Worlds Armed Forces Pictures III

[bd popeye]

This is the new Worlds Armed Forces picture thread! Fell free to post pictures of any of the Worlds Armed Forces here! Please post any pics of the US Armed Forces in that thread.


Do not directly link pics from DoD sites or other web sites. Use image shack, Defensetalk.com or upload them from your hard drive as an attatachment.


Enjoy!

1) PACIFIC OCEAN (March 26, 2007) - Mexican navy gunners prepare to fire their weapon as amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) pulls ahead to a safe position prior to a joint gunnery exercise. Tarawa, along with ARM Usumacinta (A 412), conducted passing exercise (PASSEX) while training together off the coast of Mazatlan.

2) Korsor Naval Base Denmark (Feb 20, 2007) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Donald C. Winter is rendered honors during a tour of Korsor Naval Base. SECNAV was in Denmark to get a firsthand look at how foreign shipyards design and produce naval warships.

3) Camp Lemonier, Djibouti (Dec. 21, 2006) - Abjubaker Hassan Hanifa, a member of the special brigade of the Djiboutian national police, practices charging with his rifle during a three-day training on a range of topics from basic weapons procedures to room clearing. The brigade is in charge of security of the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti. The instructors are currently deployed to the 5th Provisional Security Company that is responsible for the security at Camp Lemonier, home of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.

4) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Nov 10, 2006) - The Royal Netherlands Navy ship, HNLMS Tromp (F803), arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. The Air Defense and Command Frigate has a crew of approximately 170. The crew is scheduled to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial and visit various sites throughout Oahu. It is scheduled to sail back to the Netherlands following a circumnavigation around the world. This is the first Dutch navy ship to visit Hawaii in more than 50 years.

5) Soldiers of 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army conduct a cordon and search in the Ad Hamyah district of Baghdad Iraq.

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1) British Royal Navy file photo of HMS Cornwall (F99), a Type 22 Broadsword-class frigate. The Type 22 was designed to be a specialist anti-submarine warfare vessel as part of the Royal Navy's contribution to NATO. Since then they have evolved into a general-purpose frigate with weapons for use against other surface ships, aircraft and submarines. Cornwall is the lead ship for the third and final series (Batch), built in the Broadsword-class. The ships have enhanced command, control and co-ordination facilities ideal for deployment as flagships.

2) Cameroonian Navy Sailors board the French Frégates de surveillance FS Germinal F735 while performing a visit, board, search and seizure drill (VBSS) in Douala, Cameroon, during exercise RECAMP V

3) The Korean Ship Dae Jo Yeong (DDG 977), is guided into Naval Base San Diego with the help of a tugboat after passing underneath the Coronado Bridge

4) The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Munmu The Great (KDX II) participates in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC).

5) Chief Petty Officer Peter Weingaertner, assigned to Australian Clearance Diving Team Four takes part in training aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Valley Forge (CG 50), during a Vehicle Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) exercise.

[pingouin]

This is the first Dutch navy ship to visit Hawaii in more than 50 years.

This can't be correct. Hr.Ms. Van Galen and Hr.Ms. Van Speijk took about a similar tour in 1970 and visited Hawaii. Also. more recently, see http://www.dutchfleet.net//files/ytikjnhnmgjj_662.png ...

[bd popeye]

This can't be correct. Hr.Ms. Van Galen and Hr.Ms. Van Speijk took about a similar tour in 1970 and visited Hawaii. Also. more recently, see http://www.dutchfleet.net//files/ytikjnhnmgjj_662.png ...

Most of the pictures I post are from http://www.navy.mil/ They are the ones who post those captions.

[bd popeye]

1) South Korean Navy SEALs conduct joint military operations in urban terrain during training with U.S. Special Forces at Rodriguez Range Complex, South Korea, part of exercise Foal Eagle 2007.

2) Members of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division (IAD), march during the pass and review portion of their change of command ceremony.

3) Polish Army soldiers and U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU-3), provide security for other team members.

4) The Japanese supply ship JDS Mashu (425) pulls along side the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) for a replenishment at sea (RAS).

5) Paratroopers from the 9th Royal Malay Regiment wait in the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) to board a Landing Craft Air Cushion.

[bd popeye]

South Korean Navy SEAL from the under water demolition team conduct joint military operations in urban terrain during training with U.S. Special Forces at Rodriguez Range Complex, South Korea, as part of exercise Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration / Foal Eagle 2007 March 24, 2007. The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate resolve to support the Republic of Korea (ROK) against external aggression while improving ROK/U.S. combat readiness and joint / combined interoperability. (U.S . Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Keith DeVinney) (Released) (Released to Public)

All pictures courtsey of the US Navy.

[bd popeye]

1 & 5) Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Soldiers, 57th Cavalry Battalion (BN), 26th Division, sit on top of the a K1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) as they wait to load it onto a railcar at Camp Casey, Gyeonggi-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR), in preparation for a Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration (RSO&I) field training exercise. (Released to Public)

2) German designed Leopard AS1 Gun Tank from the 1st Armored Regiment (1ARMD) participates in a simulated battle during the Talisman Saber 2005 exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia (AUS). (Released to Public)

3) Iraqi army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division practice crew evacuation and roll over drills during tank driving training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander) (Released) (Released to Public)

4) A German designed Leopard AS1 Gun Tank from the 1st Armored Regiment (1ARMD) participates in a simulated battle during the Talisman Saber 2005 exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia (AUS). (Released to Public)

5) Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Soldiers, 57th Cavalry Battalion (BN), 26th Division, sit in the open turrets of the a K1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) as they maneuver it in order to load it onto a railcar at Camp Casey, Gyeonggi-do Province, ROK, in preparation for a Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration (RSO&I) field training exercise. (Released to Public)

[The_Zergling]

Thanks for the commentary on each individual photo, it's very useful.

[bd popeye]

Thanks for the commentary on each individual photo, it's very useful.

You are welcome "Z"!

Those comments are from the US DoD web site. Because,believe you me, all tanks, gun placements etc look the same to me....I'm a sailor!:D

[bd popeye]

1) Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment (dressed in white cold-weather gear), prepare to fire a Vofors Carl Gustaf 84 mm M2 Recoilless rifle (Released to Public)
DoD photo by: LCPL JAMES J. VOORIS, USMC

2) Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment (dressed in white cold-weather gear)(Released to Public)
DoD photo by: LCPL JAMES J. VOORIS, USMC

3) Two Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), F-4 Super Phantoms, 83rd Wing, Naha Airport, Okinawa, take off from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (JASDF). (Released to Public) DoD photo by: SRA JOSHUA STRANG, USAF

4) Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) personnel from Naha, Japan, disembark from a JASDF CH-47 helicopter at Kadena Air Base, Japan, to attend Exercise COPE NORTH 02-1 mass briefing. (Released to Public)
DoD photo by: MSGT MARVIN KRAUSE, USAF

5) TORA 101, a Japanese A6M Zero replica, drives by with Pilot Douglas R. "Hollywood" Jackson (Released to Public)
DoD photo by: A1C JACQUELINE HAWKINS, USAF

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1) Iraqi army soldiers drive a tank in Sabe Al Boor, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffrey Alexander) (Released) (Released to Public)

2) Afghanistan National Police (ANP) recruits listen to instructors before firing their AK-47 rifles at a range near the regional training center for the ANP near Gardez, Afghanistan, March 17, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Bracken) (Released ) (Released to Public)

3) During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, an abandoned, Russian made, Iraqi T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) along the Main Supply Route (MSR) shows little signs of battle damage. (Released to Public)

4) A B1 Centauro (8 X 8) wheeled tank destroyer, small Italian Flag painted on front of vehicle, assigned to the US Army, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Fort Lewis, Washington. (Released to Public)

5) A Spanish Army M60A3 TTS Main Battle Tank (MBT) travels along the beach at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. (Released to Public)

