Today's Pic's - Wednesday, Oct. 20th

[He219]

Soldiers from 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment conduct weapon clearances after returning from a night patrol as part of the Australian Defence Force Security Detachment (SECDET).

Able Seaman Nathan Young currently on Operation Catalyst in the North Persian Gulf watches over oil terminals from onboard HMAS Adelaide.

Able Seaman Nina Clements (Combat Systems Operator) in the operations room onboard HMAS Adelaide, currently deployed on Operation Catalyst in the North Persian Gulf.

HMAS Adelaide patrols the waters of the North Persian Gulf during Operation Catalyst.

Leading Seaman James Emerson from HMAS Adelaide in the North Persian Gulf, keeps watch during a boarding operation in search of illegal weapons and contraband being smuggled into Iraq.

Lieutenant Martin Radunz and Petty Officer David Glen from HMAS Adelaide in the North Persian Gulf, participate in a boarding operation in search of illegal weapons and contraband being smuggled into Iraq.

Leading Seaman Darren Moore from HMAS Adelaide in the North Persian Gulf, checks radar specifications on a merchant vessel during a boarding operation in search of illegal weapons and contraband being smuggled into Iraq.

Petty Officer Andrew Keitley from HMAS Adelaide, currently on Operation Catalyst in the North Persian Gulf, conducts 9mm Browning Pistol training during Ships Handling Drills onboard.

An F-111 aircraft from No. 1 Squadron, Air Combat Group departs RAAF Base Amberley forExercise Red Flag in Nevada, USA. (Date taken: 19 October 2004)

Group Captain Bill Henman the Officer Commanding the Air Combat Group contingent taking part in Exercise Red Flag meets with Commanding Officer No. 1 Squadron Wing Commander Paul Willmot to discuss the composite F/A-18 and F-111 deployment.

Flying Officer Jake Romanowski and Flight Lieutenant Darren Smith undertake an F-111C Mission Simulator Sortie in preparation for Exercise Red Flag

Flight Lieutenant Susan Youngman from No. 1 Squadron prepares an F-111C aircraft to depart from RAAF Base Amberley for Exercise Red Flag.

Chief of Defence Force (CDF) General Peter Cosgrove presents a member of the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force Training Team (ICDFTT) Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate Darren Walker with his Australian Active Service Medal for service in Iraq.

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Corporal Andrew Langler from 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment commands a patrol through the back streets of Baghdad as part of the Australian Defence Force Security Detachment (SECDET).

Corporal Andrew Langler from 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment commands a patrol through the back streets of Baghdad

Private Nathan Caneron on piquet with SECDET in Baghdad

A soldier from 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment crosses a highway during a night patrol, giving the local signal to wait

A soldier from 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment conducts a night patrol through the streets of Baghdad as part of the Australian Defence Force Security Detachment (SECDET) in Baghdad. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on October 19, 2004 he rejects the idea of Australia acting as a U.S. deputy sheriff in the Asia-Pacific region.

A US Army soldier talks to a British soldier next to the site where a suicide car bomber detonated an explosive device near a US patrol on the airport road in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004. Britain is considering a request by the United States to redeploy a small number of British troops in Iraq so as to free up American soldiers for anti-terror operations

A suicide car bomb exploded on the road to Baghdad's international airport killing only the driver, while a roadside bomb blew up near a US vehicle but caused no casualties

US Army soldiers clean the street after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosive device near a US patrol on the airport road in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, killing himself and injuring four others according to US and Iraqi officials.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with U.S. undersecretary of state for the Middle East affairs, William Burns, in Cairo Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. The lightning visit to Egypt was for talks with senior Egyptian officials on the latest developments in the area and also touched on preparations for a projected conference on Iraq to be hosted by Egypt.

Margaret Hassan, a British-born Iraqi national, the director of CARE International's operation in Iraq, is seen in this January 2003 photo taken in New York. CARE International has suspended its operations in Iraq following the kidnapping of its director Hassan, the head of the aid agency's Australian arm said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. CARE Australia is coordinating the international agency's operations in Iraq and had employed Hassan as its director in the war-torn country.

Iraqi CARE employees react outside the headquarters of the humanitarian agency in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004. Ireland-born Margaret Hassan, the head of the charity's operations in Iraq, was abducted as she drove to work Tuesday. CARE International has suspended its operations in Iraq following the kidnapping of its director there, the head of the aid agency's Australian arm said Wednesday.

[J-10]

Cool today's pics!

[He219]

Thanks, J-10!


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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20: Members of the South Korean Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team stand guard around the U.S. embassy, on October 20, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has determined that an individual is behind a series of recent terror threats against the country, including Tuesday's, which threatened to "burn Seoul and make it crumble." Since last week, South Korea has received two terror threats warning of attacks on facilities in South Korea and its troops in Iraq unless those troops are pulled out.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Canadian soldiers of the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in the Afghan capital Kabul, 19 October 2004. Militants fired half a dozen rockets over US-led military outposts in southeastern Afghanistan early Tuesday in the latest in a string of post-election attacks, an official said. At least 19 people including two US soldiers and three Afghan children have died in post-election violence which authorities blame on Taliban fighters.

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An Afghan National Army soldier stand guard near a counting centre in Kabul October 19, 2004. The new Afghan army is winning the support of the population and is more than able to tackle a lingering insurgency by remnants of the ousted Taliban regime, officials said.

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Police officers stand guard on the rooftop of Vienna's imperial Hofburg palace, the office of the Austrian President, before the arrival of Israel's President Moshe Katsav in Vienna October 19, 2004. Katsav is on a four-day official visit to Austria, the first visit ever of an Israeli President to the country after full diplomatic relations began in 1960.

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Police and security personnel scan the area at Vienna's Judenplatz ("Jews' Square") while Israel's President Moshe Katsav visits a memorial for Holocaust victims October 20, 2004. Katsav is on a four-day official visit to Austria, the first visit ever of an Israeli President to the country after full diplomatic relations began in 1960.

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Israel's President Moshe Katsav (C) smiles as his Aide-de-Camp Shimon Hefetz (L) and Austrian President Heinz Fischer salute each other in Vienna October 19, 2004. Katsav is on a four-day official visit to Austria, the first visit ever of an Israeli President to the country after full diplomatic relations began in 1960.

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Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) talks during a joint press conference with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Katsav in Vienna 19 October 2004. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will escalate if the Palestinians continue with "terrorism", Israeli President Moshe Katsav said 19 October on the first visit to Austria by an Israeli head of state.

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Spc. Daniel Ash, 21, of Grants Pass, relaxes in the gunner position of a Humvee at Patrol Base Vounteer in Baghdad before a patrol mission September 22, 2004. Ash's weapon is a .50-caliber machine gun and he is with the Recon Platoon of the Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry of the Oregon National Guard.

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Lt. Kyle Akers, 26, Hillsboro, of the Recon Platoon, Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry of the Oregon National Guard, on a patrol September 22, 2004 from Patrol Base Volunteer in Baghdad.

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A portrait of Spc. Robert Flick, 26, of Roseburg, with his wife, Ashley and two-year-old son, Crystian, is taped to driver's side window of his Humvee. Flick is with Alpha Company of the Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry of the Oregon National Guard.

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Spc. Ryan Kine, 23, of Dayton, provides security on a Charlie Company mission, along with the Civil Affairs unit, to deliver book bags and computers to four schools in a neighborhood near Patrol Base Volunteer in Baghdad on October 16, 2004. Charlie Company is part of the Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry of the Oregon National Guard.

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Spc. Mark Vrvilo, 40, of Portland, a medic with the Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry of the Oregon National Guard, photographs the arrival of an medical helicopter early in the morning at Patrol Base Volunteer in Baghdad. Two Iraqi National Guardsmen from Alpha Bunker were injured in a rocket-propelled grenade attack, treated and stabilized at the base. The medics then took them to the base helipad where they were transferred to the helicopter and sent to the the Army hospital in the international zone in Baghdad.

[Fee Fi Fo Fum]

Great pics!

[Abbyy]

Belorussian opposition owned

[Macs.]

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I always hate to see something like this.

[UoUo]

Moshe kazav.

[MARINO]

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great pics He, seems that we have many chances to get pics of korean swat teams, hehe, i am afraid that terroists would really attack SK.

btw, it is not ended for todays pics, right? we r waiting for the rest part. hehe ... thx mate!

[Seoulstriker]

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Great Pics, He219!




A few more...

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Police patrol around the parliament building during the swearing in ceremony for the newly elected President Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta, 20 October 2004. Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president facing huge challenges to revive an economy ravaged by graft and tackle terrorism in the world's largest Muslim nation. AFP PHOTO/ ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/***** Images)

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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 19: Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, Commander of the Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan, conducts a briefing on U.S. military operations in Afghanistan October 19, 2004 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Barno said the United States and Pakistan are improving cooperation in efforts to eradicate al-Qaida elements. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/***** Images)

[Celareon]

What a jack-a$$ Lukashenko is, i hate that man.

He makes putin look like a poet-philosopher when it comes to governance.



Edit: Gotta love him:

AFP : " Police moved into the crowd and pulled at least five demonstrators away. Top opposition leader Anatoly Lebedko, head of the United Civil Party, was dragged through the restaurant's kitchen and out a back door, party spokeswoman Yekaterina Tkachenko said. She said police severely beat Lebedko, who was hospitalized in serious condition. He was ordered to report to a police station on Wednesday, she said."

