Today's Pix - Thursday, April 5th, 2007

[Lancero]

BASSRA - - IRAQ
epa00976725 Iraqi Security forces inspect the crater at the site of road side bomb explosion in Basra, south of Baghdad on Thursday 05 April 2007. Four British soldiers and Kuwaiti interpreter were killed when road side bomb struck their vehicle in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra today, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said. EPA/HAIDER ALASSADE
EPA / STR / HAIDER AL-ASSADE

LONDON - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM
epa00976724 The 15 British sailors and marines freed from capticity in Iran, stand on the tarmac at Londons Heathrow Airport Thursday 5th April2007 after their arrival on a commercial airliner from Tehran. They posed for pictures for a few minutes before being transferred by Naval helicopters to the Royal Marines base Chivenor in Devon, south west England. EPA/GERRY PENNY
EPA / STR / GERRY PENNY

TEHRAN - - IRAN
epa00976491 Released British sailors at Mehr Abad airport before leaving Iran, Thursday 05 April 2007. The 15 British sailor are heading back to Britain this morning after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads unexpected announcement on Thursday to release them as a gift to their country. EPA/STR
EPA / STR / STR

ABU DHABI - ABU DHABI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
epa00976704 Air racers British Nigel Lamb (orange plane), Spanish Alejandro Maclean (yellow) and American Kirby Chambliss (blue) flying Thurday 5th April 2007 during a transfer flight to a temporary airfield in Abu Dhabi. Tomorrow sees the first stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Series, a high speed low level plane race with speeds of up to 400 km. EPA/Balazs Gardi EDITORIAL USE ONLY
EPA / HO / Balazs Gardi

MALAGA - GRANADA - SPAIN
epa00976660 Members of the King Alfonso XIII brigade carry the Christ of the Good Death during the procession celebrated in Malaga, southern Spain, Thursday 05 April 2007. Hundreds of spectacular Easter processions take place in Spain during Holy Week drawing thousands of people. EPA/RAFAEL D́Z
EPA / STF / RAFAEL D́Z

[Lancero]

BAGHDAD - BAGHDAD - IRAQ
epa00976639 A US. soldier secures the site of truck bomb explosion outside Baghdad TV. Station which is run by Iraqi Islamic Party (Sunni), at AlJameea district western Baghdad on Thursday, 05 April 2007. At least six of the stations guards were wounded in the blast. EPA/MOHAMMED JALIL
EPA / STF / MOHAMMED JALIL

MANATUTO - MANATUTO - EAST TIMOR
New Zealander peacekeeping soldiers stands guard in Manatuto, 60 km east Dili, Thursday 05 April 2007, after the roadblocks. East Timor geared up for its first presidential elections on 09 April 2007 since its independence in 2002 after 24 years under Indonesian rule. LUSA/ ANTONIO COTRIM
LUSA / STF / ANTONIO COTRIM

MANATUTO - MANATUTO - EAST TIMOR
UNpol Pakistani police stands guard in Manatuto, 60 km east Dili, Thursday 05 April 2007, after the roadblocks. East Timor geared up for its first presidential elections on 09 April 2007 since its independence in 2002 after 24 years under Indonesian rule. LUSA/ ANTONIO COTRIM
LUSA / STF / ANTONIO COTRIM

MANATUTO - MANATUTO - EAST TIMOR
epa00976633 An Australian peacekeeping soldier during a patrol in Manatuto, 60 km east Dili, Thursday 05 April 2007, after the roadblocks. East Timor geared up for its first presidential elections on 09 April 2007 since its independence in 2002 after 24 years under Indonesian rule. EPA/ANTONIO COTRIM
EPA / STF / ANTONIO COTRIM

BAIKONUR - ALMA-ATA - KAZAKHSTAN
epa00976566 A security man stands guard as the Soyuz TMA10 rocket booster is being erected at a launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 05 April 2007. Launch of the new crew (Russian Oleg Kotov, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Space tourist Charles Simonyi of the U.S) to the International Space Station is set up on 07 April. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY
EPA / STF / SERGEI ILNITSKY

ULAN BATOR - ULAN BATOR - MONGOLIA
epa00976457 As police officers guard the entrance of Government House, Civil Society movements and members of the public demonstrate at the steps during the opening of the spring Parliament session, Ulan Bator, Thursday 5th April 2007. The organisations are demanding the resignation of the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Ts. Nyamdorj, and are calling the Mongolian Revolutionary Party to account on 7 charges, including corruption and embezzlement. EPA/CARL WHETHAM
EPA / STR / CARL WHETHAM