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1) Israeli Air Force maintainers approach their F-15D fighter aircraft to perform post-flight checks at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal (PRT), upon arrival. (Released to Public)

2) Two Israeli Defense Force-Air Force F-15D Eagle aircraft practice air defense maneuvers mission over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges, at Nellis Air Force Base NV. (Released to Public)

3) A port bow view of the Israeli navy's guided missile patrol boat INS Hetz underway. The vessel functions as a prototype launching platform for the Barak surface-to-air missile. (Released to Public)

4) Afghan National Army field artillery soldiers rehearse crew drills on a D-30 122-mm Howitzer in Shirzai, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus J. Quarterman) (Released) (Released to Public)

5) The Moroccan Navy MODIFIED DESCUBIERTA CLASS: Frigate, LIEUTENANT COLONEL ERRHAMANI (FFG 501) (foreground), underway in the Atlantic Ocean with the US Navy and the German Navy, BREMEN CLASSS (Type 122): Frigate, NIEDERSACHSEN (F 208) (background right)(Released to Public)

[Costas 240GD]

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Another ex-Greek BMP-1A1 Ost! :)

[Kim Jong Il]

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1458&d=1176832432
Another ex-Greek BMP-1A1 Ost! :)

what is a Bmp-1A1????????????????????????????????????????????:

[Costas 240GD]

It's a modification done to former East German BMP-1s to bring them closer to western standards. It includes the fitting of no-slip pads on the hull, boarding ladder, lights and rear view mirrors identical to those of the Marder, plus the typical Bundeswehr night driving "convoy" shield. The Hellenic Army received 500 of these and at least 100 were donated to Iraq. A Greek modification was the fitting of a cradle on the turret for a M2HB HMG and the turret hatch now swings to the side instead of opening upwards to the front. The gun cradle was removed prior to shipment to Iraq, but the hatch configuration was not changed back to the original.
Hope this answers your question,
Costas.

[bd popeye]

1) ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 18, 2007) - Greek sailors board an MH-60S Seahawk, attached to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 26, to conduct Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) as part of exercise Phoenix Express 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Harbour (RELEASED)

2) ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 17, 2007) - Flight operations are conducted with a Turkish AB-212 helicopter, a Greek AB-212 helicopter and a Moroccan AS-565 Panther helicopter in support of Phoenix Express 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Harbour (RELEASED)

3) VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (May 7, 2007) – Cmdr. Thomas C. Halvorson, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) reviews the Russian fleet as the ship arrived in Vladivostok, Russia. . U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton (RELEASED)

4) 05/02/07 - Participants from Iguana Voladora hold iguanas during the closing ceremony for the airborne operations at the Tamara drop zone in Honduras May 2, 2007. Each country released an iguana onto the drop zone, a tradition that has continued each year of Iguana Voladora, signifying the end of the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs) (Released)

5) 04/30/07 - Iraqi police officers shoot their pistols during training at a range on Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, May 1, 2007. The police officers are training with International Police Liaison Officers and the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine) (Released)

[bd popeye]

Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Turkey on Wednesday sent large contingents of soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to reinforce its border with Iraq amid a heated debate over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases. Turkey has urged the US and Iraq to destroy the Kurdish bases.

[bd popeye]

Israeli Merkava tanks & armoured bulldozers roll towards an entry point to the northern Gaza Strip, on the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday May 31, 2007.

[bd popeye]

The Lebanese are wratchting up the stakes...Lebanese army vehicles line up during the military operation at the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon Friday, June 1, 2007. Under the cover of artillery barrages, dozens of Lebanese army tanks and armored carriers on Friday moved against Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon

[bd popeye]

1) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 23, 2007) - Spanish frigate SPS Mendez Nunez (F-104) passes Hospital Point as she pulls into Pearl Harbor for a port visit.

2) CORAL SEA (June 24, 2007) - An Australian Sea King prepares to land on the flight deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while underway conducting exercise Talisman Saber 2007 (TS07).

3) A Cambodian soldier armed with a Chinese-made QBZ-95 rifle prepares to search a missing plane at Kampot province.

4) Serbian defense officials inspect Serbian newly produced ALAS-Advanced Light Attack System, a missile system for destroying high-valued targets, during a defense fair, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Belgrade, Serbia

5) Spanish troops carru two of the coffins of six U.N. peacekeepers slain in a car bombing in Lebanon last Sunday, arrive at the Torrejon military airbase just outside of Madrid in the early hours of Tuesday June 26, 2007.

[bd popeye]

Hamas fighters inspect damage inflicted by the IDF...

Hamas fighter inspects a destroyed Hamas building in the east of al Buriej refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 06, July, 2007. Eleven Paleaelistinian were killed yesterday after an Israeli tanks raid the refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

[bd popeye]

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Polish soilders on duty in Afghanstain, August 2007

[Schumacher]

SK Navy on visit to Shanghai.

[bd popeye]

Polish military in Afghanistan...

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The Hungarian honor guard waited for the arrival of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore on his official visit to Budapest.
Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters


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Members of an Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos stand during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2007. The second commando battalion of the ANA consisting of 750 people graduated on Wednesday. Afghanistan will have 70,000 newly trained soldiers by the end of 2008. (Zabi Tamanna/Xinhua/WPN) **China Out**

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Ugandan soldiers from the African Union (AU) perform a traditional dance during celebrations to mark Uganda's 45th anniversary of independence in the capital Mogadishu, October 9, 2007. (SOMALIA)
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Filipino troops muster to fight in the southern Philippines

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Indonesian soldiers march during the 62nd anniversary of the military at the military headquaters on the outskirts of Jakarta October 5, 2007

[bd popeye]

It's National day in Espana!

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12 October 2007 a military parade marking the Spanish national holiday in Madrid. The October 12 national day marks the day when Christopher Columbus discovered America. AFP PHOTO/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Iraqi security officer stands guard as civilians inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdads central al-Tahir square, 12 October 2007. A car bomb ripped through a police patrol in a crowded square in central Baghdad today, killing two policemen and two civilians and wounding 15 people, security officials said. AFP PHOTO/ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/***** Images)

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NABLUS, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 12: Palestinians are dressed for visiting family as they pass through an Israeli army checkpoint on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr October 12, 2007 on the outskirts of the West Bank Palestinian city of Nablus. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and following special morning prayers, is celebrated with visits to friends and relatives. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)


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Georgian officials say the current contingent merely reflects a commitment to maintaining security. Yet for Georgian soldiers risking their lives to interdict what is described as the southern Shiite trafficking in bombs, the sense of making a down payment on their own security is strong.
Photo: Scott Nelson/World Picture Network, for The New York Times

[bd popeye]

Armed forces PIX from the World over! Enjoy!

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A Palestinian woman walks near Israeli soldiers during a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus October 16, 2007. Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, medical workers and security sources said. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers entered Nablus early on Tuesday and surrounded a residential building where Palestinian militants were holed up

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Turkish soldiers in an armoured vehicle escort the convoy of Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug heading to governor's office in south-eastern Turkish province of Sirnak, October 16, 2007. Turkey's cabinet asked parliament on Monday for permission to launch attacks on Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq that Washington fears could destabilise one of the most peaceful areas of the country

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Former Dutch peacekeeper Boudewijn Kok visits his old army base near Srebrenica October 16, 2007. A group of former Dutch peacekeepers whose mission was to protect civilians in once U.N. safe haven of Srebrenica visited for the first time the site where Serb forces killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys in 1995

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Africa Union peacekeepers form Uganda stand guard at the KM4 junction in south Mogadishu October 16, 2007. Somalia's president and prime minister are staring each other down in a political standoff that may end their lengthy feud but also set the Horn of Africa government adrift -- again

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A French solider with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch during the inauguration of a "Shura House" a meeting hall in Shakar Darah district 20km north of Kabul October 16, 2007

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Polish soldiers in Iraq helping civillians and on patrol! Enjoy...

