Todays Pics, Monday, March 3rd, 2008

[Lancero]

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The body of Mohamed Shreteh lays at Ramallah hospital, West Bank, 03 March 2008. Shreteh was killed today by Israeli settlers during a protest near the settlement of Talmon in the West Bank. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said Monday that despite the Palestinian Authority's declared suspension of peace talks over the weekend, negotiations with the Palestinian Authority would continue. At the same time, Israeli forces would continue to strike hard at Hamas

Palestinian youngsters clash with Israeli troops in the West Bank City in Hebron, 03 March 2008. Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday after days of fighting that killed more than 100 people and drew an appeal from Washington to end violence and rescue peace talks with the Palestinians

An Israeli soldier takes position during clashes with Palestinians in the West bank town of Hebron, 03 March 2008, which erupted after a protest against the Israeli army operation in Gaza. Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday after days of fighting that killed more than 100 people and drew an appeal from Washington to end violence and rescue peace talks with the Palestinians

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad donors blood for the injured people from Gaza, at office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 03 March 2008. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said Monday that despite the Palestinian Authority's declared suspension of peace talks over the weekend, negotiations with the Palestinian Authority would continue. At the same time Israeli forces would continue to strike hard at Hamas

Palestinian policemen stop Hamas supporters in the West Bank city of Nablus, 03 March 2008, as they protest against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. Israel pulled its troops out the northern Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, after five days of fierce fighting which left 116 Palestinians dead and 350 wounded, the highest number of Palestinian casualties in an Israeli action since the 1967 war

Lebanese soldiers stand guards as a Hezbollah supporter paints on a security wall in front of the United Nation house, during a protest against the violence in Gaza organised by Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, 03 March 2008. Hundreds of Hezbollah school children gathered today in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut to protest ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

Egyptians Opposition party supporters shout anti-Israel slogans, during a protest the violence in Gaza, in front of the United Lawyer in Cairo, Egypt on 03 March 2008

Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) and his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili (R), inspect a guard of honour during the welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, on Monday 3 March 2008. Later in the day President Mikheil Saakashvili will meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Sejm and Senate speakers and Warsaw University students

A member of the flight deck personnel guides an aircraft to take off position on the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of Pusan, South Korea 3rd March 2008. The Nimitz is in the area to participate in the exercise Key Resolve/ Foal Eagle 2008 - an annual South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise.During the week-long stay sailors will have a chance to participate in friendship building activities, meet local citizens and enjoy local recreational activities

Iraqi soldiers display confiscated weapons and ammunition inside a Military base in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on 03 March 2008, following a military operation in the outskirts

Chinese police listen to instructions from a senior officer on Tiananmen Square before the opening of the first session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 03 March 2008. The CPPCC is the top advisory body of the Chinese political system and the session precedes the annual session of the 11th National People's Congress which opens 05 March

A People's Liberation Army ceremonial brass band takes its place prior to the opening of the first session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 03 March 2008. The CPPCC is the top advisory body of the Chinese political system and the session precedes the annual session of the 11th National People's Congress which opens 05 March

Police with sniffer dogs patrol a vacated Tiananmen Square prior to the opening of the first session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 03 March 2008. The CPPCC is the top advisory body of the Chinese political system and the session precedes the annual session of the 11th National People's Congress which opens 05 March

An Israeli soldier prays nearby an Israeli tank that has been pulled back from operations inside the northern Gaza Strip near Mefallsim, Israel on 03 March 2008. Israeli ground troops and armoured vehicles pulled back into Israel early in the morning in what the Israeli army said was the completition of their operations in the northern Gaza Strip. Two Israeli soldiers were killed, as well as nearly 100 Palestinians, and Palestinian militants fired at least 240 missiles into southern Israel, hitting the port city of Ashkelon several times

Israeli infantry soldiers return from the Gaza strip into southern Israel early on 03 March 2008, after what the Israeli army said was the completition of their operations in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel lost two soldiers during the operations which included dozens of airstrikes and Palestinian militants fired at least 240 missiles into souther Israel, hitting the port city of Ashkelon as well several times

