Today's Pics! Friday, September 12th, 2008

[Supplanter]

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Private David John Elkington Fisher.
Private David Fisher of the Special Air Services Regiment (SASR) fell from a rope beneath a Royal Australian Air Force helicopter during a “hot extraction” of his patrol on 27 September 1969. It is now known that Private Fisher died as a result of the fall and was hastily buried by enemy soldiers who discovered his body.

Private David Fisher is the fourth and last Australian Soldier to be located and his return will complete the recovery of all Australian Army personnel who were lost on operations and not recovered during the Vietnam War. Lance Corporal Parker and Private Gillson were repatriated to Australian in June 2007 and Lance Corporal Gillespie in December 2007. www.defence.gov.au Hires

USS SHOUP sails into the Port of Albany to come alongside with HMA Ships DARWIN and SIRIUS for the Great White Fleet 100th Anniversary. www.defence.gov.au Hires

Midshipman Isabelle Collins, Second Class Petty Officer Boatswain's Mate John Parkowski and Leading Seaman Naval Police Coxswain Jamie Bowman study a map to find out Albany's hot spots, during the Great White Fleet visit. www.defence.gov.au Hires

In 2007 Australian soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force rebuilt the main building in the Tarin Kowt Hospital.
Here a local boy watches Australian electrician Lance Corporal Chris Ellul conduct repairs to the hospital. www.defence.gov.au Hires

On the 11th of September 2008, Captain Claire O'Neil from the Australian Reconstruction Task Force watches on as the Uruzgan Governor, Asadaulla Hamdan opens the women's wing of the Tarin Kowt Hospital. www.defence.gov.au Hires

HMAS Darwin conducts Replinishment at Sea approaches with HMAS SIRIUS, whilst in transit to Melbourne to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Both ships are escorting the United States Navy ship, USS JOHN McCAIN. www.defence.gov.au Hires

HMAS DARWIN in transit to Melbourne to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet as an escort ship for USS JOHN S McCAIN. www.defence.gov.au Hires

(Left to right) Officer's Stewards in HMAS DARWIN in the wardroom pantry. Included in the photo is; Able Seaman Officer's Steward Kelly Ruutz, Able Seaman Officer's Steward Sophia Bougoure, Gap Year Seaman Laura Johnson and Seaman Officer's Steward Cassandra Tyrrell. www.defence.gov.au Hires

HMAS DARWIN's boarding party is on approach to HMAS SIRIUS to conduct a boarding exercise in the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat. www.defence.gov.au Hires

Le Ventôse et le Panther. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Progression difficile d'un véhicule des Nations Unies. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Opérations de sécurisation avant destruction. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Accueil par la population tchadienne. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Le 28ème Groupe géographique sur le terrain. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Relevé topographique. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

Toutes les informations de terrain sont répertoriées. www.defense.gouv.fr/ema

An HH-65 crew from Air Station Traverse City conducted joint maneuvers with HMCS Charlottetown as the 442-foot Canadian frigate headed toward Dock 32 in Cleveland for several events, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. While in port, the Charlottetown and members of the U.S. Coast Guard will join forces in a panel discussion on Canadian/U.S. Security and Defense Cooperation at Home and Abroad at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. (Photo by Petty Officer Bill Colclough/U.S. Coast Guard) Hires

BLACK SEA - Two Bulgarian Border Police boats and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas transit through the Black Sea in formation Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. The Dallas was moored in Burgas, Bulgaria, for three days, during which the crew participated in damage control and law enforcement training with the Bulgarian Border Police as part of the U.S. Navy's theater security cooperation mission. The Dallas is currently deployed under the command of the Navy's Sixth Fleet in support of the mission. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen) Hires

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 11: Police cordon off the scene where a Police Officer was shot dead on September 11, 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. One Police Officer has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after being chased and shot during a covert operation. Both Officers were unarmed at the time. (Photo by Sandra Mu/***** Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 12: Honor Guards of the United Nations Command (UNC), the Combined Forces Command (CFC) and the United States Forces Korea (USFK), participate in a farewell ceremony for outgoing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow at the Yongsan U.S. base on September 12, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. Kathleen Stephens will taking over in early October from Vershbow, who is completing a three-year assignment. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/***** Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 12: Honor Guards of the United Nations Command (UNC), the Combined Forces Command (CFC) and the United States Forces Korea (USFK) participate in a farewell ceremony for outgoing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow at the Yongsan U.S. base on September 12, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. Kathleen Stephens will taking over in early October from Vershbow, who is completing a three-year assignment. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/***** Images)

