U.S. MARINES SHOOT PISTOLS DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE NEAR BANGKOK
Original caption: U.S. Marines shoot pistols during a training exercise with Thai troops at the "Cobra Gold 2004" joint Thai-U.S. exercises east of Bangkok on May 14, 2004. The two week-long annual exercises are Southeast Asia's biggest joint training operation involving more than 7,000 service personnel.
That aint your sisters Glock they're usingBAQUBA, IRAQ: An Iraqi man waves to his free brother as a US soldier tries to prevent him from approaching the bus bringing his brother along with other men released from the Abu Ghraib prison14 May 2004 in Bquba, 60 kms west of Baghdad. US forces released hundreds of prisoners from Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib jail, at the centre of a prison abuse scandal. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US soldiers from the 1st Cavalry, 91th Engineers Battalion patrol a Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad 14 May 2004. The US overseer for Iraq Paul Bremer aired the possibility of an American pullout from the country, saying the United States did not stay where it was "not welcome". AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA
HIT, IRAQ - MAY 14 U.S. Marine Lieutenant Douglas McGowan from the 2nd platoon, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marinies Division trains his rifle on a passsing car during a patrol of checkpoints operated by the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (I.C.D.C) May 14, 2004 in Hit, Iraq. US Marines and the ICDC have joined forces to combat Iraqi insurgents that continue to attack military convoys along the road to Al Asad. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
HIT, IRAQ - MAY 14 A member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (I.C.D.C.) smokes a cigarette as U.S. Marines from the 2nd platoon, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marinies Division pass by during a patrol of checkpoints operated by the I.C.D.C May 14, 2004 in Hit, Iraq. US Marines and the ICDC have joined forces to combat Iraqi insurgents that continue to attack military convoys along the road to Al Asad. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A video grab combination image shows a projectile striking the ground near a masked militiaman firing down the street during renewed fighting in a market in Kerbala where U.S. troops are facing an uprising by a Shi'ite Muslim militia loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, May 13, 2004. In Kerbala, gunfire echoed from narrow streets just a few hundred metres (yards) from the revered Imam Hussein mosque in early afternoon. REUTERS/Reuters TV
Almost had your punk ass nailedQueen's Lancashire Regiment Corporal Anthony McDermott (C) displays an older model SA80A1 (R) rifle and the unit's current SA80A2 rifle, at the Fulwood Barracks at Preston, northern England, May 14, 2004. Senior officers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, at the center of a scandal over alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, said on Friday photos published in the Daily Mirror newspaper purporting to show mistreatment were 'complete nonsense' and put UK troops at risk by aiding recruitment for al Qeada. Mirror editor Piers Morgan said in a statement on Thursday that the government had not produced incontrovertible evidence the pictures were faked and that there was a bigger issue that needed to be highlighted. REUTERS/Simon Bellis
A Royal guard stands outside the conference hall at Dead Sea coast May 14, 2004. Hundreds of Jordanian soldiers and policemen fanned out in and around Amman on Friday on the eve of a World Economic Forum (news - web sites) meeting in a nearby Dead Sea resort. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
DEAD SEA, JORDAN: A Jordanian soldier stands guard 14 May 2004 at a resort on the shores of the Dead Sea which is hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF). Around 850 delegates from 51 countries, two-thirds from the Middle East, including five heads of state, 40 ministers and over 500 business delegates will attend the forum. The Arab-Israeli conflict, the transition of power in Iraq and regional security challenges will top the agenda of the WEF. AFP PHOTO/Khalil MAZRAAWI
I THINK there's a gun in this picture...LAHORE, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani police man opens fire to disperse protesters after they set ablaze a police van in Lahore, 14 May 2004, during a demonstration against the murder of six Shiite Muslims. A family of six Shiite Muslims were found murdered at their home in Pakistan's eastern city Lahore.The attack is the latest bloodshed against Shiites, a minority among Pakistan's Sunni-dominated 140 million Muslims, in recent months. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI
TIRANA, ALBANIA: Albanian police and army special units arrest a person during an anti-terrorism prompt intervention training. Albania is a member of the US-led coalition against the terror and it has token troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. Due to the latest events, Albania has upgraded its security provision and enhanced the control of its southern border with Greece, in view of the forthcoming Summer Olympics. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU
TIRANA, ALBANIA: A Albanian police special units during an anti-terrorism prompt intervention training. Albania is a member of the US-led coalition against the terror and it has token troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. Due to the latest events, Albania has upgraded its security provision and enhanced the control of its southern border with Greece, in view of the forthcoming Summer Olympics. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU