World Armed Forces Pictures Thread

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Mods note>> the unrest in Tibet is troubling however>>>>No political discussion please!!.

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Men arrested guarding a huge arms and ammunition cache squat blindfolded and tied near Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 15, 2008. (AP Photo)

Indian police detain a Tibetan protester outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Dozens of protesters in India launched a new march to Tibet on Saturday, days after more than 100 Tibetan exiles were arrested by authorities during a similar rally. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

Nepalese policemen clash with protesting Tibetan exiles during an anti-China demonstration at Boudha in Kathmandu on March 14, 2008.

A Tibetan activist in exile clashes with policewomen during a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on March 15, 2008, after protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa erupted, the biggest against Chinese rule in two decades. A group of 50 Tibetan exiles were arrested in New Delhi after trying to storm the Chinese embassy in the Indian capital for the second day running, police said. The Indian government said earlier this week it "does not permit Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India" and that "any activity which causes disruption would be dealt with in accordance" with Indian law. India is home to at least 100,000 Tibetan exiles and refugees, as well as the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDERAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Opposition Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general Chee Soon Juan (R) and his party members are led into a police van after being arrest during march down the street to protest against the prices hike in Singapore on March 15, 2008. Singapore police on Saturday arrested 10 people, including pro-democracy activist Chee Soon Juan, for holding a rally without a permit to protest against rising living costs, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Two policemen observe commuters as they look for the escaped alleged Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant leader Mas Selamat bin Kastari at an underground train station in Singapore on March 12, 2008. Singaporean authorities have received more than 1,100 tips from the public in its manhunt for an alleged terrorist leader who escaped jail two weeks ago, police said. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Philippine Armed Forces show off their equipment to the public in Manila.

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Mods note>> the unrest in Tibet is troubling however>>>>No political discussion please!!.

Hi, BD: I know Tibet is unrest in the last week and that has caused casualty of about 10 lives. You have posted quite a lot of pix about that, but they all happened outside China. Now, if possible I would request some pix inside China, though I have seen some on BBC website.

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Hi, BD: I know Tibet is unrest in the last week and that has caused casualty of about 10 lives. You have posted quite a lot of pix about that, but they all happened outside China. Now, if possible I would request some pix inside China, though I have seen some on BBC website.

I will check into that. Most of the pics I post I copy and paste from another internet forum. Recent pics of of any action or training by PLA forces will be posted in the

Chinese military photos

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BERGEN, GERMANY - MARCH 17: Members of the German Bundeswehr who will participate in the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in northern Afghanistan put on a demonstration for the media at a Bundeswehr training facility on March 17, 2008 in Bergen, Germany. The German troops, part of ISAF, will replace outgoing Norwegian troops in escorting convoys in a part of Afghanistan where clashes with the Taliban are likely. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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French and Polish police deployed in Kosovo

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NATO's commander in Kosovo, Lt. Gen Xavier Bout de Marnhac gestures after a press conference in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The United Nations in Kosovo slammed Tuesday Serbia's officials for encouraging what they said were "orchestrated" violent clashes with international forces that left a Ukrainian policeman dead and dozens injured. Larry Rossin, the second in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo said Serbia's authorities failed to use their influence upon Kosovo's Serbs to avoid clashes. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo Serbs clashed with French soldiers of the Nato-led peackeeping forces in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, throwing rocks and starting fires. At the United Nations mission in Kosovo, at least 22 Polish police officers with the mission were wounded in clashes with Serb protesters, Poland's national police spokesman, Mariusz Sokolowski, said.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse — ***** Images

French NATO peacekeeping vehicles were among those burning during clashes with Serb protesters in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. The NATO troops came under automatic weapons fire during Serb riots in the city, a French NATO spokesman told Reuters.
Photo: Marko Djurica/Reuters

French soldiers assigned to NATO clashed with Kosovo Serbs in Mitrovica. A spokesman for the Kosovo Police Service said that Serbs shot at the police and threw rocks and grenades. The clashes were part of a campaign by Serbs, who oppose Kosovo independence, to make Pristina's administration of northern Kosovo untenable and to force the de facto partition of the territory.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse — ***** Images

