News Photos for Gun Nuts - Sept 27th

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - News Photos for Gun Nuts - Sept 27th

Posted: 9/27/2004 5:57:54 PM EDT

U.S. Army soldiers guard a rooftop stronghold in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. Six months after Sadr City erupted in rebellion, U.S. forces are launching a renewed campaign to wrest control from radical Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his al-Mahdi Army and convince residents that ditching the insurgents will lift them out of dire poverty. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

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AL AMARAH, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 26: British Army soldiers, from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment and Iraqi National Guards, disembark from a Chinox Helicopter on September 26, 2004 in Al Amarah, 180 km (112 mi) north of Basrah in southern Iraq, during their first joint Eagle Airborne Vehicle Check Point Patrol. The capital of Maysan Province, Al Amarah, was a deprived area of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, as it was inhabited by both Shia Muslims and Marsh Arabs and resistant to any form of central control. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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AL AMARAH, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 26: British Army soldiers, from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment and Iraqi National Guards, take defensive positions on September 26, 2004 in Al Amarah, 180 km (112 mi) north of Basrah in southern Iraq, after having disembarked from a Chinox Helicopter during the first joint Eagle Airborne Vehicle Check Point Patrol. The capital of Maysan Province, Al Amarah, was a deprived area of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, as it was inhabited by both Shia Muslims and Marsh Arabs and resistant to any form of central control. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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MOSUL, IRAQ: A masked Iraqi National Guards secures the site where a car bomb exploded in the Iraqi northern city of Mosul, 27 September 2004. Two people were killed and five wounded when a car bomb hit an Iraqi National Guard patrol in Mosul. According to a recent report by the Iraqi government, Mosul harbors the second largest pocket in Iraq of militants loyal to Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, with an estimated 400 operatives. AFP PHOTO/MUJAHED MOHAMMED (Photo credit should read MUJAHED MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images)

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 27: President Hamid Karzai walks to a meeting with Tribal leaders from the Afghan-Pakistan border at the Presidential palace September 27,2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. On October 9, Afghans will have the chance to vote for the first time in a direct election choosing a presidential candidate. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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NAWABSHAH, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier (foreground) stands guard near the hideout of Al-Qaeda kingpin Amjad Farooqi in Nawabshah, 27 September 2004. Officials said Pakistani security forces killed Farooqi allegedly involved in a failed assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf in December and also indicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian member of Popular Resistance Committees carries his gun as he marches during the group rally in Gaza Strip (news - web sites) September 27, 2004. An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a car carrying two members of Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing one of them, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Israeli police carry away an Israeli settler during a demonstration at the road leading to the Gush Katif block of settlements in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) Monday, Sept. 27, 2004. Around 30 settlers blocked the road in protest of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites)'s plan of Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

An Israeli soldier guards a Palestinian who was detained during an army operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 26, 2004. Israeli helicopter gunships destroyed a metal workshop in a Gaza Strip (news - web sites) refugee camp the latest attack in a cycle of violence threatening to complicate Israel's planned pullout from the territory. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel

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AL-BIREH, -: An Israeli soldier stands guard next to a hand-cuffed arrested Palestinian during an army operation in the West Bank town of al-Bireh near Ramallah 26 September 2004. With the peace process at a dead end and the human and economic cost mounting ever higher, the cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no signs of ending as the intifada enters its fifth year. AFP PHOTO/Hossam ABU ALLAN (Photo credit should read HOSSAM ABU ALAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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AL-BIREH, -: Hand-cuffed arrested Palestinian sits as a Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli soldier in the West Bank town of al-Bireh next to Ramallah 26 September 2004, during an army operation. With the peace process at a dead end and the human and economic cost mounting ever higher, the cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no signs of ending as the intifada enters its fifth year. AFP PHOTO/Hossam ABU ALLAN (Photo credit should read HOSSAM ABU ALAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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JENIN, -: An Israeli soldier aims his weapon during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin 27 September 2004. Israeli armor vehicles rolled into the West Bank town of Jenin, as Israel's diplomatic missions abroad went on high alert in the aftermath of the assassination of a Hamas leader in Damascus. AFP PHOTO/Saif DAHLAH (Photo credit should read SAIF DAHLAH/AFP/Getty Images)

U.N. Brazilian soldiers shoot into the air to control people at a food distribution center in Gonaives, Haiti, September 27, 2004. U.N. peacekeepers beefed up security in the Haitian city of Gonaives where more than 1,000 people died in floods. The decision to boost security around relief operations was made after UN troops had to fire into the air to prevent looting when the first beans, rice and other supplies were handed out to an estimated 20,000 flood victims. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

A U.N. Brazilian soldier tries to calm a woman after shooting into the air to control people in a food distribution center in Gonaives, Haiti, September 27, 2004. U.N. peacekeepers beefed up security in the Haitian city of Gonaives 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 Monday to prevent looting when the first beans, rice and other supplies were handed out to an estimated 20,000 flood victims. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

A Colombian Army soldier talks with a demobilized paramilitary in Tauramena, September 27, 2004. Colombia on Monday said its peace process with far-right paramilitaries could fail after it blackballed a militia negotiator for cocaine smuggling and secret tapes showed talks bogged down in angry stalemate. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Posted: 9/27/2004 5:59:49 PM EDT

[#1]

Hope the "Image Link" addition lets some of the Getty Images photos show up better for those that regularly get

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Posted: 9/27/2004 5:59:53 PM EDT

[#2]

blue helmets are gay.

Posted: 9/27/2004 6:05:03 PM EDT

[#3]

Thanks for the pictures Lumpy!

Those are some crazy looking goggles

Posted: 9/27/2004 6:07:27 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Hope the "Image Link" addition lets some of the Getty Images photos show up better for those that regularly get 's

Mighty thoughtful of ya, lump......

Posted: 9/27/2004 6:08:23 PM EDT

[#5]

Those Brazilian Blue Helmets are getting very valuable training. They are going to need it against their own people very soon.

Posted: 9/27/2004 6:12:47 PM EDT

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Mighty thoughtful of ya, lump......

I live to serve

Posted: 9/27/2004 6:24:05 PM EDT

[#7]

I'd love to get one of those fucking blue helmet covers!

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:13:25 PM EDT

[#8]

BTT

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:20:47 PM EDT

[#9]

good stuff! image link is a great idea!

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:23:21 PM EDT

[#10]

Blue helmets.....Arent we going to see them in florida monitoring our elections

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:27:15 PM EDT

[#11]

nice........thanks again.

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:31:15 PM EDT

[#12]

That ain't no masked Iraqi national guardsman standing in front of the blown up car, look how pink his arms are and what of his face you can see. So, what is he?

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:32:07 PM EDT

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That ain't no masked Iraqi national guardsman standing in front of the blown up car, look how pink his arms are and what of his face you can see. So, what is he?

Damn, ya beat me to it.

Posted: 9/27/2004 9:40:29 PM EDT

[#14]

I think he's an Iraqi National Guardsman.

and you should know that Iraqis can be light-skinned.

Posted: 9/27/2004 10:21:56 PM EDT

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That ain't no masked Iraqi national guardsman standing in front of the blown up car, look how pink his arms are and what of his face you can see. So, what is he?

One thing I learned in the Middle East is that the locals can have a complexion anywhere from your fair skinned Irish-type to dark African. Not everyone looks like the stereotypical "Arab" - guys that were up north told me they were pretty shocked by how "caucasian" some of the Iraqis looked.

Dave

Posted: 9/27/2004 10:23:06 PM EDT

[#16]

Thanks Lumpy.

Posted: 9/27/2004 11:44:03 PM EDT

[#17]

Nice to see some FALs again. Spent over 3 months west of Gonaives back in 95. Haiti will never change.

Posted: 9/27/2004 11:46:08 PM EDT

[#18]

That's the first time I've seen Israeli troops with ACOGs.

Posted: 9/28/2004 12:02:24 AM EDT

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That's the first time I've seen Israeli troops with ACOGs.

naah... you just ain't been here yet-

/www.isayeret.com

Posted: 9/28/2004 4:13:23 AM EDT

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Haiti will never change.

You're right!

Nor will Africa.

Nor will the Middle East.

Posted: 9/28/2004 4:26:29 AM EDT

[#21]

Thanks Lumpy, much appreciation.

Posted: 9/28/2004 4:28:19 AM EDT

[#22]

In regards to the first pic...what's the difference between the MAG and new up-gunned minimi type saw in 762? (Mk 48)

Posted: 9/28/2004 4:33:47 AM EDT

[#23]

WTF is a CHINOX helicopter?

Posted: 9/28/2004 5:39:35 AM EDT

[#24]

Great pics, Lumpy!

Here's a couple more that may have slipped past ya'!

US Army soldier on rooftop in Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq.

British soldiers from the 1st Cheshire Regiment go back to their base by boat after a patrol in the market at Basra, Iraq, on Thursday.

Posted: 9/28/2004 5:39:54 AM EDT

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WTF is a CHINOX helicopter?

Chinook, if the media person could spell right.

Posted: 9/28/2004 8:22:52 AM EDT

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Great pics, Lumpy! Here's a couple more that may have slipped past ya'!

armytimes.com/content/editorial/editart/092404front1.JPG
US Army soldier on rooftop in Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq.

That one appeared one or two editions ago

....LOL

but good lookin out bro