A woman carrying a baby on her back rides on a motorbike with a North Korean soldier along the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Qing Cheng, located around 50km (31 miles) north of the Chinese border city of Dandong, September 12, 2008. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is on the mend from an apparent stroke, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday, with no signs he has lost his grip over a country that possibly has nuclear weapons. Kim, 66, has led communist North Korea for 14 years, under which the reclusive country has seen it anaemic economy shrink, its ballistic missile arsenal swell and U.N. sanctions imposed due to its nuclear program and first atomic test two years ago. REUTERS/David Gray (NORTH KOREA)

A Russian peacekeepers' checkpoint is seen near the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti September September 12, 2008. Russian soldiers began dismantling checkpoints in western Georgia on Wednesday in line with a French-brokered ceasefire deal, but disagreement broke out over the international force that will replace them. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)

[Fireball Sanchez]

Great start Supplanter! That pic of the Aussie in vietnam is great, glad that they could finally bring him home.

Rifleman Lance Cpl. John Jones with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, signals to fellow Marines as he patrols with Malaysian Army Rangers in Malaysia during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2008. CARAT 2008 is a series of bilateral exercises between U.S. armed forces and six Southeast Asian countries.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Andrew Avitt : III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs)

Lance Cpl. Walter H. Schnapp, a rifleman with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, takes cover in a ditch alongside his fire team and Malaysian Army Rangers during CARAT 2008.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Andrew Avitt : III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs)

Scouts with the Light Armored Vehicle platoon, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit take cover behind an LAV prior to beginning a trench assault in Jordanian desert during "Operation Infinite Moonlight." For the LAV platoon the purpose of the training was to refine basic infantry tactics such as trench assaults, weaponry skills, ambush training and a gunnery skills with the LAV's main cannon. The Camp Pendleton, Calif., based 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,200 Marines and Sailors and is a forward deployed force in readiness capable of conducting numerous operations, such as Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations, Humanitarian Assistance Operations and range of amphibious missions. The MEU is currently deployed aboard USS Peleliu (LHA-5), USS Dubuque (LPD-8) and USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52).
(Official USMC photo by Cpl. Stephen Holt)

Sgt. Alexander Hebert, a Scout Section Leader with the Light Armored Vehicle platoon, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides cover as a smoke grenade masks the teams retrograde to a LAV in Jordanian desert during "Operation Infinite Moonlight." For the LAV platoon the purpose of the training was to refine basic infantry tactics such as trench assaults, weaponry skills, ambush training and a gunnery skills with the LAV's main cannon. The Camp Pendleton, Calif., based 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,200 Marines and Sailors and is a forward deployed force in readiness capable of conducting numerous operations, such as Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations, Humanitarian Assistance Operations and range of amphibious missions. The MEU is currently deployed aboard USS Peleliu (LHA-5), USS Dubuque (LPD-8) and USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52).
(Official USMC photo by Cpl. Stephen Holt)

During training, troopers from Company D, 2nd "Lancers" Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division point out their target as they drop to one knee after moving in from the drop zone. The Soldiers planned their point of attack and continued to gain on the target during an air assault mission on Sept. 3, 2008. This is one of the various drills the Ironhorse Brigade conducted during their pre-deployment field training exercise, Rampage.
(Photographer: Sgt. Chris Florence : Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

Soldiers from Company D, 2nd "Lancers" Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepare to fly by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to a drop zone near a high-ranking insurgent to find and interrogate the insurgent who has vital intelligence. The air assault mission is part of Ironhorse Rampage. The Ironhorse field training exercise "rampage" is conducted to prepare the brigade's troops for a future deployment.
(Photographer: Sgt. Chris Florence : Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter sits in Landing Zone 'Hammer' waiting to extract a group of A Company Division Special Troops Battalion Soldiers during their static load training Sept. 5, 2008, at Fort Hood, Texas.
(Photographer: Pfc. Phillip Adam Turner : Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

Soldiers from A Company Division Special Troops Battalion lay in the "prone" firing position after dismounting a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during static load training on Sept. 5, 2008, at Fort Hood, Texas.
(Photographer: Pfc. Phillip Adam Turner : Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

White County, Ga. native Spc. Hershel L. Myers (in the foreground), a budget technician for the 1st Cav. Div. Comptroller Office, walks in a tactical formation to be extracted by an CH-47 Chinook helicopter with other troops from Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion during their static load training on Sept. 5, 2008, at Fort Hood, Texas.
(Photographer: Pfc. Phillip Adam Turner : Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

A Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment patrols the farmlands of Balad, Iraq. Balad has seen vast improvements in both security and economics over the last year due to the easing of restrictions on travel for Iraqi citizens.
(Photographer: Sgt. Richard Rzepka : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

A Soldier with the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, along with Iraqi army soldiers, inspects a construction site near Balad, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. Richard Rzepka : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

A Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, greets an Iraqi soldier during a humanitarian mission near Balad, Iraq.
(Photographer: Sgt. Richard Rzepka : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs)

[Bushranger]

Great start Supplanter & good news Private Fishers remains are returning home. RIP.

this a links to a poem about Private Fisher.

http://bushranger.ozbard.com/vietnam/privat.htm

[Eggy]

A mourning procession with the remains of PFC Jos ten Brinke moves through the town of Rekken. PFC Jos ten Brinke was killed by an IED in the province of Uruzgan on sunday. Ten Brinke is the 17th Dutch soldier killed in Afghanistan.

[Supplanter]

Here are the other 2 pics of Private Fisher.

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[arsenalfootball]

Law enforcement officials arrested nine people - including at least one police say is part of the city's "dirty dozen," Baltimore's most elusive violent repeat offenders - after 18 federal raids that netted heroin, automatic weapons and bags of cash.

This morning's standoff involving SWAT team members, federal authorities and at least one armored vehicle occurred in the Upper Fells Point/Washington Hill area as authorities were serving a warrant in the unit block of S. Regester St., city police spokesman Sterling Clifford said. Police encountered several men in the rowhouse, one of whom jumped out of a third-floor window, landing on a rooftop, Clifford said. The man fled, then broke into an occupied house on South Ann Street by entering an open second-story rear window, he said.

Members of the Baltimore Police Department's SWAT team cordoned off several blocks in Southeast Baltimore Thursday as part of a major drug investigation involving local and federal authorities. Police raided a house on South Regester Street and arrested one man, but another man fled into a nearby home on South Ann Street. He surrendered to police several hours later and the standoff ended peacefully.

[JulietCharlie]

For a moment there I thought the 47 is parked out in the open.

[socom6]

Great start guys! Rest in peace to Pvt. Fisher of Her Majesty's Australian Army. He is finally home.

[Lancero]

Great start!

A Macedonian soldier (R) fires a rocket with the 'Igla' (needle) ground-to-air missile launcher, supervised by a Slovenian military instructor (L), during an excercise at the Krivolak training ground, some 120 kilometres southeast of Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 12 of September 2008. A number of the officers and soldiers of the anti-aircraft battalion of the Macedonian Army had one year of training for the man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) 'Igla' launchers

A Georgian car is checked at a Russian checkpoint in Karaleti, near the town of Gori some 80km west of Tbilisi, Georgia, 12 September 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged to pull out all troops from the security zones by 01 October in peace talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy

A Russian soldier puts a barbed wire near the Russian checkpoint in Karaleti, near the town of Gori some 80 kilometres west of Tbilisi, Georgia, 12 September 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged to pull out all troops from the security zones by 01 October in peace talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

An Israeli soldier allows Palestinians to run forward at the Kalandai Checkpoint on 12 September 2008 as they run past the separation wall to enter Jerusalem in order to attend the second Friday prayers in the holy month of Ramadan at al-Aqsa mosque on 12 September 2008. Israel allowed thousands of Palestinians to cross the border and enter Jerusalem

Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, General Zlatan Stoykov (L) and Chairman of the Military Committee of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola (R) review the honour guard during the official welcome ceremony in Sofia, Bulgaria on 12 September 2008. Bulgaria hosts a meeting of the NATO military committee from 12 to 14 September, this being the first time after the country became a member of the alliance in 2004. Chiefs of staff of Nato armies are to discuss the ongoing military operations of the alliance as well as the operative compatibility, officials said

Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed with military honours by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrives in Orly Airport, near Paris, France, 12 September 2008. Pope Benedict XVI arrived for a four-day visit, his first trip to France since he was elected to succeed the popular John Paul II in April 2005. He is scheduled to spend two days in Paris before travelling to the pilgrimage site of Lourdes, in southern France

Thai police in force outside Thai Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 September 2008. Thailand's Parliament postponed a vote on a new prime minister after a court sacked Premier Samak Sundaravej for moonlighting as a television cooking show host. Samak had been renominated for the job he lost, but the failure by many of his own People Power Party (PPP) members to show up for the vote demonstrated the strong opposition to his reinstatement. Thousands of anti-government protestors continue to occupy Government House calling for his permament removal from politics

