World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

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Pakistani soldiers secure the area beside a destroyed mosque following a suicide car bomb attack in the northwestern garrison town of Nowshera on June 12, 2009. At least six people including a prominent anti-Taliban cleric were killed and more than 90 wounded in suicide bombings at mosques in two Pakistani cities on 12 June, police said.

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Pakistani police officers punish a boy who violates curfew imposed in Bannu, Pakistan on Friday, June 12, 2009. The military sent jet fighters to bomb suspected militant strongholds in the Bajur tribal region _ extending its military operations against the Taliban in the northwest. (AP)

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An airman checks the rotor blades of a helicopter at an army aviation base before it takes off for a mission against militants in Swat Region, Tarbela, about 80 km (49.7 miles) northwest of Islamabad, June 12, 2009. (Reuters)

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Lima, Peru: Riot police officers take position during a protest in favor of Amazon Indians in Lima, Thursday, June 11, 2009. Peru's Congress indefinitely suspended on Wednesday two key legislative decrees that spurred the Amazon Indian protests that erupted in bloodshed during a government crackdown last week. (AP / Karel Navarro)


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Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircrafts taxi during the NATO exercise Loyal Arrow near Lulea in northern Sweden, June 10, 2009. (Reuters)

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A German Tornado fighter aircraft is rearmed during the NATO exercise Loyal Arrow outside Lulea in northern Sweden, on June 10, 2009. Some 50 aircraft from a dozen countries are taking part in the exercise that runs until June 16, dubbed Loyal Arrow.

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An Iraqi soldier observes his target after firing his M-16 rifle during a weapons qualification course at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11. U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 12th Brigade, 2nd Training Army Division Military Transition Team are training Iraqi soldiers to zero their weapons.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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An Iraqi soldier fires his M-16 rifle during a weapons qualification course at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11. U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 12th Brigade, 2nd Training Army Division Military Transition Team are training Iraqi soldiers to zero their weapons.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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An Iraqi soldier fires his M-16 rifle during a weapons qualification course at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11. U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 12th Brigade, 2nd Training Army Division Military Transition Team are training Iraqi soldiers to zero their weapons.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Army Maj. Fred Ramirez (center), assigned to the 12th Brigade 2nd Training Army 2nd Division Military Transition Team, a native of Melbourne, Fla., shows an Iraqi soldier how to aim his M-16 rifle with the help of an interpreter during a qualification course at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Brewer assigned to the 12th Brigade 2nd Training Army 2nd Division Military Transition Team, a native of San Jose, Calif., demonstrates how to aim an M-16 while an interpreter translates his instructions to an Iraqi soldier at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Brewer assigned to the 12th Brigade 2nd Training Army 2nd Division Military Transition Team, a native of San Jose, Calif., checks a target to help an Iraqi soldier zero his weapon during an M-16 qualification course at Al Kindi Base in Mosul, Iraq, June 11.
(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

(From left to right) Cpl. Chris M. Kotrba, Cpl. Dave Illi, Lance Cpl. Jy Duquette and Cpl. Sheldon Crawford, all with the 1 Military Police unit out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, prepare to clear a mock building during Military Operations in Urban Terrain training at West Camp Rapid, S.D., on June 9. The Canadian unit was training with American units on MOUT tactics during this year's Golden Coyote training exercise held in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Lazo : 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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Lance Cpl. Jy Duquette (bottom) and Cpl. Dave Illi, both with the 1 Military Police unit out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, take time to practice building-clearing tactics during Military Operations in Urban Terrain training at West Camp Rapid, S.D., on June 9. The Canadian unit was training with American units on MOUT tactics during this year's Golden Coyote training exercise held in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Lazo : 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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Nepalese riot police take cover as Maoist supporters throw stones at them in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Three years after war ended in the Himalayan nation, the former Maoist guerrillas are among the biggest threats to Nepal's fragile peace. "There has been some suspicion ... that the Maoists are trying to capture power, trying to capture the military, that they want to put their Maoist military cadre inside the top positions of the Nepali military," Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told the AP in an interview.

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Israeli police officers scuffle with activists during a protest of Israeli and foreign activists ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech outside Bar Ilan University, near Tel Aviv, Sunday, June 14, 2009. The re-election of Iran's hard line president appears to be taking some of the pressure off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may well seek to shift attention from Israeli-Palestinian relations to Tehran's nuclear program when he delivers a highly anticipated policy speech Sunday.