Russian troops are seen near truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Nuclear missiles and tanks will once again roll across Red Square during Russia's May 9 Victory Day parade, a top general said Wednesday _ a revival of a Cold War tradition that once evoked feelings of pride in the U.S.S.R. and unease in the West. (AP Photo/Artyom Korotayev)

Russian soldiers ride atop armored personnel carriers, foreground, and infantry fighting vehicles, background, as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Russia celebrates the Red Army's victory over the Nazis on May 9. (AP Photo/Artyom Korotayev)

Security forces struck demonstrators with batons during a pro-Tibetan demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in Nepal.
Photo: Euan Denholm/Bloomberg News

Police officers arrest Tibetan protesters in the front of the Chinese embassy during a demonstration against Chinese soldiers crackdown in Lahsa, in Tibet, in New Delhi, India,Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The Dalai Lama threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government in exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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BERGEN, GERMANY - MARCH 17: A member of the German Bundeswehr who will participate in the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in northern Afghanistan holds a demonstration for the media at a Bundeswehr training facility on March 17, 2008 in Bergen, Germany. The German troops, part of ISAF, will replace outgoing Norwegian troops in escorting convoys in a part of Afghanistan where clashes with the Taliban are likely. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

French soldiers from the NATO-led KFOR (Kosovo Force) troops guard the courthouse in the Serb-populated part of the flashpoint Kosovo town of Kosovska Mitrovica on March 18, 2008.

BESMAYA, IRAQ - MARCH 18: Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade of the 5th Division march in ranks during their graduation ceremony at Besmaya Range Complex on March 18, 2008, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The graduated Brigade is the first brigade to be fully equipped with equipment (M16s, M4s, tactical and non-tactical vehicles) purchased through Foreign Military Sales. Following graduation, this brigade will be moving out directly to their battle space in Diyala Province east of Baghdad, according to a press release by the U.S military. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images)

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The new French Navy destroyer Forbin (taken in Toulon France yesterday Photos from meretmarine.com)

More pics taken a few weeks ago..




( helicopter hangar and platform)


(decoy(chaff) launcher)






(torpedoes launcher)


(front artillery, twin 76 mm)


(sylver launcher, aster15 and aster30 missiles)

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In this image released by Jordan's Royal Palace in Amman, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, King Abdullah II of Jordan passes photos of Jordanian casualties, during a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the al-Karamah battle, which took place between the Jordanian Army and the Israeli Army in 1968.(AP Photo/Yousef Allan, ho)

A woman runs, as riot police try to take to cover from a Molotov cocktail, outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs in the Greek capital during a nationwide general strike by millions of Greeks protesting government pension reforms. An estimated 100,000 people marched in downtown Athens. (AP Photo/Union Press Photographers of Greece, Simela Pantzartzi, Pool)

Troops of Pakistan para-military force patrol in front of Parliament, during its session in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Pakistan's new parliament was set to elect the country's first female speaker following her nomination by the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

Former police officer, Rodolfo Eduardo Almiron, center, in handcuffs and wearing a bullet-proof vest, is escorted by police officers in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Almiron, suspected of taking part in dirty war death squad killings, was extradited from Spain to face charges that include genocide. (AP Photo/Gustavo Amarelle/Telam)

British troops patrol the same highway that was used when British troops went from Kuwait to occupy Basra five-years ago today, near Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