YALA - - THAILAND
epa00976435 A Thai police officer guards as his comrades inspecting a bomb attack scene at a mosque in Yala province southern Thailand, Thursday 05 April 2007. Suspected Muslim militants hurled a bomb into a crowd early Thursday morning at a mosque wounding at least 14 worshippers in open flaunting of a military curfew, police said. Nearly 2,000 people have died in government crackdowns bombings revenge killings and beheadings since 2004 in three Muslim majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. EPA/NAKARIN CHINNAWORNKOMOL
EPA / STR / NAKARIN CHINNAWORNKOMOL

HONIARA - HONIARA - SOLOMON ISLANDS
epa00976359 French Air Force military personnel and a local volunteer passe close to an aircraft bounded for Gizo with UNICEF medical emergency supplies, at the Honiara International Airport, Thursday 05 April 2007. The tsunami hit region of Western Province especially the Gizo island which is in need of medicines as the towns hospital has been destroyed by the tidal wave. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
EPA / STF / FRANCK ROBICHON

BOA VISTA - - BRAZIL
epa00976330 One of the three Brazilian Air Force Super Tucano airplanes which were forced to make emergency landings today, Wednesday 4 April 2007, near the Boa Vista airport, in the state of Roraima, due to a storm that caused the accident of a fourth plane whose pilot died. The four planes belonged to the First Aviation Squad travelling from Manaos to Boa Vista. EPA/Agꮣia O Globo/Otᶩo Coelho NO SALES***BRAZIL OUT***NO ARCHIVE* EDITORIAL USE ONLY*** EDITORIAL USE ONLY
EPA / STR / Agꮣia O Globo/Otᶩo Coelho

ZZZ - - AFGHANISTAN
epa00976734 Colonel Ahmadulluh Oria (L), Police Chief of the Tagab District, receives his diploma from, Army Lt. Col. James P. Leary, Task Force Gladius command group, after a Leadership Skill Seminar Wednesday 04 April 2007. Police chiefs from seven districts across the Kapisa Province received classroom instruction on ethics/values, leadership, community policing, map reading, running a tactical operations center, basic communication, hygiene and logistics. Completion of this course made them the first Afghan police leaders to complete this type of training. EPA/US AIR FORCE/OSHAWN JEFFERSON EDITORIAL USE ONLY
EPA / HO / US AIR FORCE/OSHAWN JEFFERSON

ZZZ - - AFGHANISTAN
epa00976735 Army Sgt. Cory Virtue (C)r, Army Staff Sgt. Larry Walker (2nd R), both members of the 235th Military Police Company 1st Platoon and Air Force Senior Airman Justin Richardson (3rd R), Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team Afghan Police Training team member, talk about classes during a break Wednesday 04 April 2007. Police chiefs from seven districts across the Kapisa Province received classroom instruction on ethics/values, leadership, community policing, map reading, running a tactical operations center, basic communication, hygiene and logistics. Completion of this course, April 24, made them the first Afghan police leaders to complete this type of training. EPA/US AIR FORCE/OSHAWN JEFFERSON EDITORIAL USE ONLY
EPA / HO / US AIR FORCE/OSHAWN JEFFERSON

MAZARI SHARIF - - AFGHANISTAN
epa00976753 A German soldier of NATOled International Security & Assistance Force (ISAF) photographs a Tornado jet fighter of the reconnaissance squadron 51 Immelmann after the six Tornado jets landed at the Mazari Sharif airbase, in Northern Afghanistan on Thursday 05 April 2007. Six German warplanes arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday as part of a mission to conduct surveillance operations for NATO ground forces fighting the Taliban. Germany currently has around 3,000 troops stationed with the ISAF as part of Provincial Reconstruction Teams building up infrastructure, schools and other institutions. EPA/SYED JAN SABAWOON
EPA / STR / SYED JAN SABAWOON

[He219]

Obrigado Lancero!
Nice pix~

The British crew, pose for photographers at the Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran Thursday April, 5, 2007 prior to their flight back to Britain. Fifteen British sailors and marines held captive for nearly two weeks in Iran arrived at the country's airport early Thursday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced their surprise release the day before

