BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the site of a mortar attack 26 September 2004 in Baghdad's Karada neighborhood. One person was killed and four others, including a woman, wounded in the attack in a busy shop area of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Amar KARIM (Photo credit should read AMMAR KARIM/AFP/Getty Images)




BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the site of a mortar attack as an Iraqi doctor and civilians evacuate a injured person 26 September 2004 in Baghdad's Karada neighborhood. One person was killed and four others, including a woman, wounded in the attack in a busy shop area of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Amar KARIM (Photo credit should read AMMAR KARIM/AFP/Getty Images)



BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the site of a mortar attack 26 September 2004 in Baghdad's Karada neighborhood. One person was killed and four others, including a woman, wounded in the attack in a busy shop area of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Amar KARIM (Photo credit should read AMMAR KARIM/AFP/Getty Images)


U.S. soldiers inspect the scene where a dead body lies on the road, shortly after a rocket attack killed one person and injured eight in Karrada district of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday Sept. 26, 2004. The rocket also destroyed a car and shattered the windows of ten shops. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)



A U.S. Marine from the 1st Expeditionary Unit stands guard as an Iraqi woman passes by at the Iraqi-Syrian border September 25, 2004. U.S. military is trying to beef up security forces along the borders with Iraq (news - web sites)'s neighbors to cut down on smuggling and prevent the infiltration by foreign fighters. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby



Two US soldiers during a night patrol in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites). A US soldier was sentenced to 25 years confinement for the murder of an Iraqi national guard near the northern town of Tikrit, the US military said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)



A picture dated 19 Sepetmber 2004 and released by the US Maines shows Sgt. Erik Pacheco, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, calling the commands for the 21-gun salute at the memorial for Lance Cpl. Gregory Howman and Pfc. Jason Poindexter at memorial ceremony was held at Camp Snake Pit, west of Iraq (news - web sites). Combat stress control might be a relatively new byword in US Army jargon, but it's being pushed to the limits in Iraq where an average of 1.86 American soldiers die and more than 13 are wounded every day.(AFP/file)



SIBIRGAN, AFGHANISTAN: A US special forces soldier mans a tripod-mounted sniper rifle on the roof of a vehicle, during a ceremony, attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, marking the re-opening of the Sibirgan-Saripul highway, in Sibirgan, some 400 kms north of Kabul, 26 September 2004. The visit marked Karzai's first trip to the north of the country since the start of the campaign for the October 9 presidential election. AFP PHOTO/ Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)



KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) is flanked by security men upon his return at Kabul International Airport from Sibirgan, some 400 kms north of Kabul, where he attended a ceremony marking the re-opening of the Sibirgan-Saripul highway, 26 September 2004. The visit marked Karzai's first trip to the north of the country since the start of the campaign for the October 9 presidential election. AFP PHOTO/ Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)



BASRA, IRAQ: Iraqi police guard arrested kidnappers at their station after they were detained during a raid against their hideout in the Iraqi southern city of Basra 25 September 2004. Police also rescued Hisham Kasim, an agent of al-Athir mobile phone Company, who was kidnapped last week. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)



BASRA, IRAQ: Iraqi Hisham Kasim, an agent of al-Athir mobile phone Company in the southern city of Basra, points at three of his kidnappers who were arrested by Iraqi police, 25, September 2004. Iraqi police raided a hideout of the kidnappers in the center of Basra and rescued Kasim. AFP PHOTO/Essam AL-SUDANI (Photo credit should read ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)



A British soldier mans a checkpoint near an oil pipeline in Iraq (news - web sites). Businessmen and economists gathered here to discuss reconstruction prospects in violence-wrecked Iraq said that lack of security was a major impediment to investment but that the country still offers enormous potential.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)



SANAA, YEMEN: Yemeni soldiers march during an armed forces graduation ceremony in Sanaa 26 September 2003 to mark the 42nd anniversary of Yemen's revolution. AFP PHOTO/Khaled FAZAA (Photo credit should read KHALED FAZAA/AFP/Getty Images)



BUDRUS, -: Israeli border guards secure the bulldozers working on the construction of Israel's "security" wall during a demonstration against the barrier in the West Bank village of Budrus 26 September 2004. As the Palestinian intifada enters its fifth year, Israel seems more determined than ever to expand its settlement enterprise in the West Bank, arguably the most contentious aspect of the conflict. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)



KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Indian fishermen walk in a police station following their arrest as Pakistani policemen keep watch on them, in Karachi, 25 September 2004. Pakistani authorities have arrested 26 Indian fishermen 25 September and impounded their boats for illegal fishing in Pakistani territorial waters. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)



An Myanmar soldier stands guard near the home of Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday, May 2, 2002, in Yangon, Myanmar. A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced four opposition party officials to seven years in jail during a closed trial at the notorious Insein Prison, a party spokesman said Friday, Sept. 24, 2004. The two men and two women, all officials of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, were arrested in June for alleged links to an illegal organization, said party spokesman U Lwin. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)




Thai soldiers tend to their wounded comrade after a bomb blast in Yala province in southern Thailand September 26, 2004. The bomb wounded nine soldiers and civilian volunteers manning a checkpoint near a local Buddhist festival on Sunday, police said. REUTERS/Stringer



A U.N. Argentine soldier tries to keep people in line near a food distribution center in Gonaives, Haiti, September 25, 2004. U.N. peacekeepers beefed up security in the Haitian city of Gonaives where more than 1,000 people died in floods, after desperate survivors fought each other to get at emergency food supplies. The decision to boost security around relief operations was made after U.N. troops had to fire into the air on September 22 to prevent looting when the first beans, rice and other supplies were handed out to an estimated 20,000 flood victims. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar



U.N. Argentine soldiers patrols a street in Gonaives, Haiti, September 26, 2004. U.N. peacekeepers beefed up security in the Haitian city of Gonaives where more than 1,000 people died in floods, after desperate survivors fought each other to get at emergency food supplies. The decision to boost security around relief operations was made after UN troops had to fire into the air on Wednesday to prevent looting when the first beans, rice and other supplies were handed out to an estimated 20,000 flood victims. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar



Members of a Colombian Police anti-narcotics unit land in the rural area of Cumbitara, in southern Colombia, during a raid to destroy cocaine laboratories in the area, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)



BRIGHTON, GREAT BRITAIN - SEPTEMBER 26: Security is seen outside the Labour Party annual conference at the Brighton Centre on September 26, 2004 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)



BRIGHTON, GREAT BRITAIN - SEPTEMBER 26: Security is seen outside the Labour Party annual conference at the Brighton Centre on September 26, 2004 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)



MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Journalist Raul Esperas, a reporter for the DWIZ, wears a protest T-shirt as he fires a 45 pistol as he joins a police firearms proficiency training at Camp Bagong Diwa firing range in Manila, 25 September 2004. The government has allowed some journalists to arm themselves amid a wave of killings of journalists in the Philippines this year. AFP PHOTO GABRIEL MALAYA (Photo credit should read GABRIEL MALAYA/AFP/Getty Images)

Thanks guys.  Makes it worth it.

excellent pics, again!