A soldier with the 1st Cavalry Division helps a fellow soldier to a Humvee after he was seriously wounded by enemy fire on Tuesday while conducting a humanitarian relief mission in Sadr City, Iraq. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


A soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, scans for insurgents after taking enemy fire during a patrol in Baghdad on Tuesday. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


Staff Sgt. Hollis Bonsey, 26, from Ellsworth, Maine, a member of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, tries to locate a sniper while taking fire during a cordon-and-search raid in Baghdad on Monday. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, try to calm two Egyptian men as they conduct a cordon-and-search raid on Monday in Baghdad. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


Pfc. Gabriel Galindo, 20, of Indio, Calif., a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, distributes humanitarian aid to residents of Baghdad's Sadr City during a mission on Sunday.  M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


Staff Sgt. Hollis Bonsey searches for a sniper who fired on him during a cordon-and-search raid in Sadr City, Iraq, on Monday. M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times staff


BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman secures the site of a roadside bomb attack 07 September 2004 in western Baghdad. The attack was targeting Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri who escaped unharmed. Three US soldiers were killed today in separate attacks in Baghdad, the US military announced as the number of US casualties since the March 2003 invasion neared the 1,000 mark. AFP PHOTO/Karim SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)


BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi National Guards man a checkpoint at Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr city 07 September 2004. Iraq was steeped in blood as a fledgling truce in Sadr city was shattered by fresh fighting that officials said left 40 killed and scores wounded, while the US death count neared the 1,000 mark. AFP PHOTO/Sabah ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)


Iraqi national guardsmen rush an Iraqi explosives expert to a hospital after he was wounded as he tried to defuse a roadside bomb in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. The incident came as Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri escaped a car bomb assassination attempt on his life in western Baghdad, amid reports two US soldiers had been killed in separate incidents(AFP/Ali Yussef)


BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A Militiaman loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr grabs his weapons while keeping watch 06 September 2004 in Baghdad's Shiite slum of Sadr City. Brief clashes between US forces and Sadr's Mehdi Army erupted today in Sadr City. No casualties were reported. AFP PHOTO/Ahmad AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)


An Iraqi Shi'ite militant patrols in the center of Baghdad's district of Sadr city, following clashes between the U.S. army and Iraqi Shi'ite militia on September 7, 2004. Guerrillas attacked U.S. troops in Baghdad's sprawling Shi'ite Sadr City slum district with rocket-propelled grenades, killing one soldier and wounding two, the U.S. army said. (Ali Jasim/Reuters)


Supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr cheer and shout pro-Sadr slogans as U.S. armored vehicles withdraw after hours of fighting in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday Sept. 7, 2004. U.S. forces battled al-Sadr's supporters in the Baghdad slum on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people, including one American soldier, and injuring 193. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim


Supporters of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in Basra September 3, 2004. Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will field candidates in Iraq (news - web sites)'s first elections and campaign on a platform calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces after moving away from violent opposition to their presence, a top aide said earlier this week. The details came after Sadr aides said on Monday that the firebrand cleric had ordered his Mehdi militia to end attacks on U.S. and Iraqi government forces and would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict. REUTERS/Atef Hassan


KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Nepalese soldiers stand guard at a bomb blast site, outside the gates of the Hotel Malla, a short distance form Nepal's Royal Palace in Kathmandu, 07 September 2004. Three bombs hurled by suspected Maoists exploded late 07 September in Nepal's capital outside a luxury hotel on a list of businesses a pro-rebel labour union had ordered to shut down, police said. The blasts which caused minor damage came after the All Nepal Trade Union Federation, the union arm of the Maoists, said 35 companies, including the hotel, would be forced to close their doors Friday, the latest pressure tactic in the rebels' drive to topple the monarchy. AFP PHOTO/DEVENDRA M SINGH (Photo credit should read DEVENDRA M SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)


Eddy Joseph, center with the homemade presidential sash, a self-proclaimed presidential candidate for Haiti's as-yet unscheduled races, marches with an one of a dozen members of Haiti's disbanded Armed Forces who paraded through the streets of St. Marc, Haiti, on September 6, 2004, while accompanied by hundreds of supporters. The former soldiers - among hundreds who have resurfaced and now have established make-shift headquarters in over a half-dozen Haitian cities and towns - say they want the Haitian Army to be reconstituted and that they want ten years' back pay. Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded the Army in 1995, after the US Marines restored him following a Haitian Army-led coup d'etat. REUTERS/Daniel Morel


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 7: South Korean Special Weapons Attack Team (SWAT) members patrol in front of the U.S. embassy on September 7, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. The government tightened security for possible terror attacks in the build up to the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)


Police officer Fred Pate stops traffic as he enforces a curfew in Fort Pierce, Fla. Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004 . Hurricane Francs hit Fort Pierce Saturday night. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

A soldier with the 1st Cavalry Division helps a fellow soldier to a Humvee after he was seriously wounded by enemy fire on Tuesday while conducting a humanitarian relief mission in Sadr City,

This picture bothers me.  Hope he's ok....

Quoted: I have a bigger problem with him running the streets with that rifle to enforce said curfew.

Here we go again.

OK, I'll bite......why? Because he's going to oppress you?  He's going to kill a puppy or deprive someone of their rights?

Quoted: Quoted: I have a bigger problem with him running the streets with that rifle to enforce said curfew. Here we go again. OK, I'll bite......why? Because he's going to oppress you?  He's going to kill a puppy or deprive someone of their rights?

"Citizens araaayest, citizens araaayest!"

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[montypython]OOOH, LOOK, I'M BEING OPPRESSED [/montypython]

Thats not SWAT gear.

So they only gun you had out during the last two storms was your handgun, correct?

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