An armed police officer escorts British service personnel, as they leave their aircraft at London's Heathrow Airport Thursday April 5, 2007, after their return from Iran following 13 days in captivity

The 15 British service personnel released by Iran, from left, Chris Air, Chris Coe, Andrew Henderson, Danny Masterton, Paul Barton, Joe Tindell, Nathan Summers, Adam Sperry, Mark Banks, Faye Turney, Simon Massey, Gavin Cavendish, Dean Harris, Arthur Batchelor, and Felix Carman line up at London's Heathrow Airport, Thursday April 5, 2007, after arriving back in the United Kingdom, after 13 days in captivity. Man at far right is an unidentified helicopter crewman

Royal Navy sailors Simon Massey, second from right, and Kaye Turney, second from left, the only woman amongst the 15 British service personnel released by Iran, and two unidentified Royal Marines, prepare to board a military helicopter after arriving at London's Heathrow Airport, Thursday April 5, 2007, from Tehran. The 15 British sailors and marines returned home after 13 days in captivity

Some of the the 15 British service personnel released by Iran, board a military helicopter at London's Heathrow Airport, Thursday April 5, 2007, after arriving from Tehran following 13 days in captivity

Leading Seaman Chris Coe, one of the 15 Royal Navy personnel released by Iran, waves from a military helicopter at London's Heathrow Airport, Thursday April 5, 2007, after the sailors and marines arrived back in the United Kingdom from Iran, following 13 days in captivity

[Fireglow]

Nice pics again.
Good that the british sailors were freed

[He219]

Canadian Maj. Dave Broomfield stands by his Leopard tank on Thursday April 5, 2007 outside Kandahar, Afghanista. Troops of the Leopard tank squadron in Afghanistan are excited by the prospect of Canada getting modern tanks, but disappointed they won’t get to use them this summer

U.S. soldiers of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment run for cover after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007. At lest one Afghan national army soldier was wounded when a group of U.S and Afghan soldiers were struck while on their way to apprehend Taliban members in southeastern Afghanistan

An Afghan National Army soldier holds the hand of his wounded colleague after he was wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007.One Afghan national army soldiers was wounded when a group of U.S and afghan soldiers were on their way to nab talibain in the southeastern Afghanistan

U.S. soldiers of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment and Afghan National Army soldier carry a wounded Afghan soldier after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007. One Afghan national army soldier was wounded when a group of U.S and afghan soldiers were on their way to nab Talibain in the southeastern Afghanistan

U.S. soldiers of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment and Afghan National Army soldier carry a wounded soldier after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007. One Afghan national army soldier was wounded when a group of U.S. and Afghan soldiers were on their way to nab Talibain in the southeastern Afghanistan

Afghan national army soldiers guard an Afghan man for questioning after Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007. One Afghan national army soldiers was wounded when a group of U.S. and Afghan soldiers were on their way to nab Talibain in the southeastern Afghanistan. The man was released later.

Iraqi army's 3rd battalion troops get ready to leave for Baghdad from their base in Tuz Khormato, 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The battalion moved to the capital Wednesday as a part of the new security operations.

Iraqi army's 3rd battalion troops get ready to leave for Baghdad from their base in Tuz Khormato, 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The battalion moved to the capital Wednesday as a part of the new security operations

Iraqi army's 3rd battalion troops get ready to leave for Baghdad from their base in Tuz Khormato, 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The battalion moved to the capital Wednesday as a part of the new security operations

In this 2004 photo provided by Sharlene Martin, Michael and Christina Martin of Walkertown , N.C., are shown in Iraq in 2004. The couple want all the things most married couples take for granted, things like living under the same roof, putting down roots and starting a family. But they'll have to wait months before they can pursue them. That's because both of them are in the U.S. Army, and each has been serving in a different part of Iraq

RIP

In this undated photo provided by the McPeek famiily, Spc. Alan E. McPeek , is shown. McPeek, a Tucson soldier, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, of injuries in Ramadi, Iraq. Army officials are investigating whether he and another soldier were killed as a result of friendly fire. The families of the two soldiers were initially told they were killed by enemy fire.

A man looks at cars burning after a parked car bomb exploded in front of a TV station, Baghdad TV, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 5, 2007. At least six of the station's guards were wounded in the attack

RIP

Iraqis display a British helmet and pieces of a British military Warrior fighting vehicle that was struck by a road side bomb on their patrol in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Thursday, April 5, 2007. A British military confirmed the attack took place but did not comment on possible casualties.

An Iraqi holds a British soldier's helmet after a road side bomb on a British patrol in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Thursday, April 5, 2007. Four British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq, the British military said. The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said

Iraqis hold a British soldier's helmet and pieces of a British military Warrior fighting vehicle as they cheer after a road side bomb on British patrol in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Thursday, April 5, 2007. Four British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq, the British military said. The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said

Iraqis examine a crater after a road side bomb struck a British patrol in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Thursday, April 5, 2007. Four British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq, the British military said. The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said

Workers try to fix damage on oil pipeline caused by planted explosives near the city of Safwan, Iraq, near the border with Kuwait, Thursday, April 5, 2007. A bomb struck the oil pipeline Thursday, cutting off supplies and causing a huge fire, an official said

[Lancero]

Great pics He!

Al-Braej - Gaza Strp - ZZZ
epa00976778 Palestinian security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas take part in an armed exercise in Gaza April 5, 2007 EPA/ALI ALI
EPA / STF / ALI ALI

MAZARI SHARIF - - AFGHANISTAN
epa00976774 An Italian (R) and German soldier of NATOled International Security & Assistance Force (ISAF) stand in front of a Tornado jet fighter of the reconnaissance squadron 51 Immelmann after the six Tornado jets landed at the Mazari Sharif airbase, in Northern Afghanistan on Thursday 05 April 2007. Six German warplanes arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday as part of a mission to conduct surveillance operations for NATO ground forces fighting the Taliban. Germany currently has around 3,000 troops stationed with the ISAF as part of Provincial Reconstruction Teams building up infrastructure, schools and other institutions. EPA/SYED JAN SABAWOON
EPA / STR / SYED JAN SABAWOON

ROME - LACIO - ITALY
epa00976761 Italian police charges the area of supporters of Manchester United during the quarter final first leg Champions League match, against AS Roma in Romes Olympic stadium late Wednesday 04 April 2007. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI
EPA / STF / ETTORE FERRARI

[Swedish Chef]

Thanks for the great pic's, gentlemen!

[He219]

A Russian police officer guards the Russian Soyuz TMA-10 booster rocket that will carry the crew to the international space station as the rocket is transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 5, 2007. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Saturday, April 7, 2007

A Russian police officer guards the Russian Soyuz TMA-10 booster rocket that will carry the crew to the international space station as the rocket is transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 5, 2007. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Saturday, April 7, 2007

A police officer guards the entrance of the office of Ramzan Kadyrov's supporters group in Grozny, Chechnya, Thursday, April 5, 2007. The sign of Chechen flag colors shows a portrait of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and reads Fan Club of Ramzan Kadyrov. The widely feared strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was inaugurated Thursday as the new president of Chechnya with the blessing from the Kremlin, which has relied on him to stabilize the region after more than a decade of separatist fighting.

lol

In this photo released by the Mason City Police Department Steven S. Cole is shown wearing a woman's blonde wig and bikini. Cole, 46, a Wayne Township volunteer firefighter has been charged with drunken driving, public indecency and disorderly conduct after being arrested Tuesday, April 3, 2007 in a park in Mason, Ohio, officials said.

A Peruvian police officer hits a demonstrator next to the border with Chile during a march organized by nationalist groups in Tacna, Peru, Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The protestors, followers of Peruvian nationalist leader and former presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala, demand a solution over an unresolved treaty on maritime limits with Chile

Lebanese firing squad, check up their weapons before the arrival of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the Lebanese government house in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday April 2, 2007.

The motorcade transporting Hassan Abujihaad arrives at U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Abujihaad , a former Navy sailor, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he supported terrorism by disclosing secret information about the locations of Navy ships and ways to attack them.

Navy Admiral Gary Roughead, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, greets U.S. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, following a change of command ceremony, Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.

MN MIA CLOSURE This family photo shows Benjamin Franklin Danielson, the father of Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Brian Danielson, with his F4 Phantom fighter jet in Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam in 1969

A student looks at a name list of U.S. air force members who died fighting against the Japanese in China during the Second World War, at a war memorial in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, Thursday, April 5, 2007. A ceremony was held to honor U.S. soldiers, on Qing Ming, the traditional Grave Sweeping Festival, Thursday.