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Afghanistan national army commando cadets train at Camp Morehead, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 7, 2007 These photos are part of their training before graduating the Commando course.

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Filipino soldiers sit on top of a military truck as they wait for deployment inside a military camp in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines on 20 October 2007. Metro Manila were placed under tight watch by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after Friday's Glorietta mall blast in Makati City that killed at least nine people and injured more than a hundred others

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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (C) is flanked by police chief Drector General Avelino Razon (R) and military chief General Hermogenes Esperon (L) as they head for a security briefing at the headquarters of the Philippines National Police in Manila, 20 October 2007, a day after a deadly shopping mall bomb attack left nine dead at the Makati financial center. Police said the bomb used in the blast contained the main ingredient of C4, a military ordinance. AFP PHOTO/Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Members of the Philippines police Special Action Force with an armoured personnel carrier are seen on full alert in Manila, 20 October 2007, a day after a shopping mall bombing that killed nine people. Police said the bomb used in the blast contained the main ingredient of C4, a military ordinance. AFP PHOTO/Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/***** Images)

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Eight people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful explosion hit an upscale shopping mall in the Makati City neighborhood of Manila, Philippines. The chief of police in the Philippines said the explosion was caused by a bomb, but did not give further details because the investigation was still under way.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) speaks to Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos (R) following their joint press conference with their Italian counterpart Massimo D'Alema (not seen) at the UN headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqura, 20 October 2007. The three foreign ministers reiterated today their commitment toward ending a long-running political crisis in Lebanon that is blocking the election of a president. Speaking at the base of the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL in south Lebanon, Kouchner, D'Alema and Moratinos told reporters they would impress upon Lebanese leaders during their one-day visit the importance of breaking the political deadlock that marks the country's worst political crisis since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war.

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Indian policemen bow their heads in honour of their fallen colleagues as they stand next to wreaths during Police Commemoration Day in Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 21 October 2007. Police Commemoration Day is marked every year on 21st October to remember the sacrifices of police personnel who laid their lives died during the 18 years of insurgency in Kashmir

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Madhya Pradesh police contingents during police martyrs day parade in Bhopal, India on 21 October 2007. The day marks to pay tribute to the policemen who had given their lives in the service of the nation

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I found a web site with some really nice aircraft photos & video:

MiG-35:
http://www.aviapedia.com/exhibitions/mig-35-photos-from-airindia2007

Su-35BM:
http://www.aviapedia.com/category/fighters/su-35/

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Bulgarians soldiers from second Bulgarian ISAF unit are seen during an official ceremony in the city of Karlovo , some 145 km east from Sofia, Bulgaria on 12 November 2007. The Bulgarian military unit today took off to Afghanistan, where they will take part in a peacekeeping operation of NATO in the town of Kabul

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The last kisses, waves & goodbye from families and friends, as the RAN HMAS Arunta departs for the Gulf.
(Date taken: 12 November 2007)

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Dutch ARV on the west bank of the Balachi Valley in Afghanistan

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A French intelligence officer (R) views two military NCO aerial reconnaissance experts checking photos taken by a French pilot aboard his Mirage F1 jetfighter during a daily mission over the Chadian-Sudanese border where 400.000 refugees are gathered, at the French army base in N'Djamena, 13 November 2007. An intelligence service analyses hundreds of pictures every day to keep track of rebel's movements and the refugees situation. Around 4,300 European soldiers from France, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria and Poland will deploy in December to secure the Darfur region with the Chadian border against the Sudanese rebel's attacks. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/***** Images)

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A French fighter plane mirage F1 is ready to take off for a daily mission over the Chad-Sudan border where 400.000 refugees are gathered, at the French army base in N'Djamena, 13 November 2007

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Indonesian soldiers board a plane for Lebanon at the military airport in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, November 12, 2007. Some 284 Indonesian troops of 850 in total are heading to Lebanon to replace a previous team as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission. (Zhang Jun/Xinhua/WPN) **China Out**

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An Afghan National Army soldier (C), with a freshly picked rose attached to his weapon, returns from a mission to hunt for weapons caches in the Taliban stronghold of Panjwaii town, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, November 12, 2007.

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[QUOTE]Iraqi Army Soldiers rest for a moment after securing the roads in Tal Adi Dabah, Iraq, Nov. 7, 2007. The three-day operation consisted of cordon and knock, village assessments and humanitarian relief to the Iraqi nationals.

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A Japanese landing craft air cushions prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during ANNUAL-EX, a well deck exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the vicinity of Sasebo, Japan.

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11.11.2007: Poland celebrates the independence day

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Polish soldiers from 24th „Uhlans” battalion (10th Armored Cavalry Brigade) on the way to the proving ground.

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I love the NATO envolvement in Afghanistan. Here's some pix of Czech forces.

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here are some great photos of Army of Czech Republic Special Operations Group from Afghanistan. Enjoy

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French soldiers get ready to fire an anti-tank missile during an exercise to secure the French army base to become shortly the headquarters of the EU troops in Abeche in eastern Chad, 15 November 2007. An EU peacekeeping force of about 4,000 troops is expected to arrive in Chad in the coming weeks to help monitor camps for Darfur refugees and internally displaced persons in Chad and the Central African Republic, which border Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, as part of a humanitarian EU mission to protect refugees

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A Mirage 2000-5 lands on the tarmac of the military airport of Tanagra, some 100 kilometers north of Athens, 23 November 2007. Greece incorporated 15 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets into its airforce in a ceremony officiated over by Greek Defence Minister Evangelos Meimarakis and his French counterpart Herve Morin. The jets had been commissioned from French contractor Dassault in 2000 at a price of 1.6 billion euros. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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man looks at a Mirage 2000 - 5 during a ceremony at the military airport of Tanagra, some 100 kilometers north of Athens, 23 November 2007. Greece incorporated 15 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets into its airforce in a ceremony officiated over by Greek defence minister Evangelos Meimarakis and his French counterpart Herve Morin. The jets had been commissioned from French contractor Dassault in 2000 at a price of 1.6 billion euros. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Lebanese soldier secures an area in Beirut's downtown during a parade by the Lebanese NGO "Offre Joie" to celebrate the country's 64th independence day, 22 November 2007, at Beirut Martyrs square.

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Lebanese army soldiers check a man at a checkpoint in Beirut's downtown, 23 November 2007. The Lebanese army was deployed heavily in the capital today, with tanks and troops at all major intersections, and the downtown area where the parliament building is located declared off-limits as a parliament session for lawmakers to elect a new head of state before a midnight deadline appeared doomed by factional rivalry. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lebanese army commandos secure a street in Beirut, 23 November 2007. The Lebanese army was deployed heavily in the capital today, with tanks and troops at all major intersections, and the downtown area where the parliament building is located declared off-limits as a parliament session for lawmakers to elect a new head of state before a midnight deadline appeared doomed by factional rivalry. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman walks past a Lebanese army light tank manned by soldiers securing a street in Beirut, 23 November 2007. The Lebanese army was deployed heavily in the capital today, with tanks and troops at all major intersections, and the downtown area where the parliament building is located declared off-limits as a parliament session for lawmakers to elect a new head of state before a midnight deadline appeared doomed by factional rivalry. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty

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Army armoured vehicle secures a street in Beirut, 23 November 2007. The Lebanese army was deployed heavily in the capital today, with tanks and troops at all major intersections, and the downtown area where the parliament building is located declared off-limits as a parliament session for lawmakers to elect a new head of state before a midnight deadline appeared doomed by factional rivalry. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Swiss Army member takes part in a presentation of the Swiss Navy on Lake Lugano during the Swiss Army days 2007 exhibition in Lugano November 22, 2007.
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A Swiss Army boat drives through waves during a presentation of the Swiss Navy on Lake Lugano during the Swiss Army days 2007 exhibition in Lugano November 22, 2007.
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Lebanese army soldiers secure an area in Beirut, 23 November 2007. The Lebanese army was deployed heavily in the capital today, with tanks and troops at all major intersections, and the downtown area where the parliament building is located declared off-limits as a parliament session for lawmakers to elect a new head of state before a midnight deadline appeared doomed by factional rivalry. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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TOKYO - NOVEMBER 23: People watch as a Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) refueling ship returns at Harumi Pier November 23, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The Ship Tokiwa returned from their mission to refuel U.S. and other ships in the Indian Ocean, as the Anti Terrorism Special Measure Law expired on November 1. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/***** Images)

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South Korea special warfare command troops parachute during a drill at Gwangju, 30 km south of Seoul, 22 November 2007. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as Stalinst North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict. AFP PHOTO/KIM JAE-HWAN (Photo credit should read KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Indian Army soldier stands gaurd on a street of Kolkata, 23 November 2007, two days after large-scale violence broke out across the city. Life in the city was largely back to normal following the violent situation that broke out in central Kolkata during a shutdown called by a Muslim outfit demanding the expulsion of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and protesting against the Nandigram turmoil. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Indian Army soldiers load relief goods including ready-to-eat food packets, tents, blankets and medicines into an Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft for Bangladeshi cyclone-affected people, at New Delhi Airport, 22 November 2007. The fear of disease and starvation was growing in Bangladesh as relief workers battled the clock to get vital aid to cyclone victims who have been without adequate food and water for a week. Aid agencies are struggling to provide desperately-needed supplies because the difficulty in reaching remote areas continues to hamper relief operations. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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BARISAL, Bangladesh (Nov. 23, 2007) Bangladeshi soldiers unload a shipment of bottled water delivered by Marines of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 261, the aviation element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). This mission marked the first U.S. military aid arriving in Bangladesh. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the 22nd MEU are supporting relief operations at the request of the government of Bangladesh. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller (Released)

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Saad Hariri, center, Lebanon's head of the parliamentary majority, left Parliament under heavy guard after a last-minute session to elect a new president before a midnight deadline failed. The vote to elect a new president will be postponed for a fifth time, with the new date being next Friday. The move prolongs the political crisis that has paralyzed the country for two months and leaves a vacuum at the top level of government.
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Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards attended Friday prayers at a university in Tehran. Iran rejected United Nations sanctions stemming from its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment, and the country warned its enemies to expect a wave of resistance if they increased pressure to end the program.
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Soldiers stand guard outside the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 23, 2007. A Lebanese parliamentary session for electing a new president scheduled on Friday was postponed again to Nov. 30, 2007 to give feuding parties more time to hold talks. (Lin Yiguang/Xinhua/WPN) **China Out**

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An armoured vehicle stands at a crossroad in the downtown of Beirut, capital of Lebanon, on Nov. 22, 2007. A Lebanese parliamentary session for electing a new president scheduled on Friday, November 23 was postponed again to Nov. 30, 2007 to give feuding parties more time to hold talks. (Lin Yiguang/Xinhua/WPN) **China Out**

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Nepal's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands alert during the seventh anniversary of the Maoist's People's Liberation Army (PLA) day at the Shaktikhor cantonment site, Chitwan some 220 kms south west of Kathmandu, 24 November, 2007

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Nepal's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier watch proceedings during the seventh anniversary of the Maoist's People's Liberation Army (PLA) day at the Shaktikhor cantonment site, Chitwan some 220 kms south west of Kathmandu, 24 November, 2007. The Maoist launched the people's movement in 1995 but the Maoist PLA was officially formed 23 November 2001. Various political leaders, ministers, officers from the Nepal Army and other high ranking officials were invited to participate in the event. This is the first time that Maoists are celebrating this anniversary in such an open manner, following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of November 2006 and the first time that officials from the state security agencies have been invited to the programme. AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Nepal's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier carries a weapon across his shoulders as he walks to attend the seventh anniversary of the Maoist's People's Liberation Army (PLA) day at the Shaktikhor cantonment site, Chitwan some 220 kms south west of Kathmandu, 24 November, 2007.

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An Indian Army soldier stands gaurd on a street of Kolkata, 23 November 2007, two days after large-scale violence broke out across the city. Life in the city was largely back to normal following the violent situation that broke out in central Kolkata during a shutdown called by a Muslim outfit demanding the expulsion of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and protesting against the Nandigram turmoil. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Guatemalan army soldiers hunt delinquents during a large scale operation 28 November, 2007 in Guatemala City. Guatemalan police and army forces are combing the northern outskirts of the Guatemalan capital as part of a preventive security operation in advance of New Year's festivities. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/***** Images)

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Lebanese soldiers atop an armored personnel carrier (APC) watch a small group of taxi drivers protesting against the rise in fuel prices in Beirut, 28 November 2007. Lebanon's dangerous political vacuum could be headed toward a resolution with the country's army chief emerging as a likely candidate for the presidency, officials said on today. Army commander Michel Suleiman said that security measures taken in all parts of the country were to secure the presidential election. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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Dutch general Dick Berlijn (L), commander-in-chief of the Dutch forces, visits the Dutch troops in Bergen, 21 November 2007. More than 500 soldiers train their shooting skills before their dispatch to Afghanistan at the end of the year. AFP PHOTO/ ANP PHOTO /HENNIE KEERIS/NETHERLANDS OUT/belgium out (Photo credit should read HENNIE KEERIS/AFP/***** Images)

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Dutch soldiers train in Bergen, 21 November 2007 their shooting skill before their dispatch to Afghanistan at the end of the year. AFP PHOTO/ANP/HENNIE KEERIS /NETHERLANDS OUT /belgium out (Photo credit should read HENNIE KEERIS/AFP/***** Images)

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Pakistani soldiers take position at a hill at the mountaineous area of Matta, in the troubled northwestern Swat valley, 28 November 2007. Pakistani troops 28 Novemeber seized the base of a radical cleric in northwestern Swat valley where nearly two weeks of clashes have killed around 250 militants. Swat, a top scenic tourist spot, had been partially overrun since July by followers of Maulana Fazlullah, an Islamic leader nicknamed "Mullah Radio" because he used a private FM station to call for holy war. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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Iraqi soldiers look at confiscated weapons displayed at an Iraqi military base in the shrine city of Karbala, central Iraq, 28 November 2007. The shells were confiscated yesterday during a military raid on the outskirts of Karbala. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/***** Images)

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Two things about the guns in the last post: That fellow in the 1st picture seems to have a very fancy weapon. I'm no gun aficianado, so I don't know what it is. I didn't think that the Guatemalan army could afford that sort of thing though.

Secondly, a Type 56 is clearly visible in those seized weapons in Iraq. :china::D Horray for the Chinese defence industry. :nana:

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this is an Israeli Tabor/Tavor
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I apoligize for my PIX disappearing but the photo hosting site I have been using is don today.:confused::( Hopefully it will be back on line today.