Colombian Director of the National Police, General Oscar Naranjo talks during a press conference at the Casa de Narino, the Government House in Bogota, Colombia, 02 March 2008. Naranjo said that documents found in a camp in Ecuador where Colombian troops killed a top guerrilla boss showed ties between the FARC rebels and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, including contacts with his government about political proposals

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa speaks during a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, 02 March 2008. Correa announced in a televised statement the 'immediate expulsion' of the Colombian Ambassador in Quito after his decision of removing his Ambassador in Bogota, Francisco Suescum, and requested an urgent meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the AC (Andean Community) in order to treat the issue of the Colombian attack in Ecuador. Correa also informed that he ordered the 'troops mobilization' to the Colombian border and demanded not only an apologize from the Colombian government lead by President Alvaro Uribe, but 'signed compromises' of respect to Ecuador

Ecuadorian soldiers stand next to bodies of alleged rebels killed in a Colombian air strike in Angostura, Ecuador, 02 March 2008. Tensions between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela reached a new high today after Bogota launched a cross-border raid into Ecuador, killing the second-ranking official of Colombia's largest leftist rebel group. Raul Reyes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was killed on 01 March in an air raid conducted by Colombian forces on a jungle camp located on the Ecuadoran side of the common border

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos (L) takes part in the funeral service of soldier Carlos Hernandez Leon during his funeral in Bogota, Colombia, 02 March 2008. Hernandez Leon was killed during a military attack against Colombian FARC guerillas in the jungle at the border with Ecuador where Raul Reyes, leader number 2 of the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Forces), was also killed by the Colombian Army

Portuguese policemen arrest a fan of Benfica soccer team moments before the start of Lisbon first league derby, Sporting vs Benfica near Alvalade XXI in Lisbon, Portugal, 02 March 2008

Israeli troops finish preparations on a small armoured vehicle base near Kibbutz Mefallsim before returning into the northern Gaza Strip for military operations on 02 March 2008

[sp2c]

well that's odd

US 3rd infantry division?

[MG 3]

US 3rd infantry division

Proof! The Americanos are involved.

[Lancero]

An Israeli gives the 'V' sign as he an others take shelter in the doorway of a reinforced bus stop in the center of Sderot, Israel, 03 March 2008, as a 'red alert' is sounded, signaling a rocket attack by Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip. At right a woman runs to another shelter. Some 240 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel since last Wednesday

Israeli children inside a shelter cover their ears during a 'red alert' in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon on 03 March 2008 morning, signaling a rocket attack by Palestinian militants inside the Gaza Strip. Several rockets hit Ashkelon this morning, hours after Israeli ground forces withdrew from operations inside the Gaza Strip. Since Wednesday last week more than 240 rockets have been launched from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, according to the Israeli army

A judiciary officer opens the handcuffs of defendant Michael W. (R) prior to the proclamation of the sentence in the trial on the Beutzow riots at the Regional Court in Guestrow, Germany, 03 March 2008. Four defendants received prison sentences of whom one has to serve two years and eight months in jail whereas the three remaining defendants were put on probation. Two defendants also received money orders and orders to perform community service. The court held the men between the age of 18 and 24 responsible for rioting after a town fest on 25 August. In the course of the riots the take-away of a Pakistani was ravaged and a Turk was beaten

An Israeli solider walks through a house in Ashkelon that was hit by a Katyusha rocket fired by Palestinian militants inside the Gaza Strip on 03 March 2008, hours after Israeli ground forces completed their operations inside the Gaza Strip and returned to Israel. Since Wednesday last week more than 240 rockets have been launched from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, according to the Israeli army

Palestinian inspects his workershop after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike yesterday, central Gaza City, 03, March, 2008

An Afghan man shows the ammunition recovered from a place on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, 03 March 2008. Afghan security forces unearthed a huge quantity of ammunition dumped years ago, on the outskirts of Herat

[He219]

Nice pix Lancero!

well that's odd

US 3rd infantry division?

Must be the 6th or so patch I've seen there ..
Doubt it's the same guy, lots of surplus GI helmets & covers in Israel!

