Today's Pics. Monday, September 22th, 2008

[Leaper]

Hello Mp.net! Lets get started!

Soldiers from 7th company, 6rd battalion, Fort P7 partols the Kings castle at Drottningholm

Soldiers from both 4th and 7th company, after there first day of guarding the Royal castle

Exercise, exercise, exercise!

Camp Northern Lights, Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan.
Soldiers from all companys man there positions when there base came under attack by demonstraters

The world military shooting championships finished

The precipitating countrys gatherd to watch the ending ceremony

General Anders Lindström, right, hands over the CISM banner to the Canadian Major-General Doug Langton

[Lancero]

Nice start!

Indian air force helicopter drop food packets in Bayalish Mouza area of Cuttack districts above 40 km away from the Orissa state capital city Bhubaneswar, 22 September 2008. Thousands of flood victims in Orissa continued to struggle for food and drinking water as the overflowing Mahanadi river and its tributaries kept 570,000 people marooned. The floods have killed 17 people and affected three million, according to official figures

Pakistani police stand guard at a roadside check point in Lahore, Pakistan, 21 September 2008. Security has been intensified across the country
following the deadly suicide truck bomb attack outside the five-star Marriott hotel in Islamabad Pakistan on September 20, that has killed at least 60 including the Czech ambassador and injured more than 200

Afghan policeman escorts participants of a demonstration as they mark International Peace Day, Afghanistan, 21 September 2008. The United Nations' International Day of Peace is marked on 21 September every year

U.S. soldiers and Iraqi policemen inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, northern Iraq on 21 September 2008. At least three people were killed including two policemen and 25 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up while targeting volunteers of Iraqi police near a police academy in Kirkuk.

Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980, which led to a devastating eight-year war (1980-1988), 21 September 2008 in Tehran, Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the country's military force will "break the hands" of invaders if attacked, amid its continuing nuclear standoff with the West

Basque Ertzaintza policemen at the scene of the explosion of a car bomb at the Basque Ertzaintza police station in Ondarroa, Basque Country, northern Spain, 21 September 2008. At least six people were injured in the blast, the second such attack within hours. The Basque separatist group ETA was suspected in the explosion, which took place without warning. Two policemen and four passersby were among the injured. In an earlier incident a car bomb went off around midnight in the business district of the town of Vitoria

Iran's Shahab-3 medium-range missile with a maximum range of 2000 kilometres have caused international concern, especially in Israel, as the missiles could reach all parts of the Jewish state, at a military parade in front of posters by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and his predecessor, the late spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980 , which led to a devastating eight-year war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, on 21 September 2008. Ahmadinejad said the country's military force will 'break the hands' of invaders if attacked, amid its continuing nuclear standoff with the West

Militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) patrol the volatile oil rich creeks of the Niger delta in Nigeria 18 September 2008. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta claimed in a statement 19 September 2008 it has attacked a pipeline operated by Shell. MEND declared 'war' on Nigeria's oil industry a week ago.

Colombian troops guard the shipment of two tons of seized marijuana, according to authorities say, from the FARC guerrillas in military operations in the village of Florida, Valle del Cauca department, south west of Colombia on 20 September 2008.

Handout photo issued by the French Defense Ministry 20 September 2008 that shows the commander of the French frigate Coubert and the commanding officer of the French Commandos departing with French national Jean-Yves Delanne (R). French commandos freed the French couple on 16 September, two weeks after their capture by Somali pirates, killing one pirate in the process and capturing six others. Pirates boarded the 16-metre Venezuelan-registered yacht Carre d'As IV in the Gulf of Aden on 02 September and sailed her to Somalia's northeastern semi-autonomous Puntland region

Handout photo issued by the French Defense Ministry 20 September 2008 that shows a member of the crew of the French frigate Courbet waving to the Puma helicopter that transfers French nationals Jean-Yves Delanne and his wife Bernardette to Djibouti. French commandos freed the French couple on 16 September, two weeks after their capture by Somali pirates, killing one pirate in the process and capturing six others. Pirates boarded the 16-metre Venezuelan-registered yacht Carre d'As IV in the Gulf of Aden on 02 September and sailed her to Somalia's northeastern semi-autonomous Puntland region

A Yemeni soldier (R) walks as a US investigator inspects the site in front of the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana'a on 18 September 2008. The British embassy in Sana'a has been closed on 20 September 2008 days after a terrorist attack on the US embassy killed 16 people