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HRENSKO, CZECH REPUBLIC - DECEMBER 17: Guard-boats of the Czech Republic (R) and of Germany (L) patrol on the Elbe river days before the opening of the Czech-German border on December 17, 2007, in Hrensko, Czech Republic. When the Czech Republic and other new member states join the Schengen agreement on December 21, 2007, these border control posts will be decommissioned. (Photo by Radim Beznoska/isifa/***** Images)

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Afghan security guards of the Parliament stage an arrest of a demonstrator during a ceremony of the handing over of training diplomas by experts of the French police in Kabul, 16 December 2007. Security guards of the Parliament first brigade received their diplomas after a few weeks of training provided by the French police project team. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)

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Lebanese army troops patrol a street leading to the Lebanese parliament in downtown Beirut 17 December 2007. Lebanon's presidential election was postponed for a ninth time today to December 22, despite intense international efforts to convince rival parties to strike a deal and end a dangerous political vacuum. The delay, the ninth since September, comes amid intense efforts by the United States and other countries to convince Lebanon's pro- and anti-Syrian factions to proceed to a vote and avoid plunging the country into further chaos.AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/***** Images)

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AFP (Armed Forces Philippines) Army Sergeant Rica Flores views a model of a house during a housing fair for military personnel, 17 December 2007 at the Armed Forces headquarters in Manila. The fair aims to offer different kinds of affordable housing solutions to all military personnel this Christmas. Armed Forces chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. also said said that no coup attempt would spoil the Christmas season because rebel soldiers who tried to oust the government last month do not have the support of the troops. AFP PHOTO / LUIS LIWANAG (Photo credit should read LUIS LIWANAG/AFP/***** Images)

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BASRA, IRAQ - DECEMBER 16: Iraqi security forces march during a handover ceremony on December 16, 2007, in Basra, 340 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. Britain formally handed over security control in Southeastern province of Basra to Iraqi forces on Sunday, December 16, 2007. (Photo by Khaldoon Zubeir/***** Images)

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These PIX of the Hmong shocked me. I thought most had migrated out of hiding. These Hmong still fight on...

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Ethnic Hmong relatives of C.I.A. Secret War veterans walked through the jungle in the Vientiane province of Laos. The C.I.A. operation, from 1961 until 1975, became known as the Secret War because the fighting to prevent a Communist takeover in Laos was done by the C.I.A.'s mercenaries, most of whom were from the Hmong, a hill-dwelling ethnic minority. Today, thousands of Hmong veterans and their families remain in the jungle.
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"If I surrender, I will be punished,"� said Xang Yang, a 58-year-old veteran. He said his group has been attacked by the Lao People's Army twice this year. Human rights groups and United States diplomats say that Laotian troops have been involved in numerous attacks by veterans of the Secret War and their families.
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The State Department's annual human rights report, released in March, said there have been increased efforts by security forces to eliminate scattered pockets of Hmong fighters.
Photo: Tomas Van Houtryve for the International Herald Tribune

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A Somalia government soldier displays components of a remotely controlled landmine with a mobile phone, which was found near a road in Bal'ad in the north of Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. Attackers usually detonate handmade landmines like this by remote control as government vehicles pass by, along the main roads in Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)



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An Indonesian marine stands guard near USS Port Royal, guided missile cruiser during a port call in Jakarta, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)



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In this photo provided by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force officers monitor screens at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, during a Japanese military's missile defense test in the water off the island Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) launched from the Japanese Aegis Destroyer JS Kongo at sea shot down a mid-range ballistic missile fired from the U.S. Navy facility as a target Monday, becoming the first U.S. ally to shoot down a mid-range ballistic missile with an interceptor fired from a ship. (AP Photo/Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, HO)


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A total of 325 Philippine police and military personnel are seen at the National Police Headquarters, as they wait to be deployed, 18 December 2007 in Manila. The police and military personnel will be fielded in tandem to different malls and railway stations to protect the citizens against criminal activity during the official start of the Christmas season. AFP PHOTO/LUIS LIWANAG (Photo credit should read LUIS LIWANAG/AFP/***** Images)

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Gents..I removed those post where the PIX had disappeared to clean up this thread! Enjoy the PIX!

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A Palestinian policeman loyal to Hamas movement walks next to a blood stained stretcher outside the al-Aqsa hospital in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Maghazi, 20 December 2007. The Israeli army killed at least three militants in the central Gaza Strip today in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers help a wounded comrade at an army base near Kibbutz Kisufim during an Israeli army operation in Gaza Strip, 20 December 2007. The Israeli army killed four militants in the central Gaza Strip today in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers evacuate a wounded comrade at an army base near Kibbutz Kisufim during an Israeli army operation in the Gaza Strip, 20 December 2007. The Israeli army killed four militants in the central Gaza Strip today in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/***** Images)

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Residents look at armed soldiers posted outside of the Makati city court in suburban Manila, 20 December 2007 as a group of 29 officers face charges for coup d' etat. The group believed to be the core leaders were among the more than 300 junior officers who took over a luxury apartment hotel in the Makati financial district in July 2003, demanding President Gloria Arroyo step down along with her generals and accusing her of corruption. Meanwhile, military chief General Hermongenes Esperson said 53 military officers who served time in detention for the 2003 mutiny were to be freed 20 December. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/***** Images)

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers load sandbags and other items on a truck in front of The Presidency in Islamabad, 15 December 2007, after the lifting of a state of emergency. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has lifted a national state of emergency after making last-minute changes to the constitution to strengthen his hand against the courts and parliament. Amid months of political turmoil and the stiffest challenges to his rule since he seized power in a 1999 coup, the government announced his unpopular emergency rule was over and that the constitution was no longer suspended. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/***** Images)

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A Palestinian militant takes cover behind a wall bearing the symbol of Hamas' armed wing during an Israeli Army incursion in the central Gaza Strip. Four militants were killed Thursday, Palestinian medics said. (AFP/***** Images photo by Mohammed Abed / December 20, 2007)

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Romanian soldiers stand at attention during ceremonies commemorating the victims of the 1989 bloody anti-communist Romanian revolution, at the Heroes Cemetery in Bucharest December 21, 2007. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was arrested after the December 1989 popular uprising and executed on December 25, 1989.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) meets French soldiers during his visit to Kabul, 22 December 2007. The international community cannot afford to lose the "war against terrorism" in Afghanistan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on a quick visit to the insurgency-hit country. The various nations with troops here must be united and committed in their efforts to build Afghanistan so it can withstand insurgents linked with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Sarkozy told reporters travelling with him. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Eric FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/***** Images)

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Ivory Coast Armed Forces (FANCI) soldiers prepare to march out of Tieboussou 22 December 2007 to regroup in Yamoussoukro during the regrouping operation of the Defence and Security Forces of Ivory Coast (FDS-CI) and the Defence and Security Forces Army of New Forces (FDS-FAFN). The Ivorian government and ex-rebel forces launched a long-awaited disarmament process considered key to securing a sustainable peace in the troubled, cocoa-rich West African country AFP PHOTO / KAMBOU SIA (Photo credit should read KAMBOU SIA/AFP/***** Images)

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A Thai soldier assits polling agents in setting up a booth on the eve of the general elections in Thailand's southern Yala province, 22 December 2007. Thailand was poised for the first election since last year's bloodless coup, under the close watch of the military and the looming shadow of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. AFP PHOTO/ Muhammad SABRI (Photo credit should read MUHAMMAD SABRI/AFP/***** Images)

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Volunteers with the Awakening movement in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad guard an electrical substation.

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The "Awakening" groups, predominantly Sunni Arab forces recruited to fight Sunni Islamic extremists like Al Qaeda, have been widely credited with turning around the violence-scarred areas where the Sunni insurgency has been based. A member in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad guards a checkpoint.
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A woman waits for permission to enter the Amiriya neighborhood at a checkpoint that is controlled by Iraqi Army troops, right, and members of the Sunni Awakening, left. The United States Army also has a small presence at this checkpoint.
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American & Iraqi soldiers watch a boy doing push-ups during a visit to school in Dora, which is guarded by Awakening members. Though the Americans are obtaining biometric data on every Awakening group member to screen out known insurgents, the government and many Shiite citizens say they fear that the movement has spread so quickly that it is impossible to keep track of who has signed up for it.
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A volunteer with the Adhamiya Awakening Council sits at the blocked entrance to a bridge that links the Sunni neighborhood to the Shiite Khademiya in Baghdad. Despite the government’s promises, hardly any Awakening members outside Anbar have been moved off the American payroll and into Iraqi government jobs. The Iraqi government believed that almost half of the 65,000 who were already on the American payroll were involved in the insurgency in some way.
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Afghan guard waits for Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi as it snows at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. Prodi arrived in Kabul on Sunday to meet with President Hamid Karzai and to visit Italian troops based in western Afghanistan, an official at the presidential palace said.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)



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Burunidan soldiers line up to exit from a military transport plane after their arrival in Mogadishu's International airport 23 December 2007. Around 100 Burundian soldiers arrived in Somalia on Sunday as part of an African Union peacekeeping force trying to stabilise the war-torn country, an AU official said. The tiny central African country has pledged to deploy a total of 1,700 soldiers to Somalia to join some 1,600 Ugandan soldiers based in the volatile capital Mogadishu. .Since February some 600,000 civilians have been displaced and thousands of others killed in relentless violence that intensified with the January ouster of an Islamist movement, according to the United Nations. AFP PHOTO/AFRICAN UNION/HO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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A French soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) plays the guitar beside a Christmas tree at Camp Warehouse in Kabul, 23 December 2007. France has about 1,600 troops serving with NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) that is involved in efforts to defeat a Taliban-led insurgency and build Afghanistan's security forces. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)

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Merry Christmas to ALL!!!

