U.S. Army soldiers fight from a fortified position near the cemetery in Najaf, Iraq,Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004. Sporadic but heavy fighting continued overnight, with U.S. forces attacking from tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, and fortified positions, and insurgents returning fire with mortars and small arms


U.S. Army soldiers run through a school courtyard during a gun battle with insurgent snipers near the cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004.


A US soldier watches the movement of militiamen loyal to Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr during an intensive battle between the militia and US forces some 700m from the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf.(AFP/Saeed Khan)


A U.S. Army soldier passes under unidentified portraits while searching a school building for insurgent snipers near the cemetery in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. Sporadic but heavy fighting continued Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Army soldiers of the1st Cavalry Division run across a street during a firefight in eastern Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb al-Sadr City, August 18, 2004. Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf. REUTERS/David P. Gilkey/POOL


U.S. Army soldiers take cover during a gun battle with insurgent snipers near the cemetery in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


A U.S. soldier takes aim down a street at an Iraqi man riding a motorcycle during a firefight in eastern Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb al-Sadr City, August Photo by Pool/Reuters


US soldiers patrol near the shrine of Imam Ali in the holy Shiite city of Najaf. The United States pulled its punch in Iraq (news - web sites) as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced US forces in Najaf against Shiite militants of firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr were 'unlikely' to storm the town's holy places to deal the militia a fatal blow(AFP/Saeed Khan)


A U.S. special operations sniper locks on a target near the cemetery in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. Sporadic but heavy fighting continued Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Captain Jesus Salas of the 1st Cavalry Division aims his rifle through a roll of barbed wire in Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb al-Sadr City, August 18, 2004. REUTERS/David P. Gilkey/POOL


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary search a rooftop for snipers during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary fire their weapons as they search for snipers during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary clear a building during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary clear a building during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army Private Cody Smith from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary searches a building as he tries to find snipers during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: U.S. Army Sergeant Terrance Batts from the 1st Calvary Division 2nd Battalion 7th Calvary clears a building during fighting with Shiite militia August 18, 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. The Iraqi government has warned of a final push by the U.S. military to root out the militia holed up in the holy Imam Ali Shrine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 18: An Iraqi Shiite militia man loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr takes cover from incoming bullets from US troops, on August 18, 2004 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi Defense Minister has threatened to put an immediate end to the Shiite uprising. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)


KALANDIA, -: Palestinians, Israelis and foreign peace activists clash with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation wall and in solidarity with a hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, at the Kalandia checkpoint in the West Bank 18 August 2004. AFP PHOTO/Abbas MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)


KALANDIA, -: Palestinians, Israelis and foreign peace activists clash with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation wall and in solidarity with a hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, at the Kalandia checkpoint in the West Bank 18 August 2004. AFP PHOTO/Abbas MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)


NABLUS, -: Israeli soldiers patrol the allies of the northern West Bank city of Nablus 18 August 2004 during an Israeli military operation. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party votes on Sharon's intention to bring the opposition Labour party into government, the day after he gave the green light to the construction of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Poster shows Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) assassinated former leader Abu Ali Mustafa (C). AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)


A Palestinian man looks at an Israeli soldier pointing his rifle at the entrance of his home during a house to house search, part of an Israeli military operation, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)


An Israeli Army soldier faces Palestinian residents and foreign peace activists during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier, near part of the barrier that separates Kalandia refugee camp from the adjacent town of A-Ram, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


An Israel soldier takes a position during a demonstration by International peace activists against Israel's separation barrier, near part of the barrier that separates Kalandia refugee camp from the adjacent town of A-Ram, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)


An Israeli soldier points his rifle at peace activists during a protest at the Qalandiya check point entrance, at the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2004. Violence has surged in Gaza in anticipation of a U.S.-backed pullout and five Palestinians were killed Wednesday in a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate a leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas. REUTERS/Ammar Awad


A peace activist shouts in front of an Israeli border policeman during a protest at the Qalandiya check point on the entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel


Israeli soldiers patrol the streets in al-Ein refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2004. The Israel army closed all four checkpoints leading to Nablus for several hours Wednesday morning as part of a military operation, searching for weapons and wanted Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)


Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers during training. A US-brokered ceasefire between warring factions in west Afghanistan (news - web sites) was holding, a spokesman for a warlord said, after four days of fierce battles around the city of Herat, just weeks ahead of historic presidential elections. The ceasefire came after troops from the new US-trained Afghan National Army as well as forces of the US-led military coalition took positions between the forces of Afghan warlord Amanullah Khan and military strongman Ismael Khan(AFP/File)


A heavily armed Canadian soldier from the International Security Assistance Force patrols a street in Kabul. The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan (news - web sites) had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)


Police in Indian Kashmir (news - web sites) said they shot dead top rebel Abu Sufiyan, a Pakistani national, who was suspected of involvement in the killing of 25 people in the insurgency-affected region(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)


A Nepalese policeman stands guard at Naubishe highway, some 28 kms south of Kathmandu. Maoist rebels cut off routes to Nepal's capital Kathmandu in their first blockade of the city since they launched their insurgency to overthrow the constitutional monarchy eight years ago.(AFP/Devendra M Singh)


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 18 : United Nations combined forces command honor guards march during a welcoming ceremony for South Korea's new Defence Minister, Yoon Kwang-ung, at Yongsan US Army base on August 18 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea reacted calmly to the US announcement to withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia, as Seoul and Washington had already begun negotiating a US troop cut in the Korean peninsula. The United States has already announced plans to withdraw some 12,500 troops, one-third of its 37,000-strong contingent in South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 18 : United Nations combined forces command honor guards march during a welcoming ceremony for South Korea's new Defence Minister, Yoon Kwang-ung, at Yongsan US Army base on August 18 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea reacted calmly to the US announcement to withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia, as Seoul and Washington had already begun negotiating a US troop cut in the Korean peninsula. The United States has already announced plans to withdraw some 12,500 troops, one-third of its 37,000-strong contingent in South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


HOULI, TAIWAN: A Taiwanese soldier aims his rifle aboard a M60-A3 tank in a show of force held at an army base in Houli, central Taiwan, 18 August, 2004. China has ratcheted up its rhetoric against Taiwan since pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian's re-election in March, with Beijing strengthening its vow to take Taiwan by force should the island declare formal independence. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK LIN (Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Romanian Rifles in Iraq?

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Quoted: Wow, terrorists on the motorcycles make great target practice!  I would love  to see a video for that one! us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040818/i/r2748213515.jpg

I hope he got that little hooded fucker.

Quoted: graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/17/international/18najaf.l.jpg Marines of Company A, First Battalion, Fourth Marines on Tuesday in a building they cleared in Najaf to use as a staging area against militiamen graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/17/international/17cnd-iraq.1.650.jpg graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/18/international/iraq650.jpg wwwi.reuters.com/images/2004-08-17T163649Z_01_NAJ11_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ.jpg U.S. Marines crowd the rear of a truck during an evening patrol in Najaf, August 17, 2004. Iraqi political and religious leaders trying to end a radical Shi'ite uprising flew into Najaf on Tuesday, where U.S. troops and militia fought pitched battles near the country's holiest Islamic sites *Posted over at militaryphotos by He219

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An Israeli soldier restrains a peace activist during a protest at the Qalandiya check point, at the entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2004. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

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