[Locked N Loaded]

Awesome Pic's He219 and Seoulstriker.......Thanks....

A Few More:

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CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Seventh-grader Melvin T. Winn, 12, is given instruction on how to lean back properly on the rappel tower from Cpl. Michael F. Shirley here Oct. 13. Shirley was among six Marines with Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, who taught 21 Lester Middle School students how to build self-confidence through rappelling. Shirley is an HRST instructor with SOTG.

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan –- Seventh-grader Ben J. Hall, 13, looks down the side of the rappel tower as Cpl. Michael F. Shirley instructs him how to keep his legs straight here Oct. 13.

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Seventh-grader Shawnee L. Germany, 12, walks down the side of the 65-foot rappelling tower here Oct. 13.

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Seventh-grade teacher Ernestine Delaney (left) is given advice from Sgt. Brian M. McGrath while descending through the "hellhole" here Oct. 13. The "hellhole" is an affectionate term for the opening in the floor of some helicopters.

Public Affairs soldiers set up a DVIDS NewsLink in Iraq. The DVIDS system gives Public Affairs soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines the ability to transmit live broadcast quality video and still images from anywhere in the world.

Staff Sgt. Carlos Ceballos, the operations chief with Marine Transport Squadron 1 (wearing the orange and black wetsuit) is rescued by Sgt. Robert McWhorter, one of the squadron's crew chiefs, during a VMR-1 search and rescue training exercise.

A Marine prepares a Smokey SAM for launch. Smokey SAMs train pilots how to react in case a surface-to-air missile is fired at them.

Sgt. Mitchell L. Hopkins, maintenance chief for 1st platoon, Company C, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, performs maintenance checks on the weapon systems of an amphibious assault vehicle.

Cpl. Jimmy L. Parker, intelligence analyst for Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, performs a series of pre-flight checks before the dragon eye takes to the skies.

Lance Cpl. Enrique Linan, the dragon eye operator for Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, makes corrections to the dragon eye's flight from a rooftop station. Cpl. Jimmy L. Parker, intelligence analyst with the company, watches the dragon eye's flight several kilometers away through a headset.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan — Marines from 1st Stinger Battery, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, work together to move seabags here Oct. 14 for a deployment to Wake Island. The battery is making the journey to the historic island to qualify its Stinger missile system gunners, giving them an opportunity to meet training and readiness requirements.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan — Lance Cpl. Michael Mariana moves a cargo net here Oct. 14 while packing for 1st Stinger Battery’s deployment to Wake Island.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan — Cpl. Derek S. Lisowski checks an ANPAS-18 thermal night sight here Oct. 14 to make sure it is functional for 1st Stinger Battery’s deployment to Wake Island. The battery is making the journey to the historic island to qualify its Stinger missile system gunners, giving them the opportunity to meet training and readiness requirements. Lisowski is a gunner for the battery, which is part of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan — Marines from 1st Stinger Battery, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load supplies in the back of a vehicle here Oct. 14.

GUAM – Sgt. 1st Class Katsuhiko Gomi applies a field dressing to Pfc. Eiji Uebayashi’s head during urban terrain training here Oct. 15.

GUAM – Sgt. 1st Class Naoki Agata (left) translates for Sgt. Jason L. Massey (center) who is showing Pvt. Shinichi Simizu (right) the best way to defend a doorway during training exercises in urban terrain here Oct. 15.

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[Phil642]

Thanks again dear contributors for these nice pics!

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The CH-46 slows to match the speed of the Coast Guard vessel below, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lawrence Courtney, an in-flight medical technician with VMR-1, is lowered onto the vessel. The coast guardsman, Sailors and Marines then practice raising and lowering a stretcher between the helicopter and the vessel to simulate an emergency medical evacuation during a search and rescue mission.

The 2,000 foot-long Great Wall of Fire lights up the night sky during the twilight show Oct. 16 at the 2004 Miramar Air Show at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.

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[He219]

Let me understand this right; President Alexander Lukashenko just altered the constitution by a 77.3 percent margin so that he can legally elect himself for an extended term of 16 years to life ... (!?!)

Israel's army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon arrives at a ceremony for the fallen members of Israel's naval corps units in the southern Israeli port city of Ashdod, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2004. Yaalon condemned a declaration by scores of rabbis calling on observant soldiers to refuse orders to evacuate any Jewish settlements under a planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip. The statement reflected army officials' growing concerns that a significant number of soldiers would heed the rabbis' call, causing a crisis in the army.

Chinese policemen demonstrate their anti-riot skills during training in Wuhan, Hubei, China, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004. China has more than 1 million police officers and a nationwide program has been underway since may this year to improve their skills.

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