Today's Pics,Monday, August 11th, 2008

[Fireball Sanchez]

Ahh yes another monday.... lets do this!

Iraqi soldiers search for signs of extremist activity in Bezel, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. Coalition and Iraqi security forces scoured the area in support of Operation Iron Pursuit, an effort to disrupt extremist activity in the region.
(Photographer: Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Vasquez, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, pals around with an Iraqi security guard after conducting an investigation involving a roadside bomb near Baghdad, Iraq, July 31, 2008.
(Photographer: Spc. Daniel Herrera : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

An Iraqi soldier pulls security with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Hernandez, 2/32 Military Transition Team, assigned to Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, during the search of canals in Tahwilla, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. Extremists have been utilizing concealment provided by the intricate canal system to emplace improvised explosive devices under the cover of night.
(Photographer: Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

U.S. Army Cpl. Kenneth Justen, from the 350th PSYOP Company, gives a local boy a "dap" in the streets of Buhriz on July 31, 2008.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Seeber : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

An Iraqi child holds on to the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Bearden, a native of Cartersville, Ga., and other children interact with other U.S. Soldiers during a visit to the Al-Gowood Orphanage in Kadhimiya, Iraq on July 30, 2008. The U.S. Soldiers are part of 4th Platoon, Delta Company,1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division.
(Photographer: Sgt. Manuel Martinez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

[Fireball Sanchez]

1st Lt. Brian Christ and an Iraqi officer pull security as a UH-60 Black Hawk takes off during infiltration near a known al-Qaida in Iraq safe house during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008, a combined air assault with Iraqi police and Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

A Soldier from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, signals to Iraqi police to prepare to load a UH-60 Black Hawk during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Two Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Iraqi police run toward a UH-60 Blackhawk during Operation Cretan in the Salah ad Din province, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and Bastogne soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Two Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Two Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Sgt. Spencer Stewart, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

Two Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008. The operation conducted by Iraqi police and “Spartan” Soldiers, targeted known al-Qaida in Iraq safe houses in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

1st Lt. Brian Christ and an Iraqi officer pull security as a UH-60 Black Hawk prepares to take off during infiltration near a known al-Qaida in Iraq safe house during Operation Cretan, Aug. 8, 2008, a combined air assault with Iraqi Police and Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

As the sun rises in the Salah ad Din province, Aug. 8, 2008, 1st Lt. Brian Christ, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, listens to his radio as other members of his unit move to know safe houses of al-Qaida in Iraq fighters.
(Photographer: Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

[Qandil]

Mate we won the war in Iraq, see and learn fellas, thats the way to go if you wanna win a war, not just by shooting and bombing, well done...

[Fireball Sanchez]

Mate we won the war in Iraq, see and learn fellas, thats the way to go if you wanna win a war, not just by shooting and bombing, well done...

Tell that to Obama, the democrats and everyone voting for them......


But that pic with the little girl is really great, it should be on the front page of the newspapers but nooooo......

U.S. Army Cpt. Jamal Williams, commander, Alpha Company, Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, looks on as an Iraqi army officer scans for evidence of extremist activity in Bezel, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. Coalition and Iraqi security forces scoured the area in support of Operation Iron Pursuit, an effort to disrupt extremist activity in the region.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

U.S. Soldiers from Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and Iraqi army soldiers speak to a local man in Bezel, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. Coalition and Iraqi security forces scoured the area in support of Operation Iron Pursuit, an effort to disrupt extremist activity in the region.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Chris Laurion, combat observation liaison team, assinged to Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and an Iraqi soldier search for evidence of extremist activity in Bezel, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. Coalition and Iraqi security forces scoured the area in support of Operation Iron Pursuit, an effort to disrupt extremist activity in the region.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

Iraqi Soldiers discuss moustache fashions with a local sheik in Bezel, Iraq, on July 28, 2008. The village was assessed by coalition and Iraqi security forces in support of Operation Iron Pursuit, an effort to disrupt extremist activity in the area.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

[akula88]

AFP/*****Images Photos

Army troops load ammunition into a 105 mm Howitzer canon and fire into Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) positions in Aleosan, North Cotabato Province, southern Philippines August 11, 2008. The military poured more troops and intensified its artillery assault to flush out renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels from some 22 villages they had occupied in North Cotabato. The fighting erupted after the Supreme Court last week stopped government from signing a deal with the MILF that would have given them powers to control vast swathes of land in the south.

AFP/*****Images Photos

Army troops fire a 105 mm Howitzer canon into Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) positions in Aleosan, North Cotabato Province, southern Philippines on August 11, 2008. The military poured more troops and intensified its artillery assault to flush out renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels from some 22 villages they had occupied in North Cotabato. The fighting erupted after the Supreme Court last week stopped government from signing a deal with the MILF that would have given them powers to control vast swathes of land in the south.

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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Switzerland's President Pascal Couchepin (R) review an honour guard upon arrival at the presidential palace in Manila August 11, 2008. Couchepin is in the Philippines for a three-day official visit.

[Ronin_SVN]

I have a question. When you look American flag in a book, stars are allways at the left top corner. How come that in these pics and others also, the stras are at right top corner?

[He219]

Nice pix guys!

An Iraqi soldier mans a machinegun atop an armoured vehicle in Qara Taba village, about 79 km (49 miles) north of Bauba August 10, 2008. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in Qara Taba village, about 79 km (49 miles) north of Bauba August 10, 2008. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

A Kurdish peshmerga soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Qara Taba village, about 79 km (49 miles) north of Bauba August 10, 2008. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

A U.S. soldier from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment secures a roof near the site of a suicide bomb attack in central Baquba, Diyala province August 11, 2008. A female suicide bomber wearing a belt packed with explosives killed a policeman and wounded 17 people when she targeted a police station, police said.

A British soldier walks at the scene of a suicide car attack in Kabul August 11, 2008. A suicide car bomber killed three Afghan civilians and wounded 12 more as he targeted a convoy of foreign troops on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, on Monday, the private Tolo TV television station said.

Russian troops move along a road near the border between North and South Ossetia August 11, 2008. Moscow insisted it had not moved its troops beyond the territory of South Ossetia and a second separatist region, Abkhazia, and said it would not push further into Georgia.

Georgian soldier sits on a tank as he travels through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s

A Georgian soldier helps to direct a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008

A Georgian serviceman sits on a tank in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks to France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) as they stand near buildings hit by bombardment in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. France is sending a plane to Georgia loaded with aid for the victims of the fighting in the separatist region of South Ossetia and is also planning to fly back EU nationals who want to leave, it said on Monday.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, talks to the media, as he visits the town of Gori, Georgia, along with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, both unseen, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

Bodyguards escort Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, center, to shelter under a threat of Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

^ Something funny about that last picture ..

Bodyguards protecting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, unseen, and his car react under a threat of Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

Bodyguards protecting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, unseen, with members of the media standing beside them, look at the sky under the threat of a Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, gestures as he visits Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, in Georgia on a peace mission on behalf of the European Union, said Monday that he met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in an effort to mediate the conflict and found him "determined to make peace."

[Mangol]

Nice pix guys!





^ Something funny about that last picture ..

is there a video of this?

[He219]

Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks during a news conference in Tbilisi August 11, 2008. Saakashvili said Moscow was trying to overthrow his government as Russian troops pushed into two separatist regions, but Moscow said it had no intention of invading.

A Georgian soldier sits on a tank as he travels through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008

Georgian soldiers and their tanks travel through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.

Georgian soldiers and their tanks travel through Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of Georgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles near the village of Khurcha heading towards the border of Georgia in breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

[Jim Vaz]

Its basically just showing the US flag as though you were looking at it from behind. Someone with more knowledege on this may know but the US who has their flag IDs on the right arm will have it as though the flag is blowing toward them. Again though whys its that way I don't know. I don't even know if their is a reason for it.