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An Iranian riot-police officers attack protestors with a near Tehran's university on June 14, 2009. Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Sunday he has asked the powerful Guardians Council to cancel the result of the presidential poll, while urging his supporters to continue peaceful protests.

Iranian police again clashed on Sunday with people protesting in Tehran against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said in a victory news conference that the vote had been clean.

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Some really heart-wrenching stuff has come out of Iran via the Internet. I was monitoring the "iranelection#" topic on Twitter (I guess it has some use after all) and saw links to all sorts of photos and videos of the riots, like what appeared to be a man being beaten to death in the courtyard of a house by the police, and the Twitters of a Tehran University student who's friend had been shot but could not be taken to the hospital because the paramilitary police were combing the campus.

None of it carried by the mainstream media.

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German Police prevent expat Iranians from storming the Iranian consulate during a demonstration against the actions taken by the Iranian authorities after the contested reelection of President Ahmadinedschad, in Hamburg, Germany, 16 June 2009. Members of the Iranian community in Hamburg had called for solidarity with hundreds of thousands opposition supporters taking to the streets in their home country












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A Dassault Rafale fighter jet prepares to take off at Le Bourget airport, near Paris, France, 16 June 2009, during the Paris Air Show. The Paris Air Show, inaugurated by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, receives thousands of visitors and hosts numerous exhibitors


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Turkish Chief of the General staff Ilker Basbug (R) accompaned by his Macedonian counterpart Miroslav Stojanovski (L) inspect the honour guard in front of the ministry of Defense in Skopje , The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 16 June 2009.Turkish General Ilker Basbug arrived in two days official visit to Macedonia.

Evaluation of the FELIN system in the desert in Djibouti by the French Regiment de Marche du Tchad

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Soldiers of Indonesia, left, The Philippines, center, and Bangladesh, far right, inspect Indonesian-made sniper rifles during the opening ceremony of a joint multinational military exercise between members of UN peacekeeping forces code-named Garuda Shield 2009 in Cipatat, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. The exercise that involved 20 countries is aimed at strengthening cooperation between their armed forces, especially in UN peacekeeping missions. (AP)

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An Indonesian soldier inspects an Israeli-made 'Corner Shot' firearm at a weapons display booth during the opening of the 'Garuda Shield 09' in Bandung, west Java on June 16, 2009. The two-week UN peace support operation exercise hosted by Indonesia brings in trooops from nine countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and USA. (AP)




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Members of the German Special Police (SEK) hold rifles as they stand outside a helicopter during a demonstration of their skills at an air show in Langenselbold, 40 km (25 miles) east of Frankfurt June 13, 2009. (Reuters)

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Soldiers ride on a military vehicle as they leave the Military School in Mexico City, Monday June 15, 2009. At least 5,000 new recruits are being sent to the northtern part of Mexico to participate in drug crop eradication duties and to learn first-hand Mexico's ongoing war against the drug cartels. (AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)

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A boy rests on a mattress among furniture saved from a fire, Monday, June 15, 2009, which destroyed an Administration Police camp in Nairobi, Kenya. One person has been seriously injured after fire broke out at the police administration facility in Nairobi on Monday, which is suspected to have started after a gas cylinder explosion from one of the units housing the police officers at the camp in Nairobi. (AP / Karel Prinsloo)

The first pics is for Golly!

BALTIC SEA (June 13, 2009) Members of a Finnish boarding team board the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) from a rigid hull inflatable boat during a visit, board search and seizure exercise. This year is the 37th iteration of BALTOPS, a series of exercises intended to improve interoperability with partner nations by conducting realistic training at sea with the 12 participating nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christian T. Martinez/Released)

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PERSIAN GULF (June 6, 2009) Members of a Royal Bahrain Navy boarding team approach the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Maui (WPB-1304) in a rigid hull inflatable boat during exercise Goalkeeper. The eight-day multi-lateral exercise, led by Combined Task Force (CTF) 152, was aimed at improving the capabilities of coalition partners to counter smuggling operations, enhance visit board search and seizure techniques and exchange best practices across the spectrum of maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman Senior Chief Christopher Kordish/Released)

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TerraN_EmpirE !! What do you think of the Iraqi "Kit"?? and how they now appear to be trained?

