This Weekend Pix - December 13th & 14th, 2008

[Jocker_89]

Today marks 27th anniversary of the martial law in Poland. On 13th of December, 1981 Polish general Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in the name of the Military Council of National Salvation. Thousands of people were arrested without charge and as many as 100 were killed.

One of the most famous pictures of the martial law in 1981 - "Moscow" cinema in Warsaw (doesn't exist today), playing "Apocalypse Now".

Israeli soldiers take position next to a press vehicle as medics attend to an injured Palestinian boy who was shot in the head by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on December 12, 2008. A 13-year-old Palestinian, Yakub Kasrawi, suffered serious head wounds today after being shot by Israeli troops in Hebron, witnesses said. The Israeli army confirmed a young Palestinian was injured, adding that the soldiers fired rubber bullets after a group of youths hurled stones at them.

A Greenpeace activist dressed as a homeless polar bear tries to hitch a ride to Copenhagen, in Poznan, where U.N. climate talks were held, December 12, 2008. Host Poland stuck to a proposal to agree a "Solidarity Partnership" at the end of U.N. climate talks on Friday despite criticism by many nations that progress was too scant to merit a sweeping title. The new climate treaty will be adopted in Copenhagen at a meeting from Nov. 30-Dec. 11, 2009.

Kenya Navy sailors take part in a parade to mark the 45th Jamhuri Day celebrations, the day on which Kenya gained independence at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, December 12, 2008.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai observes flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Gulf of Oman December 11, 2008. Karzai visited the ship to gain a better understanding of how the U.S. Navy conducts operations at sea. Photo taken December 11, 2008.

A riot police officer (3rd L) burns in the fire made by a molotov coctail after a demonstration in central Athens on December 12, 2008. Greece has experienced seven days of riots, as thousands demonstrated in Athens and Thessaloniki to protest the death of a 15-year-old pupil at the hands of Greek police.

[Ulytau]

Great start and pics bro

Also about Greek Polices i seen on news some of em burn or something any news about their health or something >.<

[Dalamar]

Also about Greek Polices i seen on news some of em burn or something any news about their health or something >.<

It seems that in all incidents the flames were extinguished quickly and there was no serious injury.

[sammy03]

Great start and pics bro

Also about Greek Polices i seen on news some of em burn or something any news about their health or something >.<

Lucky for them! Last June they received their new suits which are flame resistant!

[Dalamar]

081212-N-9818V-122 WASHINGTON (Dec. 12, 2008) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead delivers remarks at the Passing of the Cutlass and retirement ceremony in honor of retiring Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa, Jr., left, and incoming MCPON Rick D. West during a ceremony at the Sail Loft at the Washington Navy Yard. West will be the 12 MCPON. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)

[VAMAN]

Paramilitary policemen hold wreaths during a ceremony marking the 71st anniversary of the start of the Nanjing Massacre at the Nanjing Massacre Museum, Jiangsu province December 13, 2008. Several ceremonies will be held on December 13 to commemorate the 1937 massacre, when Japanese troops killed more than 300,000 people, local media reported. (Reuters)

An Indian policeman stands guard at a barricade to prevent anti-poll protests during the fifth phase of local elections in Srinagar December 13, 2008. Authorities have stepped up security across the disputed Kashmir region to prevent planned anti-poll protests. Separatists have called a total boycott of the seven-phase state elections that started November 17. (Reuters)

An army dog carries flowers as a soldier marches during the pre-celebrations of Vijay Diwas in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 12, 2008. (Reuters)

An Indian army soldier parachutes down during the pre-celebrations of Vijay Diwas in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 12, 2008. Vijay Diwas is a ceremony to celebrate the liberation of Bangladesh by the Indian Armed forces on December 16 in 1971. (Reuters)

A worker holds a variety of destroyed guns on December 12, 2008, in Sogamoso, Boyaca department, Colombia. An assortment of 25.000 weapons, seized to different groups that participated in the Colombian internal conflict, were incinerated.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in Afghanistan and has visited UK troops near the front lines with the Taliban in the country's volatile south. Brown says the presence of international troops in Afghanistan is critical to stem terrorism and to support Afghan elections next year. Brown is visiting one day after four troops were killed Helmand. He says there is "disgust and horror" that the Taliban used a 13-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in one of the attacks, which killed three Marines. (AP / Lewis Whyld)