[jupiter]

It means(the US flag) an advancing flag.

[jupiter]

Not an standing or retreating but advancing to the battle.

[He219]

A protester carries a Georgian flag and shouts anti-Russian slogans outside the Russian embassy in Beijing August 11, 2008. The Georgian and Russian delegations both assured the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they planned to stay in China despite the fighting over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Georgians demonstrate in front of the Russian representation to the EU in Brussels, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia is asking the EU to freeze talks with Russia for a "strategic partnership" unless Moscow halts its military campaign against its small neighbor.

A Georgian woman refugee from South Ossetia cries in Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s. .

Georgian soldiers assist their injured friend near the hospital in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. The simmering conflict between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour erupted last Thursday when Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.

Georgian servicemen are seen in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia on Monday, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.

Georgian soldiers rest as people read a list of victims at the hospital in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008.

A Georgian serviceman reads a list of victims at the hospital in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned Russian military strikes against Georgia on Monday, saying recent bombings had taken fighting well beyond South Ossetia.

Georgian soldiers rest in Gori some 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008

Russian military transport planes lands in Sukhumi airport, South Ossetian Georgian Province on August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

Russian troops ride atop armored vehicles under a helicopter's escort near the village of Khurcha as they head towards the border of Georgia in the breakaway region of Abkhazia August 10, 2008. Russian troops on Monday issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces in a zone near the breakaway region of Abkhazia to disarm or face attack, but Georgia rejected the demand, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Picture taken August 10, 2008.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, bottom left, visits Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

Georgian soldiers sit atop a tank as it makes its way along a street in Gori, Georgia, near the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Georgia's Defense Ministry said that Russian armor on Monday seized a military base in western Georgia, opening a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Nana Intskerveli, the ministry's spokeswoman, said that Russian armored personnel carriers rolled into the base in Senaki, a town in Western Georgia about 30 kilometers (20 miles) inland from the Black Sea port of Poti

Georgian soldiers are seen atop a tank as it makes its way along a street, as a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is seen in the background, in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

A Georgian military convoy of trucks with soldiers and cannons is seen at the outskirts of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

Georgian tanks roll in the outskirts of Gori, Georgia, just outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russia warned Monday that its troops in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia will cross into the Georgian-controlled territory if Georgian troops in the area refuse to disarm.

From left: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Token President Dmitry Medvedev, listen to Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov during a visit to Russia Military Headquarters in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

Russian military generals seen at the Russian Defense Ministry Headquarters in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russian armored vehicles on Monday moved deep into western Georgia, quickly taking control of several towns and villages in a move that opened a second front in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, officials said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, looks on during a cabinet meeting in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base in the country's west, Georgian officials said.

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R) speaks during his meeting with parliament factions leaders in Moscow's Kremlin August 11, 2008. Medvedev on Monday suggested sending a mission from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said.

Protesters take part in a pro-Georgian rally outside Russia's consulate in the northern town of Thessaloniki August 11, 2008. Russian troops and armour pushed into two separatist regions of Georgia on Monday and Georgian forces shelled the Russian-held capital of South Ossetia as the Caucasus crisis worsened.

Policemen detain members of an opposition organisation, who came to picket the Russian embassy in Minsk to protest against Russia's activities in Georgia, August 11, 2008. The fighting between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour broke out last Thursday when Georgia sent forces to retake South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.

Members of the Georgian diaspora in Ukraine take part in a protest in front of the Russian consulate in Kiev, August 11, 2008. The fighting between Russia and its small, former Soviet neighbour broke out last Thursday when Georgia sent forces to retake South Ossetia, a pro-Russian province that threw off Georgian rule in the 1990s.

[Cava]

Even the Georgian troops look better then the russians

[Ronin_SVN]

Thank you all for explantion about the flag. That was my thinking too, but you never know.