]

Hrmm... i'm thinking resurect the Vietnam pheonix program. Go house to house in these towns, and anyone with posters of stuff we don't like, then drag them outside, and put one in their chest, and two in the head.

Oh, and don't forget the covering of the body in pigs blood. Add's a kind of "This is for putting those bodies onto that bridge, you f***" feel to it.

That whole Fallujah, or whatever the **** it's called needs to say hello to Mr. Napalm.


Umm, we can't do that but still.... :lol:

[Desertpilot]

Exactly PT !!!!!!!!

House to house, find every last one of those who perpetrated this, kill them and there families, stuff them in the belly of a pig or sheep or what ever else they find "unclean" , toss them in a huge pile in the middle of the city and light the whole f#%#ing thing on fire.

Then sit back and watch the whole country come apart.

These pictures are disgusting and frustrating. I think what we need to understand is that an Islamic culture will never accept being ruled by anything other than an Islamic state. Not a "American Friendly" Islamic state, because that's worse than being in downtown Dallas to these people. They need to either be totaly broken in spirit (which will never happen) or courted as a nation with superpower status (which will never happen either)

The fact of the matter is this: we are in Iraq like it or not. With no pull out in the forseable future. Things like this are going to happen. If I were them, I would probably be doing the same sort of thing. BUT I would expect that if I were caught doing these things, justice would be swift, harsh and final.

Thanks for putting up with this rant...

DP's out...

[to free the oppressed]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284885.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF52D5A7FB05FF2CE7CD
look they covered it with mud??? wonder for what??? to make is stealth ;) ?
No, so it looks more ****ty now then when it gets hit in the future.

[ShotOver]

DP, the country has fallen Apart.

My comments were out of line, because im pissed off. It just sucks seeing these pricks kill people, and tear their bodies apart, and get away with it. While the Marines and soldiers sit there, watching that **** go on. I wish they could just give it a good "Let's do the village, lets do the whole ****ing village" yell, and run in there.

But that wouldnt be right, would bring us to thier level.

[millhouse]

Any chance of getting high-res photos of the bay area flight operation photos?

[FinnishMF]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

I put it absolutely wrong. I don't support their assaults against civilians.

[REMOV]

:) Yes< He219, that would be a DDR MpikM (AKM) rifle! Good eye!! p-) Hey!!?? REMOV! Mustamato!
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040409/i/r2940195242.jpg
http://www.gunboards.com/militaria/uploaded/haze99/2003122823042_92212643ucyYre_ph.JPG
Yes, you're right ;)

[SiFiOn]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

I put it absolutely wrong. I don't support their assaults against civilians.

So what is so awesome about this picture then?

[FinnishMF]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3284163.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=B4937501880CAF5263F28C3C252DD7D2

This picture is awesome woot

Go to hell.

I put it absolutely wrong. I don't support their assaults against civilians.

So what is so awesome about this picture then?
picture. Not the situation. It is hard to explain to someone who aren't photographer :|

[He219]

Any chance of getting high-res photos of the bay area flight operation photos?

Of course, millhouse!
;)

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040316-f-2907c-166.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/040316-f-2907c-166.jpg)

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040316-f-2907c-123.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/040316-f-2907c-123.jpg)

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_040316-f-2907c-143b.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/040316-f-2907c-143b.jpg)


OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons move into a precontact position with a KC-135E Stratotanker before refueling during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. The F-16s are assignes to the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno. and the KC-135E is assigned to the 940th Aerial Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

Wow! 8914 Hits so far on this thread since yesterday!
woot

[Desertpilot]

PT,
I too am sickened by these images. I agree wholeheartedly with what you said. Wasn't knocking on you at all.
:hug:
DP