Family members of soldiers belonging to Sri Lankan army's Sinha regiment, who lost their lives fighting against separatist Tamil rebels, attend the annual regiment day to commemorate the dead in Ambepussa, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. (AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)

[Jocker_89]

Nice pix VAMAN

I've just noticed that almost all of my photos were posted yesterday.
Sorry for that.

Riot policemen covered with paint stand guard outside Greece's parliament in Athens, December 12, 2008. Greek students hurled firebombs and stones at police outside parliament on Friday, in a seventh day of violence over the police killing of a teenager that has threatened Greece's government.

Surrounded by tear gas, riot police officers confront rioting youths, during clashes in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths hurled rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who were responding with volleys of tear gas in the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night.

A man watches a car covered in flames by a petrol bomb thrown by protesters, during clashes with riot police, in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths hurled rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who were responding with volleys of tear gas in the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night.

A masked youth pauses in front of a car covered in flames by a petrol bomb thrown by other protesters, in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths hurled rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who were responding with volleys of tear gas in the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night.

An elderly woman walks past a line of riot police, during clashes at Athens' main Syntagma Square, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths were hurling rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who responded with volleys of tear gas, on the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night.

[enallos]

It seems that in all incidents the flames were extinguished quickly and there was no serious injury.

[enallos]

[VAMAN]

It is getting too much in Greece now police should do something to stop those rampaging students.

Nice pix VAMAN

I've just noticed that almost all of my photos were posted yesterday.
Sorry for that.

You're welcome mate. Don't worry about redundant pictures. Just be careful next time.

[Jeancarl]

Totally Agree with you
there is always a group that will make a disaster.

[Anthony91]

Son of a.....

[bd popeye]

I'm back in a limited manner.

I apoligize for forsaking this forum. And if I have insulted or disrespected anyone I sincerly apoligize for my childlike behavior. Henceforth I will post only on Naval matters or in the Todays PIX threads. I will be unable to post as frequently as in the past because of my job..

Demonstrations in Greece continued for a seventh day after a teenager was killed by the police. A protester threw a metal crowd barrier at riot control officers outside Parliament during a demonstration in central Athens. Hundreds of shops have been damaged, cars burned and public property vandalized in the country's worst rioting in decades.
Photo: Petros Karadjias/Associated Press

A riot control officer was covered in flames from a gasoline bomb thrown by rioters during clashes in central Athens.
Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press

An elderly man walked in front of riot control officers as demonstrations continued in central Athens.
Photo: Olivier Laban-Mattei/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

As part of the effort to modernize its military, the Polish government has brought a close to conscription, making last week's class of drafted recruits the final one after 90 years of compulsory military service.

A young recruit waiting in line at the base in Radom. After a history of being conquered by Russia and Germany, and at times disappearing from the map entirely, Poles worry more acutely than people in many other countries about questions of national defense.
Photo: Piotr Malecki for The New York Times

Draftee Piotr Piotrkowicz puts on his uniform for the first time at the air force base in Radom last week. For Poland, moving to a professional army is just one step among many that the country is taking in the process to revamp its military forces from a 450,000-man force to a lean, well-equipped military that can quickly deploy to the world's trouble spots as part of multinational missions.
Photo: Piotr Malecki for The New York Times

A policemen gestures to the media towards a newly acquired speed boat belonging to the Indian customs department in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. As part of strengthening India's coastal surveillance, the Indian Customs Saturday commissioned nine advanced patrol vessels and announced plans to acquire 100 more within the next five years. The sole gunman captured in last month's terrorist attacks on Mumbai has written to Pakistani officials to ask for legal help after Indian lawyers refused to take his criminal case, police said Saturday. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)

[Ulytau]

Welcome back bd_popeye

[Jocker_89]

Welcome back bd popeye