Pictures made available on 12 September 2008 shows a US military man holds his bagpipe as he attends a ceremony marking the 7th anniversary of 9/11 in Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, 11 September 2008. Afghan President Hamid Karzai (not in the picture) welcomed the revised 'War on Terror' now including Pakistan's tribal areas. Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Kayani reacted by saying 'No way' to Washington's new strategy of adding boots on the ground to drones in the air

Thai soldiers with anti-riot shields and stick rest as they alert for riot outside Parliament House in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 September 2008. Thailand's Parliament postponed a vote on a new prime minister after a court sacked premier Samak Sundaravej for moonlighting as a television cooking show host. Samak had been renominated for the job he lost but the failure by many of his own People Power Party (PPP) members to show up for vote demonstrated the strong opposition to his reinstatement.

A Haitian girl sits close to hundreds of women that line up to receive food from members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Praville, Haiti, 11 September 2008. The tropical storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike left hundreds of dead and uncountable damages in the Caribbean country

A Bahraini policeman inspects the Canon of Ramadan ahead of firing it at sunset on 11 September 2008 in Sanabis on the outskirts of Manama, Bahrain, to announce the end of the fasting day during the holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan a canon blast fired at sunset marks the end of the fasting day for Muslims while another blast fired at sunrise marks its start. During Ramadan, the 9th month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred of the holy months in Islam, Muslims throughout the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. It started in most of the Muslim countries on 01 September.

Troops of Brazilian army take aim as they patrol in the shanty-town (favela) of Complejo de Mare, in the North area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11 September 2008 with the objective to restrain the actions of outlaw groups that threaten the next local elections, scheduled to take place on 05 October 2008

View of the US Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, 11 September 2008, while being guarded by the Bolivian police after the announcement made by Bolivian President, Evo Morales on 10 September 2008, declaring US Ambassador Philip Goldberg, as a persona non grata, and asked him to leave the country

A handout picture released by the US Navy on 11 September 2008 shows military personnel prepare a medical patient for evacuation from Corpus Christi, Texas to a medical facility in Dallas, 10 September 2008 as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast

A soldier holds a rose and prays at the reflecting pool at the 9/11 Seventh Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony in New York, USA, 11 September 2008. Throngs of family members of victims and others gathered in lower Manhattan for the annual ceremony

A picture dated 01 January 2008 made available on 11 September 2008 shows the USS Kearsarge making its way through the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt. The Suez Canal set a revenue record in the month of August, making 504 million dollers from the transitting of 1,993 ships. The Suez Canal is one of the main sources of income for Egypt and in 2007 and it made 4.5 billion dollars

A Pakistani Rangers stand guard outside the mausoleum of slain former Prime Minister and wife of newly elected Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, prior to the arrival of President Zardari in Gari Khuda Buksh, Pakistan, 11 September 2008. President Asif Zardari visited the grave of his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who was assassinated during an election campaign in Rawalpindi in December 2007 the same day

NATO's soldiers secure the site of a car bomb attack targeting a convoy of a US private security company in the southern city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11 September 2008. A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-filled car into a convoy of a US private security company in southern city of Kandahar on 11 September, killing two civilians and wounding six others. Taliban militants have recently increased the use of roadside and suicide attacks on Afghan and NATO's security forces

An Iraqi policeman inspects the site of a bomb attack at a popular market in Karbala, southern Iraq on 11 September 2008. One person was killed and 20 injured in the attack

A handout photo taken last 09 September of local inhabitants helping to unload water and other provisions in Gonaives, Haiti, eight days after the passing of tropical storm 'Hanna', which flooded almost all the country

Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464, the 'Condors' embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), flies a disaster relief mission 09 September 2008 into areas hardest hit by the recent hurricanes that have struck Haiti.The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) has been diverted from the scheduled Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations

A Russian soldier stands guard at a Russian checkpoint in Karaleti, near the town of Gori some 80 kilometres west of Tbilisi, Georgia, 10 September, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged to pull out all troops from the security zones by 01 October in peace talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Departure cerimony of portuguese GNR contingent for Bosnia, on a Eurogendfor mission

Cougar transport helicopters of the Royal Dutch Airforce arrive at their new homebase Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands, 10 September 2008. The Cougars , in service since 1996, set in in Croatia, Bosnia and Iraq and used now in Afghanistan for the ISAF-mission, are moved from airforce base Soesterberg that will be closed due to cost reductions

(FILE) A undated handout illustration provided by EADS/Northrop Grumman showing a tanker aircraft KC-30 (R) during the refuelling of a US B2 bomber in the air. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced 10 September 2008 that the US Defense Department would leave its decision to order new tanker aircraft for some $35 billion to the next US government. The decision is yet another delay in the competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman to replace the Air Force's refueling fleet of aircraft, which are over 47 years old on average.