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Government troops inspect the scene where a bomb ripped through a barber shop (background) in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato on the eve of Christmas 24 December 2007, wounding two people including a local official, police said. One of the injured escaped unharmed from a similar attack in the same place earlier this year. Cotabato, a mixed city of Roman Catholics and Muslims, is at the centre of a decades-old separatist rebellion by a large Islamic minority in this southern Mindanao region. Violence connected to the Islamic insurgency, extortion and petty crimes have rocked Cotabato. AFP PHOTO/MARK NAVALES

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Kurdish village guards take a break during a patrol Sunday on a road in the Hakkari province of southeastern Turkey. Turkey's military said it attacked Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq Saturday for the third time in less than a week. (STR, AFP/***** Images photo / December 23, 2007)

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Chinese and Indian soldiers jump into mud during a joint anti-terrorism military training in Kunming, southwest China, December 22, 2007. The Chinese and Indian armies kicked off the first joint anti-terrorism military training Friday morning. The two armies each dispatched about 100 ground troops for the training, code-named "Hand-in-Hand 2007". The training will run until December 27, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken December 22, 2007.
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An Israeli police explosives expert lifts the remains of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza after it landed in a field near Kibbutz Mefalsim, just outside the northern Gaza Strip, December 23, 2007.
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A U.N. peacekeeper from Spain decorates an armoured personnel carrier for Christmas at their base near Marjayoun village in south Lebanon December 23, 2007.
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Indian policemen are seen resting during a standoff with suspected militants held up in a mosque in Pallun, 75 km (46 miles) south of Srinagar, December 24, 2007. A more than 36 hour long standoff between security forces and three militants continues after militants took five civilians as hostages inside a mosque in the village of Pallun, police said.
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An Iraqi policeman looks at a burning U.S. vehicle after a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad December 26, 2007. Iraqi police said that there were no civilian casualties in the attack which targeted a U.S. patrol. The U.S. military forces did not comment on the attack.
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Security personnel walk at the site of a plane crash in Almaty airport December 26, 2007. A small German-owned private jet crashed during take-off from Almaty airport on Wednesday, killing its only passenger, Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry said.
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Indonesian soldiers and villagers dig into mud to search for landslide victims in Karang Anyar district near Solo, Indonesia's Central Java province, December 26, 2007. Landslides and floods caused by torrential rains overnight have left up to 81 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Central java province, police and rescue officials said on Wednesday.
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Francesca Lewis is carried on a stretcher off a military helicopter after being rescued in the town of David, west of Panama City, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. Francesca, a 12-year-old U.S. girl who was the only survivor of a weekend plane crash, was found Tuesday walking near the wreckage of the plane in the 3,500-feet (1,067-meter) high, jungle-laden flanks of the Baru. The crash of the Cessna 172 on Sunday killed Francesca's friend Talia Klein, 13, Klein's father, Michael Klein, 37, of Santa Barbara, California, and Panamanian pilot Edwin Lasso, 23.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)



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Iraqi soldiers guard blindfolded detainees at an army headquarters in the restive city of Baquba, 45 kms northeast of Baghdad, 26 December 2007. Some 12 suspected insurgents were arrested by the Iraqi army during a raid in Baquba today, an Iraqi Army officer said. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/***** Images)

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A road worker looks at OMON, riot police, officers patrolling in the Chechnya's capital Grozny, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. Large-scale fighting has ended in the North Caucasus region, but a small number of surviving militant separatists continue to stage hit-and-run attacks on law enforcement and federal troops. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)


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A police officer,center right, asks for a citizen's ID outside Villavicencio's airport, south of Bogota, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's planes and helicopters to land into its territory, in order to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels and who will allegedly be released within hours. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)



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Members of a regional special action unit of the Philippine National Police patrol a busy street in downtown Manila, 26 December 2007. Philippine security forces went on full alert on Christmas Day amid fears of communist guerrilla attacks despite a holiday truce in effect across the country, a military spokesman said. The New People's Army (NPA) mother organisation, the Communist Party of the Philippines, marked its 39th founding anniversary on 26 December. AFP PHOTO / JES AZNAR (Photo credit should read JES AZNAR/AFP/***** Images)

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Members of the Awakening 'al-Sahwa' group control traffic at a checkpoint in al-Adhamiyah, a Sunni district in north Baghdad, 27 December 2007. Hundreds of Sunni Arabs in Adhamiyah who were former insurgents have turned into neighbourhood guardians with the support of the US military to fight Al-Qaeda and also to thwart attacks from Shiite militias. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)

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Turkish soldiers patrol in an armoured vehicle on a road near Yuksekova, southeastern Turkey near the border with Iraq, 26 December 2007. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets along the Turkish border in northern Iraq 26 December 2007, the Turkish military said, confirming Kurdish reports of a fresh air strike. The raid was undertaken after "it was determined that a large group of terrorists, who have been watched for a long time, are preparing to pass the winter in eight caves and hideouts in the Zap region," the general staff said in a statement on its web site. AFP PHOTO STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/***** Images)

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]With the State Historical Museum in the background, OMON, riot police officers, stand near the Okhotny Ryad underground shopping mall in downtown Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, after a fire cracker exploded outside the mall. Thousands of holiday shoppers were evacuated from a shopping center next to the Kremlin on Thursday after a loud bang resounded, but police said there were no reports of injuries and suggested it was caused by fireworks. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)



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Israeli Air Force planes perform an acrobatic display at a graduation ceremony for new pilots at the Hatzerim Air Force Base near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)


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An Iraqi soldier sits behind a machine gun in front of the entrance to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, 160 kms (100 miles) south of Baghdad, 27 December 2007, on the eve of Eid Al-Ghadir. Iraqi Shiites celebrate Al-Ghadir Day, which marks the day Prophet Mohammed designated his cousin and son-in-law Imam Ali as his successor. AFP PHOTO/QASSEM ZEIN (Photo credit should read QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Iraqi soldiers gather around the wreckage of a car in al-Hedid, 10 kms away from the restive city of Baquba, 45 kms northeast of Baghdad, 26 December 2007. Iraqi forces found 17 unidentified bodies alledgedly killed by al-Qaeda fighters. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Turkish soldiers patrol on a road near Yuksekova, southeastern Turkey near the border with Iraq, 26 December 2007. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets along the Turkish border in northern Iraq 26 December 2007, the Turkish military said, confirming Kurdish reports of a fresh air strike. The raid was undertaken after "it was determined that a large group of terrorists, who have been watched for a long time, are preparing to pass the winter in eight caves and hideouts in the Zap region," the general staff said in a statement on its web site. AFP PHOTO STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi inspect a guard of honour in the falling snow prior to a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, 23 December 2007. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Afghanistan for talks with President Hamid Karzai and Italian troops taking part in an international effort against a growing and deadly insurgency. Prodi's Christmastime visit follows that of the leaders of France and Australia, who also have troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) working against the intensifying Taliban-led insurgency. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Belgian Defence Minister Pieter De Crem (R) stands with two Belgian UN soldiers near the memorial statue of their comrades who were killed earlier this year in a car accident, in the southern Lebanese village of Tebnin, 27 December 2007. De Crem is on an official visit to Lebanon to hold talks with Lebanese officials and visit his country's troops serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force monitoring the border with Israel. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

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I'm back gents..more PIX for you!

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bible toting Kenyan woman preaches as Kenyan riot police clear up a street from protestors in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya 30 December 2007.

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Kenyan police walk past burning shacks in the Mathare Slum 30 December 2007 in Nairobi, after fresh violence linked to the disputed presidential poll erupted.

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A Kenyan policeman runs past burning houses that supporters of presidential candidate Raila Odinga set fire at the Mathare slum in Nairobi.

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Supporters of presidential candidate Raila Odinga demonstrate with sticks and hammers during disturbances in the Mathare slum of Nairobi.

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An elderly Pakistani commuter watches from a bus as it passes a soldier standing guard on a street of Karachi, on Monday.

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stans alert on a street of the native town of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto in Larkana, 31 December 2007. Pakistan's elections are set to be delayed by several weeks because of the chaos and unrest triggered by Benazir Bhutto's assassination. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/***** Images)

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RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 29: Army Rangers patrol the streets of Rawalpindi on December 29, 2007, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. President Musharraf has called for immediate action to curb looting and rioting across the country in response to the assassination of Bhutto who was laid to rest yesterday in her family village of Larkarna. (Photo by Warrick Page/***** Images)

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Palestinian security officers inspect a weapon found with one of three Israelis detained in in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 29 December 2007. Palestinian security forces arrested two Israeli men and a woman, one of them armed, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the incident, adding that one of the men was an off-duty soldier carrying an army-issued M-16. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL-SHAER (Photo credit should read MUSA AL-SHAER/AFP/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers patrol the site where two off-duty comrades and a Palestinian man were killed in the West Bank village of Halhul near Hebron, 28 December 2007. The soldiers, Ahikham Amichai and David Rubin, and Palestinian Basel al-Natshe were killed in an exchange of fire in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank today, the Israeli army said. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/***** Images)

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This photo released by Colombia's Navy shows naval officers arresting crew members of a homemade submarine allegedly used to transport cocaine, intercepted on the Pacific ocean, some 90 nautical miles west of the seaport of Buenaventura, in southern Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. According to the Navy, the makeshift submarine sank after being boarded and the officers and crew were rescued from the sea. (AP Photo/Colombian Navy)

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 03: A palestinian fighter from Hamas Movement walks beside a house destroyed by Israeli bulldozers and tanks on January 3, 2008 at Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. According to reports, Israeli tanks and planes attacked three targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least seven in an apparent Israeli reaction to rockets fired into Israel. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

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Israeli soldiers walk back into Israel after a day-long military operation in the Gaza Strip, 03 January 2008 near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Hashlosha. Nine Palestinians, including two women, were killed in Israeli ground and air bombardments in Gaza today, medical sources said, in the latest blitz against the Hamas-ruled territory. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Soldiers patrol in a busy street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Sri Lanka's government officially notified peace-broker Norway late Thursday that it is pulling out from the truce with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Armed members of Al-Sahwa or the 'Awakening' movement secure the area during a Reconciliation Conference between Shiite and Sunni notables in Abu-Dshir, on the outskirts of Baghdad, 03 January 2008. Sunni and Shiite notables from various districts met today for a joint prayer as part of a day of reconciliation between the two main Muslim sects. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

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KHAN YOUNIS-GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 03: A masked Palestinian gunman take up positions during the clashes with Israeli troops on January 3, 2008 in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. According to reports, Israeli tanks and planes attacked three targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least seven in an apparent Israeli reaction to rockets fired into Israel. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers take position during a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus January 4, 2008. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad criticized Israel on Friday for mounting a major military sweep in the West Bank, saying such intervention was ruining a Western-backed internal Palestinian security plan

[Finn McCool]

What's happened in Kenya is a real shame. Kenya was/is one of the most peaceful and relatively prosperous nations in Africa. It's sad to see it destroy itself.

[bd popeye]

What's happened in Kenya is a real shame. Kenya was/is one of the most peaceful and relatively prosperous nations in Africa. It's sad to see it destroy itself.

I agree. There is horrible carnage going on in Kenya as I write this. Some of the PIX I have seen are very grewsome.:(

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An Iraqi soldier unearths the skeletal remains of one of five people found in Arab Jabour in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)



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A Red Cross volunteer attend to a man who was injured when food aid was handed out to Kibera residents, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 in Nairobi. Kenya's president is ready to form "a government of national unity" to help resolve disputed elections that caused deadly riots, a government statement said Saturday without explaining what such a power-sharing arrangement might involve. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)



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MYANMAR OUT Two soldiers salute the motorcade of senior military officers (not pictured) at a state flag raising ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Independence Day at the City Hall in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, 04 January 2008. Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent. MYANMAR OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/***** Images)

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands alert in the native town of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in Larkana, 05 January 2008. British anti-terrorism police started examining evidence in the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials said. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/***** Images)

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The Kenyan police seem to be very brutal at times..
A man runs away from Kenyan Police who were clearing up an alley in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, 05 January 2008. The police were chasing looters who had ransacked a market and had tried to loot a gas station nearby earlier in the day. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/***** Images)

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Kenyan police kick a man in the face while clearing up an alley in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, 05 January 2008. The police cleared several alleys of the slum while chasing looters who had ransacked a market and had tried to loot a gas station earlier in the day. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/***** Images)

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A man runs away from Kenyan Police after he was beat up while the police cleared up an alley in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, 05 January 2008. The police cleared several alleys of the slum while chasing looters who had ransacked a market and had tried to loot a gas station earlier in the day. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/***** Images)

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Kenyan riot police perform bag searches in Kibera slums, Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Kenya's president is ready to form "a government of national unity" to help resolve disputed elections that caused deadly riots, a government statement said Saturday without explaining what such a power-sharing arrangement might involve. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)



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Riot police patrol the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, in an effort to prevent people taking the streets in mass protest, Saturday Jan. 5, 2008. Riot police are patrolling the slum in an effort to control the people and prevent protests against President Mwai Kibaki. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)



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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters ran from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a demonstration on Route 443 near the West Bank village of Beit Horon outside Jerusalem. The protesters were demonstrating against Israeli restrictions that prevent Palestinians from using the highway.
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A resident of the Lakisama neighborhood in Nairobi gets kicked in the face by Kenyan police after the authorities were called in to stop fighting between two groups.

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A Pakistan police officer stands guard while Scotland Yard investigators examine the scene of former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

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Demonstrators scuffle with Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's controversial barrier near the West Bank village of Umm Salamouna, south of Bethlehem, January 4, 2008.
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A Georgian army soldier receives his ballot at a polling station outside Tbilisi, 05 January 2008. Georgians voted today in a snap presidential election called by pro-Western reformer Mikheil Saakashvili to quell unrest and restore his democratic credentials. Saakashvili, 40, faced six challengers in the poll, which opened under a heavy snowfall across the tiny, but strategic former Soviet republic of five million people. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/***** Images)

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A Georgian army soldier casts his ballot at a polling station outside Tbilisi, 05 January 2008.