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry wearing a scarf as protection from the dust whilst on active duty in the desert in Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan on Feb. 19, 2008. Prince Harry returned to Britain Saturday March 1, after news reports revealed details about his 10-week active military service in Afghanistan, and it was deemed too dangerous for him and other troops who would become a target if he remained

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry sitting in his Spartan armoured vehicle in the desert in Helmand province whilst on active duty in Southern Afghanistan on Feb. 19, 2008. Prince Harry returned to Britain Saturday March 1, after news reports revealed details about his 10-week active military service in Afghanistan, and it was deemed too dangerous for him and other troops who would become a target if he remained

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry, centre back, standing with other soldiers in his battle group as they pose for a photograph Feb.19, 2008, in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan. Back row, from left, Lance Corporal Frankie O'Leary, Corporal of Horse Paul Carrington, Prince Harry, Lance Corporal of Horse Chris 'Dougie' Douglass, Lance Corporal Steve 'Geri' Halliwell. Front, drivers GV and Max. Prince Harry returned to Britain Saturday March 1, after news reports revealed details about his 10-week active military service in Afghanistan, and it was deemed too dangerous for him and other troops who would become a target if he remained

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry, right, poses with unidentified Gurkha soldiers while at the observation post on JTAC Hill, close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base), on active duty in Helmand province Southern Afghanistan

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry, right, on patrol through the deserted town of Garmisir Jan. 2, 2008, close to FOB (forward operating base) Delhi, where he was posted in Helmand province Southern Afghanistan

In this photo made available Sunday March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry, back to camera, examins the leg of an injured local Afghan man, and tells him the route around a British Army cordon, with the help of an Afghan interpreter (out of picture) in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan. Prince Harry returned to Britain Saturday March 1, after news reports revealed details about his 10-week active military service in Afghanistan, and it was deemed too dangerous for him and other troops who would become a target if he remained

In this photo made available Sunday, March 2, 2008, dated 21/02/2008 Prince Harry, foreground left, talks to a local Afghan man, with the help of an Afghan interpreter, not pictured, and explains to him how to go around a British Army cordon in the desert in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2008.

In this photo made available Sunday, March 2, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry is seen playing rugby with fellow soldiers during a break in their duties in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2008

Britain's Prince Harry talks of his recent tour of duty in Afghanistan, during a TV interview after arriving back at RAF Brize Norton, near Oxford, England, Saturday March, 1, 2008. Prince Harry revealed Saturday how he flew home to Britain feet away from two horrifically injured soldiers in a shocking reminder of the reality he was leaving behind. Looking tired and drained after being flown home against his wishes from Helmand Province, Harry, 23, shrugged off the label of a hero insisting: "The bravery of the guys out there was humbling."

U.S Gen. Rodney Anderson, right, along with Afghan Minister of Women Affairs Dr Ghazanfar, center, and Gen. Khatol Mohammadzai left, cuts the cake to celebrate womens day at an U.S military base in Bagram 50 kilometers north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 3, 2008

[IDF_TANKER]

well that's odd

US 3rd infantry division?

We get helmet covers(and other stuff) from US Army surplus. This guy should have taken down the symbol...

[Ghelp]

R.I.P Carlos Hernandez Leon

Prayers for his family

[MG 3]

We get helmet covers(and other stuff) from US Army surplus. This guy should have taken down the symbol...

Dont this helmet look cooler.

[He219]

Dont this helmet look cooler.

Exactly!

I'll try to dig up a couple others in past today's pix ..

A Turkish riot police officer struggles with a pro-Kurdish demonstrator, top right, wearing a brown jacket, as a a plainclothes police officer, center wearing a light brown jacket, tries to detain another demonstrator in downtown Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 2, 2008, during a protest against Turkey's cross-border ground incursion into northern Iraq

In this undated photo released by the Turkish General Staff headquarters on Sunday, March 2, 2008, Turkish soldiers are seen during an operation against separatist Kurdish rebels at an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border. Turkey completed troop withdrawal from northern Iraq on Friday, eight days after the ground incursion was launched to hit rebels who use their bases in northern Iraq as a launch pad for hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacts during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 3, 2008. Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani review the honor guard during a farewell ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 3, 2008. Ahmadinejad dismissed U.S. accusations on Monday that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq

Mao Xinyu, left, the grandson of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, walks to a bus in Tiananmen Square after the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Beijing Monday March 3, 2008. Mao Xinyu, a senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army, is a delegate to the CPPCC. The Beijing Olympics, Taiwan, rising inflation and a plan to streamline the central government were highlighted Monday as government goals at the opening of China's legislative season

Ecuadorean soldiers wait for an helicopter that will take them to Angostura, in Lago Agrio, near the border with Colombia in northeast Ecuador, Monday, March 3, 2008

Ecuadorean soldiers run to board a helicopter in Lago Agrio, northeast Ecuador, Monday, March 3, 2008, that will take troops to Angostura, near the border with Colombia. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa ordered Sunday the expulsion of Colombia's ambassador to Ecuador and mobilized troops to the border with Colombia, after Colombian security forces killed Saturday a senior commander of Colombia's largest guerrilla group just inside Ecuadorean territory

An alleged rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, top, is carried by Ecuadorian Army soldiers after being evacuated from the combat area in Angostura, Ecuador, Sunday, March 2, 2008. The woman was detained by Ecuadorian security forces at a camp just across the border with Colombia, where Luis Edgar Nevia, known as Raul Reyes, a senior commander of the FARC, and 16 rebels were killed March 2 by Colombian security forces

[Greg27]

has anyone been able to ID the 3 patches Prince Harry was wearing on his flak jacket? (heraldic eagle, hilfiger logo-ish,...)
he doesn't seem to wear them consistently on all pictures. doesn't have them exiting airport with his dad.

sorry if i missed the answer in previous threads.

[He219]

Members of a pro-Kremlin youth movement rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Monday, March 3, 2008, to protest against U.S. foreign policy. The banner at bottom reads, transliterating a statement in Russian into Latin letters: "Teach your wife to make cabbage soup," an echo of Putin's response last month to a journalist who asked why Russia had failed to reach an agreement with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on sending observers to monitor the presidential election. Putin accused the observers of trying to teach Russia and suggested instead they "teach their wives to make cabbage soup."

Head of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) delegation Andreas Gross speaks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2008. Observers from the PACE delegation said Monday that Russia's presidential election reflected the will of the people, but unfair access to the media called into question the overall fairness of the vote

Vladimir Putin, left, and his hand-picked successor Dmitry Medvedev greet their supporters standing side-by-side at the stage during a concert to mark presidential election at the Moscow Red Square late Sunday, March 2, 2008. The sign in the background reads: "Russia, go forward!" Medvedev was headed for an easy victory in Sunday's presidential election, according to an exit poll and partial results. Putin congratulated his protege and said his win would guarantee the continuation of his policies.

Members of the media are seen during a press conference by the head of the Central Elections Commission Vladimir Churov, while election results are displayed on a screen in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2008. Churov on Monday released nearly final results, from 99.45 percent of precincts, showing that the 42-year-old Medvedev had received 70.2 percent of the vote

OMON, riot police officers detain activists of the vocal opposition group co-led by former chess champion Garry Kasparov as they try to hold an unsanctioned protest over Russia's presidential election, Moscow, Monday, March 3, 2008. Police detained dozens of people at a planned opposition protest Monday over Russia's presidential election, in a strong show of force the day after an election that was dismissed by Kasparov and other liberal opposition leaders as a farce

[RAFREGT]

has anyone been able to ID the 3 patches Prince Harry was wearing on his flak jacket? (heraldic eagle, hilfiger logo-ish,...)

left to right.... Joint Tactical Air Control patch (JTAC), then Blues and Royals Insignia and then the household division DZ patch.


Prince Harry in his Spartan CVR(T)
well done to him for fighting to get out to the fight, shame he couldn't stay longer

[MG 3]

Why do we only see Harry in that type of body armour?

[Ghelp]

Any pics on the Venezuelen battolians heading near the Colombian border?

Similar to the Ecuadoreans?

[NimDod]

We get helmet covers(and other stuff) from US Army surplus. This guy should have taken down the symbol...

I got a similar woodland helmet cover (with a sargent's sign in the front) in a kitbag a few years ago.
its impossible to take off the symbol without tearing the cover.

I dont understand why the IDF doesnt issue its own covers for this kind of helmet, like it did with the round "israeli" helmet.