An Afghan policeman, right, and a Canadian soldier help an Afghan man get his food items provided by Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) during a food distribution ceremony on the eve of the Afghan New Year in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 19 2008. The soldiers with distributed the items to around 200 Afghan families in Kandahar province. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, center front, is accompanied by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, center back, during the welcome ceremony at the presidential palace, also known as the Istana on Wednesday March 19, 2008 in Singapore. Samak is on an introductory visit to the city-state after recently being sworn in as prime minister of Thailand. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A police van carries an ethnic Pakistani Hong Kong resident has been charged with the murder of three of four sex workers killed in the past week at a court in Hong Kong Wednesday, March 19, 2008. An ethnic Pakistani, the 24-year-old man, whose name and profession have not been released, was scheduled to make his first appearance in court later Wednesday, police spokesman Fai Chau said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Afghan policemen, left, stand on the wall of the Sakhy shrine as Afghans, seen in background, gather on the roof of houses during a holy ceremony to bring in the New Year in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, March 20, 2008. According to the solar calendar which Afghanistan honors, the year is now 1387. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Graduates of the Iraqi national police training academy present their shooting skills during a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2008. 840 policemen graduated after a two month course. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

.N. police officers inspect barbed wire in front of the U.N. court compound, in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Thursday, March 20, 2008. U.N. police began returning to the Serb-held town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo on Wednesday where violence involving protesters armed with guns and hand grenades killed a U.N. policeman from Ukraine and wounded dozens of people. (AP Photo/Zveki)

Indian paramilitary soldiers frisk a Kashmiri youth at a market in Srinagar, India, Thursday, March 20, 2008. Security has been beefed up following Wednesday's bomb attack which killed one and wounded dozens police said. (AP Photo /Mukhtar Khan)

A Tibetan nun is arrested while demonstrating against China's crackdown on Tibet near the U.N. office in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

The Russian Union rolls out the heavy gear...I DO NOT have Hi-res links for these PIX!!!

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 18: Russian soldiers rehearse for the Victory Day parade at a training field on March 18, 2008 in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia. The Victory Day will take place in Moscow's Red Square and celebrates the defeat of the Nazis and the end of Russia's participation in WWII on May 9. (Photo by Dima Korotayev/Epsilon/***** Images)

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Tanzanian African Union (AU) troops disembark in the port of Fomboni, the capital of Moheli, on 20 March 2008. A first detachment of 300 Sudanese and Tanzanian troops mandated by the AU to support Comoran forces seeking to oust Anjouan's renegade leader Mohamed Bacar arrived on March 20, 2008, on the island of Moheli. AFP PHOTO/JOSE CENDON (Photo credit should read JOSE CENDON/AFP/Getty Images)

Gurhka soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) march after a ceremony of recieving the Mention of Attention (honor) from Canadian troops at Kandahar air base on March 20, 2008. Canada has 2,500 troops in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) , most of the them in Kandahar province, one of the worst areas hit by unrest linked to an insurgency led by the extremist Taliban movement. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands alert as Muslims celebrate Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed, in Quetta on March 21, 2008. Muslims around the world celebrate the day of the birth of Prophet Mohammed. AFP PHOTO/Banaras KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi army soldier inspects a Katyusha rocket found at a field in the vicinity of the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, central iraq, on March 21, 2008. Iraqi security forces found today six Katyusha rockets aimed and ready to be fired at the city. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images)

Sudanese African Union (AU) troops wait to be transferred after disembarking in the port of Fomboni, the capital of Moheli, on 20 March 2008. A first detachment of 300 Sudanese and Tanzanian troops mandated by the AU to support Comoran forces seeking to oust Anjouan's renegade leader Mohamed Bacar arrived on March 20, 2008, on the island of Moheli. AFP PHOTO/JOSE CENDON (Photo credit should read JOSE CENDON/AFP/Getty Images)

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Spanish KFOR soldiers in military vehicle patrol in northern, Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Friday, March 21, 2008. Serbian nationalists have vowed to retake Kosovo one day, and Serbs in both Serbia and ethnically Serb enclaves in Kosovo have protested the secession. Earlier this week, Serbs in northern Kosovo clashed with U.N. and NATO peacekeepers. One U.N. peacekeeper was killed and dozens injured. (AP Photo/Zveki)

I do not have hi-res of the Canadian forces PIX!

Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit on top of their armoured vehicle as they go on a joint foot patrol with the Afghan National Army (ANA), 30 km west of Kandahar on March 21, 2008. Canada has 2,500 troops in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), most of the them in Kandahar province, one of the worst areas hit by unrest linked to an insurgency led by the extremist Taliban movement. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)

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Kurdish demonstrators throw stones at Turkish riot police in Van, eastern Turkey, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Kurdish protesters chanting their support for separatist Kurdish guerillas have clashed with police during the spring festival of Nowruz in eastern Turkey. Dozens have been injured. (AP Photo)

Turkish riot police disperse pro-Kurdish demonstrators in Van, Turkey. Kurdish protesters clashed with police during the spring festival of Nowruz in eastern Turkey.

Palestinian police forces run during a demonstration, during the celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the Al-Karamah battle, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, March 22, 2008 . The Al-Karamah battle was fought between the PLO Palestinians and the Jordanian Army and Israeli Army in 1968. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

U.S. Army soldier, right, assists an Iraqi Army soldier escorting two men detained in a raid by Iraqi troops in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, March 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

General view of "Le Terrible" nuclear submarine in Cherbourg, western France March 21, 2008. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy inaugurated France's new generation nuclear-armed submarine.
REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Chinese soldiers stand next to army trucks covered in snow on the outskirts of the city of Kangding, located around 400 km (250 miles) west of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province March 22, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent last week.
REUTERS/David Gray

Police arrest Tibetan exiles during a protest in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi March 21, 2008. China's crackdown on anti-government protests in Tibet -- which it says were orchestrated by the Dalai Lama -- has drawn sharp international criticism and clouded preparations for the Beijing Olympics.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

The police arrested Tibetan monks who had tried to submit a petition at the United Nations office in Katmandu, Nepal. Tibetans living in Nepal are seeking help from the United Nations over the crackdown on Tibetans by the Chinese government.
Photo: Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters

Chinese paramilitary police forces unloaded equipment on the outskirts of Hutiaoxia, southeast of Zhongdian, in Yunnan Province. Hundreds of paramilitary troops were setting up camp in the town, which is on the road to Zhongdian, a city in a Tibetan area of Yunnan.
Photo: Greg Baker/Associated Press

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, and Vice President Dick Cheney inspected the honor guard during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul. Mr. Cheney made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan before a summit of NATO partners that have troops in Afghanistan.
Photo: Pool photograph by Rafiq Maqbool

A muslim worshipper on his way to attend Friday prayers passes an Israeli police checkpoint in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday March 21, 2008. Thousands of Christians from all over the world crowded the stone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City to mark Good Friday, retracing the route Jesus took to his crucifixion. Some pilgrims carried large wooden crosses as they walked down the Via Dolorosa, or Way of Sorrows, stopping at 14 stations that commemorate events that befell Jesus as he was led to his death. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy poses as he inaugurates "the Terrible", a new generation nuclear-armed submarine, in Cherbourg, western France, Friday, March 21 2008. Sarkozy announced a modest cut in France's nuclear arsenal, to less than 300 warheads, and urged China and the United States to commit to no more weapons tests. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

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Paramilitary police forces marched in the streets of Zhongdian, a largely Tibetan town in Yunnan Province, southern China. Thousands of troops have been moved into provinces with significant Tibetan populations after a series of demonstrations protesting the Chinese government's treatment of Tibetans.
Photo: Greg Baker/Associated Press

Tibetan exiles were confronted by the Indian police at the Chinese Embassy complex in New Delhi. About 50 Tibetans, draped in bright yellow, red and blue Tibetan flags, had sneaked past police cordons, scaled high railings and stormed the embassy complex.
Photo: Manpreet Romana/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

A Tibetan exile and the police during the protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi.
Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Protesters clashed with security forces after celebrating Newroz in Viransehir, in eastern Turkey. Riot police forces took cover behind an armored personnel carrier to protect themselves from petrol bombs and stones hurled by Kurdish protesters during clashes.
Photo: Resit Dag/Reuters