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South Korean soldiers, backed by an amphibious armored vehicle, remove crude oil leaked from the Hong Kong-registered oil tanker Hebei Spirit along the coast in Taean, about 170 kms southwest of Seoul, 04 January 2008. Hundreds of naval and marine soldiers began cleaning up hard-to-reach remote islands off the west coast polluted by the country's worst oil spill last month. AFP PHOTO/KIM JAE-MYOUNG (Photo credit should read KIM JAE-MYOUNG/AFP/***** Images)

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Sudanese Navy soldiers parade during a ceremony marking Sudan's 52nd anniversary of independence in Khartoum 31 December 2007. Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir pardoned today 30 opposition members accused of plotting against the state and ordered their immediate release. AFP PHOTO/ISAM AL-HAJ (Photo credit should read Isam Al-Haj/AFP/***** Images)

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An Israeli soldier stands in front of Palestinian protesters during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security, while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)


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MYANMAR OUT A guard of honour participates in a state flag hoisting ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Independence Day at the City Hall in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, 04 January 2008. Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent. MYANMAR OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/***** Images)

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Israeli soldiers seen during a military operation in the Old City of the West Bank town of Nablus, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Tens of thousands of Palestinians were confined to their homes and carefully rationing dwindling food supplies in the West Bank town of Nablus on Saturday as an Israeli sweep for wanted militants entered its fourth day. Hundreds of soldiers patrolling on foot or in jeeps barged into homes and stores in pursuit of wanted men. Others took position on rooftops

[bd popeye]

I bet these PIX below of the French in Afghanistan make Golly miss the Army!!:D Bring back any memories Golly??:D

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Soldiers in the Iraqi Army work moments after a suicide attack Sunday on a celebration marking Iraqi Army Day. The bombing in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad killed at least eight people and injured a dozen others. (AP photo by Hadi Mizban / January 6, 2008)

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Indonesian outgoing military chief Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto (R) and his successor outgoing armed forces chief General Djoko Santoso (L) hold a press conference after the rehearsal of their handover ceremony in Jakarta 07 January 2007. Santoso's, who is currently head of the army, relationship with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who nominated him and who is himself a retired army lieutenant general, may ensure the president receives military backing if he runs for a second five-year term in elections slated for 2009. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)

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French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk through a heavy snowfall on The Shamali Plains, some 35 kms north of Kabul, 07 January 2008, during the opening ceremony of a new bridge. Two soldiers with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed when their vehicle rolled over in a village in the troubled south, the alliance said in a statement. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

[bd popeye]

More PIX for Golly!:D

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French soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks in front of an armoured vehicle during heavy snowfall on The Shamali Plains, some 35 kms north of Kabul, 07 January 2008, during the opening ceremony of a new bridge. Two soldiers with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed when their vehicle rolled over in a village in the troubled south, the alliance said in a statement. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

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French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard & Patrol in heavy snowfall on The Shamali Plains, some 35 kms north of Kabul, 07 January 2008, during the opening ceremony of a new bridge. Two soldiers with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed when their vehicle rolled over in a village in the troubled south, the alliance said in a statement. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

[Gollevainen]

It sure does...Poor Frenchmens doesen't have proper cloves.

One of the biggest default in our army was also the lack of proper cloves. We had these weak greenleather cloves that had no warming factors at all. Only other solution were combined leather/wool mittens which were quite illustrately called "no-can-do's"....tough I managed to disasemble/assemble my AK with those on (and with the green leather cloves inside those!!)

Being in the army is a one thing, being there at winter in here up north is another..;)

[bd popeye]

Thanks for responding Golly!:) Your expression of your experience in the Finnish Army is very valuable info for our forum members.:)

More PIX of the Worlds Armed Forces for you!

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An Italian Carabiniere (Military Police) and a French Army LT Colonel belonging to the UNIFIL missions examine the remains of a 107mm katyusha rocket that slammed overnight into a house in the northern Israel town of Shlomit, on the border with Lebanon, 08 January 2008. Two rockets slammed into northern Israel from neighbouring Lebanon overnight, police said on Tuesday, the first such incident in nearly seven months that underscored cross-border tensions. AFP PHOTO/EFI SHARIR (Photo credit should read EFI SHARIR/AFP/Getty Images)

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This undated picture, released from Korean Central News Agency, 08 January 2008, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) inspecting the Korea People's Army Unit 776 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment at undisclosed location. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS (Photo credit should read KCNA/AFP/Getty Images

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A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard at the site of a roadside bomb attack at Ja-Ela, a suburb of Colombo, 08 January 2008. Sri Lankan government Minister of Nation Building D. M. Dassanayake was killed and 10 others wounded in a powerful roadside bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels near the island's capital, officials said. Sri Lankan police and security forces have been on high alert for Tamil Tiger attacks after the government announced last week it was pulling out of a tattered ceasefire agreement with the ethnic rebels. Tens of thousands of people have died in the 35-year-old conflict, one of Asia's longest-running wars. AFP PHOTO/Sanka VIDANAGAMA (Photo credit should read SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Sri Lanka Air Force soldier stands guard beside a banner with President Mahinda Rajapaksa's picture at the site of a roadside bomb attack in Colombo, 08 January 2008.

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Soldiers march as outgoing Indonesian armed forces chief General Djoko Suyanto (unseen) hands over his duty to incoming armed forces chief General Djoko Santoso (unseen) during a ceremony in Jakarta, 08 January 2008. The army general, with close ties to Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, officially assumed his new post as the nation's armed forces chief. AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pakistani soldiers patrol a suicide attack site in Kabal, 07 January 2008. A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car near a Pakistan army base wounding a soldier, in the troubled northwestern valley of Swat, where a hardline cleric has launched a campaign for Islamic Sharia law. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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A team of Italian Army 21st corp of engineers regiment clears garbage in front of somes schools in Caserta, near Naples, early 07 January 2008. Italy's president condemned 06 January 2007 the growing mountains of garbage piling up on the streets of Naples as a "tragedy" that must be resolved, the day before a crisis cabinet meeting. Due to recurring problems at waste treatment centres, an estimated 100,000 tonnes of rubbish has gathered in the southern city and its surrounding regions, including 4,500 in Naples alone, according to ANSA news agency. AFP PHOTO / CARLO HERMANN (Photo credit should read CARLO HERMANN/AFP/Getty Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JANUARY 7: An Iraqi soldier secures the site of a roadside bomb which exploded in front of the Technology University on January 7, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were killed and 16 were wounded in the explosion. A series of bombings hit Baghdad, killing at least 14 people. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images)

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A soldier watches protestors 07 January 2008 demonstrate against the European Union in central Dakar. The march organised by the "Coalition nationale +Non aux APE+" and supported by the government, denounces the economic partnership accords (APE) signed between Africa and Europe. (placard sporting a picture of Sengalese President Abdoulaye Wade reads, No to APE - Yes to an honest and equal partnership) AFP PHOTO GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lebanese soldiers and military experts inspect the spot where a roadside bomb targetted a UN convoy in Rmeileh, south of Beirut 08 January 2008. Two soldiers serving with the UN contingent in Lebanon were injured in the roadside blast. The attack marked the third such incident against the UN peacekeepers since the force was boosted to more than 13,000 soldiers after the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/Getty

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Newly-graduated Iraqi policemen parade & cheer during their graduation ceremony in Baghdad, 08 January 2008. Around 700 police cadets graduated today during the ceremony which was held a day before the Anniversary of the Iraq Police Forces. AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Much of the World is in turmoil!

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Mombasa, Kenya: Kenyan police disperse anti-government protesters in downtown Mombasa

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Iraqi police cadets graduated at the police academy in Baghdad on National Police Day, celebrating the 86th anniversary of the establishment of the police in Iraq.
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Pakistani Paramilitary soldiers stand alert at Numaish Chowrangi in Karachi, Pakistan as the security has been beefed up in the country ahead of Muharram-ul-Haraam, shown on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (Hamid Hussain/Online Network/WpN)

For VERY GRAPHIC Pix of this bomb blast in Pakistan go here;
http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/Deadly_blast_strikes_Pakistan.html

And Here;
http://www.worldpicturenews.com/web/IndexPageLightbox.aspx?driverid=1187893

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