A soldier guards a checkpoint in Narathiwat province, 1,200 km (750 miles) south of Bangkok, on November 1, 2004. Muslims worldwide have condemned the deaths of 78 men who suffocated last Monday after being crammed into army trucks and driven three hours to a military barracks. Seven more died from wounds suffered when security forces fired live rounds, teargas and water cannon to suppress a 1,500-strong crowd demanding the release of six detained villagers at a police station in Narathiwat province. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang


Thai soldiers guard a Buddhist temple in Pattani province, southern Thailand. Thailand's human rights commission began wrapping up a fact-finding trip into the custody deaths of 78 Muslims last week as more testimony emerged about the detainees' suffocating journey into detention.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)


An army officer aims a Taiwan-made 65K2 assault rifle equipped with a laser sight during a show of military hardware and technology Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, at Taipei's World Trade Center. The exhibition is part of a military public relation campaign to gain support of the Taiwanese population to buy up to US$18 billion (euro 14 billion) worth of U.S.-made missiles and other weapons. (AP Photo/Jerome Favre)


Ghanian U.N. soldiers collect hidden weapons that were buried in the ground in Jacob Town, an area of the suburb of Paynesville in eastern Monrovia, October 31, 2004. One person was killed on Sunday when mobs of youths rioted on the streets of the Liberian capital, carrying out apparent revenge attacks for killings during religious sectarian violence on Friday, witnesses said. U.N. peacekeeping troops fired warning shots and used armored vehicles to seal off an area of the Paynesville suburb where gangs of Christian and Muslim youths armed with sticks and knives fought running battles in the streets. REUTERS/Emmanuel Tobey  


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NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 31: U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) clean their weapons as they prepare for an expected all-out military offensive against Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah October 31, 2004 near Falluhah, Iraq. Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad, has been the nerve center of an insurgency that has dogged U.S. and Iraqi forces for more than a year, and where terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to be based. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)


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NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ - OCTOBER 31: U.S Marines from the 1st Expeditionary Force train for urban combat at their base October 31, 2004 near Fallujah, Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said that the efforts to peacefully resolve the situation in Fallujah have entered a final stage. U.S. Forces are preparing for an offensive that may happen soon for which Allawi warned there would be civilian casualties. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)


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RAMADI, IRAQ: A US marine marksman with 2/5 Marine scans the city of Ramadi, 100 kms west of Baghdad, 31 October 2004. Ten Iraqis were killed and at least 15 people wounded, including three US marines, in explosions and clashes between rebels and US troops in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Ramadi today, medics and witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)


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U.S. Marine infantrymen from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, patrol during training near Falluja in western Iraq (news - web sites), October 31, 2004. U.S. Marines in a tank battalion, backed by infantry, are training for an offensive on Falluja in an unfamiliar urban battleground after sweeping through open spaces in the 2003 Iraq war. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)


A US Marine of the 1st Division gestures during a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swathe of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division play chess after returning back from their outpost outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


A US Marine of the 1st Division patrols outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


A US Marine of the 1st Division rests after an overnight mission outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


US Marines of the 1st Division prepare for a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004 (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


A U.S. Marine sniper from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, searches for targets from a rooftop position in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. One Marine was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb Sunday in Ramadi, and hospital officials said seven more people were killed and 11 injured in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)



U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Timothy LaSage of Milwaukee, WI, a sniper with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, camouflages his rifle under a bedsheet during a rooftop operation in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. One Marine was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb Sunday in Ramadi, and hospital officials said seven more people were killed and 11 injured in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Marine snipers from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment operate on a rooftop in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. One Marine was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb Sunday in Ramadi, and hospital officials said seven more people were killed and 11 injured in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


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U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Timothy LaSage of Milwaukee, WI, a sniper with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment scans the horizon during a gun battle with insurgents in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. One Marine was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb Sunday in Ramadi, and hospital officials said seven more people were killed and 11 injured in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Marine snipers from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment take cover during a gun battle with insurgents in Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. One Marine was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb Sunday in Ramadi, and hospital officials said seven more people were killed and 11 injured in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)


U.S. Marine Infantrymen from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, patrol during training near Falluja in western Iraq (news - web sites), October 31, 2004. U.S. Marines in a tank battalion, backed by infantry, are training for an offensive on Falluja in an unfamiliar urban battleground after sweeping through open spaces in the 2003 Iraq war. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte


A U.S. Marine Infantry from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, talks on the radio beside a Charlie Company tank during training near Falluja in western Iraq (news - web sites), October 31, 2004.  REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

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woohoo! marines got botd in the vehicles!