An Indian navy soldier stands gaurd on the INS (Indian Naval Ship) Mysore during the announcement of the eight series programme 'Nat Geo Mission Navy: Lehron ke Sartaj' which will be telecast on National Geographic channel, in Mumbai, India, 20 September 2008. Nat Geo has collaborated with the Indian Navy to embark on a journey on the high seas with battle station and live weaponry

About 200 paratroopers jump from transport planes in Ede near Arnheim, 20 September 2008 during the remembrance of Operation Market Garden. The liberation operation Market Garden, the failed Battle for Arnheim by the allied forces in 1944, is commemorated every year

A U.S. soldier inspect the scene of a bomb attack near the headquarters of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate in Baghdad, Iraq on 20 September 2008. The attack wounded the newly-elected chief of the Iraqi Journalist's Syndicate Muiyyad al-lami and four others from his escorts, according to local media reports

Lieutenant general Lorca (C) shakes hands with colonel Triguero (R) while colonel Leon Antonio Maches (L) looks on before boarding a plane at Moron de la Frontera base in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, 20 September 2008. A detachment of 90 soldiers will fight against piracy and watch over fishing boats and merchant ships in Somalia in order to prevent more assaults

Left-wing autonomous counter-demonstrators face the riot police as they block a road at Cologne's old town to prevent a rally of right-wing radicals in Cologne, Germany, 20 September 2008. The voter's association 'Pro Cologne', which is monitored by the German police, invited right-wing radicals from several countries to an anti Islam congress. The police prohibited the meeting of the right-wing extremists at Cologne's city centrer. 'The safety of Cologne's citizens is our main concern', a spokesman of the police said

Israeli soldier detain palestinian men as they patrol a market in the Old city of the West Bank town of Hebron on 20 September 2008

Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom (C) inspects the guard of honour at Mariscal Sucre military airport in Quito, Ecuador, 19 September 2008. The President of Hungary is on a two-day official visit in Ecuador

Czech soldiers take part in a 4. rapid deployment brigade training at a training centre in Hradiste, Czech Republic, some 100 km north west of the capital Prague, on 20 September 2008. The training took place ahead of the forces' deployment to Afghanistan where they will replace the current Czech contingent serving under the NATO

Bolivian Army military patrol through one of the streets between cities of Filadelfia and Porvenir, Bolivian region of Pando, 19 September 2008, after the riots and clashes between peasants and supporters of Pando's Governor, Leopoldo Fernandez on 11 September 2008. According to the Government, seven days have passed after the calling of the State of Siege made by the Central Government as a security action against the local situation that has left 15 people dead, as well lead to the detention of Fernandez

An activist (C) that tried to stop other demonstrators from throwing paving stones at a bank window gets a beating in Malmo, Sweden, 19 September 2008. A street demonstration by the European Social Forum turned into stone throwing and fighting

Image made available on 19 September of militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as they patrol the volatile oil rich creeks of the Niger delta in Nigeria 18 September 2008. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta claimed in a statement on 19 September 2008 it has attacked a pipeline operated by Shell. MEND declared 'war' on Nigeria's oil industry a week ago

A member of the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit Westfalen-Lippe presents the bottom of a US Air Force's 250-kilograms aircraft bomb in Hattingen, Germany, 19 September 2009. A total of 17 people were lightly injured when the WWII bomb exploded on 19 September during excavator works in the industrial zone, several buildings were damaged

A Palestinian man (R) talks with an Israeli border police officer (L) as he tries to cross a checkpoint into Israel, in order to pray for the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on 19 September 2008

Assam, a Palestinian boy from the Kalandia Refugee Camp poses with his M-16 assault rifle, which is a toy but a very authentic-looking small replica, in a small grovery store on the edge of the camp located close to the large Israeli checkpoint leading from the West Bank to Jerusalem on 19 September 2008.

Portuguese GNR exercise a hostage crisis aboard a plane

Portuguese presidente visits exercise "FELINO 08"

[Abbadon the Despoiler]

outstanding pix!
Lancero, where did you get those czech pics? tell me!

Ivo Žďárek



R.I.P.

Ivo Žďárek´s the last way to home today.

PRAGUE: The Czech ambassador to Pakistan died while trying to help wounded victims of the suicide attack at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad escape the inferno, a Czech newspaper reported on Monday.
Ambassador Ivo Zdarek, a 47-year-old father of two, could have fled the hotel just after the bombing, but he rushed back in to help pull people to safety, the daily Hospodarske Noviny said, citing an eyewitness.
‘He lost his life while he was inside the hotel trying to take the wounded out of the flames,’ Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir told the newspaper.
‘He was able to leave immediately after the explosion, but he stayed in order to help the others, along with his Vietnamese friend. They were then trapped in the flames,’ Mir said.

Jaroslav Kalfirt, the Czech embassy's number two, said the ambassador answered his telephone five minutes after the blast and said he was safe and sound. But five minutes later, Zdarek called asking to be rescued.
Zdarek had been ambassador to Vietnam before taking up the Islamabad job, which he started just last month. He had been living at the hotel since arriving in Islamabad.

training of 4.BRN for Czech-Slovak battlegroup in progress. simultaneously there is training of units (most likely 43.VMPr) for deployment in ISAF operations (Logar, Uruzgan) and for NATO quick response force.



















43.VMPr is one of the best equipped units in AČR (Falcon,Carl Gustav etc.) and they will get the replacement for an old Uk 59 next year - MK 48. great choice!

[Somalimafia]

Nice pictures today!

I was about to correct some spelling mistakes, but then I thought to myself that what would the Swedes know about germanic languages.

EDIT: Do the Czechs still widely use the DShKM? What about NSV?

[Leaper]

What are you talking about? Is this relevant to anything at all?

[Lancero]

Thanks Abbadon, they were lying here, waiting for me to post them

Former President of Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui (L) lays a wreath for the WWII war dead at the National War Memorial in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 22 September, 2008. During Lee's four day visit to Okinawa he will give lectures and visit the National War Dead Graveyard, the Cornerstone of Peace and Other, as well as the Flame of Peace. This is Lee's first visit to Okinawa

An Italian soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) holds the UN flag during a ceremony marking International Day of Peace at United Nations headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqura, 22 September 2008. United Nations have been working in South Lebanon since 1978 and strengthened in the aftermath of Israel's 34-day war on Lebanon's Hezbollah in 2006. It currently has about 13,500 troops to save the peace along the blue line at the Lebanon-Israel border.

FILE) A file picture dated 04 June 2008 shows a South Korean tourist looks at a model of North Korea's Scud-B missile at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it wants to remove seals and cameras at its nuclear facilities and plans to resume work in its reprocessing plant, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said on 22 September 2008

Afghan police stand at the site where Canadian forces shot a suicide bomber and diffused his explosive filled vest, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 17 September 2008. Canadian ISAF members had shot a suicide bomber who was about to blow himself up near their military convoy, and diffused the explosive filled vest in Kandahar the same day

An undated handout photograph released by Constantin Film on 19 September 2008 shows Vinzenz Kiefer as Peter-Juergen Book (L) and Hannes Wegener as Willy Peter Stoll (R) in a scene of the film 'The Baader Meinhof Komplex'. The film is based on the nonfiction book by German journalist Stefan Aust and retells the history of the West German terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF) of the 1970s. The film has been named as Germany's official entry for the 2009 foreign language film Oscar

Guillermo Chalup (L), military attache to Bolivia, Zhang Shi Bo (M), Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong, and Japanese Navy attache Captain Katsuya Yamamoto pose for a photo during a visit of the Beijing Military Attache Corps to the PLA Naval barracks in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 19 September 2008

(FILE) A file picture dated 01 September 2008 shows U.S. soldiers rest in the military base "Novo Selo" near Sliven, some 240km from Sofia,Bulgaria. A total of thirteen companies - eleven Bulgarian and two foreign - are going to receive USD 61,15 M for the various construction works on the Novo Selo Training Ground, which will be used as a joint military base by the Bulgarian and the US Army.The first US soldiers permanently stationed in Bulgaria are expected to arrive in the fall of 2009. They will be using the facilities of four military bases - the Novo Selo Training Ground, the Bezmer and Graf Ignatievo Airport, and the Ayots Storage Base

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops march in the rain to welcome international members the Beijing Military Attache Corps to the PLA Naval barracks in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 19 September 2008

Members of the Mexican army guard the 26, 2 Million dollars seized on 14 September to organized crime at the northwest state of Sinaloa, Mexico, presented duiring a press conference by members of the Mexican army on 18 September 2008, in Mexico City, the second biggest money seizure in the history of the country, according to General Attorney's office sources

Members of the Bolivan Military Army walk the coasts of river Tahuamanu at the locality Porvenir in Bolivia, 18 September 2008, during the operation of looking for dead bodies after the riots and clashes between peasants and Governor´s of Pando Leopoldo Fernandez supporters that happened past 11 September 2008. According to the Government six days have past after the calling of the State of Siege made by the Central Government as a security action against the local situation that has left 15 people dead

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks to the media during a military training at the shooting range near of Rivne city, about 340 km on West of capital Kiev, Ukraine, 18 September 2008. More 2500 soldiers, 30 battle tanks, 60 light tanks of infantry, 25 armored machines, 300 cars took part in tactic exercises of 30 detached mechanized brigade of 8 army corps land forces of Ukraine

Brazilian soldiers arrive in Vidigal shanty town, south of Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, 17 September 2008. The Brazilian Army continues with the shanty´s occupation trying to prevent the action of Armed Groups that are threatening the local election that are programmed for 05 October 2008

Brazilian police and Interpol arrested the former Argentinean Army major chief Norberto Raul Tozzo (R) in Rio de Janeirio, Brazil, 17 September 2008. The former major is acussed of crimes against humanity during the Argentinean dictatorship of General Jorge Videla. 63 year old Tozzo was the only military fugitive responsible for the torture and murder of 22 people on 13 December 1976, known as 'Margarita Belen Massacre', at the northern Argentinean province of Chaco, during the military regime

Mexican members of the Army attend the Military parade during the celebrations of Mexico's Independence Day in Mexico City, Mexico, 16 September 2008

Gurkha's Tul Bahadur VC (L) and Lachhiman Gurung VC (R) outside the High Court along with other Gurkha's in London, Britain, 16 September 2008. A judicial review is to be heard at the High Court 16 September over a decision in 2004 that Gurkhas who retired before July 1997 were not entitled to British settlement rights as their base, now in Kent, was in Hong Kong at the time. The UK Government has said that some Gurkhas lack strong ties with the country. Other foreign soldiers in the Army have a right to settle in Britain after four years service anywhere in the world

A group of soldiers rehearse for a parade at Gamsil Gymnasium in Seoul 16 September 2008. The parade is part of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the South Korean Army's founding that falls on Octctober 01

(FILE) A file photograph showing Britain's Prince William in full pilot gear, heading for another helicopter training session at the Royal Air Force base Shawbury, in Shropshire, central England on 25 March 2008. Prince William is to train as a full-time pilot with the RAF Search and Rescue Force, Clarence House has said on 15 September 2008. The prince is an officer in the Household Cavalry Regiment and has also spent time with the Navy and Army. He will begin 18 months of search and rescue training in January 2009.

A member of National Police shows some of the arsenal seized during an operation in Cali, Colombia, 15 September 2008. According to authorities, the ammunition and the guns seized includes 4,276 cartridges, 19 rifles, 55 grenades, two submachine guns, four pistols, one muffler and military clothes which belonged to Colombian Army Revolutionary Forces

Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C), Defensc Minister General Guillermo Galvan (L) and Navy Minister Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez (R) attend the Military Parade during the celebrations of Mexico's Independence Day in Mexico City, Mexico, 16 September 2008

In this handout photo released by the US Coast Guard and made available on 16 September 2008, members of US Coast Guard law enforcement detachment 404 survey the deck of the self-propelled, semi-submersible craft seized on 13 September 2008, by the guided-missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8). The Coast Guard law enforcement officers, embarked aboard the McInerney, seized the estimated 187 million US dollars worth of cocaine during a night raid about 350 miles west of Guatemala. The seized vessel has the capability to travel from Ecuador to San Diego, California

A picture made available by the Israeli government press office (GPO) showing Israeli President Shimon Peres visit the Israeli Navy Hanit missile boat, in Haifa, Israel on 16 September 2008

Undated file picture provided 22 September 2008 by the Spanish Department of Defence showing soldier Luis Conde de la Cruz, killed when a suspected ETA car exploded outside the military academy of Santona, Cantabria, northern Spain, early 22 September 2008. Luis Conde was on holidays and had planned to return home today in order to go back to work tomorrow at the Artillery Adademy in Segovia, central Spain. Conde de la Cruz was 45. It is the third ETA attack with car bomb in 24 hours, after the two registered 21 September 2008 in Ondarroa (Vizaya) and Vitoria, Basque Country

Salvadorean soldier participates during commemorations of the187 years of Salvadorean independence in San Salvador, El Salvador, 15 September 2008

Iranian troops pass a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980 , which led to a devastating eight-year war (1980-1988) in Tehran , Iran, on 21 September 2008. Ahmadinejad said the country's military force will 'break the hands' of invaders if attacked, amid its continuing nuclear standoff with the West

[Vince S]

Nice start!

Wow... One shows some common sense and what do they do? Beat him. These idiots are beyond any hope

[He219]

Nice pix everybody!

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2008) Chief Gunners Mate Neil Smith loads an M240 machine gun during a live fire training exercise on board USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is transiting to Japan where the ship will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony R. Martinez/Released

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2008) Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Roberts, USS George Washington's (CVN 73) Ordnance Handling Officer, shoots .50 caliber machine gun during a live fire training exercise. George Washington is transiting to Japan where the ship will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony R. Martinez/Released)

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Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) load ammo into the close-in weapons system during an ammo upload.

Hires
First remote 25mm Mk-38 I've seen ..

MEDITERANEAN SEA (Sept. 15, 2008) The MK-38 25mm gun system is fired during a live fire exercise aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

MEDITERANEAN SEA (Sept. 15, 2008) A gunnery target known as "the killer tomato" is hit and deflated by fire from a MK-38 25mm gun system during a live fire exercise aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

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Participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference observe Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft conducting vertical takeoffs and landings aboard USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 21, 2008. The group visited the ship off the coast of Crete during its first stop in Europe visiting U.S. European Command operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald

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Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Iwo Jima demonstrate a fast-rope exercise for participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference who visited the ship Sept. 21, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald

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SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 19, 2008) The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) is pulled by tugs from her berth as she departs for a scheduled deployment. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force commander. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl/Released)

[He219]

The weapon of a German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is seen during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 20, 2008.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) monitor the area on a mountain during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul September 20, 2008.

A boy with his donkey rides past German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 20, 2008.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) uses his radio as he stands next to a former Soviet army tank on a mountain during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 20, 2008.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) drive their wolf vehicle during a sweep mission with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team on the outskirts of Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 20, 2008.

A squad leader with 5th Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd/1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment directs his squad with hand gestures and verbal commands druing training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, near Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 18. The New Zealand Army is participating in ABCA's interoperability test.

A squad of New Zealand Soldiers with 2nd/1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Burnam, New Zealand during training at the Joint Multinational Training Center, near Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 18. The New Zealand Army is participating in ABCA's interoperability test.

[VAMAN]

outstanding pix!
Lancero, where did you get those czech pics? tell me!

Ivo Žďárek



R.I.P.

Ivo Žďárek´s the last way to home today.

PRAGUE: The Czech ambassador to Pakistan died while trying to help wounded victims of the suicide attack at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad escape the inferno, a Czech newspaper reported on Monday.
Ambassador Ivo Zdarek, a 47-year-old father of two, could have fled the hotel just after the bombing, but he rushed back in to help pull people to safety, the daily Hospodarske Noviny said, citing an eyewitness.
‘He lost his life while he was inside the hotel trying to take the wounded out of the flames,’ Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir told the newspaper.
‘He was able to leave immediately after the explosion, but he stayed in order to help the others, along with his Vietnamese friend. They were then trapped in the flames,’ Mir said.

Jaroslav Kalfirt, the Czech embassy's number two, said the ambassador answered his telephone five minutes after the blast and said he was safe and sound. But five minutes later, Zdarek called asking to be rescued.
Zdarek had been ambassador to Vietnam before taking up the Islamabad job, which he started just last month. He had been living at the hotel since arriving in Islamabad.

This type of selfless act of bravery is indeed a rarity. Rest in peace sir.

[warrior1974]

Gentlemen please don´t use the term separatist to that mafia band called ETA they have no reasons to claim for separatism

[Greg27]

Wow... One shows some common sense and what do they do? Beat him. These idiots are beyond any hope

good for him though (not the beating part obviously)

there are still stand up guys in sweden.

[Greg27]

not good...

— Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters that crossed into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Monday.

The helicopters did not return fire and re-entered Afghan airspace without landing, the officials said. Pakistan's army and the U.S. military in Afghanistan said they had no information on the reported incursion late Sunday, which will likely add to tensions between Islamabad and Washington.

incident denied by the pentagon...

[bd popeye]

Nice photos gents! Even though a certain member posted several pics I posted this past weekend..That's cool with me because that's how the pix posting game works!...

Not many photos out there today. Not even from the US DoD. Maybe later...


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GULF OF OMAN (Sept. 19, 2008) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) set the training barricade during flight deck drills. Ronald Reagan maintains three barricades used to perform emergency traps on all carrier-based aircraft. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy (Released)

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GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 21, 2008) Operations Specialist Anthony Ford, left, Seaman Casy Johnson and Chief Warrant Officer Damian Schmitt, all embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), move sewage waste and debris from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. The museum floor and antique airplanes were covered in sewage waste left behind from Hurricane Ike. Nassau is anchored off the coast of Galveston to support civil authorities in disaster recovery as directed in the wake of Hurricane Ike. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix/Released)

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GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 19, 2008) Landing craft from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), is moored at the Port of Galveston. The amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) is anchored off the coast of Galveston to provide humanitarian assistance support to civil authorities as directed in the wake of Hurricane Ike. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Chris Hoffpauir/Released)

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GALVESTON, Texas (Sept.19, 2008) An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) lands on the football field at Ball High School in Galveston, Texas. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Chris Hoffpauir/Released)

A donkey hinders the way for ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) patrolling on top of armored vehicles called 'Mungos' on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Germany has about 3,300 troops serving under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command in northern Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) help an Afghan man to get his belongings across a street during a patrol in the town of Taloqan, near Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

ISAF soldiers of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) pilot an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), called Luna X from a container at their base outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Bulgarian army soldiers attend during an official ceremony to mark Bulgaria's Independence day in the town of Varna east from the capital Sofia, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. The Balkan country is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire. (AP Photo/Petko Momchilov)

Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officers, back to camera, look on as Alitalia workers shout slogans at a gathering in Fiumicino airport, Monday Sept. 22, 2008. Italian aviation authorities are checking to see if Alitalia has enough money to keep flying more than a few days. Alitalia administrator Augusto Fantozzi was summoned to a meeting with Italian civil aviation authorities Monday, to see if the airline meets European Union requirements to hold on to its flight license. ENAC president Vito Riggio, was quoted as telling an Italian radio station that unless Alitalia is assured of getting more money in the next three or four days, its license will be suspended. (AP Photo/Umberto Faraglia)

An Afghan man and a National Army soldier pass by an ISAF soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) inspecting an abandoned former Russian military helicopter outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan national Army soldiers carry ammunition as they pass by an abandoned former Russian military depot outside Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Pakistan's top Interior Ministry official Rehman Malik, in a dark suit, pays tribute to Czech Ambassador to Pakistan Ivo Zdarek who was killed in the suicide attack on Marriott hotel with 52 others, at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. A top Pakistani official said the country's leaders were due to dine at the luxury hotel devastated in a weekend bombing, but changed the venue at the last minute. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

LONDON - SEPTEMBER 21: Royal Air Force Tornado F3 aircraft fly over Westminster Abbey to commemorate the Battle of Britain following the Abbey's Battle of Britain Thanksgiving Service on September 21 2008 in London, England. The four aircraft are from 43 Fighter Sqn and 111 Fighter Sqn which were both Second World War Battle of Britain Squadrons and the fly-past also marks the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force. (Photo by Matt Cardy/***** Images)

LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 18: Los Angeles Police officer Laura Gerritsen (L), life partner of Los Angeles police Officer Spree Desha who was among the 25 people killed in a train crash, salutes as family members gather around the casket while Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony looks on during an honor ceremony following funeral services for Spree at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels church on September 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Desha was off-duty as she rode Metrolink commuter train on September 12 when it collided head-on with a freight train in Chatsworth, California. Ninety-five of the 222 passengers were critically or seriously injured in the worst rail disaster in Metrolink history and worst in the US for 15 years. (Photo by David McNew/***** Images)

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Gentlemen please don´t use the term separatist to that mafia band called ETA they have no reasons to claim for separatism

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