An Iraqi Special Operations soldier orders men out of their car during a raid in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Acting on tips Wednesday, they arrested 45-year-old Ahmed Abid Uwaid, who was believed to be a mastermind of the assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker in Baghdad, officials said. The announcement less than a week after Harith al-Obeidi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, was gunned down as he left a mosque following Friday prayers in Baghdad. (AP)

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Iraqi police guard Ahmed Abed Oweiyed after he was arrested in the Ghazaliyah neighbourhood of Baghdad on June 17, 2009. Iraqi police arrested Oweiyed, a top Al-Qaeda operative, over the killing of senior Sunni Muslim MP and human rights advocate Harith al-Obaidi who was shot dead in a Baghdad mosque last week. (getty Images)

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Iraqi Special Operations troops escort a suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq leader after his capture in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Acting on tips, they arrested 45-year-old Ahmed Abid Uwaid, who was believed to be a mastermind of last Friday's assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker in Baghdad, officials said. (AP / Ahmed Alhusseiney)

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Iraqi police escort Ahmed Abed Oweiyed after arresting him in the Ghazaliyah neighbourhood of Baghdad on June 17, 2009. (Getty Images)

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Iraqi police transport Ahmed Abed Oweiyed (C) to their base after arresting him in the Ghazaliyah neighbourhood of Baghdad on June 17, 2009.

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Pakistani police officers beat people who are displaced from Pakistan's troubled areas of Swat and Buner due to fighting between the government forces and

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militants, as they rush to get food relief in Yar Hussain camp in Swabi, Pakistan on Friday, June 19, 2009. Over two million people fled their homes and are living in camps.

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Paramilitary soldiers patrol on a road as they move towards Lalgarh in the West Midnapore district, some 170 km (106 miles) west of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, June 19, 2009. India began deploying hundreds of police on Thursday to push back Maoist rebels who declared a "liberated zone" close to the eastern city of Kolkata, sparking unease among investors in the communist-ruled state.

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Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Riot police drive past Tehran University during the Friday Prayers in Tehran June 19, 2009. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah

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on Friday demanded an end to street protests that have shaken the country since a disputed presidential election a week ago and said any bloodshed would be their leaders' fault.

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US murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives for a hearing in the

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murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, June 19, 2009. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's British roommate, student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007.

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An Indian student talks to a police officer in a game of laneway cricket in Melbourne on June 19, 2009 to promote a message of harmony to promote a message of harmony following a spate of attacks on Indian students, who claimed they they were driven by racism and blamed police for a lack of action. Activists say there have been about 70 attacks on Indian students in Melbourne this year. Some 95,000 Indians are studying in Australia after a university publicity blitz targeting the huge Asian country's growing middle class.

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Soldiers of Indonesia, left, The Philippines, center, and Bangladesh, far right, inspect Indonesian-made sniper rifles during the opening ceremony of a joint multinational military exercise between members of

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peacekeeping forces code-named Garuda Shield 2009 in Cipatat, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. The exercise that involved 20 countries is aimed at strengthening cooperation between their armed forces, especially in UN peacekeeping missions.

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Danish navy ship "Esbern Snare" arrives near the Kiel naval base for "Kiel Week" in the northern German city of Kiel June 19, 2009. "Kiel Week" takes place between June 20 and 28, 2009 and organisers say it is the world's biggest yachting event with about 4,500 active participants from 50 nations.

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Dutch submarine "Zeeleeum" arrives to the naval base for 'Kiel Week' in the northern German city of Kiel June 19, 2009.

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A member of Command Battalions for Resolute Action (COBRA), specially trained to take on Maoist rebels, walks inside their makeshift camp near Lalgarh, in the West Midnapore district, some 170 km (106 miles) west of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, June 19, 2009. India began deploying hundreds of police on Thursday to push back Maoist rebels who declared a "liberated zone" close to the eastern city of Kolkata, sparking unease among investors in the communist-ruled state.

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Demonstrations at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin!

Riot police confront and arrest demonstrators at the former Tempelhof airport during protests on June 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Several thousand left-wing protesters had come to storm the grounds of the former airport, which led to confrontations with police. The protesters, led by the initiative "Squat Tempelhof," demand the immediate opening of the airport grounds to public access. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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