An F-117A Nighthawk, piloted by Capt. Tim Smith, returns to Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Wednesday, April 4, 2007, after a three-month deployment to South Korea

F-117A Nighthawk pilot Lt. Col. Mark Drinkard kisses his wife, Stacey, after returning from deployment Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Drinkard and three other Nighthawk pilots returned to Holloman after a three-month deployment to South Korea.

[Airborne_Ranger]

Nice Tornados! Good pics today....

[He219]

Unidentified German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) talk during the arrival of the Tornado jets at the air port in Mazar-e- Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, April 5, 2007

A German Tornado jet lands, as German soldiers, part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) talk, right, during the arrival of the Tornado jets at the airport in Mazar-e-Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 5, 2007. The planes will be used in a reconnaissance role in the south of the country-currently the scene of violent struggles-to support the operations of NATO troops under the command of the US. The deployment of the planes also means sending an additional 500 soldiers-on top of the 3,000 German troops already stationed there

A German Tornado jet is seen after arriving at the air port in Mazar-e-Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 5, 2007. The planes will be used in a reconnaissance role in the south of the country-currently the scene of violent struggles-to support the operations of NATO troops under the command of the US. The deployment of the planes also means sending an additional 500 soldiers-on top of the 3,000 German troops already stationed there.

President Bush greets troops inside a Humvee during his visit to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday, April 4, 2007

President Bush looks at an unmanned aerial vehicle as he visits the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Wednesday, April 4, 2007

President Bush watches a remote control robot used for disarming bombs during his visit to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Wednesday, April 4, 2007.

Capt. Pat Armstrong, center, talks to President Bush during his visit to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Col. Mark Calvert is at right..

President Bush visits the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., Wednesday, April 4, 2007.

President Bush speaks at a podium to soldiers at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Sgt. Dana Kline holds an oversized check for $62,000 at his Georgia Army National Guard armory in Macon, Ga., on Thursday, March 29, 2007. The check is a a portion of the $94,000 he'll receive for recruiting 47 new Guard members under a program that encourages ordinary Guard members to recruit the type of people they'd like to serve with. Kline has recruited more and earned more money than any other Guard member.

An Afghan national army soldier guards an Afghan man after he was detained for questioning after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April. 5, 2007. At lest one Afghan national army soldier was wounded when a group of U.S. and Afghan soldiers were struck while on their way to apprehend Taliban members in southeastern Afghanistan. The man was later released.

A U.S. soldier of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment patrols as an afghan youth looks on after after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007.

U.S. soldiers of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment stand guard as an afghan man looks on after after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007.

U.S. soldiers of B Company, 4th Infantry Regiment stand patrols after after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007.

Afghan shepherd boys sit on the hilltop near their sheep near Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan,Thursday, April 5, 2007

Afghan shepherd boys share a light movement as they prepare tea in Daychopan village in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan, Thursday, April.5, 2007

[haze99]

Hmmm, I would guess the Brit troopers didn't bring their weapons back with them from Iran? I wonder when will begin to see Iranian-produced L-85A2 and SUSAT optics? Hey, Kraf001 keep us update on this development!

[muck]

A very good selection of intense pictures, thank you!

[SoliDeoGloria]

[/quote]
those are some badass looking beards.

[He219]

Hmmm, I would guess the Brit troopers didn't bring their weapons back with them from Iran? I wonder when will begin to see Iranian-produced L-85A2 and SUSAT optics? Hey, Kraf001 keep us update on this development!

Not just the weapons, their gear and boats too.
They did the same in 2004.



hires

MARADI, Niger — A Nigerien soldier from the 322nd Parachute Regiment shoots during target practice facilitated by 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers here April 3, 2007. The training is part of Operation Flintlock 2007 which includes an interactive exchange of military, linguistic and intercultural skills for Niger and the U.S. The training will also help the host nation to respond to threats within and across their borders to maintain security and stability. The event, which is part of the U.S. State Department's Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership program, is part of an ongoing and long standing military-to-military relationship between both nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Larson)

[He219]

A very good selection of intense pictures, thank you!

You liked that fireman in a swimsuit, eh?

Twee parachutes in de Noorse lucht. Het zijn special forces tijdens een wintertraining. Hier voeren ze een tactische s****g uit, met hun volledige bepakking.
Foto: Jürgen Braekvelt

Enkele Zodiacs doorklieven de golven op weg naar het Texelse strand. De passagiers zijn militairen van 1ste Bataljon Parachutisten uit Diest tijdens een amfibietraining.
Foto: Jürgen Braekevelt