A Palestinian man raises his trouser leg to show he is carrying no concealed weapon in front of an Israeli soldier at the Howara checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus 10 September , 2008,Israeli troops closed the checkpoint after a Palestinian woman threw unkown liquid directly at the soldiers,Israeli sources said

Members of the Worker-Peasant Red Guard take part in a parade to celebrate North Korea's 60th anniversary of its founding in Pyongyang, 09 September 2008. North Korea leader Kim Jong Il appears to have suffered health problems that could have been caused by a stroke, a US official said on 08 September. Kim's failure to appear at a national parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of North Korea further indicates the leader could be undergoing health problems, said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity

A United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (MINUSTAH) handout photograph made available on 09 September of Argentinian UN soldiers arriving to Gonaives, Haiti on 07 September 2008. Eight days after the pass of the tropical storm Hanna over Haitian territory the affected areas remain under the water

US President George W. Bush (R) joined by Major General Carla Hawley-Bowland leaves after visiting wounded military personnel at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, USA, on 09 September 2008

(FILE) An undated file photograph showing a Yemeni soldier holding an automatic gun on board of Yemeni coastguard's vessel in the Aden port. Yemen's government approved on 09 September 2008 the establishment of three regional centers for combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the two coastal cities of Hodeidah and Mukalla. Yemen deployed also 1000 soldiers and 16 military boats to curb piracy in its regional waters in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab. During the past few months, Somali pirates carried out more attacks against vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden which is one the most important international navigation route

Portuguese police shooting range truck

[Ceriy]

Commander in chief General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko visited wisited soldiers during Cossack Steppe-2008 exercise in Poland

[Cap Klows]

Brazilian Army Paratroopers in "Cidade de Deus"

[Fireball Sanchez]

Great pics Lancero! Man I just saw a A-10 cruising low over my place just now, that thing is such a bad bird man.....

Military working dog Amber from the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron follows a "suspect," Sept. 9, 2008. The 380th MWD community is constantly training on different scenarios that might arise in a deployed environment. Amber is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Christopher Campbell : 380th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Military working dog Amber from the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron prepares to attack a "suspect," Sept. 9, 2008. The 380th MWD community is constantly training on different scenarios that might arise in a deployed environment. Amber is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Christopher Campbell : 380th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Staff Sgt. Steven RosSario keeps control of Military working dog Amber while the "suspect." Senior Airman Matthew Byrnes tries to get away during an aggression training exercise, Sept. 9, 2008, all are from the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. The 380th MWD community is constantly training on different scenarios that might arise in a deployed environment. Sgt. Rossario and Amber are deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, his hometown is Miami, Fla. Airman Byrnes is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, N.M., his hometown is Quantico, Va
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Christopher Campbell : 380th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Maj. Byron Sarchet, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, provides security while on a battlefield circulation patrol across northern Baghdad, Sept. 9, 2008. Sarchet serves as the information operations officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Sgt. Zachary Mott : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

Maj. Byron Sarchet, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, scans rooftops for signs of suspicious activity in the Sadr City District of Baghdad while on a battlefield circulation patrol across northern Baghdad, Sept. 9, 2008. Sarchet serves as the information operations officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Sgt. Zachary Mott : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

A Sons of Iraq member stands in the foreground directing traffic as Maj. Byron Sarchet, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, barters with Iraqi children while on a battlefield circulation patrol across northern Baghdad, Sept. 9, 2008. Sarchet serves as the information operations officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Sgt. Zachary Mott : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

Maj. Byron Sarchet, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, barters with Iraqi children while on a battlefield circulation patrol across northern Baghdad, Sept. 9, 2008. Sarchet serves as the information operations officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Sgt. Zachary Mott : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

Maj. Byron Sarchet, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, rides in the back of a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle while on a battlefield circulation patrol across northern Baghdad, Sept. 9, 2008. Sarchet serves as the information operations officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Sgt. Zachary Mott : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

[Greg27]

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said that U.S. ambassador Patrick Duddy is no longer welcome, just as his close ally Bolivia expelled the American envoy from La Paz a day earlier because the americans are just mean.

[Greg27]

The pope arrives in Paris.

[Greg27]

Japan says it will withdraw its air defense forces from Iraq by the end of the year. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has been airlifting materials and troops between Kuwait and locations in Iraq since 2006.

It was the first overseas deployment of Japanese troops since World War II.